East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-18
WEST ASKS FOR
MORE FUNDS TO
CONTINUE FIGHT
Vice Crusade Work VIII be Carried
On--New Emergency Board"
Called 10 Meet.

SALEM, Ore, Sept. Ex-Governor
West has requested Secretary of State
Ben w. Olcott. secretary Of the en-
ergency board created by the last leg
islature, to call meeting of the
board for the purpose of providing
for more funds with which to carry
on his law enforcement work. The
last Legislature appropriated only
$1,000 that can be used for this work,
and the governor estimates there will
be needed from $4,000 TO $4,000.
In the governors request for a
meeting of this board for this pur-
pose. persons here see in 1t indi-
cations that "the chickens are coming
home to roOst" for certain politicians
who succeeded in forcing the emer-
gency law through the legislature
over the governors veto. The first
meeting of the board will force its
members to go on record In relation
TO the governors law enforcement ac-
tiyities. With the political primar-
les coming on. and several of the board
members busily engaged pressing
their ear to the ground and shifting
the political winds, this will not be an
affair to their liking. 1t appears to
be a plain case, however, of provid-
ing the governor proper funds to en-
able him to discharge the duty i'm
posed upon the chief executive to
take care that the laws be faithfully
executed
Board Members.
The members of the emergency
board are the governor. Ben w. OIL
colt, secretary of state; T. b. Kay,
state treasurer; Dan Malarkey, presi-
dent of the senate; c. y. Macarthur,
/ speaker OF the house; 7. l. Perkins,
chairman of the senate ways ana
means committee, and J. ID. Abbott.
| chairman of the house ways and
means committee.
The emergency board law provides
| that no state official can create de-
| ficiency in any fund, and If any fund
! Is insufficient then the official may
| eguest the secretary OF the emergency
! board to call meeting OF the board
to consider the emergency and fix a
/ maximum amount that may be in
Cured as deficiency.
Funds are wanted by the governor
t continue his vice crusades and Ii.
quor law enforcement campaigns; in
fact, his general state wide cleanup
policy.
The constitution imposes the duty
upon this office to see that the laws
are enforced, but nothing can be done
without funds" said the governor
THE state gets back thousands Of
dollars for every $1,000 spent For
instance, 1t cost about $40 or $50 foI
the work of our agents in Silverton
and Mount Angel; the fines were
$500. At nearly every place the fines.
which go into the public treasury,
many times exceed the cost.
Paying Investment.
80 as to the amount the emer-
Gency board should authorize, for this
purpose, the more you invest in it
the more you will get out of it.
Governor West directed his request
for meeting of the board to Secre-
tary Olcott yesterday afternoon. 1t
is now mandatory upon the secretary
to call the meeting. The governors
letter says:
Section 10 of article 3, of the con-
stitution OF the state, provides that
the governor shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed
Section 2612, Lords Oregon Laws.
authorizes the governor to employ
special agents for the apprehension
and conviction of criminals. to collect
evidence in any case, civil or crimi-
nal, where the state is interested.
whenever an emergency arises which.
in his judgment, would justify him in
so doing.
The legislature of 1918 appropri-
ated $1,000 to cover expenses incurred
through the employment of special
agents under said section 26l2, Lord s
oregon Laws
Commanded by the constitution to
see that the laws are enforced, but
finding the said appropriation ex-
hausted, numerous complaints COM
| ing daily as to law violations in diff
ferent sections of the state, and a
question being raised as to the au-
thority of this office to incur expense
through the employment of special
agents or the offering of rewards with
out further authority from the emer.
gency board, YOU are hereby request
ed TO call meeting of the said en-
ergency board for the purpose of con-
sidering the advisability of granting
authority to this office to create such
a. deficiency"
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