Arizona republican., 1913-03-13
JACOBS HURLs LIAR
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corporation. The law prohibiting of ficers of the state from being inter- csted in any contract made by. them in their official capacity is quoted, the penalties set forth, and the sug- gestion made inferentially that l may be held responsible for criminal ir- regularities
 Passing that phase of the question with the assurance that l shall be only too happy to make legal answer to any charges that may be preferred while regretting that the law is in adequate, in the present case, to hold the instigatcrs thereof responsible for their utterances, I will briefly recite the circumstances, that you may judge fairly, from an ethical stand point, of the merits of the accusation
 The purchases stated to have been made for the prison. from the old Dominion Commercial company, of Globe, in which concern I hold a considerable interest, were not for the prison at all. as the committee might have determined, had it's time not been SO limited They were neither made for the state, paid for by the State-eXcept as it advanced the money, to be later reimbursed or purchased under any law of the state relating to purchases or con tracts. They were not authorized by the board Of control, of which I am d member, nor made at my instance, direction or suggestion, direct or i'm piled, as the officers who were charg- ed with the duty of making the pur- chases can and will readily verify They consisted of supplies purchased for the maintenance of the Globe Ray convict road camp, under an ar rangement with Gila county. whereby the county was and is to pay all the expense. less the regular per capita cost of the maintenance of cOnVicts al the prison The purchases therefore were not made for the prison. nor was the prison affected directly or indirectly, adversely or .favorably. one cent Neither were the officials of the state. or any thereof except as they would naturally wish to see the interests of Gila or any other county properly safeguarded. concerned in the transactions, with whom they
  prices. They were made. with the consent of Gila county. by and under the authority and direction of the highway department, as the depart ment having charge of the convict road camp, and l am informed by the purchasing officer that no faVortism was shown to any concern: that bids were eXacted monthly, and exception ally good prices secured. not only from the old Dominion Commercial company, but from all the mercantile establishments of Globe. which were patrOnized, without thought, consid = eratiOn or regard for who might or who might not be so unfortunate. innoccntly or criminally, wisely or unwisely. as to hold stock therein. The purchases alleged to have been made from the Old Dominion Com school and the insane asylum may be TO less easily or less completely eX- | plaine1l Indeed they might have been explained even to the satisfac- ticr of the committee on stara in- stitutions and public expenditures mac mat committee requested an explara- liUn-a failure. have no doubt. ,;l;c to the extraordinary demands upon the committees activities
 By reason of the fact. perhaps, that I was a stockholder in the Old Do- minion Commercial company and for many years actively engaged in it's I management. 1 am informed on the ! subject of merchandise values, and 1 this information enabled me to dis 1 cover, upon early investigation. that l various institutions of the state. un- l der the system which has heretofore 1 maintaned-and which I presume | would be found satisfactory tC l the cOmmittee-were being sys- | matically robbed through the me- l tested against this and indi- | cated reforms which have resulted ir l important savings In the carrying out of these reforms, three purchases i two by the industrial school anC one by the insane asylum-were made from large eastern wholesaler | though the practice has been, Wher- | ever reasonably possible, to buy iron
 local institutions. Incidentally. thu l prices secured in these two instances and the savings effected, might have l been interesteing to the committee | if that phase of the matter had beer
 considered worth while. The pur | chases were not made at my direc
 tiOn. but on the judgment of the su
 perintendents concerned. and tn !, goods were shipped direct to the in l stitutions Totally without my know 1 ledge or cOnsent-a statement sus | ceptible of easy verification-th l wholesale house, because of it's ob 1 jection to or rule, common to man 1 concerns, against having accounts eX 1 cept with established customers bill l ed the goods through the old DOmin | ion Commercial company, and tha 1 company, ignorant of the Offense Tn | VOlVed in being accommodating to tn ] state and unaware of the miSfOrtun | which attached to having me as
 | stOckhOIder. permitted itself to h 1 thus used: and then, not desiring t
 lose the money, made claim upO 1 the state for the amount of tf l purchases
 I regret that my suggestions to u 1 superintendents of the insane asylu1 1 and the industrial school resulted l ,t of ip,