Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-13
CONTEMPORARY OPINION

Linton Record: The state press is
almost a unit in commentator of Gov
ernor Hanna for his straightforward
action in tackling the dilemma put up
Ito him by the legislative assembly
the making of appropriations far be-
You'd the pros pective income of the
state. With something like half a
J million OF money appropriated by the
last session due and unpaid, the gov
ernor faced a list Of appropriations
many hundreds OF thousands Of dol
lars beyond the ability of the state
to pay. OF course, he vas compelled
to cut appropriations in every direc-
ton to make the outgo come some
| where near the income. Particularly
is the governor to be praised for cut
ting out the appropriation for the So
called taX-commission. This commits
sion was provided for by the 1911 ses-
sion. AS members Governor E'urke
appointed one Packard and two real
men. The mountain labored and a
mouse was the result. A long-winded
report was launched upon the public,
about the only vital point Of which
was a recommendation that property
be assessed at its full value, a condi-
lion which is provided for by the pres
ent law. Each of the three members
of the commission was to draw a sal
airy of three thousand dollars a year.
Governor Hanna, in his message veto
ing the appropriation for the tax-com-
mission, states that, in his belief, if a
taX-commission is at all necessary,
one mail Can do the work as we'll and
for one third the expense of three.
The members of the commission will,
it is said. 60 into the courts and at
tempt to have the law construed so
that they can continue to get their
mitts into the state treasury. In a
lengthy statement recently issued by
the governor, and published in. the
daily press of the state, the executive
gives in detail the financial condition
of the state, and calls attention to the
absolute necessity of vetoing the ex-
~tensive raid on the tax payers. The
total Of t he sums vetoed is three
hundred thousand dollars. In conclud-
ing his statement Governor Hanna
says: "The population has increased
in the state from 1900 to 1912 about
100 per cent. The amount the people
pay to the state, from all sources and
for all purposes, has increased over
200 per cent. l vetoed some appro-
priation bills partially and some in
full. The total amount vetoed ap.
proximates three hundred thousand
dollars. In view of the foregoing
statements Gas to the states financial
condition), have !" done right or
wrong? l am willing to leave the YER.
dict to the thinking taxpayers of the
state OF course Packard of the
Bismarck Times and Bloom his echo
of the Devils Lake Journal. a%busively
criticise the governor; but the hal
cyon days of the Packard Bloom bunch
are rapidly passing. The tax commits
sion has been u in about the same
way a. Governor Burke's special
game-warden bunch in the northern
part OF the state, two years ago, when
their chief duty was to canvass the
voters in favor of Burke's reelection,
and the little county game.wardens,
who did practically all the real game.
protection work that was done had to
be content with a tin star and a
plentiful supply of hot air from head
quarters.
An army of $4,000 children, two
thirds of them girls, is employed in
the great textile industry Of Pennsyl-
vania.