The Monticellonian., 1915-07-22

pecial counsel and paying states money for it, he was at the same time ioing outside practice to the neglect 'f the interest of the state.
 We further find that the attorney general, in making his biennial report IS required by law, failed to comply with the latter clause of section No of act No. 131 of the Acts of 1911, 'equiring him to include therein the mount of inheritance taxes collected. rom what estate and in what county he settlement was made. Had he complied with this law, many of the objections herein could easily have been corrected. and all inheritance axes could have been accounted for Y"
 The report then sums up the ,harges.
 The report was signed, Auditing Committee of State Departments and c. w Garrett, Monroe Smith, U. A. Gentry"
 Moose Issues Challenge.
 That he deposited franchise and in. leritanee taxes in local bank in or. Ter to be able to cash the salary war. ants of the governor, the judges of he Supreme Court and their em- 'loyes, and that these officials advised Jim there was nothing wrong about such a practice, was the statement made by Attorney General w l.. Moose in reply to the report of he legislative investigating commit ee on his office
 In conclusion of his statement, Mr. loose issues a challenge to the com nittee to bring it's proof of corrup- ion in his office before the Pulaski County Grand Jury.
 If the insinuations of this so-ealled ommittee's report are true, the pres mt attorney general ought to be in= Iieted by the Pulaski County Grand ury and be punished for the felonies he committee insinuates he is guilty fl. he aid. T invite the gentlemen opposing this committee to take heir accounts and such other proof $ they may have available and go be- ore the Pulaski County Grand Jury. md submit their proof to that body. is body having adequate powers O investigate, and require the produc- ion of books, papers and other evi- fences. It has the power to indict. he Circuit Court has the power to onviet and punish If these insinua- ions are half true, the attorney gen ral ought to be indicted. If they are alse, and l charge that they are, ma leiously, hypocritieally and slander- 'usly flase, the committee itself ught to be indicted.
 Invites an investigation.
 MT Moose's statement follows:
 There are no direct charges of cor upt misconduct in office on the part if the attorney general charged in the eport of the so-called investigating committee, IS it appeared in the Ga cite, but there are several di- ect insinuations which amount to
 charge of corruption. These in are hypoeritieal, false nd slanderous. Some of them we're known to members of the com nitee to be false, and some of them were not known to members of the committee to be true.
 Aided Officers to Get Money.
 The first charge made is that the ttorney general deposited public unds in the Southern Trust Company,
 banking institution of this city. hat charge is true, and funds were ept in the trust company until March f the present year, since which time 70 funds have been deposited by the ttorney general in any banking insti- ution. The reason for depositing unds in the Southern Trust Company 5 as follows When I came into office
 found the state on a scrip basis. he governor and other state officials ould not succeed, at the end of the lonth, in collecting their salary war ants unless someone provided the honey in advance for that purpose. he same condition existed under my redecessor, and when I came into of ce l followed the custom.
 Tn the collection of the inheritance nd franchise taxes I deposited the ollectlons in the trust company, and t the end of the month had aecumu- ated sufficient money to pay the sala- ies of my own office force, those of he governor and his office force. the Court judges and their Jerks, and the Supreme Court libra ian, and others. Although this had cen the custom in the office before I ame into it, 1 discussed the matter 5ith the governor and with certain lembers of the Supreme Court, and hey all agreed that there was noth- ng wrong or improper in my so doing. During the session of the late legisla- ure, however. bill was passed which 1ade it unlawful for any person ow- ng money to the state to pay it to ny officer except the state treas Ter. Since that law was approved Y the governor I have made no de osits of state funds in any bank. al- hough I have good reason to believe hat the law does not apply to the at orney general. I thought it ought to pply, and so I have applied it.
 Why Suits Were Not Filed.
 The committee states that it has ound from the report of it's account nts that there is a balance due Of oted have been reduction of vision, oss of hearing. loss of smell, loss Of aste, loss of memory and paralysis