American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-10-29
Political Sentiment Rapidly Crystal

Political Sentiment Rapidly CRYSTAL
iizing Throughout tie State.
Boise, Idaho, Oct. 1S.-The nra-
vailing sentiment at the capital civ
Is that Governor Brady is daily in
creasing his FORMAL lead over bis
democratic opponent. Attacks nm
the administration, which have beep
successfully refuted by figures nro-
ducad by the republican orgauiza-
ton have also resulted in the airing
OF incidents of the Mayor Hawlav
city administration, which throw
new hight on the business capacity
OF the Democratic aspirant.
Friends of good government hero
resent the attacks of the democratic
organization as ~uncalled for and un-
true, and state that they will now
proceed to unveil the real HawIev as
he served the people when he was
mayor.
Hawley was elected moyor of
Boise, they say, pledged to an eco
montreal and business like administra
ton, being the candidate of the dem
ocratic party and also of the labor
unions, who claim they were later
betrayed by him, when he was their
attorney. He was also endorsed nv
the civic league after pledging him
self to rid the city of gambling and
tlnhorns, to the restriction of i'm
moral women, and to a cleaning ont
of the police force.
The members of the latter organ
1zation realized. before he was we'll
installed as mayor, that he had also
betrayed them, and they are now
swearing vengeance upon him. No
restrictions whatever were placed M
on women of ill repute. the police
force remained unchanged. gambling
was wide open, and he left the may
or's chair with a deficit of over $50.
900.
mot only did he betray our faith
in him. stated one of his then most
staunch supporters, "but the bust
ness methods of that administration
were i~ntOlerable." Results from an
investigation which 1t is understood
has been made of the city records
are to the effect that Mayor Hawley
personally drew and spent over $37,-
800 out of what was called a con-
tingent fund, the last warrant at the
close of his administration of
$1,000 being cancelled, and two 9TH
err warrants being drawn in its place
for the sums of $40S.S7 and s793.13
respectively. Mayor Hawley's re-
ports are accompanied by vouchers
for money paid for all classes of SER
vice from the salary of his son. Ed
gar Hawley, detective services. to
cleaning and improvement
work. The vouchers in some cases
fail to bear the countersign and sig
of the street commissioner,
in some cases not being signed at all
and in some cases signed by other
persons than the name shown in
the receipt.
After Hawley had received the
last $1,000 warrant he reported to
the finance committee of the council
in April of 1905 there was a
balance of $2O2.37 in the contingent
fund, which however. apparently is
not shown by such report of the
on file. He states that
he had expended $498.50 since that
lime, and would hold out $500 for
clerk fees as he had done all the
of making these reports In
his own office. This statement ID
not borne out by the facts as all
appear to be in the hand
writing Of the street Commissioner
except In a few instances. He
therefore, that there is a
due the succeeding mayor
# $4O3.S7 or $40S.S7. rs the fig
have been written over. n
he warrant. was drawn BY Haw-
ey, but no record of it's being turn
ID over to the next mayor or city
las been found In the city archives
Ind II is quite likely the latter a.