The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-24
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! stnte BOARD Will Meet on Dec. IL.
The state canvassinE board meets on
Dec. i'll. Until then the official major
tiles will not be- known There is an
interesting series Of events that at
I.tend the meeting OF the state board.
In the first place. by %aScurious CONTRA
diction between the constitution and
the statute, the Justice Of the supreme.
court takes his office on the first Mon
day in December. This Is a week be-
so that. Judge; Morgan IL he takes his
seat, will have to be sworn in without
a. certificate of election. In the. present
instance this informality will be of lit
! tile moment, for the reason that the
! Judge was without opposition for the
| place and he has all the votes that
were cast. But in the, event of a close
race between two candidates. where
! the official v were necessary to
determine the result, 1t is readily seen
| that the provision of the statute could
!! not be complied with, for the reason
that it would not be known on the first
| Monday i'll December who vas entitled
to the office. Heretofore the discrepan-
! CIV has been OF little Importance, for
the reason that the judges of the court
have been elected to succeed them,s
selves. \ change will have to be madS
in the law, however, making the meet
ing of the state canvassing board earli-
er, in order to avoid trouble in the
future.
Judge Morgan's oath Of office as saSS
irene court justice will take him frdfRAs
A.. boob ~, %bo Coonra x3tr%rsoA url
| Attorney General Cowan win take his
| place. This will ~necessitate the ap-
rointment Of a q month be-
fore Cowan's term begins, and Cowan
will probably be appointed. This will
necessitate Cowan's resignation as at
: torney general Of the state, and Com,
stock, the oficial-elect. will probably
be appointed. This, again, viii neces-
state Coms:ock's, resignation as states
attorney of Benson county. and a sue
cessor will have to he appointed there.
1t seems improbable that Gov. Fan
cher will attend actively to any work
as governor. He is still in California,
and his health does not improve rapid
~. The governor will probably take
up his residence there. There are no
matters Of moment requiring his. atten-
ton before the expiration OF his term.
Mrs. Fancher is at the capital, and is
preparing to move the governors eff
fects to California. What few matters
require the action of an executive will
probably be attended to by Lieut.. Gov.
Devine.
Gov. White will have q busy two
months during the session Of the legis-
lature. Financial matters viii be first.
and the governor. state auditor and
treasurer will AVE to make arrange
ments for funds for the payment of
legislative expenses. This requires
800, 600 to $50. 900 in cash. and the funds
will probably be raised by the sale Of
warrants. as has been done before.
The legality of these warrants has
sometimes been brought into question.
but as each ADMINISTRATION practically
pledges itself to see that they are paid.
they are pretty good Investments, espe-
cially as they draw a good rate of in
tercst. The message of. the governor
to the legislature will also require
much time and consideration. 1t will
doubtless request the closest economy
in expenditures. There are more insti-
tutions than ever ~clanOrins for state
funds, and the committee on appropri-
atoms will need to go over the requests
carefully before making recommenda-
tions. An examination of the probable
revenues and expenditures Of the state
for the ensuing two years will be the
first thing necessary.