The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
EDDY MAKES WARM
REPLY TO COOPER
Secretary of Good Roads AssO=
ciatiOn Declares Charges
Are WiTIfuI Untrutf1s
ISpeciai Dseoioh to The CALI

Special Dspotch TO The Call
sTOC KTON. May 30.-Secretary J.
NJ Bddy Of the State good roads as
socistion has replied to E. c. Cooper,
former secretary TO Governor James
n Ginett. in the form of the short
and uglier word.
Cooper was quoted by a Sacramento
newspaper as having declared that
Eddy's fourteen reasons why Governor
Gillett's bonding proposition for state
roads should be rejected had their in
cepfion in the governors opposition to
the creation OF fat commissionership
which Secretary Eddy strongly advo-
Gated for personal reasons. According
10 Cooper. Eddy was said TO have
frankly informed the governor he
would oppose any bill without this
clause and has carried out his threat
with his fourteen reasons in opposi-
ton 10 the state highway scheme
WILLEUL UNTRUTH
Secretary Eddy said this morning
In the first place ii comes with any
thing but good grace from a man who
has been drawing $1,000 or $4,000 and
before the governors term is up falls
into E. Nyron VOLTS job of state in
surance commissioner, which pays
$4,000 a year" said Eddy Cooper,
If he made that statement, spoke an
untruth and what he knows TO be
untrue.
AVOIDED QUESTION
Cooper Is supposed to be lawyer
and apparently has resorted to the old
tactics OF abuse in place Of arguments.
In the first place ne has avoided the
question and has raised no arguments
or given no answer TO the fourteen
reasons against the state road propo-
sitiOn which I advanced
That I made such a thrat to the
governor is nonsense. If / had sought
tie commissionership 1t stands TO
reason il would have been the last act
q man would have done TO oppose the
governor who has the power Of max
ing the appointments
THE matter q salary was discussed
with Governor Gillett and he declared
$500 as we had fixed the amount, was
not incentive enough to secure the kind
OF men that should be on the commits
sion. At his suggestion il was raised
tc $1,000
AID IN MAINTENANCE
This much can be stated in regard
TO the main purpose of the bill. We
planned. 10 secure state aid in mainten-
e nee of roads. It required no bond
issue or appropriation. except for
there was an organized department for
taking roads over by the state
1t was the same proposition / have
lhaints ined all the time. The govern
ors plan is simply for a statewide
road pareneIing the railroads and for
automobiles"
Eddy added that with such a commits
sion appointed and its functions prop
erly defined fl would be able to supply
data on road construction and attend
10 many matters in connection with
road building that would be invalu-
able He believes the different locali-
ties viii construct good roads readily
enough if they know the state will
maintain them.
Eddy interpreted the governors
proposition as meaning that no roads
would be maintained until the entire
system was completed. San Joaquin
county has expended 100000 on the
Improvement of the lower Sacramento
road from the northern boundary line
TO Stockton and to carry out the con-
templated improvements Of. the high
way to the Alameda county line will
necessitate S250,0oO more. This sec
tfon OF roadway. he argues, would be
taken oyer by the state with no guar
antee Of San Joaquin county being
recompensed.