Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1908 — STATE AUDITOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STATE AUDITOR

John C. Billheimer Rightly Aspires to Be His Own Successor. '■ I JOHN C. BILLHEIMER, nominee for his second term as Auditor of State is a lawyer of Washington, Daviess county. He Is a comparatively young man, and one who Udi ■ private and public life has proven over and over his ability and integrity. He has a record as an astute, painstaking and successful lawyer. Since entering political and public life he has gained an acquaintance over the whole State, and has made many friends who testify to his ability, his probity, his genial disposition and his earnestness and faithfulness to all matters ’ in his charge. In the four years he was Deputy Auditor, Mr. Billheimer received and disbursed nearly $35,000,000. When ' Governor Hanly’s bipartisan board of i experts scrutinized every record in I that office, it failed to find a single mistake in the accounts of Mr. Billheimer and the men under him. Every 1 penny of that vast amount was properly entered and accounted for. During the past two years as Auditor, with the added duties given to him by the last Legislature, Mr. Billheimer has conducted the State 1 Auditor's office along the same lines •f honest and competent business 1 management. In fact, the excellent 1 force of experts in their several lines with which he has surrounded himself points to his ability as an organizer well qualified to execute the complicated duties of the State Auditor. lur. Billheimer, in his interpretation and execution of the Insurance laws of the State, proved himself one whc 1 dared guard the people’s Interests,

regardless of the aroused hostility of the combined insurance companies who opposed him. More than that, he displayed tact, judgment and foresight. Today those who at first were prone to criticise and condemn his efforts unite with the general public in praise for the great public service Mr. Billheimer performed.

JOHN C. BILLHEIMER.