Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09

tive assembly on the ldSt nlsnt VI W
session. Let me appeal to you, TO you
patriotism, and to the high regard
know you have for law and order, I
change this custom.
The Twelfth Legislative Assemble
passed 32S bills; 224 of them wer
brought to the governors office on tn
last day of the session, and nearly al
Of the 22t bills brought to the governor
office on the last day came III at IN
night session, after eight o'clock III IN
evening, and before the Legislative as
sembiy adjourned sine die. Let me as
you If that is the kind OF considerable
you would give to your own alfalrs' an
If such consideration Is fair TO the PEG
pie of this state whom you represent an
to whom | know you van to be loya
and true? And in all fairness let m
ask II 1t Is fair to the governor to duml
upon him on the last night OF the SEES
sion two-thirds of the work OF the en-
tire session, when he has only h1teei
days for the consideration OF his wori
that it has taken 1F2 members Of tn:
body. with as many clerks n employ
es,. nearly sixty days to consider?
Quoting again from my message:
THE appropriations should be tax
en- care Of as early in the session as
possible; not in the confusion or the
last night of the session when the
members are cleaning up their
desks and preparing to leave. but at
a time when there is nothing to dis
tract the attention of the members
from the mature elaboration n
consideration they should give to so
important a matter as the eXpendl-
turc of the peoples money
And now at the threshold OF
your labors | ask you to keep your
appropriations within the revenues
of the state. Introduce your aDpro-
priation bills as early as possible in
the session. Consider them all as
nearly at the same time as may be,
for i, is only by careful considcra-
ton of al that you can justly deter
mine what ach should have. mas
much as the constitution permits the
governor to retain a bill for three
days only, try and have all the APP
preparation bills reach the COVER
nor's ONCE within three days from
the time that he receives the first
bill. He will her have them all be-
fore him at the same time, and If in
his judgment something should be
tuI oul. Sou WIN SlIl NC III 'ssoi
to receive his judgment and subject
it to your own. This istonly fair to
yourselves, to the governor, to the
institutions and to the people of the
state"
Economy in Legislative Expenses
You are under no obligation to appro
pirate all the revenue provided. 1t il
your duty to appropriate as much of i
,,.. f-, Nl.n a. ~
Dur institutions and the general and nee
essary expenses of state government. W.
nave had a wonderfully prosperous year
which ma be i'm incentive on the par
Of some to make large expenditures o
public money: but l would remind then
this Is a new state, that at state
hood we established, and have since beel
maintaining, at great expense, about a
many public institutions Us there are il
any state in the Union: and the NOR
grow. of COURSE. the more expensive
they become to maintain; that there !
not one of the institutions but would taxi
the entire amount of revenue provided
If appropriated. and would expend it all
and this is not intended as a reflection
upon those in charge Of u institutions
Indeed, it is 4 compliment rather thai
~ ISllSSlioHp vi - l'S Val" ASS NoNS -
in the institution and want t
see it grow and build and develop the,
would not be fit to be in charge of it
we. cannot give it all to one; W
have just SO much provided which mus
be cQuitably distributed between the diff
inst. utions of the state in accord
ance with their needs, and in doing so
recommend tina. the appropriations he s
confined and that only SO much be APP
a. is necessary for runninI
the state and for the maintenance of GU
state institutions.
The reports of the different inStitu
will be Upon your desks. containing
the information of their growth. thei
and their necessities; ais
the financial statements, which will b
of great assistance to you in maxim;
your appropriations. The wonderful
bountcous crop of the past year may en-
courage and induce liberal appropriations
but let me remind you that this is a neI
state and many of our people are jus
starting, and it is necessary for them
and for you in their behalf, to be a
economical as possible in he xpenditur
of pubic money. Begin by cutting dow
your legislative expenses in the matte
of clerks. employees and printing. y
close application to your duties you ma
able to complete your legislative Wor
in less time sthan sixty days.. the Ilml
fixed by. the constitution. The laws re
lating to public printing should D
amended, &C state was recently Sc
verely criticized in an article in the Wa
Street Journal, and while the article wa
grossly inaccurate and unjust in stain
that there was general dissatisfaction o
account of excessive taxation. the crl'
icism on the publication of reports wa
warranted. The report Of the AsricuI
tural College this year has increased
three volumes, and is SO voluminous thf
very few people will read 1t or 100
through 1t to find what they want. II
right and proper that a detailed state
ment of all the institutions and all II
public offices should be made to son
official or to some board. but the publ
cation of such a detailed statement {
that of the Agricultural College IS NJ
necessary, and is a useless expense. IL
governor has the power to eliminate ma
ter in some reports. but
not so necessary as condensation, anu
do this the governor would have 10 r.
visc the entire report. n to revise u
entire reports of all the state lnstlt'
ions and state officials is a physical IN
possibility. Some Of the reports, 1nclu'
ing the report Of the treasurer. must
made in detail and must be published
detail. so the criticism of the treasurer
report IN the Wall street Journal, WIN
a fair criticism of the report. Is q crlt
cis,n of the method and not of the sta
treasurer. for such report vas MADE a.
cording to law. 1t is the law that IS
rault and ii should be amended.
Proposed Constitutional Amendments
The law providing for the publicatlt
of proposed constitutional mendme
in one newspaper in eacl, county IN q
state should be repealed. and. If pubi1si