Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-03
can't POSITION He did not.
What did he doo

campaigns for governor. lie was un
known outside OF his own county.
Governor Burke passed by Mr.. Mar
shall. the Progressive Republican who
had received the highest vote at the
primary, and Mr. Cashel, the Demo
crat who had received the highest
vote at the primary.
Does that look as though he wished
"the will OF the people to prevail in
the choosing OF United States sena-
tors, as he had stated in his inaugur-
| al address,
When the appointment Of Mr..
storm Of indignant protests by the
Progressive friends OF Mr.. Marshall and
the Democratic friends of Mr. Cashel
found occasion TO visit Washington
City, and shortly thereafter Mr..
Thompson resigned.
Here was another opportunity to ap-
point high man at the primary.
Did the governor do it? He did not.
He appointed Senator Purcell this
time man OF ability, but man who
had been defeated by Cashel by more
than 1000 votes at the primary.
So 1t would seem that the ex-
pressed will OF the people" doesn't
bother Governor Burke to any great
extent when the matters of his own
personal interest and ambition are at
stake
In his speeches throughout the
state Governor Burke devotes most of
his time to an explanation Of what
is known as The Salary Grab The
facts are these
During the last session Of the legis-
lature bill was introduced allowing
the state officers certain sums for ''ex-
penses. Now, it should be under
stood that there has never yet been
any method found by which, during the
rush of legislative proceedings, the APP
preparations can always be kept with
in the prospective revenue OF the state.
The only feasible plan has been for
the governor to take the list OF appro-
priations and coolly and calmly go
through them, scaling them down to
meet the revenue OF the state
The peculiar situation Of legislative
appropriations in this state is that
everything OF that nature depends
practically on the contest for institu-
ti0nal appropriations-fo the insane
asylum, the university. the agriculture
al college, the normal schools, etc.
The power of veto in the hands of the
governor enables him to WELD an
overwhelming influence over the mem
bers of the legislature coming from
the districts in which such nstitu-
tions are located, who constitute near
ly half Of the membership, and they
usually shape their course during the
session SO that they may not offend
the governor, who is but human, and
who may draw his pen through GER
tain appropriations for their home in
sttutions in case he has been antag-
onzed by them. For this reason
the salary bill was enacted into law,
and for the further reason that no.
body believed for an instant that a
governor who made such loud preten-
sions for The Square deal would
sign bill putting money in his own
pocket in manner directly violatiye
of the plain and strong provision Of
the constitution of the state, which is
as follows.
Sec. s4. -. BUT THE SAL
ARIES OF ANY OF THE SAID
OFFICERS SHALL NOT BE IN
CREASED OR DIMINISHED DUR
ING THE PERIOD FOR WHICH
THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED. +"
Well. the bill passed giving the
state officers certain increased salar-
les, the governor increase being
81 800 year. The object Of the con-
stitutional provision was. of course, to
prevent governor and other state Of
ticers from using their influence with
a legislature for the purpose of having
their salaries raised to higher figure
than the price fol which the people
selected them to do the work.
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What did Governor Burke do: Did
he veto the bill passed in direct viola
lion OF the provisions Of the constitu-
tion bill which placed in his pock-
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