The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-14

COUNTY AUDITORS AND TREASUR-
ERS HOLD THEIR ANNUAL
MEETINGS
JOINT COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Officers Elected for the Ensuing
Year and Scheme Mapped
Out fer Preventing
Defa1cntiOns.

The state associations of county audi
tors and county treasurers were in ses-
sion all day Yesterday in the court house,
first separately and in the evening joint
" 1t was in the end agreed TO seek
through the medium of a joint commit
tee, nominated by the governor, legis-
lation that would tend to simplify work
of both positions and reduce the chances
of any of them succeeding i'll making
defalcations to any considerable amount.
Throughout the session of both organ
izatiors there was a notable absence OF
any movement to render more remunera-
tive the positions of auditor or treasurer.
COUNTY AUDITORS.
The Associat ton of County Auditors of
the State of Minnesota was called to or
der by President John Gleason, of Polk
county, at 10 o'clock in the morning.
The roll call, by Secretary E. j. Miller,
showed the following to be present:
]. S. Campbell, Aitkin; L. M. Stevens,
Becker; j. II. Haner Beltrami; A. r..
Kasney, Benton; John F. Hynes, Carl
ton; Fred u. Splettstoesser, Carver; j..
A Jelly, Dakota; George A. Norton,
Dodge; J. F. Jones, Fillmore; Carl N.
Lien, Goodhue; P. H. Clague, Elbow
Lake; H r. Scott, Hennepin; N. M.
Kemerer Hubbard; Theodore G. Blon-
gren, Isanti; Henry Rines, Kanabec; q.
A. GunnarsOn, Kittson; H. II. kaufman,
Jr, LIE Sueur; Thomas Mckinley, Lyon;
F.. D. Stocking, Mcleod; John n. Cay
ner, eMeeker; H. N Harding, Little Falls;
r. L. Johnson, Mower; Charles Hensel,
Nicollet; E. J. Herringer, Norman; Ed
H Walden, Olmsted; w. c. Lincoln,
Fergus Falls; John Peterson, Polk; Pc
ter I. Ronning, Pope; w. r. johnson,
Ramsey; Adam Zeh, Red Lake; I. N.
Tompkins, Redwood; j. T. Brooks, Rem
Vile; w K. Adams, Rice; John c. Spen-
Ger, Roseau; Oden Halden, st. Louis;
J. H Moore, Scott; Philip ]. Gruber,
Stearns; H. P. Mcconnell Swift; Walter
Peltier Todd; n. F. Schroeder, Trav-
erse; R. P Glover, Wilkin; Frank S.
Wing, Yellcw Medicine.
The first business was the appointing
of a committee of three to wait upon
the county treasurers, who were in ses-
sion in an adjoining room, and request
joint session in the evening. The COM
mittee returned in a few minutes and
reported that such a session had been
arranged.
Then the following resolution was offer
ed and adopted unanimously:
Whereas, following a custom establish
ed by precedent, the present public ex-
Rminer is likely to be succeeded in the
near future by an appointee chosen by
The incoming state administration; and
w ner6dS, the county duuIIOIS VI
The state having, from the nature OF
their work, an intelligent appreciation of
The eXacting and important duties Of
the public examiner, as they relate to
county governments, are earnestly de-
sirous of the most efficient service pos
sible through that department; and
Whereas, E. ]. Miller, present
county auditor of Big Stone county and
secretary Of the Association of County
Auditors of Minnesota. having at the So
licitation of large number of the bank
ers, county auditors and county treas
urers of the state permitted himself to
become a candidate for appointment to
the position named; therefore be it
Resolved, by the Association of
County Auditors of the State of
Minnesota, assembled in annual session
this 18th day Of December, 1900, that, hav-
ing absolute confidence in the uprightness
and ability of Mr. Miller, and possessing
ample knowledge of his fine educational
attachments, and his standing as an ex-
pert accountant largely the result of
studied experience during a period of six
years Of county auditor of Big Stone
county, and the preceding eight years as
cashier of the state bank Of Ortonville,
earnestly and unreservedly request his
appointment by Gov. S. R. Van SAINT to
the office of public examiner, sincerely
believing=that he combines in a marked
degree the requisite qualifications to
render to the state of Minnesota an ac-
ceptable discharge of the duties of the
office.
County Auditor w R. Johnson, of
Ramsey. moved, and it was adopted,
that: Resolved that the legislative COM
mittee Of the association be, and it is
hereby authorized, to confer with the
governor and the public examiner on
all matters of interest to be brought be-