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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1910)
IIOMT INOCflMITCI tNTrw1t. 1NDICWDIWCC OWgOON. NOVEMBER 4. 1910. PACK TWO -v a ..v.--.' r ji Eft JUT i-Jj ' -Hi ra IN lM 3j kVfcil i- i i f rfr i nr. P This is the chief ftf requisite for pi making Perfect rtb Bake Day Foods BakiiiM Absolutely Priro The only Baking Pew der firm Absolutely Prtro fffl Grape Cream of Tartar der made from Royal h tar V Made from Grapes ft? Umo Phosphata No Alunt im COMPELLED TO RETURN CUIN (The Oregonhn.) Oswald Yest, Democratic nom'nr-e for Governor, not only collected mile age and witness fees from the govern ment for his recent trip to Vasirus ton, but he also charged and collected from the state mileage as Railroad Commissioner for muling the same trip From the government v e3t claimed and collected $3(55.20 in mile age and fees for going to Washington Usi January. At the same time he charged and collected from the state J253 for railroad fare and other ex tenses for making the same trip. While he later returned to the state treasury J315.20 of the amount col lected from the government, be d d not make this restoration until he had been accused by certain Feueral of ficials of being a "graiter." yisit Really Political. West went to Washington last Jan uary, ostens'bly on bcs'r-" "-"J"- ;f; with Oregon P.ailrc-ui Commission, oi which he was a member ap pointment by Chamberlain. At Uu same time he appeared before a com mittee in 'the House nt Reprea ena tivss in the ir.tervt cf a bill wen CASH PAID FOR FARM PRODUCE by THE BUTLER PRODUCE CO. Hit 3 Succeed when everything else fells. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they era the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist's counter. rending and materially affecting ths Interests of the sowers on puuim lands In ths SIM. Indian reservation An a matter of f-t. the real rolkn of West In tutting Washington on this cession wan apparently to consum mate the del 'ta llourne and Cham berlain by winch it was arranged thnt be (West) was to be the Democratic nominee for )ovmor In the contest now pending In this state, Il.iiore leaving for Washington West was served with a pubpoena command ing him to appear In this city as a linens for the government In the trial of limner Ileriiuinn. which was then about to bo cilled. After reach lug the nat'onai capltnl. he wrote the Vntted States district attorney ex plaining that If he should be notified a few days In advance he would re turn to Oregon and testify Hi de sued. The requested notice ws serv ed ntid Wet returned. letter West apix'iued tn the Federal court as a witness aAlrst Hermann. On his discharge t'T tlie district attor ney as a witness West went before the clerk of the court and claimed mileage from Portland to Washington and return, amounting In the assr gute to $:ttj5 J(. Upon making the re quired affidavit, attesting the facts that he was called bck from Wash ington and tfiat It would be necessary for him to return to Washington to compute the business he was engiiged !n. West received the full amount ot 1365.20 In payment of his claim. Vouchers Tell Tsle. On the dar that he collected from the government, this money to which he was not entitled, he was charged by certain Federal officials, who had witnessed the incident, with taking money to which he was not entitled. Two days later he turned Into the state treasury all but 150 of the amount he had accepted from the gov ernment under an oath which was in consistent with the facts tn the oase. The facte are that West did not re turn to Washington after returning to this state to testify .n the Hermann case As a matter of fact, having been served wi.h the recessary papers In this c'ty, p", who wis then a res ident oi Salem. m entitled to mile age from b government only frou Salem to P rtlud and return, wh'oh. with hl3 fee as a witness, wou'd not have amounxd to more ths n $11 or J1 Records at the State 'hous-? in Si m sow rluit West for this UtntioJl trip clmrged and collected In-ni the state $253. Vouchors for this atnouu: are on file In the office of the secre tary xf state. There are two vouc.i ers one for the O. R. & N. com;. my for a round. trip ticket from Portland to Washingn n, D. C. and tbo ether is West's ov.t, voucher for meal, hotel btiu- etc- ,. tv. ,,Kit,. huBftiM.i udoc wnlcn West was ostensibly called to Wash ington, accorc'ug bo the Btatemcnt In his own voucher, was " In re Weils Fargo & Conjrny rates, old rc;Kirts and car demurr- rules," It was for ti alleged services that the taxpaye.-s footed the expense bills of his trip, yet It Is known that the major portion .t bis time was de voted" to lobbying lor ttt Slletz home steader's bfll and ii matters political. The statement "In 19 Wells-Fargo & Co rates, old reports and car demur rage rules" causes ttate house at taches who ars larm.iar w u Chamberlain-Wet t game of politics, to wink at one another and the whole incident is regarded as a nuge juiv rirnips It is the prevail- ing opinion that West's mission to Washington had norning wmk do Wltti l" -- Railroad Oommlsslon, but that, be sim ply seized the oppoituni-.y to make the trip at the expense of the taxpay- ers. , n, .opnrria ahow that West at tempted to "double shoot" the game by charging ana coueciu5 B r.t,A nnu from both the state and. the government for the very same trip. That he was no- i'- "Y-- ioubly paid for this service, may ba attributed to the fact that attaches of the Federal offices in this city open ly charged West with bolng a "graft er" in that he whs seeking to collect inoney to which he fiaa no uae the government. It is very ' Penjneuj to the situation lu un.o made no pretenses of turning over to the state treasury any part of the mileage he had outcmea y"' from the government until after he had been called to account, by the government officials lor nis grains hl methods. Even then he turned over to the state ?50 less than be had mulcted rrom we pj u ment, contending thai he was entitled to that amount for "hotel bills" and "incidental expenses." The question naturally arises: ti&a West not col locleU for these same expense items from both the state and the govern- It'is a perfectly logical assumption thrt West intended to keep the mile age and witness fees he obtained im properly from the government as well as hia mileage and epenbes obtained from the state aa Railroad Commis sioner, but for the fact that he was "caught" In the palpable act f fleec ing the government by several officers of the government and his attention called to the fact. If It had not been for this timely discovery, there 13 no question but ttat West would have kept every cent of ths money collected from the state and government for Otherwise, why did lie undertake to square himself by turning over to the slate irejuij ., .v.- he funds he had collected from the government under what amounts to a raise oaiu. So far aa West's claim against the in fv-irutemed. he was en titled only to the collection of mileago from . Salem to Portland and return, including witness, foes and not ex oir,T si i Thi la true for the rea ti,n.lMiiea u wlumsa lu the lUv mann trial was served on him in iirv land, befoiw he had on to Washing ton. That is all he ever ws entitled U from the government. In addition to making a fake oath to gut 3ii&.!0 from the government, W'eit got his fingers Into the stale treamiry at the same time by collecting mileage and expenses for the same trip from the sute In his official capacity as rail road commissioner. Duty tho alert ness of officials at the Federal build ing saved to the taxpayers the $315 .20 West actually turned Into the suite treasury from the funds lis collected from the government. As a niolier ot luct, if West was entitled to mileage from the govern ment at all, he was entitled to tHe total amount. . Tho f 3R5.20 In thai event, was his own perst n-il propel ty The fact thi-.t lie turned ov'-r I3IG.2U or any other part of the origmn amount to the state amount to a reii fvHHk.ii cn hlM piu-t that he did n.'t at any tune a valid claim to the money. Following this unusual iraiiimctlon a Mepx further. If We t ms not entitled to this money from the government, tn,'n ,,,rol ,ne 8lntM should not have received It. It v. altogether a tninactlcn between Went and the I'nltod Sta.es government. If he had no legal claims to the money surely in state did not. It should have been returned to the snme agency from which It was obtained Irregularly. The etste had no claim to It, and the fact that Weat turned the money Into the state treasury In no sense mlnlmlied his offense against the government. If West was not en titled to the money, then the govern ment surely was entitled to the funds for it was from that source the funds were abstracted Improperly and llie- The foregoing facts may be sub stantiated by any person interested if he will refer to the records In the Federal court in this city and the of fice of secretary of state at Salem. Attempted JiiRgling or misstatement of facts in tills particular Instance will prove futtlo. West's paper even admits thMt he collected $.'!65.20 from the government. The fact could not be denied. The records prove It. What the public would like to know is: Was West entitled to the mileage and fees he collected from the govern ment, "If so, why did he turn any part of It over to the ft ue? Why was no! the inoney restored to the government to which it. belonged? 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