The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-29

OF SAC, s76.46 made by the
legislature in 1906 was for only one
year, and not for two years, 19O4-19O5,
IS stated by Governor Clarke in his
headed iowa Facts"
In another pamphlet headed Great.
or Iowa." written by Gov. Geo. w.
Clarke, the following statements ap-
pear:
"HamiIton's Liberal Askings."
When John T. Hamilton became
q member of the board he embrac.
ed the first opportunity to recon-
mend to the legislature and per-
sonally to urge upon the legisla-
ture an enormous increase in APP
preparations. He Joined in re-
port to the legislature with fol-
lowing results:
Appropriations asked for, $949,-
525.
Appropriations made, $S01,550.
Now the amount asked for and
secured by the board from the
preceding general assembly was
$446,776 The republican legisla-
ture did not grant all that Mr..
Hamilton wanted from the state
treasury for his department, but
1t did nearly double the allowance.
If the line of reasoning Of che
Hamilton publicity bureau should
be applied here it would be easy
enough to convict Mr.. Hamilton
of gross and reckless waste Of
the peoples money"
Governor Clarke states, "Now the
amount asked for and secured by the
board from the preceding general as
sembly was s446,776."
TO refute this statement I have al
ready quoted from the report of the
board that s1,140,25O was asked from
the preceding general assembly and
that the appropriation made was for
one year only instead of two years,
which accounts for the reduction to
$446,676.46.
And yet in the face Of these facts
as shown by the report of the state
board of control made in November,
1905, and the appropriation made in
1906 by the legislature, Governor
Clarke credits the reduction in the
amount appropriated to the preceding
session of the legislature when in
fact it was the following legislature,
that made the reduction, which took
effect after John T. Hamilton was a
NM NJ Tho c{o hno ri NJ annfrO1
and the board of which he was men,
Der had to manage the institution with
this reduction. And the preceding
which Governor Clarke
states was $44e,676.46 was in fact as
shown by the laws as published, the
sum Of 1899 800 SO that Mr.. Hamilton's
first experience on the board was,
with the small appropriation which
Governor Clarke states was asked and
secured by the former state board Of
control.
Here is another statement BY Gov
ernor Clarke in referring to speech
made by John T. Hamilton at the
Marion county fair:
did Mr.. Hamilton tell the peo-
pie that he was a member of the
board of control from April 2,
1906, to October 1, 1909, covering
almost two periods when the ex-
penditures were more in each
than during the last? No, he does
not tell these things. Why was he
not reducing expenditures then?
He had just as great, even great
er opportunity than II he were
Governor"
Before and After Hamilton.
Now for the real facts, not Govern
or Clarke's Facts" but statement
that can be verified from the reports
OF the state board of control as |
have all the reports before me as I
write. and am merely copying the
figures.
For the, two biennial periods before
Mr.. Hamilton was member Of the
state board Of control the amount Of
appropriations asked from the IesisIa-
ture by the state board Of control was
$22e3,e65.
For the two biennial periods follow
ing Mr.. HamiIton's retirement from
the board the amount of the approprl-
atoms asked from the legislature by
the state board Of control was $780,
COS.
For the two biennial periods when
Mr.. Hamilton was a member Of the
board the amount Of appropriations
asked from the Legislature by the state
board Of control was $1,426,375.
Governor Clarke's training in the
simple rules of arithmetic has evi.
IDENTIFY been sadly neglected, OR he
would know that $1,426,375 was not
more than $2,293,665 But Governor
Clarke says it is, and asks why" Mr..
Hamilton was not reducing expen.
ditures then?"