The state herald., 1904-09-16
STATE POLITICS
Board Of Equalization.


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Board Of Equalization.
The reference made above to exception was to tho
Board of Equalization. Under the orman administration
this the Office of the building the last four
months of that administration record meeting
of the board kept For months before that rec
ords kept briefly and careessy 1t is mposs
BILE to find out what done, No whatever was
made down amounts of bills allowed and there Is
no way now of telling by comparison Of these BOOKS
with those of the auditor when whether any particular
bill allowed by the board or not
All that is changed. Records kept all meetings
and of the business tranacted and all the bills
allowed and the creditors and the amounts allowed to
each. Any tell by comparing he books with
the auditors. just when any particular bill was allowed
and when paid to whom and for what no department
has the promise conduct busnesslt administration
been completely kept than in this and in no one
except perhaps the land Office is the contrast with Its pre-
decessor greater.
Printing Department.
department has the actual saving of cash been
great in the printing department The greatest scan
das of the previous administration had beer in connection
with the printing! $4,000 had been paid or printing to
one firm during the biennial period. Pnces had been
allowed for articles at from four to zen times their
actual market value. ~.
When the Legislature is in session it's supreme In the
matter of ordering printing well other things
The last Legislature used nearly sl5OOO0 WORTH and this
of the paid for House aud Senate jour
nails and session laws The biennial reports, which were
ordered by officials of the previous admnst ration but paid
for after the present came in, amounted to about
100000.
Aside from these amounts the expenses for printing for
the first nineteen months of this administration, COM
pared with the corresponding nineteen months Of the pre-
vious administration in round numbers 100000.
against sS0OOO reduction of sixty two and onehaf per
cent, and saving of $4,000 Prices have been reduced
to level with those ID by large private concerns or
corporations. There total absence of graft in
Tho Ion hp etnte
$50 thousand for manila envelopes and the bills rem
dered longer full OF extras"
There many departments and their work is so
varied that is impossible to condense into short letter
any Ineligible account Of their work. Suffice it to say.
that the engineers Office the and fish commissioners
office the Office Of the Board Of Stock Inspectors have
had their work doubled than doubled by legs
lafon and that OF them is making record for
faithful and efficient service which will be hard to match
in future The dairy commissioner has proved to very
makers and sellers OF ned cheese and oeo butter
that the state really means to enforce the law In regard
to these things The boiler inspector has had large in.
crease of business The inspector of mnes with totally
insufficient force has done incredible amount Of work.
and the mines in general in much better physical
dton than they The bureau of mines
and the horticultural department addition to their
lar work have made exhibits at the ST. Louis fair that
have attracted and still attracting the state
of visitors. Every department. in fact has made
standard of efficiency, and In the people
poyed take pride In the work they are doing
The law department and the adjutant generals,
extensive that only reference be made them As
for the attorney general II may be stated that In addition
TO the two tremendously important cases-Kansas VS.
Colorado and Meyer the state-he has had nifty per
cent work. and performed II with a good deal more
than nifty per cent decrease In the extra counsel
poyed that he has about ninety cent of his
for the state and has Disposed Of than pre-
yous attorney general.
What the adiutant general has done may be seen OF
every Even Messrs Meyer and Haywood would be
ready admit that he has made Of the national guard OF
Colorado body OF real soldiers and that they have done
things" and done them thoroughly and oflclently.
When the record Of this administration made up
January It will be difficult match in fhment OF the
pledge made by the convention that nominated its
bcrs in business economy in general efficiency in honest
public service.