The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-09-16
Brady Should Act

Governor Brady has that he will
if reelected the legislature a ohense
for menb Of the state land board participate Carey
Act drawings.
Charles E Arney correspondent of the Salt Lake Tribune
Points out that such law already upon the books and
guests the governor to put il into operation Here
from Mr. Arneys article
Governor Brady has Carey
election but he has sat quietly by for days. weeks and
months and permitted his do So Directing only when
confronted with conditions of the nefarou system
then what Then this statement by Gvernor Brady:
Without rejecting previous members of the land board
either Democratic Republican, who within their legal rights and
under established precedent have acquired land Carey act
system the necessity OF absolutely protecting right and
interest Of settlers by passing that will make
member Of this Carey Act land commission board to be
interested directly or indirectly in Carey Act lands"
Why this necessity when the present Governor
Brady state land board not previous mber have pleaded
existing law7
The governor lawyer and attorney general is lawyer
hence submit to them andncdena interested public
few quotations from the Idaho statutes:
Section 1926 of the revised code that e
pose OF all lands accepted by the state under the provisions
chapter uniform price of fifty per acre half to be paid at
the time OF entry and the remainder making final
proof"
Bear in mind this law refers to Carey act Iands
Again section 1856 reads follows State county district
precinct and city officers must not be purchasers any sale
doris at purchase made by them capacity
Pretty clear English and strkngy apopos governor
proposition stated above needed remedy existing evils in his
present official household whose burdens aid in CARRYING
The REMEDY.
Is there penalty To the Idaho for third time for
reply, we look at section 1884, which like this.
Every officer person prohibited by the this state
from becoming purchaser sales from purchasing scrip
laws punishable by fine than $1,000
III the states prison not than FIVE years"
Does this penalty not apply to voators of section
What further additional governor and
chairman OF daho land board require desire to bring to
book the three other members ldhos board Mr.
Douga Miss Chamberlain and Robert Governor Brady
on record IN black and white asking hand 1t
y as Clear ana as PLAIN as a legislature make it.
Why Nor PROSECUTE
Is to quit blfng and ask for grand i and
prefer charges or to admit the craft exhibited in foregoing
or solution OF this problem OF such momentou dis grace the
conduct of the peoples business? In
If Governor Brady really favored such suggested in
the earlier quotation this article he certainly did so with the idea
that there such law reelected he would pro-
cure its enactment and then should his second term
land board obtain Carey Act would invoke the onera r
OF such penalties as the law would then provide r.
Wen and good Here the law and by public print all three
members OF the present land board have acknowledged they have
acquired Carey act land during the present OF Governor Brady
occurs that the accept the other horn pa
o. dilemma against these under the ex m
sting law admit his indulgence extraordinary speces Of
hypocrisy IN his proposal of legislation provide legal remedy TO
'uSh land board members who purchase Carey Act 70