Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-26
sUcLrc917 ACmiTS NE I'd MOI
INVESTIGATE cAARc-S
AGAINST coMmIss.oI
REFUSED TO HEAR BOTH
Sizes OF Controversy
Secretary Bolton Appears as Witness
Before Rctronehrent and Reform
State Appropriation Was Not All
Spent--rGarrng Near EnG.


. ~ ''l W. ItAi'N. ~ t''''''AN 'ti'
Des MONIES. June g6.-That James
NJ. Pierce. plhlshcr Of The Iowa Home
stead, WIS not Interested in hearing
the IluamH Pacific 'uumisston's sidN
, cr the ,uS, IN the rhar&r, preferred by
Pierce against tn" commission as Of
! fcred INN by Ralph B"ltun, member OF
the commission. secretary Of the Great
~ Des Mui0ns committee at Dcs MONIES,
Mr. Roltun testified ucfure the re-
lr"uchmcut and reform committee in
the nearing now being held ut tn" state
house
/ Bolton sand he was at tn, Homestead
I huIidinE ON q business matter some
months ago aud, seeing MIR. Pierce go
/ mo ms office, he folio we'd HIM in. Aft
I CT an exchange of greetings Bolton
! said he told Pierce he never could I'M
! derS,lnd why he was making the
hurEcs ne was against the officers Of
! the tanama-par}flc exposition COM
mission unless It was d matter of the
J circulation Of his paper. He said
| Pierce assured hun this was not the
reason uut he thought there were mat
4 ,ers which needed investigation.
( Bolton said he then asked him if he
| would give him little time to explain
the commissions side of the matter.
! He told him II he would do this he be-
! lieved he wodld be convinced that the
commission had not only properly aC-
! counted for all funds but had per
formed a service 10 tn, state He said
Pierce did not agree 30 do this nor 70
assign any OF his associates to go over
the matter with him, so he walked
away,
Evidence vas iurrOiuccu before the
,ommittc" showing that many eXpen-
. iitures were made H. the commission
before any legislative action was taxi
on providing for an appropriation. Boil
ton testified that the commission had
erected a NuIlding. had gathered its
exhibit and had laid all Of its plans as
TO how 1t WoGld transact its business
before any appropriation was made.
| The agricultural exhibit had been pro-
cured and contracts made for furnish
ing the building. He said " hen the ap-
preparation vas made l. was not suf-
fiClent to furnish the building proper
| ly so a sum equal to that appropriate
ed by the state was expended from the
guarantors funds TO furnish the build
ing.
InasmUch as one of the charges made
against the commission was that Sec
| rotary Cmm had been paid salary
out of state funds for a period before
the appropriate was authorized. test
imOny was introduced to show that
other employees were paid a salary and
similar expenditures made to other
persons besides Clum before the ap:
/ u rOriI lttI nr 40
these persons lad been at work pre-
pairing the exhibits. getting out pub
( Lefty matter and performing other
work before the appropriation was au-
thprlZed.
Money Not All Expended.
Secretary Bolton testified that in
addition to not dra wing $4,000 Of the
$1,000 appropriated by the legislature
for the putting on Of the exhibit, the
commission turned back into the state
treasury S2s2j6 for the sale Of furni-
Z ire and other items and also various
+ other sums We're turned back.
| To rofute the charge that no ac-
'oHnting was ever made for Conces-
sions Bolton said no concession money
was asked of those using space in the
/ Iowa hall.
. IN MS testimony before the commit
| tee yesterday James NJ. Pierce said he
| did not do any OF this investigating
| personally nor did he write the articles
| 10 which his name is signed but that
! this work was left 10 his associates.
/ He said the only item ne investigated
/ personally was the payment of $45 to
/ the Iowa News Bureau out of the com
! mission funds, which. ne believed was
/ for a private obligation Of Clum's.
| Commissioner Bolton testified that
! payment Of money was authorized to
| pay for publicity.
/ Pierce admitted that he did not know
! q fifth report had been filed with the
tate executive council accounting for
| the final expenditures Of the commits
sion. The commission explains that it
made four different l-ports TO the
| council to account for the four differ
ont sums allotted II and then a final
! fifth report to show the final expendi-
lures. 1t is this final fifth report
! which Pierce says, he did not know ha d
been made. and which the commission
claims accounts for all expenditures
except two items for which no vouch-
ers could be located. amounting in all
to some $4S
It is prOba BILE the examination Of
witnesses will rot be completed for a
day or so.