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Show I I ZHsTEilL Certified Copies of (he Official Record Showing Two In- 91 I HIS POLITICAL "PULL' j$j f WITH STATE OFFICIALS The Unholy Alliance Between $ Republican Party and the f Mormon Church. ' BY 0. E. ARNEY. r Upocial to The Tribune. , BOISE, Ida., Aug. 11. Unimpeachable Unimpeach-able testimony of tho records of public men appears' In be tho food for which the restless public hungers. "Mud suncors," "imu-k-ni tors' ' and "character "char-acter assassins" are popular terms of reference to those who undertake to clarify a polluted atmosphere attending attend-ing the public service. Vith all the seriousness of injured virtue, men will contradict, deprecate and deplore published expositions of part 3 associates, until it becomes dis- j couraging to the less courageous to lake up and pursue battle against theft, okujlduggorv and oflicial graft. , No altar becomes too sacred to such, ; upon which to slay, or attempt to slay. men who are vigorous in their aims to bring about a righteous order of civil govern men c. . On .July 15 it became necessary to print' a photograph of a receipt issued to George ('. Parkinson for his "puss" from ''Pocatello to Nampa," for a trip -c taken on .June 21, .15)00. From the State "I university fund of Idaho Georgo C. Parkinson, while acting as a regent, collected this $fl.S0, which would have been the price of his faro from Pocatello Poca-tello io Nampa had he paid it. But he rode on his pass: hence ho did not pav ihc faro of .$!).S0. He put in his bill for it, however, and collected the $9.80, hence ho stole it. Stole it from the State university fund, and he still has it. and by the "powers" that be, he intends to keep it. And by tho uso of those "powers" he aims to crush down and submerge and destroy opposition to his plan of operation. Tt is this- " power ' ' that protects this rascal. It. is always sonic "power" or another which serves to screen rascalit3' ami prevents the majesty of ihc law from its triumph over the ills attending attend-ing a political system. It is this "power" that is potent in Idaho, which needs pruning. Nominally Arthur Hart gave the v truo version of this "power" to the I Kolapp committee in his testimony at Preston, when he tried to .iustif j- "him-self "him-self for not preventing Parkinson from depositing several thousand dollars of Oneida urination district money in he names of his children in a Salt Lake bank, when he said Parkinson was valuable to the district because of "his political pull in Idaho and his influence with certain men in Utah." As- crooked as he is. Hart, would not Mir deny that in this statement he referred S i'i JJie state house forces lit -Boise and 1 f lo the church officials at Salt Lake, i Thoso Who Condone, W These aro tho "powers" that arc causing the downtroddon men, women W and children of the dry deserts of the Dayltm, Clifton, Weston and Preston I country to cat the dry husks instead of the fruits of square dealing. No two things since tho beginning of the controvers3' of tho rights of these people against the power of this man . Parkinson have so discouraged the pco- pie as T(lnho?s attorney-general and i Idaho's governor. i. It was u cruel blow when, in the It , weakness of his power, D. C. Me lt 1 Dougall turned his back on these poor I people whom he should love and do- f fend, and against the behests of the stato of Idaho, ami went to Malad to if defend this man Parkinson, whom ho f should have known, if he did not, to be I a plundering thief. It was a more cruel blow to these I struggling people when Governor James H. Brnd.v wont to Preston and domi-I domi-I ciled at the home of George C. Parkin- son, and on the following morning, in the presence of and to several hundred children, with maturing minds, compli- J niented the "Christianlike conduct" k lad tho, " pni3'crful example" of this ( listiuguishcd embezzler to the children j wider the hearing of his voice, when he lid know he ..-as a distinguished cm- )e.zler. r , These arc the Idaho "powers," and up to date the hierarchal "influence ' In Utah" has been the other side tf tho corkscrew behind which this mgnlar political ccclcsiast has seen fit 1 :o hide. W rV An Unholy Alliance, rf The alliance between the Bepublican I party and the Mormon church is a con- dition in Idaho today. Mr. Gooding i. tvas its builder, and Mr. Brad3r is its i residuary legatee. L The record these men have mnde arc i I tho property of the pcoplo who have L spid the lreight." t Here I give only one month of the record of Georgo 0. Parkinson as a . member of the board of regents of the Idaho State university. Each item shown for railroad transportation in Jt cither Idaho or Utah represents indi- f. virtual graft, personal theft by George : 0. Parkinson. Question: WI13' was he permitted to I do theso things? Answer- m He had a political pull in Idaho and influence with certain people r in Utah. Ho was a member of tho "Republican j state committee of Idaho then, and he I is a member now. Tie was president of the Qticidn stake of Zion then, and ho is the president of the samo stako now. This is but tho beginning of a long series of stories of thefts b' George (J. Parkinson and shortcomings l3' the respective boards of Idaho during the past few years, exposure of which appears ap-pears necessary in order to lot the people peo-ple know, in part, tho status of thoir own alfairs handled by tliis unholy alliance. al-liance. The Official Record. CERTIFIED COPY. Moscow. Idaho, June 19, 19U6. Slate of Idaho To Georgo C. Parkinson. Dr. Preston, Idaho. Stale Maintenance Fund Resents" traveling expenses Pares ? Ct.oO Huntington to Pendleton.? 5.-0 Pendleton to Pocatello... 13.10 Salt Lake to Pocatello... 6.P0 Moscow to Colfax S5 Colfax to Pendleton Pendleton to Huntington. .n Huntington to Nampa.., 3.30 Nampa to BoJsc and return re-turn 1.20 Nam pa to Pocatello 9. SO Pocatello to Gaelic 3.45 From Cachn lo Preston.. .SO Team, Preston lo Weston 2.f9 Colfax to Moscow (missed I rain) 50 Livery team, Colfax to Moscow fi-CO , Meals and hotel 19-30 Belvedere hotel. 3 days.. 2. 2d Hotel Whitman, breakfast, break-fast, dinner, room and telephone - 00 June 6. supper 1 Ait June fi, dinner 1.00 June G, breakfast J -00 June . breakfast, dinner 1.00 June 5. supper, bed and breakfast 2.30 Juno 5, dinner 1.00 Juno 5, supper 1.00 Juno ?. supper and room 1-50 June 10. breakfast and tip 1,00 June 10, dinner..... SO June 10, supper SO June 11, breakfast and tip 1.00 Juno II Juno 12, dinner on diner. 1.00 June 13, breakfast 55 Telegrams, express, etc.... - 3o Two telegrams, Moscow to Preston, Preston to Sail Lake 50 From Cache lo Moscow.. .50 Message lo Wallace 30 Message lo Jenkins, Moscow Mos-cow 30 Telegram, Pendleton to, Moscow 40 Kxprcfss package. Preston to Boise 35 Sleeper tickets 13. SO Total tickets $100.65 Stale of Idaho, county of : .ss. Georgo C. Parkinson, being tlrst duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the person, or the agent of the person presenting pre-senting the within claim: that the services, serv-ices, supplies or other Items of any and every kind and nature whatsoever, if any. therein sot out, have been rendered or furnished or expended by claimant to or for the slate of Idaho, and that no part of the same has been paid; and further, limt the correct amount Justly due and owing to claimant on the within slated account Is one hundred and C5-100 dollars dol-lars ($100.65). (Signed) G120. C. PARKINSON. Subscribed and sworn to before mc this 2Sth day of June. mofi. (Signed) S. C. CHADWICK. Notary Public. 1 hereby certify thai the within claim has been examined by the executive committee com-mittee of the board of regents of the I'nivcrsity of Idaho, and that on the 11th day of June. 1P0C, the same was approved and allowed by the said board for the sum of one hundred and 65-100 dollars ($100.65). Dated this 11th dny of July, IP0G (Signed) GEIITKI7DI5 HATS. (Seal ) Secretary or Clerk of Said Board. Stale of Idaho, county of Ada. ss. I, S. D. Taylor, state auditor of the state of Idaho, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing Is a true and correct cor-rect copy of the original claim now on file in my offices. Thai receipts covering each and every item herein listed arc attached to the original claim. In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office. Done at Boise City, slate of Idaho, this the 27th day of July. 1D10. S. D. TAYLOR. (Seal.) State Auditor. CERTIFIED COPY-State COPY-State of Idaho To George C. Parkinson. Dr. Proston, Idaho. Stato Maintenance Fund Regents' expense Transportation Salt Lake to Pocatello ? 6.00 Pocatello to Nampa 9. SO Nampa to RoIho and return. ..... 1 20 Nampa to Pocatello 9. SO Poeatello to Cache 2.A7 Cache lo Preston SO Meals and hotel June 20, breakfast 70 June 20, dinner So June 20, supper , S5 June 21, breakfast 1 .SO June 21, supper 1.00 June 22. breakfast and dinner.... 2.00 June 22,. room and telephone, Idanha hotel 2.05 June 22. supper and tip... 1.15 June 23, breakfast.. S5 Sleeper Nampa to Gaelic 1.50 Salt Lake to Boise 2 50 Total $48.20 State of Idaho, county of .ss, George C. Parkinson, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the person, or the apent of the person presenting pre-senting the within claim: that the services, serv-ices, supplies or other items of any and every kind and nature whatsoever, if any. therein set out, have been rendered or furnished or expended by clnimant to or for the state of Idaho, and that no part of the same has been paid; and further, that the correct amount Justly due and owing to claimant on the within staled account is forty-eight and 20-100 dollars ($48.20). (Signed) GEO. C. PARKINSON. Subscribed and sworn to before me tills 5th day of July, 1900. (Signed) S. C. CI1ADWTCK. " Notary Public. I hereby certify that the within claim bus been examined by the executive com-mltteo com-mltteo of the board of regents of the University of Idaho, and that on the day of , 19 . the same was allowed by the said board for the sum of forty-eight and 20-100 dollars (?tS 20) Dated this 11th dav of Julv, 1906, (Signed) GERTRI'DE I HAYS. (Seal.) Secretary or Clerk of Said Board, State of Idaho, county of Ada. ss. I, S. D. Taylor, stale auditor of the stale of Idaho, certify that the within and foregoing Is a true and correct copy of the original claim now on file In my office. That, receipts covering every item herein here-in listed are attached lo the .original claim. In witness whereof, I lmve hereunto set my hand and affixed the fc.i1 of niv office. Done at Bnlsc City, state of Idaho, this the 27th day of July, 1910. S. D. TAYI..OR. (Seal.) State Auditor. |