The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-28
BRADY RIGHT, SAYS
INSPECTOR WALLIS
Dismissal of Church His Duty
Under Oath of His
Office.
DECLARES PRINCIPLES
Espouses Direct Vote, Primary Elec-
tion, Non-Partisan Commission
for Lands.

James H. Wallis. state dairy, food
and sanitary inspector OF Idaho, is in
the city on business connected with his
office. Asked as to tie operations of
the new direct primary law in Idaho,
which is to have it's initial test on Tues
day next, he said that the work of reg
istering the voters, which closes Sat
urday night, had been very slow until
the past few days, when by a system of
cooperative work, by both political
parties, fully 70 per cent Of the voters
mad been registered. and IT is now
thought there Will be a very heavy
vote cast
No Cause for Cracking.
What foundation is there for the
criticism in some papers with respect
TO the dismissal by Governor Brady of
NJ. l. Church, former register Of the
state land bOard?'
Nothing at all. Church admitted he
had done wrong in using the influence
or ms oIIice and the opportunities IT
afforded to further his personal ends,
and he was summarily dismissed. II
was not a pleasant duty to expose an
emplOye Of the state and bring about
his dismissal from office. 1t was not a
pleasant thing to call in such a man
and inform him that his Wfckedness
had found him out. Those things are
never pleasant. It would have been
very easy 10 have let the man slip
away with no public agitation of the
subject. Indeed 1t would have been
easy 10 have followed the lines of least
resistance and overlooked the entire
matter, but that was not Governor
Bradys way.
A Man M Acts
TT is worth while TO reflect that Gov
ernor Brady did something in cOnnec-
ton with this subject. 1t was what he
did that called attention TO the entire
matter and gave the croakeTs something
about which to croak. Talk is cheap,
but Governor Brady did something, and
what he did counts in his favor. More
over, what he did is a guarantee to the
people Of Idaho that he will continue
10 do. 1t is guarantee that he will
endeaVor to secure the enactment of
a law that will prevent all such prac-
tices as have been complained of. II
is a guarantee that he will see that
such a law is enforced.
when we find a man doing things,
we know he can be depended upon 10
continue TO do things. 1t was an I'M
pleasant thing for Governor Brady to
make known TO the public that Mr..
Church had informed him that members
Of the land board were guilty Of irreg-
matter TO have suppressed all that as
pect Of the subject. but Governor Brady
gave il to the people. He realized that
agitation would bring out the truth;
that agitation would lead TO correction
of error, and for that reason, though
il was unpleasant in the extreme, he let
it be known that Church had made
these statements to him.
THE governor has never at any time
attempted to hide anything in connec-
ad
with promptness and yet with wisdom.
What some of these fellows would do
who are now doing so much talking, no
one knows, but l doubt very much
whether any one of them. placed in Gov
ernor Brady's position, would have
taken any step whatever toward bring
ing the subject to public attention. II
is expected that papers in opposition TO
Governor Brady's second term will en-
deavOr to make capital out of these
disclosures.
Did All He Could.
Governor Brady's duty went as far
as il could at the present time with
the dismissal OF Church. The members
of the land board could dismiss an en-
ploye. which they unanimously did
when the charges made by the governor
were substantiated by the board. How
tive officers. and their dismissal or re-
tentiOn was not up to the chief execu-
tive. Whatever Governor Brady's enn-
illusions might be in the matter, con-
corning the abuse OF power of
any individual member of the board, he
could not demand the resignation OF
any state official, nor could they be
summarily dismissed from their posts
of duty, as could be done in the case
OF an emplOye. Governor Brady, if he
is governor when the next legislature
meets, will lay the whole state land
matter before a legislative committee
for investigation. or the legislature can,
of its own initiative, make an investi-
cation, and IL is to be hoped that this
will be made by the prop
err authority"
HAS Governor Brady enunciated any
platform embodying his political prin-
ciples?"
Yes, he has within the past few