The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-04
CIVIL SERVICE LAW THOUGHT TO
BE COMING AND Is IN EFFECT
IN SOME DEPARTMENTS.
SOME IMPORTANT PLACES TO BE
FILLED BY GOVERNOR FERRIS
AND WHO GETS THEM.
The Abolition OF the Land Commission
and Some Of the Appointments to
Be Made Are OF Special
Interest.
[By Gurd M. Hayes.l

by Gurd nj. Hayes.l
There is every reason to believe
that the next legislature will enact
civil service law for all state depart
ments and that an effort will be made
to eliminate politics to large exetnt
in determining the class Of men and
women who will transact the bust
ness of the commonwealth.
Ever since he came into Office two
years ago Governor Osborn has stood
for a civil service law for all state
employees, in recognition Of meritious
service. Every employee in the state
should be under civil service rules
that are honestly made and honestly
enforced said the governor. How
ever, l am not speaking of a political
service that works solely to the ad-
vantage of the parties. There is no
reason why competent help in the en-
ploy of the state, after their duties
have been learned well, should be re-
placed for merely political reasons,
than there is that business firms
should engage men for short period,
to turn them loose after that time has
been served"
In his ex-augural message the retir-
ing chief executive will advocate the
passage of civil service law, and the
newly elected governor. Woodbridge
N. Ferris says that he is heartily In
nf Gttnh 90
members of the legislature are already
pledged to support such bill.
Some of the departments have al
ready inaugurated a civil service sys-
Haarer. has already announced that
he will appoint the present cashier in
the treasury department to the dep
utyship the first of the year, while the
chief clerk will be advanced to cash
Ter and so on. Auditor General o. B.
Fuller has paid more attention to eff
ficiency than political pull. while Sec
rotary of State Frederick G.. Martin
dale has many employees in his depart
ment whose political activities ceased
service law would not cause him to
make a single change in his office, as
he declares he would discharge state
employee found to be incompetent as
quickly as he would turn a poor worker
out Of private enterprise.
For a man to run for office on a
platform that he Is to abolish that
office once he has been elected to 1t,
Is somewhat OF an innovation In Mich
igan politics. but that is what Angus
tus C. Carton. secretary of the public
DOMAIN commission. and land commits
sioner-elect, promised the people of the
state, and he proposes to make good
his prediction pledge II the legis-
lature yin assist him in the PROPOSE
ton.
Abolish Land Commission.
When the public DOMAIN commission
was created two years ago A. c. Car
ton, then deputy land commissioner,
was elected its first secretary. Under
the statute creating the public do
composed fthe board of state audit
ors, including the secretary of state,
state treasurer and commissioner of
the land Office, together with one re-
gent of the University, one member of
the state agricultural board and one
member of the board of control of the
Michigan College of Mines.
Secretary Carton is an enthusiastic
adherent OF the back to the soil"
movement and has done much, during
the two years that he has been con-
iected with the public domain COM
mission, to encourage immigration and
induce farmers from other states to
take up tracts Of land in the northern
counties of the state. To preserve the
natural resources of the state. to as
sist in the development of the agri-
cultural lands of Michigan and to en-
courage immigration, are among the
few things that the commission has en-.
deavored to accomplish.
Carton believes that the time has
arrived when very little state land will
be sold In Michigan and believes that
the work of the land commission is
practically finished. Therefore he con-
scented to be candidate for the place
with the understanding that the land
commission would be abolished and
the work should beturned over to the
public domain commission. A bill for
the purpose Is now being framed and
will be introduced THE next SEES
sion.
Wants 100000.
Superintendent Clarence e. Holmes
Of the Michigan School for the Blind
has recommended to Gov. Osborn that
the chief executive ask the legislature
to appropriate approximately 100000
for that institution next year. At the
present time the school IL taxed to it's
utmost capacity and there are hun