The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-07-07

When you visit the state auditor
he Is not in and you chat with the
deputy. The office is large and has
millions of documents and records.
You know from former experience
that it is a big JOB to trace up vouch-
ers in that labyrinth, and that when
you run down a few of them and find
them all right, you feel disposed to
quit the job and leave it to some
body else If information is wanted.
You enter the governors office
and you recall what Mr.. Alexander
said when he was campaigning, that
If he were elected, his office would
be open at all times to all citizens
to come in and talk to him. Charley
Broxom was beating a typewriter in
the front office and some others were
doing other work, and Senator Nc
Beth was in the sancto sanctitum
talking to the governor, and discuss
ing the war. Somebody had left a
box of cigars, the governor opened
'em up, told who presented them, and
proposed that we all smoke.
The office of secretary Of state is
harder to understand. Two young
women work like lightning at their
~typewriters in the front office and
one of them finds out who or what
the visitor wants. She presses a but
ton and the deputy secretary of state
greets the visitor, chats a moment
and escorts you into the office of his
chief. The room is very large and
luxurious; the chief must have been
working at something for he Is alone
at the big desk. We never found a
secretary of state in that room who
was not at the desk apparently about
caught up with his work and ready
to chat a few minutes.
If the supreme court is not in SEES
sion they are in chambers. Each
judge has a large room for work and
study, and when we say study we
mean reading law and applying it to
the case in hand. He also has a
stenographer working in the recep-
ton room or front office. Judge
Morgan was in. He would see the
visitor and we saw him. He is tall,
slim and has wavy hair and is very
democratic in his way. He treats
everybody as if they were just ex-
actly as good as himself, and he acts
if he were just human and glad
to be alive and able to render the
world a service. He has a dry way
of joking. We happened to know
that. he attended the preparedness
rally at Boise a few evenings before
that and he was called on for a.
speech. The governor had spoken
and had been cheered to the echo
when he said that he gave one of his
sons freely to his country and was
now wearing the khaki and drilling
for the fight, and that he would give
the other if needed. Judge Morgan
ran his fingers thru his long wavy
hair as he looked into the sea of
faces before him and said in effect
just about this:
81 regret to say that we have no
sons at our home, the great Father
in his wisdom having given us two
sweet daughters instead. And I an
ticipate. that when they have finished
their schooling and arrived at the
manageable age they may become
the wives of somebody's worthy sons.
In view of this prospect I here and
now bequeath to my country's de-
tense, freely and without reserve,
each and all of my prospective and
and potential sons-in-law."
Now that last sentence is where
the judges dry humor comes in. He
also received cheers and the echo.
But to get back to the judges cham
bers and his work, we asked him if
he liked his work. We have a habit
Of asking people that question to see
what they will say, and in this in
stance Jdge Morgan said, Eyes, I
10, but l should like it better if we