Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-18
NOSE ALEXANDER IS
TALKING THRU HIS HAT"
Democratic Candidate for Governor Makes Rash
Statements In Regard to Reducing the Ex-
penSeS of State Government.

which would eat in on the profits of
his clothing business quite a bit, to
say the least. But this is not all by
any means. Mr.. Alexander be-
lieves, that if the democrats are con-
tinued for another two years it will
be unnecessary to levy any tax at
all for state purposes as the income
from the rentals of land and the in
terest from land sales will be suffi-
cient to pay the expenses of state
government if properly and honest
ly administered, etc. This state
ment from man running for gov
ernor is nothing short Of astounding.
If there is ten-year-old school boy
in the state who does not know that
not cent of land rentals, or inter-
est on land sold can be applied to
the payment of state expenses, his
education has been sadly neglected.
And such boy ought to know that
when the general government grant
ed sections 16 and SO to the state of
Idaho and by special grants various
other tracts of land it was with the
strict provision that the income from
sections 16 and SO should go to the
support of common schools and the
income from other grants to the
support of the state university,
normal school, penitentiary and
numerous other state institutions.
The constitution Of Idaho and the
! statutory laws were formulated in
harmony with the federal provisions
: and not cent of the income from
these lands ever has been or ever
! can be devoted to the payment of
: state expenses.
Proceeding, the Honorable Mos
es says in his speech as in all others
l. that when he is governor he will
| clean out the state house. That is
I another bit of cheap buncombe
9 As governor he would have no pow
er to do anything of the kind be
d yond his own Office and indirectly |
e few appointive offices. In all tn,
e. elective offices the heads have tn
IL same power as to their own Office
! that the governor has as to his an
~ most of the appointive offices ar
be board appointments in which tn
e- governor has no more power tina
= the other officers on the board
:. - The statement, however, brand
no him as a spokesman pure and simpl
is and unfit for high office. TheI
Ia are bookkeepers, clerks and sten'
graphers about the state house WI
te- have been employed because I
I'D their fitness for the work and I
one ever asked them their polite
Of affiliations. These experienced ar
of competent persons are to be turns
,er out without ceremony ostensibly
he the interest of economy, but an
in body who uses his brains for thin
,nv ing knows that to displace expe
sti- enced and efficient office help wi
the inexperienced help is not done
.ars the interest of economy and efficis
-ds cy, but solely to reward politi
ces henchmen. Furthermore everybo
aho knows that however much ]
of Alexander might desire to 50
uto- ward his strikers he would not d
Mr. to clean out the state house fr
ave basement to dome. 1t would m
n a the complete paralysis of state g
Hca ernment. The best or worst
,rds could do would be to let one
the now and then as others familiar
and with the work and then only as
.isI.- fore stated in a limited number
.;c,ht Offices"