The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-20
What Is There Back of Fall
ure of State Board Of Ac-.,
counts to Make Report on
Its Work"
REPLYING SILENCE
QUITE OPPRESSIVE
Neither Does There Come an i
Answer to Query: Why
Was Resolution for Report
Delayed Until Today?.
palladium Specially


palladium Specially
Indianapolis. Jan. 2O.-Friday fore.
noon the house Unexpectedly voted on
the Faris resolution calling for submis-
sion Of the report of the state board
of accounts The report was passed
but majority leaders made no effort 10
explain why the resolution previously
had been SO vigorously opposed. Rep
resentative Cravens caused many
smiles by saying that when he moved
to adjourn Thursday he had forgotten
that the resolution was to have been
called up for consideration.
Indianapolis. Jan. 2O.--What ID therO
back of the failure of the state board
OF accounts to make a report OF its ac.zs
tions and the receipts and expendIt.
ures Of its department.
Why should not the one department.
OF Indiana which Is organized for the
purpose Of making every oficial III
the state, whether he be state. coun-
ty. township or municipal show q
straight set of books and maintain an
accounting system that will enable
him to know where he Is at the close
Of every days business. be able to do
the very thing II is paid to teach 9TH
ers?
Why should the Democratic partly
organization be dragooned into saving
the face Of this department?
What Cause for Fear?
Why was the Democratic party,
afraid to permit resolution calling,
upon Dehority for an accounting of.
his ONCE pass the house or even come,
up for consideration?
And where is John Boltz. one OF thei
deputy-examiners. and why is hei
where he Is?
Also. as side issue. why IL the In-f
dianapolis News, which is the orgaut
of the state board OF accounts. threat.I
ening to publish" members OF thet
legislature who are making q demandl
for publicity Of the accounts of thet
state board Of accounts unless theyI
stop their agitation?
These are questions being freelyf
asked on every hand about the legisln.4
4
which will be asked all over Indian1
by tomorrow.
There was disposition upon the part
Of many to regard the demand Of Repi
resentative Wells for an itemized act
count Of Mr.. Dehority as more or iosai
the result of a personal piqu4, a.
though those nearest to him know diS..
I.ferently until Thursday afternoon,
when Representative Cravens. noors
leader of the Democratic majority inl
the house, and very close to GoverncFss
Marshall. deliberately blocked q res0rs
luton demanding that Dehority, an ap-s
pointee OF the governor. give to the
Legislature an itemized account of his
department since he assumed charge
OF it April. 1909.
Was Offered Fairly.
The resolution was presented by.
Representative Faris IN regular man.
ner and In a fair spirit, but 1t was
blocked in a jiny by Representative
Cravens AZ a result there will bo'
blood on the moon Friday morning,
when the house convenes.
There has been justiAable complaint
from all parts OF the state for long
time over the manner in which the
state board Of accounts under Mr.. De-
hority il being operated. II has been
distinctly partisan. notoriously unfair
and has needlessly Hbeled and smfrch-s
ed the reputation Of many oniciais
through the columns OF its organ, thu
Indianapolis News.
When the legislative committee
started upon its inspection OF the var
ious state institutions, Offices ana
boards Governor Marshall sent a Lett
ter to each one OF the Offices and insti~
tutions to be visited asking them to
be ready with report Of their Offices.
In the report Of the legislative commit
tee which was filed Thursday with the
legislature 1t is stated that owing to
the very meager report made to it by
the state board of accounts the COM
mittee is unable to make an intelligent
Recommendation to the legislature re-5
garding the state board OF accounts.
It also states that the committee unrs
derstands the state board OF acc0untn'
will make q full and complete state
ment of the receipts and expenditures
OF the department for the information
Of the legislature This report VS.
written before the 1rst OF the year and
Dehorfty made this promise to tho.
committee even prior to that time, YET
the report fs not yet made.
Was Called Too Hasty.
When Representative wells intro
duced his resolution January 8. calling
for an itemixed account from Dchority.
Representative Crayens asked that the
resolution be not passed because ~
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