The enterprise., 1916-07-13
ahled to build suitable school hous

That is 4 wide spread cn all the
! Governor said. Too bad he made il
cover and waste almost three col
umIs of daily paper.
Now these are some OF the thing,
he did not say:
He did not say that the opinion OF
d. NJ. Kelly was written at the re-
quest OF Governor Stewart.
He did not say that the Romney
law has not been held unconstjtu-
tiona]. in whole or in any part. by
the supreme court; nor that he and
his attorney general have never per
mitted any action that would give
the supreme court chance to do So
or that il looks little presumptous
| tor Stewart and Poindexter to cudd}.
Themselves into the exercise Of a
power to nullilv the solemn acts OF
The people and he legislature. BOP
n!arly supposed to be possessed .nly
by the supreme court.
He did not say that Farm Loan
bonds issued under the Whiteside
law. even AS it has been changed by
the supreme court, are not "nublic
securities within the state" in which
the section OF the constitution that
he quotes specifically declares the
! Common School and Normal school
funds shall be invested. In fact they
are public securities, within the def
milton fixed by the courts.
He did not say that there are not
a: this time over two million dollars
oellnging to the permanent state
funos uninvested and earning only
precarious 2 12 per cent and he did
not say that over 100000 of that
sum is in permanent funds, the in
vestment OF which is not in any way
limited by the constitution.
He did not say that the farmers
representatives, when they urged the
passage of the Whitside bill. recoq-
nlzed and respected the will of the
people as expressed in the Romney
law and left Stewart entirely un-
trammelled to carry. or try to carry
into effect the will OF the people as
expressed in that law. He did not
say that he had even tried to do SO.
He did not say that he has never
in public document recommended
an amendment to the constitution
touching a rural credit law for this
state
He did not say that the provisions
OF the Whitside law now touched"
by the supreme court, were carefully
considered by lawyers of the highest
standing in the state. and the law
carefully framed to be entirely in
harmony with the constitution and
that it had the approval OF the at
torney general, before it was report
ed favorably by the house committee,
OF which d. c. Day, prominent law
yer OF Helena was chairman. and to
whom it was especially referred for
the purpose OF saving him and his
committee examine and report on
the feature that carried the $4,000
appropriation. now held invalid by
the supreme court
He did not say that his wards all
through the legislature were in fa- .
Vor Of the Whiteside law and that he /
raised no question as to the cOrsti !
tutiona}ity Of any feature in it, when
he affixed 10 it his official signature
that made it a law. or that he did /
not at that time in an; way intimate
mat ne was cOerced into doing so by /
the hairy necked representatives OF /
'he red neckel farmers OF Montana. /
lie dld not say that b. c. White OF |
Buffalo Charles McRea OF Woodsidc
r. ). Putnam OF Joliet: James Grir- /
mn OF Chinook, and c. H. Mcdonald !,
OF Belgrade, We're some OF those !:
ha1rv necked Representative.
h does not say how long it will
take, whether one year or ten to !
get the congressional rural credits
law into operation.
What is the answer?
Now he attacks the efforts qf the
farmers to have submitted 10 the |
voters OF the state, a law that Will |
Increase the earnings Of the common I
school funds OF the state. With such |
short time in which to secure sig
natures, MS efforts may prevent The |
people getting q chance to vote oa
Tie measure & he general election
even when he does this there ara
some things that he does not say.
lie does not say that no longer ago
!hat last July, second district Naal-
Der j, IN Lewis and Clark county. ~ |
ing within mile OF the state caritol |
building. aud having an assessed val- |
aatlon OF more than $3.50 0GN ana /
Wl1hout any Indebtedness. tried to /
borrow from the permanent funds of t
'he state, on it's bonds for the pur-
pose OF building a school house, a
mere $4,000. and that it's trustees,
W III. Burton, Mrs. Fred Hargin. and |
larles Warren, and j. r. Miliean. I
clerk, all Of Helena postofIice. an /
plying through Miss HARRINGTON,
county superintendent of schools.
were told that the State Land Board
consisting OF Governor Stewart J
.. PolndeNter, attorney general. n
y. DaNee and A. NJ Anderson, did
not deem ii wise to loan the pprma
nent funds in such large chunks.
and at that time there was more
than million dollars, uninvesteo
money III the permanent funds,
more than eight hundred ,hnusan1
dollars OF it being in the common
school fund
Ne did not say that that district
at that time got the S7G00 on irs +
y per cent bonds from the Union
rust and Savings Bank Of Helena
ana tha1 the investment by thai bank