The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-24
MUST RESIGN OR MAKE GOOD

State Treasurer o. V. Allen wa.
given the alternative of paying bacl
to the state the farm loan secured
from the public school funds of Ida
no, the recent exposure of which
showed he secured $4,000 through al
legged dummies" with which to spec
ulate on $40 acres Of land that was
later transferred to the Boise Invest
ment company, of which he was presi
dent, or resigning from the ticket as
a candidate for reelection, by the
Republican state central committee
Although the session of the commit.
tee in considering the Allen charges
was executive, it was learned from
excellent authority that the state
treasurer was given to understand
that if he did not make the lean
good and refused to resign the COM
mitte.e might take the drastic &C
ton of repudiating him.
The Allen charge kept the commit
tee in executive session two hours.
It was the one thing that marred
the harmony Ct the committees scs-
sion, for in the organization work
there was not a hitch.
Committee Organizes
Aside from the election of Georec
A. Day, state chairman, as announced
yesterday, the other officers chosen
by the committee we're: Will H. Glib
son, secretary; c. H. Potts, of Occur
d'Alene, first vice chairman; E. H.
Dewey of Nampa, second vice chair
man; D. w. Davis, of American Falls,
third vice chairman. Those officers,
together with Fred w. Gooding of
Gooding and Miss Margaret Roberts
of Boise, were named to constitute the
executive committee. Acting with them
will be the chairman and secretary
q. H. Potts was named to represent
the northern part of the state to con-
stitute one district; E. H. Dewey, to
represent the western and southern
part of the state divided into another
district and D. w. Davis to have
charge Of the southeastern and east
ern district. These vice chairmen
will oversee the campaigns for the
state committee in these respective
districts.
The executive committee met later
and decided to open state headquar-
tiers Immediately in the Empire build
ing on the second floor, of which the
state chairman and secretary will i'm
mediately take charge A clerical force
will be employed and work on the
campaign started Immediately.
Allen Charges Taken Up
The organization work of the COM
mittee was done in open session in
room 219 of the Owyhee hotel and
many We're in attendance besides the
active members of the committee or
those who held proxies After this
work was cleared away the commit
tee went into executive session and
the Allen charges were taken up.
These charges were discussed pro !
and con and the state treasurer was
criticised in no uncertain terms by |
members of the committee for secur-
ing public school money as a state
official with which to speculate on
lands Some Of tho members of the
committee stated that in their opin-
ion the state treasurer should resign
without further delay and that the
committee should call for his resigna-
ton and if he failed to present it.
to repudiate him as Republican can
didate having the support Of the COM
mlttee. Others advised slower action
and suggested that the state treas
urer should be given an opportunitv
to appear before the committee and
give his version of the lean. This
action was finally decided upon.
Charges in Brief
The charges laid before the COM
mittee against the state treasurer ,
were made in public address by ,
Clarence Van Deusen, Electors Pro- ;
gressive party candidate for state
auditor, and were published in the
Capital News, Saturday. Sept. -. ac-
companied by photographs of the let ,
ter sent by Register Jenness of the {