The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-21

 DEARTH OF
 PUBLICITY Reports of Examiners
 Withheld. FLED ON GOVERNORS DESK Examiners Are Working Full Time,
 Results Not Known. sensssson. sasa se Bs wrapt In nne of Report. Thought It |. Possible under Law to Hoid Back.
FLED ON GOVERNORS DESK

Capitol officials who have been with the government for time which reach es back before the present adminis- tration declare that never fin the his- tory Of examinations of accounts of oficers has there been so little publi- city as during the quarter just about to close. The newspapers feel the conditions more than officials. Every one who has a pencil or slammed the keys of a typewriter knows that the Governors fice produces, if it will more real news than all the rest put together. ~
 1t is matter of common knowledge that Governor Conner has m his desk in his desk or under his desk. several reports of State Examiners on county and State officers. He has not made them public. The law makoa it com puisory on him to publish the reports But when. There's the rub. and again 1t may be said that the newspapers are feeling ft. The Governor might delay the turning on of the light un- til his last day in office and then be complying with the terms of the sta- tute
 But meantime the citizens of the State are in the dark as to the ac- counts of officers in the various coun" ties that have undergone examination in the last four or i've months. It is no lack of work on the part of the Examiners: they have been laborlng without cessation in all parts of the State and have reported as regularly as did the Examiners under former Governor Jelks, acting Governor Cum ningham or Governor Johnston. the man who originated the scheme of ex- amining accounts regularly.
 But the reports as soon as they hit the Governors desk seem to fall away Into oblivion. If there gre short sc- counts no one but the Governor and the Examiner knows. If there Is com work the people of the community as well aa the State at large are ignorant of t.
 "oh. the Governor is | good fellow" said one newspaper reporter. He is only saving up the reports so that the present. He will dump them on us about Christmas eve and it will make up for all this dearth of news"
 "Kes, just the time that he issues a ton of pardons and paroles as Christmas presents and at a time when the people have something else to do except to read about afKairs of state. As for me I would take 1t in moderation. Of course. may be lit- tie selfish about 1t but I believe also that the people do not want to be gor- ged with news any more than they want to be stuffed with prunes. Give it to me in installments,"
 But the press, it seems may hang It. self. The reports are to be made public when the mood and the moment ar rives. In the meantime there Is q feeling that a sensation or two is wrapt snug in one of the reports that has been on file with the Governor ever since the summer. It is said that 1t Is being withheld to allow amend ments before being published.
 The Governor will be back in his oface today. He has several appoint nnents on the calendar. One is the successor of the late pr. Shirley Bragg State Prison and Cotton Mill Inspec- tor.