The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-03-09


oath OF office he can not only have
them removed but he is paid $500
for doing So. Every American citi-
zen has the right of franchise. The
clerk of the county told me he was
chastised because a boot-legger
wasn't prosecuted, and the officers
did everything to put him behind the
bars in Boise, and he was acquitted.
l simply show you that the every
day citizen doesn't pay attention to
what is going on or what is going
on in their community. 1t is a
shame that the American people
haven't life enough and citizenship
enough to go to the polls and even
know what is going on in govern
ment affairs. 1t rests with you and
with me. Let us get down to brass
tacks. don't care if 1 am not
elected in my ff1ce again. There are
two methods of removing any public
officer-one by way of criminal
procedure. Another way is that any
citizen of Bingham county may lay
a charge before the Judge, he needs
no jury-all he has to do is to lay
the information before his honor,
and convince his honor that the pub
lie official has violated his oath of
office; in such case the informant
gets $500. Who is responsible for
that? l say he is hiding behind
something when he says that a man
is violating his oath and does moth
ing about it. If we didn't have that
law then l might be willing to take
a chance. want to say whenever
any man comes up for election, find
out what that man is-don't put
deadhead in-kpow him by his past
life, character; character comes
ahead of everything else in a public
official-next his efficiency. Char
acter comes first. Put man in who
has lived a clean kind of life. Put
a man in office who is competent.
If you do that gentlemen your tax
proposition will be solved. .
Biethan-I want to call your at
tention to district number eight.
The law requires statement to be
published every three months as to
the expenses, ETC., of the schools.
have not seen one for a long time.
time after the film actress had re-
of bad check, and l refuse to do it.
Miller-Fifteen cents a mile for
county officers.
Trego-20 cents in the sheriff's Of
ceptance or rejection of the accounts
have made settlement. / think
county who considers he knows any
l think we people are entitled to
know this. I think the law requires
it, and 1 think the school board
should be asked to do this. Four
hundred thousand dollars was paid
for school taxes. The big taxes are
caused by the schools and we don't
know why it is spent and what for
Kennedy-The taxes for 1912
were $4,000 and the taxes for
1921, with q rs per cent reduction
of 1920 was $489,000. 1t shows an
awful increase in taxes somewhere
We must eliminate some Of those ex-
penses. to where we can afford to
pay them. vii somebody suggest
some way we can reduce the taxes?
DR.. Jackson-Cut down the the
school wagons. I went af0ot when
was at school. The expense of the
school wagons is about 5000 year
We are saving the legs of these boys
and girls so that they can dance.
used mine for education--these boys
and girls use theirs for dancing
playing basketball etc.-dont think
school wagons are necessary, nave
lived in America good many years
We think we are the most progress.
sive people in the world tninh