Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-10-15

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consider the offer practible.
Some Idaho Tax History.

consider the offer practiple.
Some idaho Tax History.
.Taxes for the past IL years have
Increased from year to year., said the
sneaker. and illustrated the fact that
novernor Morrisons administration
,ev;ed s550,O0O in 1908 which was
fonnd sufficient to maintain our state
government, but that he was not re-
elected but delegated to private life.
The levy in Governor Gooding's term
in 1905 was 100000 and In his second
term in 1907 it raised to 100000
Under Governor Brady in 1909 it ex-
nerienced another raise, being 1920
900. He showed the difficulties ex
perieneed by Governor Hawley in 1911
with the republican legislature in max
ing them cut down heir appropriations
from So 100000 their first effort. to
Al 900 and to cap the climax, in
the words Of the speaker, "Governor
Haines of the Take your tax receipt
to the polls fame, resolved to beat
Governor Hawley in ever respect, and
raised the levy to 100000.
How the Extra Money is Spent.
He illustrated how it was arranged |
to spend the extra money, in that a
score of useless commissions were
created which consumed large appro- I
priations and told of the Public Utili- t
ties Commission which he termed to be
the "The Public Useless Commission, -
and the State Tax Commission which
the supreme court recently indicated
had no constitutional power to act and
how Governor Haines had appinted the
same three men to act on both. "The
state legislature at its last session, -
Mr.. Alexander said, twas resolved to
fill the vacant rooms Of the state house
and created score Of useless commits
sions to eat the Taxpayers money, and
down near the close of the session
found that there was one room which
yet remained to be filled, and as if the
public had not been 'stung' enough, as
their last act, created the new office
Of State Bee Commissioner to fill that
one vacant ROOM"
Concrete Examples.
The speaker cited as an example of
extravagance of the appropriations as
follows: Governor, $11, 900 under Nor
rison, $4,000 under Haines; treasury
office, $6,350 under Morrison, $19,351
under Haines; attorney generals Of
flee, $s,S75 under Morrison, 500, 900 un-
der Haines. He also said that the at
torney general, Mr.. Peterson, is now
travelling over the state making
speeches for the republican machine.
advising people how to vote, and he
gets $50 day for that advice. Under
Morrison he got $12 day and he stay
ed home and attended to business. 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 charg-
ing you cent for my ADVICE
The speech on the whole revealed
more discrepancies in The handling of
the tax proposition than our sptc will
permit to be retold. The people are
thinking and the "Allen Land Deal'
and the "Wallis" affair are only re
minders. The enormous increases of
appropri; tions over the increase of
popuation and value Of property in the
state has not been in accord with the
latter ard needs remedy, and the
study which NJ. Alexander has given to
the matter, as evidenced by his force
able presentation of the subject shows
MN to be the proper man to work the
new reform. His meetings are every
where being well attended and indicate
MS election this fall as well as the en-
tre democratic state ticket.