Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-22
Martin LAYS BARE
THE RECORD OF
HAWLEY
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capped, IL I am elected governor by
having hostile board against me,
Captain Yates doesn't want to be ham
dicapped, If he is elected state treas
urer, by having hostile board
against him. Mr.. Bailey doesn't want
to be handicapped in that manner
II you will elect a majority of the
candidates on our ticket which will
constitute the state board of equaliza-
ton, we will undertake TO use the
the same yardstick in measuring the
values of the properties Of these great
corporations that is used In measur-
ing the values Of your properties.
II will have to go back to Governor
Hawley again for moment uaugh-
ter and applause). There is In this
state such thing as the Taxpayers
league and l am informed that a
committee of the Taxpayers league
called upon the state board OF equaliz-
alton last August and took up with
the state board the question of over
valuation OF some of the lands in
this southwestern part Of the state.
and that Governor Hawley got a bit
petulant and called them fools and
tax dodgers and in this letter to Mr..
some more complimentary things
about the taxpayers of this state, that
would like to read to you: Your
of the sixth inst. Is at hand. 1 am
very glad to hear that I was misin.
formed with reference to the assess
ment that I wrote to you about on the
first inst. I appreciate the difficulties
surrounding the assessors and I be-
lieve that you are acting in absolute
good faith as are the other assessors
I appreciate another fact, however,
and that is that there are more liars
to the acre in Idaho than in any
other place in the world, when it comes
to matters of assessment Now, my
friends, II the candidates on the Pro-
gressive ticket, who constitute the
state board of equalization. are elect.
ed. you have my pledge and yor
have that of Mr.. Bailey and Captain
Yates. and every other one of them
that If you come before us, you will be
treated courteously and you will not
be called fools, tax dodgers or liars.
(Applause).
Fair and Honest Hearing.
well give your complaint fair and
honest hearing and II you are entitled
to relief and It's within our power I'M
der the law to grant It, we will grant
it. And IL 1t isn't within our power
to grant It, we'll tell you so and tell
you SO candidly, and honestly, and in
a gentlemanly way.
That Eastern Trip.
There's another side or two, though
to this tax question: another phase or
two Of It, The Progressive party be-
lieves in treating a platform as a con-
tract with the people. They believe in
the observance Of official paths. They
believe In economical administrations:
they believe in making expenditures Of
the public money in a lawful and bust
ness-lilSe way. Evidently. the present
board OF equalization does not so be-
lievc, and ! am going to call your at
tention to some of the things that
they have done which demonstrates to
my mind that they have not In last
April, Governor Hawley, Attorney
General McDougall and State Land
Commissioner Day made trip down
to Washington. Philadelphia and New
York. They went down there upon
state land board matters and Carey
act matters, and the presentation of
the silver service to the battleship
Idaho. l believe. Before they went,
Governor Hawley and Attorney Gen
eral McDougall drew from the Carey
act trust fund $500 each and Mr.. Day
drew $500 from another state fund on
blanket bills not itemized. You can
verify this by going over to the state
auditors office and examining your
records. Up to yesterday, at least,
neither State Land Commissioners Day
nor Attorney General McDougall
had filed an itemiZed statement Of
their expenses upon that trip. Let
mo read to you from the laws of the
state Of Idaho of Idaho. the duty OF
public officer who spends public
money: 1t shall be the duty Of the
board to examine all claims against
the state. except salaries and compen-
sation Of officers fixed by law, and
except fixed appropriations for princi-
pal and interest Of the public bonded