The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-31
DAVIS LOYALTY LED
THE LIBERTY LOAN
Gave His Time and
Money Freely and
Periodically
FALSEHOOD EXPLODED
State Loan Committee Gives
Facts and Highly Com
mends Davis

II lbllbuc VI Sitilltti 10 WIZ
busy in Shoshone county during
these last days of the cam
pagn. Hardly had the malicious
charge that d. w. Davis, republican
candidate for governor, regarding his
management of the Liberty loan cam
paign, been exposed and exploded in
south Idaho, when the same falsehood
was reVamped for use in Shoshone
county by the agents of Samuels and
the nonpartsan league. When the
charge was first published in u south
Idaho paper, Mr. Davis was promptly
and completely eXonerated in letter
signed by the members of the Liberty
loan committee for Idaho. Possibly
seen this letter and may therefore be
misled by the pernicious propaganda
of the nonpartisan league in this coun-
ty The letter is here reproduced In
order that the fair minded people of
this county may know that ID. w.
Davis, instead Of profiting through
the chairmanship of the Liberty loan,
freely gave his time and money to this
patriotic work:
Boise, Idaho, October 10, 1918.
Hon. d. w. Davis, American Falls,
Ida Dear Mr.. Davis: Referring to
the article published in the Power
County News under date of october a.
In justice to the state Liberty loan
| IInp,pnitfaa nd tn n cha rOlln of
the committee during the second and
third Liberty loan campaigns, We be-
leve statement of facts is due from
us.
We do not care to dispute or deny
the figures given in the above men,
toned article, but will confine our
statement to the actual facts and fig
ures.
: The expenses incurred during the
second campaign were $1,999.10. This
! was the exact amount expended by
the committee and for which the fed
, eral reserve bank at San Francisco
, reimbursed the committee.
The items of personal and tray
cling" to which the writer of this ar
ticle seems especially critical and
which he endeavors to create the i'm
preston was money actually paid to
you for your time, do not represent
the facts as these items were for ex-
penses incurred by the authority of
the whole committee The system of
accounting adopted by the treasury
department, specifically provides that
accounts be rendered by the chair
man and distributed under a number
of various heads.
All checks issued by the federal re-
serve bank for reimbursement for
these expenses are made payable to
the chairman of the state committee
as a safeguard against improper dis
tributon and is done under ruling
of the treasury department,
The writer of this article is mistaken
: when he infers that this money was
paid to you for your personal serv-
ives, which he estimates at about $40
per day as you were not paid one
cent for your services which you 10y
: ally and patriotically gave in carrying
both the second and third Liberty
loan campaigns to complete and sue
! cessful conclusion, as all of the people
of Idaho are well aware.
> We further desire. to confine our
statement to facts and not "rumors"
: regarding your resgning as chairman
OF the committee. You were not asked
I nor requested by the officials of the
federal reserve bank at San Francisco
S to resign as chairman On the con-
e trary you were requested and urged by
d them to remain as chairman You,
a however, voluntarily requested the
y committee to accept your resignation
as chairman, which after due consid-
Grafton, it did, and unanimously in
dorsed Monte B. Gwinn for chairman
). to succeed you and he was duly and
= formally made chairman by the gov
= ernor of the federal reserve bank OF
y San Francisco.
= Trusting this statement of facts by
r, the committee. all of whom attach
: their signatures hereto, will be given
y proper consideration by the writer Of
= the article referred to, and that hi
It will be fair enough to correct any
: wrong impression his article may have
G given, we are, very respectfully yours
is (Signed)
It MONTE B. GWINN,
l. CRAWFORD MOORE,
70 F. F. JOHNSON,
nj g. r. HIT