Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-28
VAN DEUSfN WILL
TOUR THE STATE
Democratic Candidate for
Auditor Will Wage an
Active Campaign.

Clarence Van Deusen, Democratic
candidate for state auditor. expects to
make a To-day campaign for that Of
flee, part of the time being spent in
securing the nomination and the other
part to being elected. He believes there
is a demand for better system of
bookk eeping in the counties in the state
and he is prepared to show where the
bookkeeping can be improved upon.
and his plans the Lewiston Tribune
says
Clarence Van Deusen. who will be a
candidate in the Democratic primaries
for the nomination of state auditor, has
already adopted his platform and has
outlined his policy to be pursued during
the coming campaign. Mr.. Van Deusen
is an expert accountant and designer
of forms for book keeping and office ac-
counts and has been prominent in the
state for the past five years because of
his reports bringing several state and
county officials before the courts on
charges of irregularities in the admin
istration of their offices. Mr.. Van Deu-
sen has been engaged in this work for
the past five years in Idaho, but &C
counts and systems have been his vo-
cation for the past 80 years.
His visit to Lewiston at this time is
in connection with auditing the &C
counts of the Children's Home. He was
here year ago and installed a system
and his visit this time was to check
over the accounts of the past year. He
paid a very high tribute to Superin-
tendent and Mrs. 8. B. Chase for their
efficient administration OF the home
and stated the accounts have been kept
in such a complete and comprehensive
manner that every transaction during
the year and the use Of every cent is
easily followed. Mr.. Van Deusen also
installed the system for the Boise home
and stated that in 1918 it required three
weeks to check the annual report. Last
year the work was completed in five
days and this year only two days were
required to complete the work,
After the Primary.
In discussing his candidacy for state
auditor, Mr.. Van Deusen said he ex-
pected to make a 100 day campaign this
year, but part of his work would be be-
fore the primary and a part following
the primary. He said he would be In
the campaign following the primary nc
matter whether he is nominated on the
ticket, and he will make his campaign
on the proposition of better admins
tration Of state and county affairs.
There is a demand for a better sys-
tenn of bookkeeping for the state ano
for the 81 counties of the state" said
Mr.. Van Deusen yesterday. ut is 8
proposition of whether 1t is better Il
prevent man from going wrong by
providing a system that makes wrong
doing without immediate detection ar
impossibility or to catch him after ht
has gone wrong. I believe these mat.
ters should be discussed by the voters
of the state, that the people should b'
advised as to the manner OF conduct
| ing all departments of the business o
the state and the counties in order tina
there may be created a crystalized sen
timent for better state and county gov
eminent.
Cause of Shortages.
There is one matter which should
be called to the attention of the tax
payers of Idaho, and that Is the condi
ton which I found in Canyon count.
concerning the relationship between
the county auditor and the tax collec
tor. In Canyon county found that tn
auditor was only charging the tax col
| lector with the amount of money whicl
would be handled through the count
books, emitting from that charge all o
the money which that tax collecto
would handle which belonged to tn
| Incorporated villages and cities of tn
county and to the Independent schoo
district. For example, to bring tn
facts plainly to Nez Perez county an
all of the other northern counties o
the state, IL the auditor in Nez Perc
county should neglect to charge tn
county tax collector with the amour
of the levy which the city of Lewisto
and any other incorporated village o
city of Nez Perez county has mad
against the tax collector, it would ere
ate a condition which existed for
number of years in Canyon county an
which resulted in two tax collector
being nearly $4,000 short. AS l under
stand the law, it is very plain that tn
county auditor is compelled to charg
the tax collector with every cent c
money when he is supposed to collec
no matter what It's source may be-"
Mr.. Van Deusen does not expect t
return to north Idaho until after tn
primaries in September, but will spen
five weeks in the north at that tim
He departed for his home in Boise las
night.