The Marshall republican., 1910-09-09
SOME PRUNING
KNIFE CUTS
FACTS CONCERNING AUDITORS
PRUNING OF GAME DE-
PARTMENT BILLS.
Accounts Assresatins Eighty Thou
sand Dollars Reduced Less Than
Twenty-five-The Case Of
Deputy James.


II you get out your hammer to nail
down every Democratic lie that gets
into print you will be too busy to eat
your meals, but 1t Is we'll to brand the
boldest of them as they float around.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Jesse Tolerton has found in Demo-
cratic papers a little group OF lies di,
rectly stated and three malicious ones
stated inferentially-the worst form
Of falsehood. A statement hat On
tains enough of truth on which to
give a lie good standing is the kind
the Devil Is supposed to favor and all
honorable men detest. .'
In the bunch Of false statements
contained in the following article from
a Democratic paper are three infer.
entail lies intended to hurt Governor
Hadley, Jesse Tolerton, state game
and fish commissioner, and all Repub.
lican State officials whose accounts
must be submitted to a Democratic
auditor. State Auditor Gordon has
disclaimed all responsibility for or
connection with this newspaper arti-
Gle.
"H. l.. James is a deputy game war
den residing at Carrollton, Mo. His
uniformly large that Auditor John Cor
don called Game Warden Tolerton's at
tention to 1t. Mr.. Tolerton passed the
matter up and the auditor got busy.
When James bill for May came in 1t
called for 1913 salary-S1 days at So per
day-and SS6.O4 for expenses. The aud
itor ascertained that James was in Car
roiiton on the End; 9th. 18th. 18th, 18th.
and goth. He further failed to find where
he had been anywhere else on nine of
these days and so Topped $27 from his
salary. on the 5th the expense account
had 81 charged up against the Florence
hotel at Brunswick. Gordon's informant
found only so cents paid, and the 18th
and 18th the Kupper House. Kansas City,
was made to stand for $500 hotel bill.
but reports only recorded a payment OF
$1.00. The Henrietta hotel at Chillicothe
was charged with $500 hotel bill, but
only $1.00 was paid and that James was
in the city attending the Republican con-
gressional committee meeting. Bowdry
Cut was taxed $500 for hotel bill when
there Is no hotel at that wide place In
the road" And thus 1t went through
the list. Auditor Gordon, who has an old
| fashion idea that men ought to be honest
with the tax payers OF the state. trimmed
/ the expense account $29. 81. thus saving
the state S56. 81 on Mr.. James bill for
one month. It remains to be said that
James account as originally sent in bore
the approving signature OF Governor
Hadley."
II. l.. James Is a man of good repu-
tation, good standing and honest rec
ord equal to that of any Democrat EN-.
ployed in any department OF the State
government. He is a Republican,
however, a fact that he has no desire
or reason to conceal. The man who
wrote the above article concerning his
claim against the state was either It.
norant of facts involved or desired TO
give publicity to malicious false state
ments for political effect. a..
When Mr.. James salary and expense
account for May was fled with the
auditor that official refused to pay It
in full and on June 6 wrote a letter 10
Mr.. Tolerton to that effect. Instead
Of passing the matter up Mr.. Toler'
ton, on June 7, took the matter up
with the auditor asking him to indi
cate what part Of the claim was not
legitimate and offering to bring James
before him at once to make his own
explanation of every item in the &C
count he had submitted--and he did
bring James to Jefferson City. Jar,
Tolerton told the auditor that he
would not approve or tolerate any
claim of a deputy that could not be
properly preferred, and he requested
that the items questioned by the aud
itor be held in allegiance till James
could present proof Of their honesty
in the form Of receipts for money he
reported as expended for hotel AND
other purposes. .aa t,ss
Mr.. James ~thereupon secured ano
presented receipts and filed an item
lied itinerary duly sworn to. The
auditor, at the request OF Mr.. Toier
ton, had withheld y27 OF the per diem
or salary claim Of Mr.. James, pendint
investigation OF the report which hat
reached him that James had spen'
nine days at his home at C~arroliton
doing nothing In the, way of work FOL
the game and FISH department and hat
not covered the territory shown b.