The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-29
HAMILTON STANDS
PROVEN AS SOUND
STATE ECONOMIST
John Cownie, Leading RepubIi.
can, Disapproves Misleading
Statements Regarding Mr..
HamiIton's Economy Record
HAMILTON Is LEVEL HEADED

Administration Campaign Literat-
ure Is Branded as Unjust and
Unfair to Business and Economy
@ Candidate for Governor.
John Cownie, lifelong republican,
veteran of the Civil war, and former
member Of the state board of control,
is out with a letter which establishes
the stand Of John T. Hamilton, bust
ness and economy candidate for gov.
ernor on the democratic ticket, as Z
sound economist and a level headed
business man. Mr. Cownie says that
campaign literature circulated against
Mr.. Hamilton 10 misleading. His
letter follows:
In recent issue Of the Register and
Leader, it was stated that Governor
Clarke had been investigating the rec.
ord made by Mr. John T. Hamilton,
now the democratic candidate for gov
ernor. when member Of the state
board of control and that this record
would soon be published in pamphlet
form.
have now before me this pamphlet
headed iowa Facts" Governor
Clarke on Assessments" and as was
. member of the state board of con-
t-ol during the time Mr.. Hamilton
served on the board, and had voice
in preparing the list of appropriations
asked for, am equally liable to CEN
sure for asking the legislature "for
I larger appropriations than were
needed"
With all due respect for Governor
Clarke and the high position he &C.
cupies in the state, would be false
to myself were to allow such mis-
leading statements as made by Gov
ernor Clarke to 60 unchallenged.
desire to call particular attention
to the following statement made by
Governor Clarke in his pamphlet Iowa
Facts:
"sample Of Hamilton Economy"
Here are three sets of figures
that are worth consideration in
connection with the democratic
claim Of being the economy"
party in Iowa:
Amount of the money Of the
taxpayers expended by the state
board of control for the biennial
period 19O4-5, SAG, 1856.
Amount Of the money Of the
taxpayers asked for by the board
Of control for the next biennial
period, $949,525.
Amount actually appropriated
for that period, $S01,550.
The significance of 1t all is that
I the report Of the board made in
1906, in which the legislature was
! asked to appropriate nearly ST.
~. 100000, was signed by John T.
! Hamilton. He believed the board
ought to have more than twice
rs much money as it had received
the last time. He urged the ieg-
7! islature to give it nearly $1,000
4 900. That was his first opportun-
ity at the state treasury.
M The first time John T. Hamil-
ton was placed in a position of
responsibility with reference to the
treasury of Iowa he pleaded for
appropriations more than double
those which had been given be-
fore. That was his first record Of
ECONOMY"
But republican legislature and
i q republican governor trimmed
his estimates down $148,000 and
decided that what he wanted was
more than was needed"
AS will be seen by the first item in
the foregoing quotation Governor
Clarke gives the amount of money ex.
pended by the state board of control
for the biennial period, 1904.1905,
SAG, 776.46.
The state board Of control in its
report for the same period gives some.
4 What different figures from Governor
Clarke and quote from this report
which was signed by G. 8. Robinson,
u. G. Kline and John Cownie.
there has been expended for
all Of the institutions under our
control during the biennial per-
"A 100 enQluS Juu0 0V, ASVo, tAo o0AA
Il Of $3,426,549.05. OF this amount,
3S71,e26.9 was paid for new
buildings, extraordinary repairs.
8 equipment, land transportation
ana miscellaneous, and $2,544,-
a s22.O6 was for support as ap-
IN pears from the following table:
The same report asked for instttr
ton appropriations for the next bien
NAL period the sum Of $1,140,25O, and
the next legislature at It's session II
1906 cut this amount to $446,676.46. I
The SAG, 676.46 are evidently thu
figures quoted by Governor Clarke al
the amount expended by the state
board Of control for the biennia
period Of 19o4-1s05, but % this appro
priation was not made until 1895, the
year after, Il 10 readily seen that Gov
ernor clarke's pamphlet headed "lows
Facts might have more appropriate
name.
Governor Clarke makes no mention
q q 4ha seat that the laFfslattIr0 me-