The Twin Falls times., 1916-11-02

The above figures show the actual
savings on definite specific tracts of
real estate owned by leading Republi-
cans of this county through the eco
nomical administration of Governor
Alexander Let it be recalled that
every taxpayer in the county saved a
proportionate amount on all the state
/taxes paid. The Alice ]. Sweeley men
toned in the above list is the wife of
( M ]. Sweeley Republican candidate
for attorney general of the state of
Idaho. OF course most of those men
toned have other property, both real
and personal, but the comparison was
made on tracts which they owned un-
der the Haines administration and
still own.
Under the Haines administration of
1914 the state of Idaho demanded
of Twin Falls county, $S4 ,971.03, while
under the present administration of
Governor Alexander, 1856, the
amount demanded of the county was
$50, ,50521, direct saving of $24 465.S2
to the people.
The levy demanded of Twin Falls
county for 1913 was 41,744; for 1914
J 1t was $43, ,22703, and for 1916, $27,-
O4015. The reduction was steady on
all property assessed in the county
curing the Alexander administration.
A well-known Democrat is a street
conversation with prominent Re
publican this weeke said: "You cannot
deny that Alexander vetoed or defeated
measures acrrying appropriations ag-
gregating more than $S0O,OOO,' to
which the Republican leader respond
ed, mo, but some of the bills which he
vetoed should have been signed and
in such cases the defeat of the appro-
priation did not constitute a real saw
ing" To this the Democrat answered !:
THAT is not the point. He did defeat
the appropriations and thus reduced
taxes to that amount, and this what
we claim" Democrats replying to
the attacks on Alexander's economy
program say:
Critics of the governor in their OBJ
lique way try to show that the reduc-
tion in taxes is largely due to a saw
ing of $250,00 on the Panama-Pacific
exposition appropriation, the use OF
100000 bond money the running in
debt to the extent of $4,000 to coun-
ties in the matter of the state highway
and the failure to pay certain charges
amounting to several thousand dollars
in northern Idaho Assuming that
this is all true and that the delinquent
charges bulked, amount to $4,000
we have total of $533,000 which, ac-
cording to Republican figures, should
be deducted from the $S05,000 saved by
the vetoes and economy of the COVER
nor. Even if this statement should be
taken as correct, they fail to note tha
the quarter of a million saved at Sar
Francisco was mostly saved under the
present administration and that tn,
governor deserves credit for it, and
what is more to the point, they delib
erately ignore the. payment of a war
rant indebtedness of 100000 agains
the state and a reduction of bonded
Indebtedness in the amount of 1868,
500 at the same time that the reduc
tion in taxes is made under Governor
Alexander. In other words they pu
in an offset of $533, 900 at least part o
which is unfair, and at the same tim,
fail to give credit for $553,500 paid ou
10 clear up debts. Let US hope tina
this is not sample of the up-to-dat,
system of accounting that d. w. Davii
promises to install If elected Th'
honesty of their arguments and thu
truth Of their statements; may be gath
cred from this omission. That Gov
ernor Alexander vetoed some meas
ures which might have been signed
may be assumed. They could no
have amounted to very much, however
or the Statesman and the Republican
spellbinders would not have been driv
en- to deliberate classification in re
gard to the alfalfa weevil matter IL
order to make a case. The same mer
who denounce Alexander because ne