The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-10-16

simply extravaganza, and waste in the
creation of new boards and useless
offices that abound in the state house
at Boise as a reward for political
duties.
The speaker claimed that taxes for
the past IL years have increased year
after year. The direct levy by Cover
nor Morrison in 1903 was $3.50, 900;
Governor Gooding in 1906, 100000;
Governor Gooding's second term in
1907, $1,000,000; under Governor
Brady in 1909, $1,000, OOO; under
Governor Hawley in 1911, $1,SO0,O0O,
and now to cap the climax of it all,
Governor John M. Haines, $4,000, 900.
The speaker urged that the time has
arrived that all other questions should
be relegated to the rear and the state
returned to it's normal condition. The
state taxes should be reduced one-half,
or from 100000 to 100000, and
then go down the line and make the
counties, municipalities, road and
school districts follow the same exam
pie and practice economy and efficien-
cy wherever it is possible and thereby
furnish relief to the taxpayers and
again restore commence anu property
values in the state of Idaho
He further declared that the state
of Idaho has spent for the past two
years for state purposes $4,000,000
100000 of which came from di-
rect levy, the other 100000. coming
from the bond sale Of $335,0O0; levy
for interest and sinking fund of
about $4,000, and an indirect in
come Of nearly $1,5OO,000 from the
interest of rentals and sale of state
lands, tax on corporations, insurance
companies and the like, and he be-
lieved that by an economical admins
tration, such as he would give the
peope of the state of Idaho, that at
the end of two years there ought not
to be any necessity for levying any
state taxes for any purposes, as the
direct income should be sufficient to
meet the expenses Of state govern
ment. AS proof of this he cited the
administration Of Governor John Nor
rison, which only cost $550,000 when
the indirect income of the state was
very small, If anything; Governor
Gooding's second term, which only
cost 100000 Of direct taxes, and
the income was only one-half of what
it is now.
Under Mr.. Gooding's second term
when there was levied one-half Of the
taxes that are levied now" he said,
"weshad everything in the way Of state
government and state institutions, ex-
cept useless boards and useless offices.
and under Gooding's administration
there was constructed the irrigation
works under the Carey act in the
south, and the state increased more
in that time than it ever had before
or since. No one suffered for the
want Of any department of the state
government and it cost less than one
half of the present state government,
and the republicans at the end of
Gooding's term pointed with pride in
their platform to the splendid admin
istration given the state by the retr-
ing candidate, Governor Gooding. If
that is so, and was so, and it cost less
than one-half what the present state
administration is costing, no further
argument is required to prove the
contention. If there is any further
proof required, then I will refer to the
present platform of the republican
party, adopted June 80, 1914, which
starts out in one of the planks: The
paramount issue in the state of Idaho
is that Of taxation So burdensome
have the high taxes become that they
are a handicap to industry and a po-
tent factor in the personal property
values"
The speaker urged the necessity of
electing democratic legislature to as
sist him in carrying forward the work
for which he stands. Mr.. Alexander
further assured his auditnce that as
democratic candidate for governor
and the standard-bearer Of the demo-
cratic party for the state Of Idaho, he
came to Nez Perez county with the
united democratic party at his back,
and from the Canadian line on the
north to the Nevada line on the south
and the Oregon line on the west to the
Wyoming line on the east, the demo-
cratic party is united as never before,
and every man and woman in
the democratic ranks is a
Woodrow Wilson democrat stand
ing with the president in his CON
structive legislation for the upbuild-
ing of the country for peace and for a
better and larger nation.
The speaker cited as an example of
extravag ance of the appropriations as
follows: Governor, $1,000 under
Morrison, $22,SOO under Haines;
treasury office, $3.50 under Morrison,
$19,351 under Haines; attorney gener-
ais office, $S,S75 under Morrison,
$4,000 under Haines. He also said
that the attorney general, Mr. Peter
son, is now travelling over the state
making speeches for the republican
machine, advising people how to vote.
and he gets $50 a day for that advice.
Under Morrison he got $12 day and
he stayed home and attended to bust
ness. He said:
when Peterson comes here and
tells you how to vote, he gets $50
from the state for doing so, and I am
not charging you a cent for my ad-
vice."
The districts courts under Morrison
spent $4,000; now, $193,065. The
land department under Morrison,
$50 1000, now $131,315. The Carey act
land department under Gooding,
which was the most active time for
the settlement of the Carey act pro-
jects, $46,197; under the present adj
ministration it uses $123,000 when
there are no Carey act projects under
construction, and nearly all of them