The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-02-14

construed as QlTeCI dIIdCh upO-I Governor Hunt. though his name is not mentioned is contained in the annual report of State Auditor J.
 c. Callaghan who charges that ian other department" assumed prerog- atives vested by law in the state
 board of control to appoint state Of
 ficials at his own pleasure and with out consulting the board, although the board is made responsible for their conduct, whether good or oth- -erwise, in office. The state auditor also makes reference to many other matters among them the greatly increased cost to the state of it's of ficials travelling by automobile over and above the expenses of the form CT territorial officials who travelled by rail.
 The report has been submitted to Governor Hunt, by him sent to the legislature, and the legislature has referred it to the proper committee for consideration.
 State Prison.
 Extracts from Auditor Callaghan's report are as follows:
 Superintendent Thomas H. Rynn- ing was succeeded in this position March 1, 1912, by MT. R. B. Sims, Appointments to the positions of assistant superintendent, secretary, physician, and parole clerk of the prison, are by statute, directed to be made by the board of control. That prerogative was, however, as sumed and exercised by another de partment, whether or not in ignor- ance of the statute, am unable to state. In order to lend the color of legality to the appointments, the board of control formally assumed responsibility for them.
 State Industrial School.
 On June 1, 1912, MT. J. F. Ma honey, superintendent of the state industrial school, was succeeded in that position by MT. Frank Brown. The statutes prescribe that the SUD- -erintendent and other officials shall be appointed by the board of control.
 There are about a dozen employees at the institution, and inasmuch as the statutes place the appointive power in the hands of board of con- rol, the record made by the super intendent and employees would nat urally reflect fayorably, or otherwise upon the board. The writer, as a member of the board of control considers, therefore that it is due him to relate the fact that he has at no time been consulted with refer i ence to the appointment of the SUD- erintendent or any of the employees at the industrial school. Although | appointments to certain positions which, according to statutes, t is the duty of the board of control to make, were made at the outset of the ad- ministration y another department, reference to which is made elsewhere herein, the writer did not, at the time, consider these statutory vio- lations, or gross assumption of pow CT, in a more serious light than as instances exemplifying lack of con- mon courtesy which might have been ordinarily expected to have been ex- tended, (although in this instance might be made) and which, under the present mode of or ganization of the board of control could have been extended without in anywise affecting the personnel of the appointees, and therefore did F not consider it of sufficient moment IS to justify the attention of the leg stature, at it's first session, to those I instances of assumption and exer- $ ,ise, by another departmen of pow I ,r, designated by statute, as lying in r he board of control Now however, n IS time passes, and as the writer ealizes the possibilities of malad- which might result l rom these appointments, and which would reflect upon him, as well as o pon the source which dictated and u nade the appointments, he believes y only fair to himself, and to a con which has a right to eX- u ect him to stand upon and pres d rye his rights against encroachment m S well as his exact duty, to lay be- F ore the legislature and the people of l this official document, the simple Ft nd exact truth. To remain silent of ould be to lay himself open to the harge of being particeps criminis Di statutory violation, which no con- Or derations of harmony or political pc could justify. The of riter has been pleased, rather than by