The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-26
REDUCING THE TAXES
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and obtain judgment for his wrongs the people would mott
the officers If the prosecuting attorney lacks judgment
his spleen prosecuting for perjury when it clear
that perjury has been committed and the county into
pense bills for it the people the bills not the county attorney
Where a Bond Holds Good
If official should take county money and refuse account
for it, he should leave the country and escape account
mg would be up the bonding company stand the loss
the expense of getting things right again The officials
titled sympathy and additional salary of
sponslblly or the existence of bonds
Are Fighting the Editor
Some of the county officials and their friends seeking to
dscred the articles published by this paper by making state
like the foowng
"He has been living the county for quarter of century
and attacked the system before He has been publishing
newspaper for years and raised any such fuss before
He has been member of the Republican party and publishing
partisan Republican paper he knew of these conditions all the
while and attacked them before If he had been consistent
he would have commenced this campaign long ago. he simply
peeved and writing the articles for the purpose of get
ting even"
The main points in such statements are false and the men
know when they make them The has known very little
of conditions complained of until within few days of the time
they published; of them did until recently
and of them misunderstood only partly understood
until the writer discovered them by study of the records after
announcing in November that he going investigate the high
and discuss the the paper 1t only by long and
thorough study the records that such things have been brought
the articles be found and UNDERSTOOD Superficial
examination would suffice and this proven by the abso
lutte failure of the investigating committee appointed just
year before we took up the work If conditions were wrong then
the very able committee appointed discover them, missed its
mark completely for have their report safe and shows
absolutely nothing.
Proof That They are Wrong
To prove the lack of sincerity of officials and their friends
in making the foregoing charges against the writer cite he
following matters:
People WM not Approve
One of the first things brought to public notice the
sending of the present probation officer free vacation trip
in July, 1913. The board appropriated enough money o
and
from the convention she asked be and addition o
that took her beyond the place of convention and she had money
left of the expense should have had for they gave
her fifteen dollars than the market price that time
for the round trip excursion ticket sale then would
have been possible attack such extravaganza two five o
years ago time when such appropriations not made
1t practical attack it when done 1913 for
the that lett out OF the minutes the record OF
of the board did show it, the publication the official
newspaper did show it. slipped through assigned
and in evidence among the bills of that officer
but this concede accident binding and filing The
pedtu of that officer could have been attacked the
binary way of discovering hem for the that the pbca
tons made by the board accordance with law and
people appsed of what they actually by reading
what the board had published
NE Brought it to Light
We brought them light search of the records at
tackled their validity and the judgment of the officials permitting
them be incurred and paid and maintain that required anil
unusual effort and unusual procedure discover what done
and what wrong The doubling up of the taxes the uni
versa wall about it, the failure of the present county admins
traon carry their promises of retrenhmen the notices
of last fall showing further increase all combined direct the
of the editor of the Republican the subject and
made that he would undertake solve what the
Republican party and the committee had undertaken do and
signay failed to accomplish.
Some Further Proof
Another had questioned and had brought pub
lie attention the great expense and sacrifice of time for
Institutes but did know the whole truth about the
pense Our examination of the records brought the fact that
unusual appropriations had been made this The county school
superintendent permitted attend the of the Ma
tona Educational association and charge everything the
county from the time she packed her suitcase until she got back
the house That included all the expenses of the PERIOD car
fare diner service hotel stationary all the great and small de-
tails of vacation and outing They made the appropra
tons for trip Boise attend the Chautauqua and
for winter trip attend the teachers association all ex