Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-22

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debt, and except claims against the
state already presented to the board
and favorably reported by It to the
legislature for passage. The board may
approve or disapprove any claim or de-
mand against the state, or any item
thereof, or may recommend less
amount in payment of the whole. or
any item thereof, and a decision of q
majority OF the members shall stand
as the decision OF the board. But no
claim shall be examined, considered
or acted upon by said board unless an
account Is filed, giving all the items
of the claim. duly verified by the oath
Of the person presenting said claim,
or his agent. as to it's correctness, and
that the amount claimed Is justly due
and receipted vouchers showing the
payment Of all items exceeding two
dollars $4,000 be filed with the
claim Now. ur &c yesterday, neither
Attorney General McDoueall nor State
Land Commissioner Day. who happens
to be the chairman Of the state central
Republican committee OF this state,
have filed any such itemized state
ments. Governor Hawley did file one
and I want to call your attention to
some things in it. applause and
cheering).
Recalls HawIey's Charges.
you know. two years ago. Governor
Hawley made campaign in this
state. and he accused Governor Brady
of giving a $55 dinner over here at
Portland when he and his friends were
on their way to or from the Seattle
exposition, and he criticized Governor
Brady severely for his expenditures
upon that trip. Now. in court, we law
yers have habit OF marking docu-
ments like this, exhibits. and am
going to offer 1t in evidence for your
inspection, and I am going to see to
it that It is published in detail, so
that you will know and can read in
cold print every item OF it, and so that
you will understand what use the gov
ernor made of Carey act trust funds
on this trip. daughter). You will
find all the way through this bill,
Items. for newspapers, every day. 10,
IL, 20. 80 cents. sometimes as high as
10 or 80 cents for newspapers and
You will find a good many
items of $1.25 or $3.50 for a single
meal. You will find that the governor
stopped at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York and paid $3t for use OF his rooms
there for three days. You will find a
lot of items like this, that are large.
You will find Il lot Of items that are a
great deal larger than you people are
in the habit OF paying when you are
on trip OF that kind.
Arid Lands Of New York.
"Now. the Carey act trust funds,
my friends. are funds paid in in pay
ment OF lands and water rights in the
Carey act projects for the purpose of
administering the expenses Of those
projects. and for the purpose Of re-
claiming other arid lands in the state
of Idaho, not elsewhere, daughter,
cheers and great applause), but Gov
ernor Hawley found some arid. des-
ert tracts down yonder at Washington
and Philadelphia and New York,
Naughter). that needed to be reclaimed
and he used Carey act trust funds for
that purpose. Uaughter). Voice in
the audience: HE was dry himself,
wasn't heT) daughter and applause
and cheers). Now, my friends, don't
know, I can't imagine. what Governor
Hawley and Mr.. Day and Mr.. McDou-
gall were doing at New York in con-
nection with Carey act projects; +
haven't the slightest notion on earth,
but they were there three days. OF,
course. they were in Philadelphia,
at the presentation Of the silver serv-
ice to the battleship Idaho but why
should the money have to be drawn
out of the Carey act trust fund? IT
was a nice thing to go down yonder
and get the surrender OF sections 16
and SO Of the school land grant ly-
ing In the forest reserves and get
the privilege OF making other selec-
lions over here in the grazing district
to rent to the sheep men: that was a
nice thing. but they paid for It out
OF the Carey act trust fund. ana all
the time they were doing that, my
friends. junketing around for nearly a
month and spending the Carey act
trust fund, the men and women on
these projects were patiently waiting
for Governor Hawley and Attorney
General McDongall. who constituted
a part of the state land board Of the
state to get a move on them and rem
der a decision against the construc-
tion companies which would enable
those men and women to get the water
upon their lands to grow the crops
they needed to support and maintain
them. (Applause). That money 10
paid In by those men and women down
there for the sole purpose OF admin
istering those projects and conducting
them upon a business like basis, and
these men were using 1t for the pur-
pose OF junketing about over the
What do you think about II Fl