The Twin Falls times., 1916-10-31

added to the principal, would in that
time amount to $48.00 or twice as
much as if the lands were held out of
use by the state. In the meantime,
were the land sold it would be greatly
increased in value by its owners. A
constitutional amendment now before
the people provides for the increasing
of the amount of state land that can
be sold from $1,000 to $4,000 acres.
This amendment, if carried, will per-
nit the state to sell much more land
than is at present possible. Interest
is now nine per cent and if the state
loan department were properly man
aged, all the money could easily be
loaned out at six per cent. Under the
present and past administrations this
fund has not been properly managed,
delays in getting around to advancing
the money has been such that it has
taken all the way from six weeks to
ten months to place loan.
A system of uniform accounting
with promptness in managing the
states business would result in put
ting out at interest all the money re-
ceived. 1t was by business methods
such as these that the great insurance
companies built up immense fortunes
and that Moses Alexander became the
owner of a chain of stores. The last
legislature had passed an appropria-
tion for uniform accounting, which the
governor had refused to act on, claim
ing that there was no accountant in
the state capable of establishing it.
until Washington firm established
branch office in the state, after he had
been criticised for not acting. He said
that there were competent accountants
here before. State Treasurer Eagles
ton had established such system in the
state house with the result that $751;
900 had been saved. The speaker then
read a copy of the letter written to the
Salt Lake Deseret News relative to the
discharge of Heber Hale in which the
governor gave politics as the only rea-
son for his vote, and said that it indi-
Gated that his claim that he was not
actuated by partisan motives was in
sincere and assailed the veto of the
appropriation for $4,000 for fighting
the injurious insects, asserting that
the alfalfa weevil had for years been
confined to few counties, but that it
was now extending it's ravages because
of the failure of this appropriation,
and that immense loss resulted He
charged the ravages of the clover
aphis to the same cause.
Attacking the record of the COVER
nor on prohibition, Mr. Davis said
that Governor Alexander claimed to be
the father of prohibition. He would
invite comparison of their records.
The speaker said that he had been in
the cause from childhood and helped
make dry American Falls, the first
town to vote out the saloons At this
time Governor Alexander was mayor
of Boise, which was then wide open in
the most complete way An article in
the Capital News published when
Alexander retired from the office of
mayor showed this. A man who went
and voted for prohibition and brought
another with him to vote the same
way, was doing more for the cause
than Alexander. The governor had
signed the bill, knowing that if he
vetoed 1t, it would be passed over his
veto by a two-thirds majority. He
said that Governor Alexander had
charged that the speaker had gone
over the northern part of the state
with representative of the liquor in
terests, and branded this alleged state
ment as false. He said that the com
mitteemen with whom he travelled had
stated that he was total abstainer
and had no use for liquor. The gov
ernor had refused to commit himself
two years ago, saying that he had no
strings on him. With internse emo
ton he denounced as a fabrication the
statement that he was in any way
identified with the liquor interests.
DR.. Davis then assailed the state
ment that the present administration
saved $SO5,O00. He said that $4,000
was owed to the counties for state
road work. Money for 100000 road
bonds sold under Haines had been
used, as had quarter of a million
saved from the San Francisco exhibit.
He then attacked the statement of the
governor that he had vetoed the thick
bills and signed the thin ones. and
ridiculed his professions of patrio-
tism. Governor Alexander had said
when the. national guard was called
out that he had sacrificed his son Ma
than by offering him. The Door child
was about forty years old and couldn't
pass the examination.
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Davis asked the people to look up the
facts. The governor had signed some
of the vouchers. He did not know
whether the fee was owed or not. but
it was matter for the supreme court
to settle and the governor had nothing
to do with it. Mr. Davis said he had
met eight men in one place who had
been appointed as delegates to the dry
farm congress in Ell Paso, Texas.
Turning toward THE TIMES repre-
sentative, he added, put that down. |
can give the names if you want them. -
Although there were supposed to be
but eight appointed in the state, and as
there was neither fee nor salary at
tached 1t was often hard to get even
one to go, Governor Alexander had ap-
ppointed 300.
Replying to the question of the Cap
ital New, How did you do it?" he said
that he had gone around from place to
place wherever he could and his fel.
low citizens had given him more votes
than any two of his opponents got.
He denied that he was at present