The Jasper weekly courier., 1910-08-19
SAVES $1,000 FOR
PEOPLE Of STATE
Robert J. Alley, Superintendent
of Public Instruction, Is a
Business Man as Well.
BEST FORMER RECORD S3.4O
Democratic State Official Also Assists
School Teachers 81 New
Department.
(Stan Correspondence.l

(Staff Correspondence)
Indialapolis.-Robert J. Alley. State
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
will turn over TO the state At the close
OF this year not less than $4,000 as
profit from one department OF his OF
fee.
The nearest approach TO this rec.
ord is s3.40-less than sf-which was
the balance in the same fund under
DIR. Alleys predecessor. In 1905
The contrast is startling ana h a
complete answer TO sly insinuarions
which have been made that DE-. Alley
Is so highly educated that he Is with
out practical and business knowledge.
These figures are taken from the rec
ords In the Office OF the Auditor OF
State and they speak for themselves.
DR. Alley has proved himself not only
a man OF immense value to the state
through his educational ability, but
as we'll. he has seen the opportunity
10 turn into the state s2.0O0-in one
year from a source which has never.
before his administration. yielded more
than s34o.
The department which DR.. Alley has
thus made 10 accrue 70 the benefit
OF the people OF Indiana Is the ex.
animation department IL Is proyid
ed by law that applicants for teach.
efs' examinations may have their pa.
pers graded BY the Superintendent OF
Public Instructions once for q fee
OF 81, the license being good all oxer
the state. Instead OF sending these
manuscripts out OF the Office 10 be
graded. Or. Alley instituted an ex.
pert system of grading in his own Of
fee Applying business methods 10
this work. he has given better results
in grading and has saved the state
a substantial sum of money. In 1900
he turned In sf-143. The year preced-
ing Is the year OF the historic f3.40.
Before that there was nothing at all
from this source.
Attorne y Generals Trips.
AttorneyGeneral Bingham, on the
other hand. has aroused the criticism
OF lawyers who understand the stu
alton by starting on another trip to
New York at the expense OF the peo.
pie OF Indiana. The criticism is di-
rected at him because these trips are
needless expense.
Attorney-General Bingham is inter
Gated IN defending the benzoste OF
soda case In Federal Court here and
during the progress OF the case he
has. needed the dspos:tions Of. wit
nesses living at q distance-some m
New York and others in California
Dispositions are in the form OF a Sc
ries OF questions answered under oath.
a-nd are offered in court In manuscript
form. the~witness not being required
TO attend in person.
Now IL is the custom OF attorneys
IN their private practice to/avoid
great deal Of needless expense in OBJ
tanning depositions. II an Indianapo-
lis attorney desires q deposition in
New York. be prepares his questions
and sends them to a reputable New
York attorney. who sees that they
are answered and sworn 10. In ,his
way the expense OF the proceeding
II nominal
But Attorney General Bingham goes
about It in another way. He goes per.
sonaHy. or sends a deputy. Not only
that. but they travel In pairs. The
state pays their expenses from the
moment they board a train IN Indi-
annapolis until they return to this
city.
Governor Refuses Money.
Just recently application was made
TO Governor Marshall for S400 from
his contingent emergency fund to be
used TO defray the expenses OF trip
10 Washington 10 secure the deposi.
ton Of Or. N. w. Wiley, u. s. Chem.
list. which was needed In the benzoate
OF soda case. Governor Marshall said
mo" emphatically. He suggested that
the questions which were to be an
swered be prepared and sent TO
reputable Washington attorney who |
would see that they we're answered
under oath
Its ridiculous and extravagant,"
said an attorney. referring 70 these
trips of the attorney-generai. II costs
money 10 trasd to New York and
II costs money to live In
the fire hotels OF New York for ten
days at a time. and I'll bet he wouldn't
do II IL 81 we're his own private bust
ness. No. he'd be looking after the
pennies then. and he'd send the quss
tions to some other lawyer 10 have
them answered. But as long as the
state pays the expenses. tie another
-
This trip. which Attorney General
Bingham began last Thursday. is the
fourth to New York. There was one