The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-08-11
SOME PRUNING
KNIFE CUTS
FACTS CONCERNING AUDITORS
PRUNING or GAME De.
PARTMENT BILLS.
Accounts A9areaatlns Eighty Thou
sand Dollars Reduced Less Than
TwentY.hve-The Case Of
Deputy James.


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II YOU get out your hammer 20 nail
down ovcry Democratic lie that gets
into print YOU win be too busy to eat
your meals. but II Is well TO brand tho
holdest OF them as they float around.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Jesse Tolerton has found In Demo
cratic papers a little group Of lies d.
rectly stated and three malicious one
stated inferentially-the worst form
OF falsehood. A statement that con
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 20 hurt Governor
Hadley. Jesse Tolerton. state game
and fish commissioner, and all Repub-
lican State officials whose accounts
must be submitted 10 a Democratic
auditor. State Auditor Gordon has
disclaimed all responsibility for or
connection with this newspaper artL
Gle.
II. l. James Is a deputy game war
den residing at. Carrollton. Mo. His
uniformly large ma Auditor John Cor
don called Game Warden Tolertou's at
tention Co f. Mr.. Tulertou passed the
matter up and the auditor got busy.
called Tor 1913 salary-3l days az 50 per
day-Jud SS6O4 for expenses. The aud
itor usccrtlincd that James was In Car
18th. 18th. 10th. 2lst END. 28rd. 9th
and -5th. tie further failed TO find where
he had been anywhere else on nine Of
salary. on tho 5th the expense account
had s. charged up against the Florence
hotel at Brunswick. Gordon's informant
found only 81 cents paid. and the 18th
and 18th The kupper House. Kansas City.
was made 20 stand for &AOu hotel bin.
but reports only recorded "a pavmeut OF
800. The Henrietta hotel az Chilic0ths
was Charged with $500 hotel bin. but
only Sl09 was paid and hat James was
in The city attending the Republican con-
Eression1l committee meeting Bowdry
Cut Was taxed $500 for hotel bin when
there IS no hotel az that wide place iu
the road And thus 10 went through
the list Auditor Gordon. who has an old
with the tax payers Of the state, trimmed
the expense account 82g.ST. thus saving
the state S5S.s1 on Mr.. James bill for
one month. IL remains 70 be said that
James account as originally sent in bore
the approving signature Of Governor
HadIcy'
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 tx
norant on facts involved or desired 10
give publicity TO malicious false state.
monts for political effect
When MI. James salary and expense
account for May was filed with the
auditor that Official refused TO pay Il
in fun and on June o wrote a letter 20
Mr.. Tolerton 10 that effect. Instead
OF passing the matter up Mr.. Toler-
ton, on June z, took the matter up
with the auditor asking him 20 indi.
cate what part OF the claim was not
legitimate and Offering 70 bring James
before him at once 10 make his "
explanation OF every item In the &c
count he had submitted-and be did
bring James 10 Jefferson City. hlr.
Tolerton told the auditor that he
would not approve or tolerate any
claim OF a deputy that could not be
properly preferred. and ne requested
that the items questioned by the aud
itor be held In allegiance tin James
could present proof Of their honesty
IN the form OF receipts for money he
reported as expended for hotel and
other purposes.
AIR. James ]thercupon secured and
presented receipts and filed an item
tied itinerary duly sworn 10. The
auditor. no the request Of Mr.. TOier.
ton. bad withheld S27 Of the per diem
or salary claim OF SIR. James, pending
Investigation OF the report which had
reached him that James had spent
nine days at his home at Carrolton.
doing nothing IN the way Of work for
the game aud fish department aud had
not covered the territory shown by
his itinerary. and he had cut out Sll.32
reported as expended FOR railroad fare,
aud ,s cents for buss and street car
fare on July "a the auditor enclosed
20 Mr. Tolurton his check on the
treasury fur these amounts, referring
ta them as accounts withheld at your
request, aud as paid at your request
and because of an itomizod itinerary
duly sworn TO- lThe original bill OF
Mr. James had been duly sworn to-
So 30 appears from the auditors own
letters that the cut" made with the
auditors pruning knife In the salary
claim WAS made al the request Of sir.
Iuler.uH and restored when both he
aud the auditor were convinced that
'he items suspended we're just claims
against the fund maintained for pay,
meHt OF the per diem and expenses OF
tho game and fish commissioner and
bis deputies fund that does not
come from taxpayers.
Mr. James presented a receipt from
the Florence hotel al Brunswick for
81 where the auditors Soy claimed he
had uUfUf Iuf IA reUfa k,F.4tD.f..y