Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-20
FORMER REGISTER
MAKES STATEMENT
M. !. Church Contradicts Governor
Rradv--Made M Cyonfasaiau.

no, and asserting that Governor Bra
dy led him to believe Secretary of
state Lansdon had instigated the at
hack which eventually resulted In
doption OF resolutions accepting his
designation and censurlng his actions
while holding the position OF register
|of the state board Of land commits
sioners, M. /. Church. In his first
authorized statement since retiring
from his recent official position, en-
deavors to substantiate his statement
J II the letter to Upper to the effect
hhat the governor is a traitor, and
states that the governor led him to
believe he was a friend and working
Tor his best interests on the eve OF
his departure for Occur fAlene. The
statement which Register Church
authorizes is as follows:
This statement Is not given in the
sririt of revenge. and would not be
eiven at all at this late hour were II
hot for the fact that the newspapers
hailed to print all the evidence sub
lsted in the hearing, and for the rea-
lon that / was not permitted to state
he conversation with the governor at
he time of filing my resignation, and
nake 1t part of the record.
"First-The records fail to show
statesman of April 26, 1910. The
overnor said: I,called Mr.. Church
yer to my Office that morning and
&Old him of my suspicious and also
bid him if such was the case | in
ended to Immediately call the land
bard together and ask for his dis
issal,' which is absolutely false. He
ID not call me over that morning or
BY other time to talk over such
EATERS, although | am now inform
that he knew of some OF the
bings was doing many weeks be-
bre. AS to the dismissal he said
othing.
"Second-Saturday afternoon re-
hrned to the governors Office as he
lid in the morning that he wanted
see me before going north. / re-
prned at about 1880 p. M, at which
me he first informed me that Mr..
ugent and the democrats had some
harges to file against me, but the
pvernor would not tell me what
hey were. | told him that / had
pne nothing for which feared crit
ism, but If anything could be pre-
nted that would embarrass him or
" member of the board, from a po-
tical point of view, / would re-
gn at once as expected to do so
on anyway; that | had a contract
hich would go into effect May l.,
d l expected to resign upon my re-
IN from the north. The governor
d Mr.. Nugent was to produce his
denee by o'clock that day and
be did not that it would be all of
far as he was concerned. l then
Mt back to my Office, wrote my
ignation, and returned with it at
put $3.50 p. m. When | handed it
the governor, he read it and put it
his pocket. Then he said Mr..
gent had copy of contract |
! made for putting through a
rey act project. This / denied,
stated that l did have a contract
receive a commission if | assisted
selling one, and then explained
him that it was a matter that
bid never come before the land
ard; that the project would never
a success unless it were sold to
rties who could finance it and that
i'd not expect any commission UNI
] had resigned and earned it.
hught this explanation satisfied him
1.-THE governors statement in the
Der, He returned Saturday even
and l BRADY told him that Il
with regret that / found these
dement's to be true. that his actions
e in no way justified, and that
bid ask the board to at once take
on is false Had he intimatet
a source l certainly would no
E left the city for Occur d'Alen'
next day. On the other hand hi
if the democrats or Mr.. Lans
had any evidence against ms
you'd quietly call the board to
er for some other purpose ant
my resignation accepted, but al
failed to produce anything at
ck the governor said for me Il
the next day and pretended t
by friend.
n the course of our conversation
governor asked me what liant
owned by the other members o
board. I told him just what tn
rds show. He stated that he be
a they had M yfghf IN F3fa n,