Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-11-26

ada.ini 6n. IS shown 81 other o.
dzi4I sIs records one q these
, ofnciai documents refaals that 81.
568.1o. W. paid On single voucher
Is Seattle zirH for fn|n| zhlnss fol
The mansion the money beInf drawn
aeainz{ fanu ef $4,000 sat asidl
Tor fepalFs e governors aln'on.p
+ 10 1907 heIeeislatare appropriated
So. 900 for tie construction II s man.
/ sion for the state executives Up to
thistime the governors bad managed
i get along IL Other Hees Since
/ 1909 the Legislature has beer making
appropriations for mainf1us1cz fur
nishinea and repairs Of he nansion.
from then down 10 the present day
j governors have come and gene. bat
lone Of them hes demandea and e.
lpended 80 much money FOR the main-
tenanee OF the mansion = has Cover
Iner Hartley under his business and
ECONOMY program
N years past the funds for man
sian maintenance were drawn ~ the
lgoveraors on itemized statements Of
Expenditures During the first adj
ADMINISTRATION Of Governor Ernest Lis
ter. he included several items that
did not meet with approval Of the
auditor. Among them were small
amounts for > cigar huEnldor in which
he kept cigars FOR mansion visitors.
A statewide controversy arose over
these items. Az result Governor
Lister left the mansion and refused
| to live there.
The Legislature, IN order to make
matters less embarrassing for the
governors with respect to household
expenditures. amended the law 50 as
to provide that the mansion money
should be paid on vouchers drawn
| BY the governor without requiring an
litemized statement.
The $11 $50 given Governor Hartley
for maintenance of the mansion DUR
| ing his first year in office. which
was 81 $50 more than had been given
Governor Louis F. Hart for his last
two years, became available April |,
1925. That month Governor Hartley
drew . voucher for $50 for his chauf-
feur,s salary. All during the re-
mainder Of the year and up TO the
last Of March Of the following year,
the fund was not disturbed. With
1911 100 still unexpended, Governor
Hartley requested the extraordinary
session Of the legislature q year ago
for another 81 200 for the second
year. The Legislature cut the request
to $6,250, making $17,500 for the
bienniun, as compared to $4,000 for
the last biennium under Governor
Hart.
The voucher which took 81, 100 out
Of the state treasury just before it
would have passed beyond reach of
the governor, reveals an intriguing
method Of bookkeeping under the
| business" methods now in vogue in
4 the executive department. It shows
that some pains apparently were ex-
pended to make the expenditure equal
the exact amount Of the appropria-
ton. The figures disclose that after
deducting $50 for the chauffeur's
salary for the first month Of the
fiscal year, $787.50 was expended that
month for maintenance Of the man
sion.
This left $10,S12h50 for the re-
mainder of the year. The voucher
shows that this balance was spread
equally over the other II months
of the year, making the cost Of
maintaining the mansion $937.50 per
month. And the cost never varied q
penny. It was just the same while
the governor was absent making his
business survey" as it was when he
was in Olympia. It was no less dur
ing the "dull" season than it was
while the legislature was in session
and entertainments were in order. The
cost for the months when The. succu-
!. lent Olympia oyster was in season was
no different than during the closed
season.
From 1909, when appropriations for
mansion maintenance were instituted,
down to the present time, the records
show that Governor Hartley has es-
tablished a new high record. The
average cost per year up to the time
Governor Hartley expended $11, 250.
has been $1,000. During this period,
$12, 2O3.5s Of mansion funds appro=
priated for the use Of other governors
were unexpended and reverted to the
general fund.
Exclusive Of the ball room and 9TH
er rooms used only on state occa-
sions, the monsion has about 10 rooms
that ordinarily are used This shows
that the cost Of upkeep under the
Hartley regime Of s9a7.50 per month
in and out, has been nearly 500 per