The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-02-28
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GOVERNOR NAMES
NEEDLESS OFFICES
Thirty are Mentioned as Ab-
SOlutely Uncal1ed for
Which If Abolished viii Save
The State $4,000
Annually

In a special message to the legisla-
ture Monday, Governor Wilson re-
spends to the senate resolution call
ing upon him to name the needless
offices under the State government
Governor Wilson says.
To the Members of the Senate of
neutrality-suspicious. / have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt
early in February after my sending to
the clerk of the Senate for it, of a
copy of the resolution in the Senate
January %, 1905
While many members of the Senate
are far more familiar with the facts
as to the useless offices which have
been created than l am, it is not
only my duty but pleasure, to fur
nish, in response to the resolution,
such information as have.
/ specify the following offices an un
necessary: Three Penitentiary Com
missioners salaries $4,000 each Sc, 900
year; three members of the Board of
Control. salaries $4,000 each, $500 a
year; four Assistant Deputy Wardens
at $1,000, or $4,000 a year; twenty
guards more than neededin the peni-
tentiaries receiving $4,000 a year;
steward of the Predetermined Insti-
tute. at 81 900 per annum; secretary of
the Capital Commission $1,000 per
annum. Twenty-Five hundred dollars
year order to be paid out of the State
appropriation for the State Fair to a
member of the Senate as secretary of
that body, should it be prohibited by
law; the office of commissioner of the
Court of Appeals at $1,000 per annum
adopted to help the court catch up
with its work which got behind ow-
ing to the total loss through illness
of one of the Judges.
With the full bench, the Commits
sioner and the stenographers, the court
is now practically up with its work
and no longer needs the help of the
accomplished and admirable Judge, who
has been performing the duties of
Commissioner in a manner greatly re-
spected by the State and by the pro-
fession.
There are no doubt other unneces-
sary offices which / cannot specify
now, but have not been able to have
any examination Of the institutions by
an inspector other than the Demo-
cratic chairman of the late campaign
an active. partisan and defender of the
present conditions which the people
voted to end, who has held on to Of
flee after being advised in courteous
way that 1t was advisable to have an
examination made by new inspector
independent of the old control which
seemed reasonable under the circum-
stances.
Although his term of office ended
the 14th day of January, 1908, he has
resisted the change and. the confirma-
ton of the new inspector appointed
promptly has been delayed by some
arrangement to which was not par
ty and the inquiry into the full details
of all employed in the penitentiaries
and asylums and what they are paid
what the work is worth and what the
State gets for their pay in order to be !
able to advise the General Assembly
as all unnecessary offices, has'been de-
layed against my wishes and without
my approval.
/ regret that l have not been able
to hake the report more complete, but
the General Assembly met so soon af-
ter the inauguration that have been
unable for that reason and the lack Of
an inspector to get all the facts neces-
sary to complete answer, but before
the next General Assembly shall
have an account of all the people who
receive pay from the State and the
work they do to earn It. what work
is worth and whether It is needful
or nor, and of the various statutes
adopted to regulate different callings
and their work. to zee whether. their
usefulness il such as to. justify OFF,
cial interference with the natural
rights Of the people with exacticn Of
fees for 80 doing and present re-
port ON these matters. taking into con-