The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-17
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ishly blessed with natures richest
4 gifts. This prosperity wave has
tended toward very generous public
expenditures, evidenced by increas
ing present day tax demands, and
liberal bond Issues for future genera.
tons to pay. We need rousine
REVIVAL of Old-fashioned economy and
the state should be the model for
local municipalities.
81 am mindful of my obligations to
the people for the confidence and
support given to me during my Ions
public service If elected governor
shall give an active, energetic
business administration, and shall use
all the power at my command to
enforce the laws.
81 appeal to all patriotic citizens
10 join with me in this movement to
stand united, with LOYALTY and devo
ton for those principles which will
make even a better and greater
Minnesota
Governor Eberhart has revived his
scheme for the reorganization Of the
state government, and his statement
follows: t'
"The time has arrived" says Gov
ernor EbeThart "for Minnesota to
reorganize its form of state govern
ment. Greater economy and increased
efficiency demanded it. The appro-
priations made by the last legisla-
ture for the conduct OF the state
government for the present biennial
period prove conclusively that our
form of government should be rear
ranged and bettered, and that our
method of appropriations should be
based upon the budget system.
have urged these changes before
the legislature in my previous mes.
sages and laid especial stress and
! emphasis upon the subject in my
last message. The appointment of a
commission to formulate a plan OF
reform was discussed, but failed of
accomplishment. In order that &C.
ton may be taken it has long been
recognized that the legislative body
upon which must rest the final re-
sponsibility for any such changes,
should be furnished with a concrete
plan which would be the result OF
the study of expert men.
I'm order that the members of the
next legislature, as the representa-.
tives of the people at large, may
have the benefit of some such con,
crete plan, have decided to appoint
commission made up OF men whose
ability, standing and patriotic citi
zenship will command the respect
of the legislature AID of the public
Since no appropriation was made
for this purpose by the legislature
l shall have to rely upon the patri
otto Willingness of these men to de
vote themselves to the interests OF
the state without pay.
at is not my purpose, in making
this statement, to advocate any spe.
cial system Of reorganiZatiOn-a duty
that viii be left to the men whom
/ am appointing on the commission
forms are so mistakenly necessary
that they might be mentioned as III
dicating the scope Of work which
the commission will have to per
form. A department of public do
main has been long recognized as an
imperative necessity in the interest
of good government, and this neces
sity has been increased by the nat
ural growth Of the wealth of oul
wonderfully rich state.
"a department of agriculture is an
other reform well deserving of the
most earnest attention that can be
given it. This is a great agricultural
state and the basis of our wealth
and prosperity is the farm. We
have realized this more fully as We
have gone along, and the result has
been the upspringing of different or
CARNATIONS for the purpose Of In
creasing the efficiency of agriculture
of conserving the values of the land
of increasing the output, for better
ing the social conditions that sur
round farm life, all designed for the
purpose of realizing, to it's fullest
4. extent, the wonderful wealth thai
lies in the soil of Minnesota. These
departments work separately, anG
while individually effective there i!
necessarily a waste of energy ant
lessening of power which might be
obviated by their coordination il
one department which should have a;
strong and effective man at its head
TOO great emphasis cannot bt
placed upon the necessity of re
Z forming our method of making ap
: preparations. These appropriations
involving millions of dollars of thu
peoples money, become to FIRE
J quently the football of politics ant
, the prizes to be attained by a mem
bership in organizations. cliques O
/. political machines. Political econo
mists have accepted and approves
, the budget system of making appro
priations. The needs of the depart
ments had been anticipated by thei
: heads and should be placed in print
! ed form before the legislature OF
, the opening day of the session.
: under our present system the al
, preparations, the most importan
work of the legislature, are placed il
the hands of committee appoints
, by the presiding officers of the tw