Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23

may be said that at no time in the his
tory of the state have the various
funds been in such splendid condition
as at the present time. In but a single
instance have the expenditures exceed
ed the appropriation. This was in the
Capitol Building Maintenance Fund
and was through no fault of Governor
Haines. The legislature failed to ap-
propriate a sum in accordance with the
estimates. This fact has been seized
upon by opponents of the governor to
charge that he was running the states
business on jaw bone" This has APP
peared several times in paid advertise
ment alleged to have been contracted
for by a discredited POLITICIAN. An in
vestigation of the status of the funds,
however only rebounds to the credit
of Governor Haines. and shows the
desperate straits of a willy politician
who seeks to injure the governor.
Therefore when it comes to the ques-
tion of economy in state finance Gov
ernor Haines can point with pride to
his administration, while his opponents
can only make promises.
Would Make Idaho a TaxIess State,
Governor Haines is the only candi-
date for gubernatorial honors who has
presented a matured state land policy.
Others have presented some shallow
! ideas in reference to the sale of state
agricultural lands, but it has remained
] for Governor Haines to give the sub
4 ject that deep and matured thought
that he applies to all public questions
( The plank in the Republican state
platform relative to the sale of agri-
cultural lands is to be credited to Gov
ernor Haines. 1t is his plan for dis
posing of our public domain. Governor
Haines not only proposes to sell our
agricultural lands at a price above the
constitutional limitation of $40 per
acre, but to sell them on 40 years time
The principal derived from the sale of
public lands goes into irreducible en-
dowment funds, and only the interest
or earnings of these funds may be
used. The governor wants these lands
! to be sold on 40 years time so as to
give the home builder a chance, as the
state can only use the six per cent in
terest in any event. The long time
payment plan will be beneficial to the
homebuilder, will cause our state lands
to sell at higher price and will i'm
mediately put millions of dollars upon
our tax rolls, thus relieving the burden
on other property. AS soon as the state
has sold $20,000,00o worth of agricul-
tural lands-and these lands are worth
vastly more than that sum-the earn
ing capacity of the funds would amount
I to $1,200,000 which is more than the
state legislature appropriates per an
/ mum for the expenses of the state And
If the governors policy were in effect
now Idaho would be a taxless state so
II far as state taxes are concerned.
The Hanes Administration Has Been
H Progressive" and It Does Not
4 Need to Be Advertised.
Governor Haines does not advertise
himself as a progressive Republican
candidate" because his administration
has been progressive and speaks for
itself. There has already been enact
ed under his administration more pro-
gressive legislation than is contained in
all the platforms of all of his oppon-
ents, and in this connection there may
be cited the following progressive poll
ctes that have been put into law under
his administration, namely: The Pub
lie Utilities Law, the result of eight
years fight on the part OF the people
Iof Idaho; the State Board of Educa-
ltion. which does away with a board of
lregents and FIVE boards OF trustees,
THUS materially reducing expenses and
lcomplying with the popular demand
for the reduction of the number of off,
Icials and commissions; the Non-P Par
tisan Judiciary Law. Ratification of
the Amendment for the Direct Election
'lpf United Statea Senators. the Nine