The Glenwood post., 1904-09-17
THE STATE SAVES MoDEY.

Denver, Sept 1904.
This being week of the convention, it is not
Inappropriate look what the Republ
can state officers have been doing since they took office
in January 1908. Not all of them could possibly be in
cluded In summary brief this must necessarily
be- but general idea may be given of the amount of
work done and the it in comparison with previous
years.
The
That part of the governors work. which is probably
most important. already received extensive
notice. not only in the of Colorado but all
over the United States 1t not here to refer
to his record in preserving order and protecting
life, liberty and property This work, however has not
occupied the majority of his time. The is by
law member of nearly every state board Under this
administration these boards have had frequent regular
meetings. The has been present and has
sided at almost every of such meetings during his
term. OF these the important the Board of
Equalization. the Board Commissioners the Board
of Audit the Board of Capitol Managers the Board of
Charities and Corrections. In connection with the latter
all the state institutions have to be visited and supervised
Besides the numerous board meetings there is much
routine work III connection with the office. AS
compared with the previous biennial period
work has just about doubled The governor has done it
all in businessike way. having his regular hours
during which he has been accessible to all with
little red all consistent with order and
| decoruIn.
Secretary of State.
One of the important offices is that of the
tary state Besides the regular routine work
of the brand department which is most important in
state having such large cattle interests and he is also
the purchasing of the for nearly everything
except printing The business of the brand department
has from year, and is constantly becom-
Ing more important and difficult 1t has been kept
strictly to date and in thorough working order under
the present incumbent, and, of has than
paid expenses.
In his capacity purchasing agent the present
tary shows that for supplies and incidentals
have been practically during his adminstra
ton Under his predecessor the cost of supplies and
lncidenals for the first twenty months than
$4,000 under the present secretary the has been
about $4,000 The office force kept low
was consistent with efficiency.
Auditor and Treasurer.
AS the finances of the administration conducted
largely by the auditor their may
be considered together. members of
Equalization the Auditing Board,
also supervision of the raising and expenditure of
together with the the attorney general and the
secretary of state
AS preliminary it may be said in brief that the pres
ent administration inherited from its predecessors claims
against the aggregating $25OOOO for money
advanced to keep the state institutions from closing their
DOORS OF this amount Governor Thomas had borrowed
$4,000 from the clearing house. and the
had been loaned by individuals and local banks At the
beginning of the orman administration the Legislature
appropriated general Incidental fund" of s251,50O in
addition to the usual appropriation for incidental
which amounted 100000 This socalled general Incl
debs and out Of it strictly limited in the
appropriation bill to the first four months.
Instead of being used to back debts intended,
this fund used grab fund" Large of it
for extra services" and postage" Some
used, months after the payments of it had become
Illegal to of extra session of the Legisa
ture Briefly, of it used for the purpose for
which it had been intended by the Legislature, and less
than $4,000 of left when the administration
In other words, the incidental expenses"
orman administration had been between s275,OOO and
100000
For the Peabody administration appropriation for
general incidental purposes made of $7000O-about
onefourth much actually used by the
administration and $4,000 less than recommended by
the outgoing auditor in his biennial report
The less than provided for the incidental
expenses of either of the two previous administrations.
If those appropriations insufficient without the grab
fund.-" how could expected that while $4,000
enough 100000 1901 had supplemented
by about 100000 of the grab fund.- $4,000 could
be enough in 1908?
By strict economy and close supervision by the Board
of Audit the 10000 has been made do and there is still
left enough of it to amply the remaining incidental
expenses the biennial period such
has made by Democratic administration in
Colorado.
| Land Office.
When this administration began chaos reigned supreme
in the land office The register not in control of it.
except very limited The clerks appointed
by various members of the land board and did
slider themselves subordinate the register acted
accordingly. complete had been years
of receipts and disbursements. There
ledger accounts with firms which had leased
lands Collections of rent had fallen off, and in
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