Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-14

ernor thercupon told how. he had re-
duced the state levy from s1.s0o,000 TO
s1.2s5.0o0. His story Of the fight he
had to make before he succeeded in re-
ducing the state levy s5a5.oo0 during
his administration was an impressive
/ one. He was applauded when he con-
cluded this feature Of his address.
Governor Alexander again challeng-
ed anyone to dispute his statements.
He then went into the Allen steal and
as he did in his previous speeches. he
reiterated his statement that the Re-
publican politicians endeavored to
whitewash the Allen steal beyond the
$4,000 contained in the Ramstedt re-
port. His statement that because of
his insisterce. the state had succeeded
in getting s154.000 from Aliens bonds
men, was roundly applauded.
TWO UNRELIABLE PAPERS.
| The governor was also applauded
when he told in detail the story of the
Coffin $3.50 check which he refused to
sign, but which was signed by Huston,
Barker and Miss Mccoy, members of
the state land board.
The governor then produced a litho-
graphed copy Of this Coffin check, and
with great emphasis said: This is the
first check in the history Of Idaho, is
sued by the state land board, that was
not signed by the governor of the
state"
| The governor was given a storm of
applause when he said, The Boise
Statesman and the Republican paper
in your town are the two most unre-
liable organs I ever saw in my life"
II have the proud title of being the
governor who--has vetoed more bills
than any other governor in the history
of this nation" said the governor. The
big audience was stirred to great en-
thusiasm when told how the governor
had vetoed these bills and thereby had
saved the taxpayers 100000. This,
added to the $685. saved in the state
levy, makes total saving of sS05,000
during the Alexander administration.
ATTACKED BARKER.
Another great burst of applause was
occasioned when the governor attack
ed George R. Barker, secretary of state,
! for his action in trying to have the as
sessment OF theHumboldt Lumber COM
pany stricken from the assessment roll
Of the state. The governor said:
when the state board of equalization
met Barker voted in favor Of placing
the Humboldt Lumber company on the
assessment roll. Three days later this
same Barker came to me and said he
wanted his vote on that matter chang
ed. The board had adjourned and I
refused to permit Parker to change his
vote. The result was that the Hum
boldt Lumber company pays taxes as
do other corporations OF the state"
ABSURD ACTION.
| The governor in turn attacked the
attorney generals department of this
state. Laughter and applause were
occasioned when the governor said
| This department declared the farm
markets bureau law unconstitutional
in June. 1915. In July, 1915. when It
became a little warmer the attorney
general declared this law was consti-
tutional again. Did you ever see any
| actions more absurd than these were p"
Il brought you the truth and moth
| ing but the truth. have been your
governor for 20 months. The Republi-
can politicians. lawyers and editors
have turned the searchlight upon me
in their efforts to find something
wrong that may have done. but
their search has been in vain"
There Is one thing that am not
charged with" said the governor with
great emphasis, and that is that M
| Alexander is not governor of this
state" Great applause greeted this
statement.
There has been no politician or po-
litical machine that ever has or ever
will control me while I am governor"
said the governor. (Applause)
II was elected to serve the people of
this state. My one grear ambition is
to serve you honestly in the sight OF
God and man."
A great ovation was given the gov
ernor when he concluded one Of the
most stirring addresses he has made
in this campaign. He tpoke here for
| two solid hours
| During the meeting each one in the
big audience was given a autographed
copy of the now famous check for $3.50
given to Coffin without the governors
consent or knowledge.
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