The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-11-04

IlrSt tning tney dld was to leave q
deficit from the Steunenberg admin
fstration Of 100000. and instead of
paying that deficit they issued bonds
for it and never paid a dollar of IL;
remember that, for l want to talk to
you about that later on. The first
thing, then, they left a deficit In the
first administration of $4,000, and
then issued bonds for it during the
next administration; then they pro-
ceeded to sell land. You have heard
something about land boards; I will
come to that later on. They had a
land board and they sold for $500, 900
timber on your lands that is today
worth $10,000,000, more money than
has ever been collected in this state
| (applause) in taxation for 10 years.
That is what they did. Now, as to
the auditor; he told you that we had
appropriated $4,000 for the auditor
| and they had appropriated S10,600
for their auditor. That is true, but he
didn't tell you what we did with it.
They handled S,451 claims and they
handled them at cost to you of
$1.26 a claim; we handled 36,204
claims, and handled them for you at
cost of about so cents claim less than
that; our claims cost 76 cents and
theirs cost $1.26 a claim: we saved
you OO CeLlS vi tdCH Chilli tldI we
handled In the auditors office; that
Is the difference between my admin
istration and theirs; we handled over
$4,000 claims and they handled over
5000 claims. And the next thing we
come to in their administration and
my administration to compare-he
wanted record, here it is. They had
$14,S50 and lost $576 on that office,
an actual loss Of that amount to this
state under the management of the
last Democratic administration; but
what have we done, we have saved
you $33,879; they lost you over $500. 4
Now, my friends, that's the compari-
son, and that's the kind that goes on
here all the way through This is not
mine-these figures will be shown to
you, and If there is a statement here
that is not true, don't you vote for
me; if it is true, 1t makes an awful
showing for them, and a splendid
showing for us. The next is the state
engineer. They lost. $4,000 on this Of
flee; we gained $15,450-some differ
ence there isn't there? The next, the
game warden, they lost $500 on that
office; we gained $1s,62o, and re-
member that these figures mean just
up to today.I have three months to go |
on yet, and we will cut them down |
more. The next is the livestock COM
mission; they lost $500, we gained
you $1,000. The next the insurance
commissioner. Here is where they
made some money, $36,2S2-we made
you $76,310 up to date under this ad-
ministration, and we have made
$4,000 more than they did. Mr.
Hawley didn't tell you anything about
this, did he? And the next thing is
one that I am proud of; it is the law
@lo% two rrd
the law that was passed by a Republi-
can legislature, that your money
should go out and work for you while
you slept, and it has been done; that
is the state treasurers office. In this
office they lost you $5875, an actual
dead loss to this state, with 100000
dollars laying there in the treasury
loaned out to their friends. What did
we do? Why we have made for you
$70,125, and yet they talk about mall
feasance in office, running around
over the state saying things of that
when we have made for
And now we come to the final COM
plete comparison. They, after paying
all expenses had a profit on the last
of $22,677, and, now
we don't include the 100000 Of bond
hat was issued by the other Demo-
cratic administration, the deficit, BIZ
we have shown to you a net profit
over the last Democratic administra-
ion of $358,622. That's what we did
against their $4,000. Now, don't
you think, If you were Mr.. Hawley,
hat you would try to hunt up some
Carey act proposition, or something
If that kind, or farm loan or some
hing else.
Ex,;1 av,f RI | .
ak to YOU lust a moment on the land
BOARD business. My good friend Haw-
ey took an hour of your time talking
bout that I believe, and I believe
hat an hour is long enough for any
nan to talk, and I am going to have
IL this matter printed and I am 60
ng to send it out to you, and then
ext spring, when we all have time,
nd I am serving my second term,
Jill come up here and try to deliver 8
peech that will be interesting and
ot all figures. 9
Now, another thing I want to call ,
our attention to Is the fact that ! s
m on IL different boards. Now Z Z
yhen our state was admitted into the q
rnion we adopted a constitution, and
re put upon the land board the at +
orney general the secretary of state d
ne state superintendent and the gov y
rnor, and the state engineer; you put =
$ on that board. At the time that !.
ley adopted the constitution they u
idn't believe that they would have "
ork enough for them to do-they :,
ever thought of any such thing as y
le Carey act-and they put all the II
uties of chairman of these II boards IL IL
n your executive; and in addition to y
lat they put all the work of the %
ansferring of funds, that Is the y
ansfer of funds from one depart ..
ent to another, upon your executive, -
I'D he has to sign these transfers In :,
her words, I do a business of ST. ~ y.
20, 900, that's pretty good banking .,
lsiness to do, that, in addition to all 81
le other duties T have to perform; % ?,
Id in addition to that your executive ~
IS to sign personally every claim ~ -,
at is allowed-26,0 900 of them. Your 81
,ecutive has something to do, hasn't .
)? ~
Let me call your attention to the to
ct that when I went on those hi
,ards, as soon as I was elected. I al
ade up my mind that this board &C
dnt have the time to attend to the 1t.
Trey act proposition. Here was a 1
w proposition that was brought ar
to our state within the last 10 If
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