The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-12-21
SAYS VETOPUT
THEM in A BOX
Then Governor Unlawfully
Appropriates Funds to
use of Institutions.

Moscow, Ida, December Is, 1911
Editor Globe: The following
communication to appear in the
Statesman, will, no doubt be OF
deep interest to your readers:
The Idaho Statesman, Boise
Idaho
Your issue Of the l1th instant
contains an article, entitled: "De-
ficit Faces the Governor In
which it is stated as follows
"When Governor Hawley faces
the next session Of the state legis-
lature, he will meet it after hav-
ing been forced to authorize de-
ficit for more than 100000 in
the maintenance fund of the state
penitentiary; caused by his veto
OF part of the appropriation pas
sed when that body was last in
session"
AS it is now currently reported
that the governor has determined
to call the Legislature together in
extra session, would not the pres
ent time be a suitable occasion to
take an account of stock and see
where we have drifted? Then, if
possible, return our state govern
ment to a government under the
constitution.
That instrument was designed
to be the highest law in the state,
and is supposed to be safeguard
against legislative aggression.
But, unfortunately, our officers
sometimes ignore that instrument
and when so doing, ignore their
oaths of office.
The quotation l have made
from your paper is misleading,
for the reason that there is no
appropriation, whatever, for the
Idaho penitentiary; owing to the
veto interposed by the governor.
The constitution Of the state of
Idaho, Section Ii, Article 4; pro-
wides, THAT the Governor shall
have power to disapprove of any
item, or items, of any bill making
appropriations OF money embrace
ing distinct items, and the part,
or parts, approved, shall become
a law; and the item, or items,
disapprived, shall be void. -
The appropriation made by the
last session of the Idaho legisla-
ture for the maintenance of the
penitentiary, consisted Of only one
item; and, as the governor disap-
proved that, there remained no
appropriation. The same condi-
ton confronts both the asylums
for the insane. True, the Cover
nor tried to legislate in amounts
to conform to his ideas of good
management, but, in discussion
had with me by letter, he even
tually admitted that if the ques-
ton of his authority to cut down
the appropriations was submit
ted to our supreme court, that
tribunal would, undoubtedly, hold
that there were no appropriations
for such state institutions as were
under discussion.
Section 13, Article II, of our
constitution, provides; That no
money shall be drawn from the
treasury but in pursuance of ap-
preparations made by law"
Yet, in violation Of that provi-
sion, the state auditor has been
drawing warrants against the
governors appropriations. which
he knows and every intelligent
reader knows, are uncOnstitutiOn-
al.
The state treasurer, l learn, is
paying these illegal warrants
else the Legislature would have
been convened in extra session,
long ago. Z
Where are the bondsmen of the
state treasurerY Why do they not
look into the matter? Where are
we driftingi Let us have show
Jd6p, and come back to sane goy-I
efAment under the constitution
Wipe off our statutes all uncOn-
stitutional laws and enact such q
revenue law as will conform to |
Section 2, Article z of the consti-
sufaonl $50 that every person,
or corporation, shall, pay tax in
proportion to the value Of his, or
Der, OF. its property" Sincerely |
yours, odssli ,allivaans1se "A
w. j. MCCONNELL, |
.shi f1'saz' - sssi is4g