The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-09
1GOvERNOR EBERHART PROPOSES
SOME RADICAL CHANGES.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Oanr.
ST. Paul, December 5.--Construction
of new departments. the elimination of
old ones, and general revision of the
| state government of Minnesota is in.
Guided in the elaborate plan being out
lined by Governor Eberhart. The plan
as now outlined will provide for five
coordinate branches of government, to
be divided as follows: Department of
public domain; department of health
and safety, department of education;
department of transportation; depart
ment of revenue and accounting
The greatest change will be made in
the administration of the department
of public domain. For instance, the
governor proposes appointing u COM
missioner to take charge of the public
lands. He proposes another commits.
sioncr for the department of mines and
minerals, and another to take charge of
water resources, and still another for
public parks and buildings. A forestry
commissioner is proposed to have SUI
peryisson over timber, fire protection,
reforestation and surveying of logs
and lumber. Also. beneath the depart
ment of public domain, will be the SUI.
pervison of game and fish and immi-
grafton.
Department of Public Health.
In the department of public health
and safety will be the board of health.
the live stock sanitary board, the ST.
pervision of the sanatarium for con.
sumptives, the labor commissioner, and
boiler inspector will be placed under
the supervision of the labor commits.
sioner. and the authority of the dairy
and food commissioner extended to in
.clnde oil inspection. The adjutant gen.
eral will also come under this general
department as will the insurance COM
missioner and fire marshal
In the department of education most
radical changes are proposed. Govern
or Eberhart would name board of
education, to consist of three of the
biggest educators to be found. one
vcrsed in agriculture. one in industrial
training. and one who has thorough
knowledge of the development of rural
schools.
Take Charge of Public Schools.
This board will be expected to take
charge of all public schools of the state.
the schools for the deaf, dumb and
blind. and the public school at Ovation
10 Ill
no means of support. Eventually. the
state normal school and state univer-
sity will be placed under control of this
board. The buildings occupied will be
managed as heretofore, by the board of
control
This board of education would as.
sumo the powers of the state high
school board, Governor Ebcrhart contin-
ucd. "have charge Of the library, and APP
point the librarian"
In the department of revenue and
accounting would come the tax commits.
sion, public examiner and superintend-
ent of banks. There would not neces.
sarily be changes in department heads
here, but the idea would be to place
them where they would be in closer
touch and cooperate with each other in
their administrative powers.
Department of Transportation.
The department of transportation
would include the railroad commits sion.
broadening its power to provide su-
pervision over telegraph and telephone
properties.
as will be seem" the governor said.
there will necessarily have to be new
officers created, while at the same time
Il number of those now i'm existence
will be eliminated. In Il nutshell. this
plan is along the same line as commits
sion government for cities.
Furthermore. / firmly believe that
all departments should be put under
civil service as soon as we can get this
plan of government firmly established,
and decide we have competent men to
fill the places"