Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-01

pensed with The Legislature laughed him dregarded
Now Attorney General Peterson and offers reso
luton to the state board of examiners which they passed.
follows:
Resolved that it is the of the state board of
examiners that the payroll presented by the Idaho In
dustria Training school at St. Anthony for the months
of January, February and March otaling $1,955 per
month, excessive amount, and that the same,
the opinion of the board shows too many employees
and shows system too involved and intricate and
pensive for the state under the present high
rate of taxation and the state board of education is
hereby advised that unless material reduction is
shown in bills herefter presented from said institution
that said bills will be materially reduced by the said
state board of examiners
The resolution adopted by unanimous vote of the
board Governor Alexander and the state auditor
bers Thus by incident another the
ing vdicated for his assertions and in his of the
The veto about the only left to the governor
the Legislature concluded it's deliberations and refused give
ear to the suggestions made in his message
Then there is the of the Workmen's Compensation
measure bill Haunted being relief for the working
and for his benefit yet bitterly opposed by friends of the work
lngmen, labor leaders, and labor unions unanimously
drafted without single representve of labor
having voice Boosted and pushed through the legislature
by Speaker Conno direct representative of corporate
poyers of labor The Capital News him of appearing
several sessions of the Legislature at Boise such
sentative.
law which the people did not desire and did not want
and appropriation made for putting it in effect in the
of $4,000 which the people who did the bill would
have had pay had been vetoed saving of $5OOOO
thanks to the veto of Alexander
Now down the line of the of Governor Alexander
and will find that he has cut lot of others almost
shameful and bad the above And do not be deceived into
believing that Governor Alexander only chopped the bad bills
which carried appropriations to further burden the
He headed off mutudnous bunch of legal litter that would
have only added to the matter how the Idaho
which could be well dispensed with
There much that he has done that is good that is
impossible without consuming considerable time space and
becoming tedious resome it ALL and these two
paragraphs taken from editorial by Mark Bates editor
the Parma Herald speaks well nd true and point
But IN his efforts to reduce the cost of govern
ment; in his veto Of every carrying an
necessary avoidabe appropriation, believe the
governor to be thoroughly sincere and all his acts in
that direction are gratefully approved by the people,
regardless of the attacks of interested newspapers of
opposite political faith and their vulgar thrusts at his
nationality, religion and mannerisms
''ldaho needed few measures passed, and those
mostly of the repeal order. The Legislature passed
$50 bills, mostly not of the right kind The governor
doing the peope yoeman service every time he
of them. OF course he will be cussed locally in
spots, but he's doing just what the people who elected
him insist on him doing Keep it up, Governor