Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-03-14
Shows Up Hastings.

onows Up Hastings.
From time to time one Charles A
Hastings b1 eaks into print in criticism
OF the management of state affairs
In recent issue Of North Idaho
paper Mr.. Hastings compares the
appropriation for the governors
office with the appropriation for the
same office made in 1905. Mr.. Hast
ings did not see fit to compare the
appropriations of 1912 with those
OF the immed date predecessor of Gov
ernor Hawley. for l9O9-lO, for the
very excellen t reason that the Hawley
appropriation is $500 less than that
for Brady. In addition to this fact
there was . deficiency of $1137. 25
incurred by the Brady administration,
while the expenses under Governor
Hawley are being kept within the ap-
preparation. In other words, Cover
nor Hawley is conducting his Office
for at least $l,637.25 less than the
amount expended under Governor
Brady. An there is no superAuous
help in the governors office despite
the allegation s Of Mr.. Hastings.
Governor Hawley is noted for his
industry. For more than 20 years he
was daily at his law office at 7:3O
o'clock every morning unless unavoid-
ably detained, and this habit he main
tains in oominp 70 tho o,oo.,.: r.
ice. He gives personal supervision
to his entire mail and keeps one STEM
ographer busy Herewith, passing t.
his secretary's desk only routine mat
tiers or that upon which data must
be obtained from other officers and
this in turn, when important, is sub
mitted again to him. 1t is safe to say
that no other states executive gives
such thorough personal attention to
all matters coming before him. In
addition to his stenographer the gov
ernor has a private secretary as is
customary and essential and also an
additional ste nographer who also acts
As filing clerk and record keeper. The
field correspondence Of the Office for
the year 1911 alone is more than
double that for the whole previous
term Of two years, which gives some
idea Of the relative amount of work
being done.
Mr.. Hastings makes some cheap
clap-trap reference to $500 appro-
priated for the governor with COM
mission to visit San Francisco to Sc
lect site for the Idaho building for
the great Panama exposition. AS all
the governors Of the various state
are expected to make a similar trip
in person or through representatives,
Mr.. Hastings criticism can stand for
what it is worth. Surely there are
certain courtesies universally &C
knowledged between the American
states which the citizens of Idaho
wish their own state to recognize. To
pursue any other course would make
great expositions impossible.
Mr.. Hastings recognized sentiment
as ruling in governmental as we'll as
personal affai rs in expanding some
several hundred dollars in the cree
ton of a stone duplicate Of the prov
of the battleship Idaho on the state
house grounds. Unfortunately his
judgment was at fault as the same
will have to be demolished whenever
the new state house is completed
Can Mr.. Hastings not inform thu
readers Of the paper as to the number
Of shoes and loaves of bread THU
squandered sum would have pur
chased for the poor?
Then again cannot Mr.. Tasting
account for tho fact that the appro
priation for the state treasurer's Of
flee for 1866 was $4,000, while TO
i, 1908 it was SIS, 400 and for 1909-1(
it reached $l7,67O during the las
four years of which Mr.. Hastings wa
the state treasurer?
The scriptures tell US Of the h.ypc
critic who could see the mote in hi
J brothers eye. Will Mr.. Hasting
kindly look in the glass and behol'
the beam2