Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-19
DoN,r WISH TO BE ousrED.
board orControl Prefers to stay Where
Is.

Des Moines. Oct. 19.-rhe state board
of control is still doing business at the
old sand ard from present Indications
will continue TO do so for some time.
While it is tschnically trespassing in
the rooms OF the lieu.ennnt governor,
this does noi apparently give its lnem-
ners any feeling of unrest and they say
they like the rooms TOO we'll to leave
them until they are elected.
The fact is there is no other location
in the building so well adapted TO their
work and they will only leave their
present quarters with great reluctance.
/. is urged by some who have given
the matter close thought. that the fact
that the lieutenant governor is iii the
state house but few months every
second year and that his duties are not
50 great as 70 require much help in his
Office or great Office room. should be
considered well before ordering the
board OF control 10 move. Desk room
sufficient to transact the duties of his
ofiice can be easily provided in the
room now occupied by MeSsrs. Larra-
bee. Cownie and Kinne. without incon-
venieace TO the lieutenan. governor or
10 them, ard thus ohyiate the neccSsi-
ty of moving the state board Of con-
trol TO some less desirable location.
Since lis establishment. it has devei-
ored into ore of the most important
branches of the state government and
employs more persons than any other
department.
Even il Il l.; decided to onst them
from 'hei. preSent quarters, the qGes-
tian OF their future location is i big
one. There is no other available space
i'll The state house to assign them,
either in the hasemen, or on the frs.
| floor. The historical department Will
be moved to the new building erected
for it northeast of ihc capitol as soon
rs it is completed. but this event can
not Talie place until after the legisla-
rure convenes and the lieutenant gov
erncr enters upon his Duties. But the
| further consideration comes up that thl
board ot control cannot possibly
| squeeze into the historical rooms when
they are vacated. The only way sug.
| gcsted ont of the difficulty is to trans
fer either the dairy commissioner OF
the state board of health. who occupy
rooms adjoining the historical rooms
to the room on the first floor, now &C
cupied by the custodian and give The
board OF control the rooms thus va
Gated. Ii will then still remain to pro
vide for the custodian. 1t is claimed
| by those advocating the solution o
| the problem thar the custodian car
easily be given suitable accommoda
tons in the basement near the room
occupied by The secretary OF the exec
ntire council through which most o
his business is transacted.
III cannot be denied, however, tha
the board of control will not welcoln,
any suggestion which vii! dcpriv,
them OF their present comfortabl,
rooms. In the first place they don
fancy breaking up housekeeping unde
any circumstances and in the secont
place il is less inviting by reason o
the certainty that they will be unabl
10 secure any other location rs salts
factory. The arrangement most nc
! ceptabe 10 them would be the one frs
suggested, whereby the lieutenant gov
crnor will occupy a portion OF thci
otiicv.