Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
STATE POLITICS

leases Of pa within q certain
time and demand better price. both for leases and tor
Under the present register these polele. have been
esunss have BEEN SHARED ss ever, psrssa or la isss
ns land from the sisis psis have been nade large
cancelled. land reclaimed by the state
in eases of Better price. h.'. been obtained
Of the orderly and eeisnt to be found in the
building for that matter in any public building In tho
country.
Board OF Eauaiixation Under the
this the star once OF the building For tho last four
ord. kept briefly and eaieIe.s tina, is mpos.
made down bills allowed and there Is
with Of auditor whether any particular
bill was ever allowed by the board or not
and Of tho business and records of all the bills
allowed and the e.edors and the amounts allowed & to
the a.di,ors Just whom any particular bill was allowed
has thu promise eonaae, '
been more completely kep, than In this and In no one
deccssor greater.
dais of the prcvous had been in Connection
with tho printing: 9l:ocoo had been paid for printing tn
ono nrm during tho biennial period. Prices had been
allowed 70, some articles a, from four to ten times their
When Legislature scssasa supreme in tho
LEGISLATURE nearly $4,000 worth. this
In OF the paid for House and Senate jour
nails and session laws. Tho biennial reports. which
ordered ocIas Of tho previous but paid
for after the present In amounted to about
$4,000. "
Aside expenses printing for
tho hrst nineteen months of this administration com
pared with the corresponding months OF tho
vious administration: in round numbers $4,000
against $4,000 reduction Of sixty and onchaf
cent, and saving of 10000 Prices have been reduced
to level with those paid by larEe private concerns
corporations There Is total absence Of graft In
the states printing affairs No longer docs tho state pay
dcrcd longer full of extras"
There departments. and their work is so
inclligiblc Of their work. Sufcc II to
that the engineers occ the gnmc and sh commissioner
had their work doubled more than doubled by new eEs
aton and that Of them In making record for
hIu anu cthcieht service which VIII oe hao 10 mn.en
In future. The dairy commissioner has proved to very
makers and sellers Of hllcd cheese and oco butter
that the state really to enforce the law In regard
TO these things The boiler inspector has had large In
of busnes The inspector Of mincs with totally
insufficient force has done Incredible amount OF work.
and the mines In general In much better physical
dtion they The OF mines
and the horticultural department In addition to their
work. exhibits the st. Louis fair that
still attracting the state
OF visitors Every department, In fact has made new
standard of efficiency, and in every people
ployed professional pride they doing
The law department and the adjuant generals. are SO
extensive that only reference can be made to them As
for the attorney general be stated that In addition
to the two tremendously important cases-kansas Vs.
Colorado and Meyer the State-he has had fifty
fifty per decrease In the counsel
ployed that about ninety cent OF his
state and has disposed OF than
vious attorney general.
What the adjutant general has done may be of
ready admit that he has made OF the national guard OF
body OF real soldiers and that they have done
| things" and done them thoroughy and efficiently.
When record of this administration is made
January 1t will be difficult to match in fulllment OF the
pledge made by the convention that nominated Its mem
bers in business economy In general efficiency in honest
public service.