Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-10-29
WILL YOU FORGIVE AND FoRcrr,

State Treasurer Allen mas appropriated annro
$4,000 of the states money How much more Wv
know until after election The republicans are s; VIII
Haines and the rest of the republican candidates NJ @
still continue to reside down at Boise, from the ef
scandal
Now we do not jump in a wild and ferocions n4.
Haines and the rest of state robbers
going to compare the and elegant SURROUNDINGS 49, org
capitol building with the Of the Forty Thieves ns
This do find, however, that wisdom and common
call for complete change down in Boise from oven @
down to the lowest And good can be advnaa
the
In the first place the officers in charge at the STATE
being in power listen to those who control political a
ments and favOrs. Hanes may be honest thev so
but he has not acted rather has not been permitted t. az
reason of the domination of some inside influence
Now while the defalcation Of Allen is new as far 90 4
are concerned yet Allen has been under fire for some t
caught in rotten loan DEAL and though renh;
papers demanded his resignation yet for some unknown r
he still held his place the republican ticket and his
ton from the office of state treasurer not demandS
Governor Hanes was his withdrawal from the ticket
election demanded by the republican state central
requested Someone else exercised power Some others
be involved They would of prevent action and did
doubtedly do The defalcation revealed Nv N
governor We might never have known Of it had it not M
ed out.
Another thing the other party involved Fred Coem.
who concerned in the failure Of the HALEY bank IN ion
appointed to the place Of deputy treasurer with
ledge the part of those who appointed him that his reu
ton criticised by many Who exerted influence to M
him appointedi /
Now the republican state committee have requested AZ
suspension of Van Duyn state examiner who gave Allen
clean bill OF health in June last and the experts who
auditing the books at loss to understand why the sho
not discovered in june And there several Others
loss to know why the shortage not discovered sooner
Who next besides Van Duyn? Will everybody concerned
be exposed7 Will Allen make clean breast and show up @
entire transaction and everybody involved in it will keep
silent and hope for future reward.
The Allen affair is not the only blot the Hanes admin
istraton There is Wallis who dcharged for his bail
position in the baking powder DEAL and later it revealed
that his sonnlaw and the state salary list hold
ling down jobs in his office.
Then there is the of O. H. Barber state game warden
who had nothing to his discredt and worked in the interest
the candidacy of H. b. Lewis for governor in the primary
pagn and forthwith kicked by John Hanes for no.
good known except perhaps that he ungrate
his master.
We need change at Boise all the way down the line That
is the only way to insure your interests Mr. Voter That
the only to clean up things and get the of the silent
crew Take no chances be Vote against the entire
republican state ticket Insure against future scandals
Governor Haines and his capitol building commission re-
celved $4,000 from the legislature to spend in two years
cutting grass sweeping the floors and keeping the state nous
IN order They spent the $4,000 in Is months That
rate OF $333333 month At this rate it would cost then
$ooOO for the full two years. But let be farhey had O
left at the end of fifteen months Deduct this from the
ana 1t leaves but $7999933 the cost Of running the stay
house for two This will leave deficit of but
Tor the next legislature to meet.
Senator Brady is going about over the denouncg
he war tax BILL before congress- If that bill sucn
monstrocity as he is why did he not stay in Washing
ton and fight QUIT Why did he not stay the ob why
ana ne rush to Idaho to save his scalp when by rn
" Ills post OF duty ne could have saved the whole naton'
Ii the republicans had tariff wall mile high; if they BAG
PACK ther dearly beloved PayneAldric law and there V
no imports from abroad how would they meet the ext
expenses growing out Of the warf They would be
snort on account of the income tax because they Wo
hot nave this tax under their old system
mere is panic, awful panic It is under denoIs
administration too Furthermore President Wilson ana ~
are responsible for it. But the panic confined y
o1lce holders They in panic because they %
he are doomed to lose many Of the Jobs they saved from ~
landslide OF 1912 No wonder they howl calamity
mo wonder renuhcan IF time IIu