Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

yet Cnat statement mas Dcen made TO me
more than once by clerks at other ses.
sions of the general assembly. would
not intimate that all of the clerks have
such easy jobs, for there are many of
the committees whose clerks certainly
earn their salaries. but some do not.
House Making a Record.
The house is also making a record in
economy--that is to say. it is making it
possible for future sessions to save
money for the state III the matter OF the
salaries of the officers of the two bodies
On Saturday the house passed chapter
Of the revised code, which fixes the sal.
aries of the officers and employees of the
general assembly. BY it the following
reductions in salaries hitherto paid viii.
be brought about: Secretary OF the sen.
ate and clerk of the house, reduced from
81 to So per day; assistant secretaries and
assistant clerks, from S6 to IS; bill clerks,
file clerks, doorkeepcrs, janitors, mail
carriers, from 81 to So; lieutenant COVER.
nor's and speakers pages, from So 80 to
80; pages, from So to 81 80; postmistrcss
and assistant, from 81 to IS. When this
schedule was under consideration by the
committee, some wag offered resolu-
ton reducing the salaries of the men,
bers from $3.50 per session to $500, but
this was defeated by practically unani.
NOUS vote.
Investigate state Printer.
The Office Of state printer is about to
be investigated OH the score of economy.
1t seems to be the general impression
that after serving couple of terms as
state printer the fortunate officer is ready
to retire and live on his income. The
law, at present and as it is in the pro-
posed revision, allows the state printer
pay at the rate of 90 cents per 1000
SENS for straight matter, and up to so
cents per 1000 for rule and figure
work. There happened to be several
printers on the committee to whom the
portion of the code fixing the fees of this
Office was referred and they set TO work
to investigate matters. 1t was claimed
that the union price for type setting on
work similar to that done for the state
was 2S cents per 900 The state printer,
however states that lie is paying 80
cents per 1000 and claims that 30 cents.
the rate allowed him, is none too high
when the expense of the Office and all
the other matters which should be legi.
timately considered are counted i'll. 1t is
claimed it is impossible to do the work
with machines and Mr. Shaw, partner of
State Printer COnaway, says that he
went to New York and carefully inves
tigated the matter of doing book compO-
sition with machines, and became salts.
fed that the work could not be done as
it should be by their use. The Office is ac-
cordingly setting the type by hand, and
as it is q union Office it is compelled to
pay union prices. The subcommittee
70 x.yhi,l, tIn Of th, i,x :o,,
of the state printers schedule of prices
was referred will report to the commit
tee today.
Reports of State Officers.
Another matter in which it is believed
that saving may be made, is III the
matter of the publication of the reports
of the various state officers. Nowadays
there is large number of very volumin.
Gus reports published by different de.
partments of the state government.
Then, too of some of these reports there
are large editions printed and some of
them simply litter up the shelves of the
document room at the capitol, at leas.
this is the opinion Of some of the mem.
bers of the senate coDlmitte on code re
vision, ana a subcommittee consisting
of Senators Funk Waterman and
Lothrop has been appointed TO ascertain
just how many Of the various reports
it is absolutely necessary the state should
publish.
In the message which the governor
delivered to the session on its converting
it was suggested that the payment Of
certain Of the appropriations made by
Twenty-sixth general assembly and III.
drawn, be deferred until 1898. When
asked which of the appropriations he re
ferred to, Governor Drake declined to
specify, but said ne would willingly as
sist the committee to the best of his
ability in MAXI Z, a careful investigation
Of che situation 1t is stated by mem
bers of the committee that in all prob.
abb ity if any Of the undrawn approprla-
tiol are deferred they will be the S25,-
Coo ''NDro"N 'at,.i fur the mC,...s~.. .
and o. W for the ITansmississippi ex
position at Omaha
It is reported that some Of the men.
belo are proposing to tart a move for
the adjustment of number Of the state
departments Who's n>. ,.,,., IS ,.L ! u.
the basement OF the oapito,, rgl o.
dairy commissioner. state beard OF
| health, mine inspector, pharninc,. corr.
mission and bureau Of labor statistics
: This Is probably more IL the ualuro Of g
bluff than any ching else, yet there have
! been rlelnbers so radical ~ to claim thai
scmo Of those department wcT, @.
doubtful utility to the people, and ..m.
Of them would include the stare gao.ugi
cal -rvey among he expensiv~ Injuries
which might veil b abolished
After IL Two-Cent Rate.
Early n the week it seemed as though
there would be az attempt to make the
special session All anti-railrOad session.
something Ike The wCaCy second gen
2ral assembly. There was a meeting of
the committee C the travelling ratn S
association which vas appointed 10 push
the matter Of securing a 2.cent Hat rail.
road rate for mileage books. the books
to be interchange This meeting was
held il cOnnectIoI With the iobbers and
commercial exchange Of Les Moines, and
there was full discussion of the situa-
ton. The travelling men were especially
bitter over the fact that the railroad
companies require ,hem to pay $40 on
each 2,000-mile ticket more than the $40
rate, this sam being returned to them
as rebate when the ticket is used up.
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