Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
TIE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN
SAINT Il A II l.:
SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE 26' 1885,
More Offices Recommended by Sibiey.--
More Burdens for the TaA.payers---
More Democratic Economy --- Taxes
no Object.

vp.. U.u,ocrntic Economy -. Taxes
no Object.
A nr,mireut feature in Mister SIBLEy's
late s,ccial message. that seemingly demands
nm csrecial comment is cmb 'died in his nu-
n,arons recommendations in favor of saddling
upon our overburdened Treasury, sundry ex
ira Off :ials and extra expenditures which
public policy at any time should scout from
the halls Of legislation as inexpcdient per Sc,
and the more promptly reject now as a compll-
ancc with them these hard times would be al
most criminal The first Of his recommends
tions is, for the appointment of an assistant
() Seereta.y OF State at salary of thou
sand dollars per annum and that besides
,h,s extra aid for that office there should also
be money appropriated to pay Clerk hire
therein oil Of which Mr.. SIBLEY thinks is
indispensable -
Row, with all due Difference to His Vanity
ship, we think in the present condition of the
public finances in the existing emba'rass-
men,s in monetary and business affairs; in
the utter inability Of the people to pay pre-
sen, let alone additional taxes; this Assist
mt S,cretaryship is an office which, being
entirely unnecessary, is one that ought most
certainly to be dispensed with
THIS view may not comport with Mr.. SIB-
LEYs large notions of official display but
we think the republican ideas Of the people,
let alone their necessities, forbid the creation
OF additional offices, or Of appointing add
tional officers when those already in the office
whose force is proposed TO nc increased have
not now duties sufficient to occupy taem one
fourth Of Mtir time, as is most unquestionably
the case with our distinguished and brilliant
though youthful Secretary of State, FRANCIS
BAAsEN, Esq!
The cd Secretaries of the Territory, who
were also q. S. Trcasurcrs and dis5ursing Of
fcers for the payment Of Territorial expenses,
might perhaps, during the session of the Le-
gislatuIe, require Clerk temporarily to aid
them bu: during the remaining portion OF
the year, the duties Of the Office it is well
known were susceptible Of easy discharge by
even tie LATEST Office holder that ever pock-
cited salary and steangs.
But Mr. BAAsEN has none of these duties
Of dsbur>ing officer to perform; and as the
other duties Of Secretary arc next to nothing,
his position is at present decidedly more Or
ramental than useful and to propose to be-
stow upon his office an Assistant Secretary
Of State, at a salary Of q thousand dollars
rer year, and then ask for an appropriation
for Clerk hire in addition lo"ks to US like
"recklrSs' disregard OF the peoi les interests
by Mr.. SIBLEY, and as evincing disposition
on his part to misrcpreSent and nisstate the
exisencirs Of the public service for the sake
OF recruiting US |, SIS cohort Of partizan mer
cenaries to quarter in and around the capital
TO serve as his body guard and 10 eat up
taxes rung from an overburdencd people.
And it occurs to us that here is a proper
pont for US to remark that Mister SIBLkY in
his Inaugural saw fit TO char ,ctyrzc the
MINNEsorTAN as "recIless' merely because We
insisted that forgery was not the best nor the
most respectable mode of getting up returns
TO el, ct the Governor of State; but we sub
nit that this recommendation of his to create
. useless office, to help devour the substance
of the people, is greater proof of his reck
lcssncss t an any that he or his organs Lave
as yet adduced to prove ours!
Nor is this the only officer he wants Great
cd. lie dele; tely informs the Legislature
That g no law has been passed authorizing the
employment by the Governor, of Prioate
Sscretuy" and he s,ys:" ask an appropra
tion Of $500 for the payment of such an Off
Ger, for the current year!"
Why not also request of the legislature an
appropriation for the employment of q Pri
vatc Barber, to trim your beard ard cu,l your
moustachcs into proper "digniicd' depoit
ment (; TO brush your coat and black your
boots, so that you may look every nch'
governor
In the largest eastern States,-in, for in
stance. the great State Of fPennsylvania-such
an Oa'SS 10 ilCi uiS tuSiS uhy
public duties that Private Secretary could
rcrform which do not rightly belong and
pertain more properly to the Secretary Of
State TO transact.
Eyel when there are Messages from the
Governor to be transmitted to either branch
of the Legislature, the Secretary of State is,
in Pennsylvania, tie officer s-l.cted for that
purpose. Why should it be different hero
csl ecally as that functiOnary is in imminent
danger of collapsng for want of sufficient
cmployment-siiting about with his fingers
in his mouth waiting fer the appointment OF
tia. Assistant Secretary to le'p him to do
no,hln: at al i!
Instead of allowing this useless Private
Sccretaryship, let tie Legislature, by law,
direct Tie Secretary Of State to act as the
Governors Public Secretary, and prescribe
that his messages may be transmitted thr"ac;i
him to the l. gislaturc and then 10! shat
We vii. behold We will see our Luxcm
burg 'tiend DAAsEN occasionally walking up
to g.....er House, and, first waiting few mo
mcnts at the door for the Sergeant at -Ar~s to
announce in stcntor'an voice "The &c,et
ry of State" he will step little inside of the
middle aisle, and first lowing slightly to the
Presiding Officer who las suspended other
business and risen to receive him, will tier
grac fully state, in distinct voice : "Ihars
tie hJaor 10 present q messuge IN prAing from
tie Corernor" and then stepping up the aisle,
be will present it at tie Clerks desk and
tLen-wlll walk away!
This is official and formal, and this mode
ongEt also 10 recommend itself to Mister