The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-08
GOVERNOR DISCUSSES NUMBER
Of IMPORTANT AFFAIRS IN HIS MESsAGE

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where there r thousands employed.
Only a week ago l visited a manufac-
tory in Beverly. Massachusetts. which
has q floor space Of twenty-one acres.
In this institution onc hundred and
nifty thousand pounds of steel r us.
led per week: eighteen hundred tons Of
steel are carried in the stock supply
room for use in manufacturing: yer
nineteen million parts Of machines
are sent out from the stock room an
complete machines. TO do up and
ship nineteen million parts Of ma
ch'nes takes an army Of men. and vet
every piece is manufactured in this in
stitutton from the moulding to tho
finished product: and in addition to
the nineteen million parts. twenty
-four thousand complete machines for
the manufacture of shoes arc shipped
annually from this one institution.
II an injury results from negligence
that is wiltul or Intentional there Is
no reason in justice why the rule
should moi be enforced. hut there are
so many cases where 'through mo-
mentarN distraction or inadvcrtent
miscalculation. probably induced by
mental or physical fatigue, resulting In
accidental injury t. the workingman
without II Intention or moral fault
OF his own" Such cases are now
everywhere recognized as inevitable.
a necessary hazard to the work. as
certain to happen as machinery Is to
break. Nearly all accidents are the
Result of such conditions. whether 1t
ne through the negligence of the fell
low servant or the contributary neg
,igence OF the injured party. The fell
low servant has no object in injuring
ms Fellow wo%rkingnan. and the work.
iingn'an certainly would not injure
himself Intentionally, for self.preser-
walton Is the first law of nature. Both
are unavoidable accidents. occurring
with surprising regularity.
Every industry must of necessity
employ the most modern appliances
and use all the mechanical powers us
ually employed in such industry,
Competition demands this: success de.
pends upon 1t. and as a result the risk
of the workingman daily increases
with modern methods of production.
Risks that increase With our growth
and development. and conditions
which lead to the conclusion that with
every reasonable precaution we still
nave injuries from unavoidable acct
dents. The employer is benefited with
modern machinery with increased
production, greater profits and greater
opportunities to enrich himself; the
public Is benefited for the reason. that
modern machinery has cheapened the
cost OF production and given to it
cheaper commodities: and while the
workingman's pay may have increased
it has not increased in accordance
with the increased risk. This has lead
70 the theory Of compensation to the
workingman. paid by the employer in
the first INSTANCE and distributed upon
the public generally that consumes
the commodity. This principle has
been recognized in all European
countries. all of which either have
some form of compulsory insurance or
a direct law fixing the responsibility
directly upon the employer.
submit the subject to YOUR con-
slderation and recommend the enact
ment OF an employers liability and
~orktngmen's compensation Law.
Executive.
Each platform upon which I was
elected governor. in 1908 and in 1910,
contained a plank in favor Of the en-
actment of f. law giving the governor
power to remove officers not subject
to impeachment. for willful neglect
of duty. Such a bill was introduced
IN h legislative assembly in 1907,
1909 and 1911. and while at each time
1t had many adherents it did not re-
ceive the support necessary to be-
come a law.
What is an office? Is it created
for the benefit OF the Individual oficer
or for the benefit Of the public? At
common law an office was considered
property. and some of the early de-
cisions in this country upon this the.
DRY. that Is. that a person could have
property in an Office, held that an
officer could not be removed except
by a judicial proceeding in court. But
it Is a well settled rule OF law in the
United States that an office Is not
property but lis a public trust or
agency. not held by contract or grant
in and. subject to constitutional re-
strtcttons. the office may be vacated or
abolished. The office is for the bene-
fit of the public. the officer a. public
servant. If he refused OF neglects to
perform the duties of his office there
is no more reason why he should
be retained than a private servant.
Peace officers are especially charged
with the duty Of enforcing the penal
laws. not some Of them. but all OF
them. Such laws are made for the
protection Of life and property and
peace officers are elected for their
enforcement. They have no other
duties and If they fail in their per-
Torrance there should be a sure,
speedy. summary remedy, not by the
slow process Of the courts where the
laws delays might prevent removal
until after the term Of Office had ex-
pired. but a fair, speedy trial upon
notice before some officer charged
,R,ith Tho oe~4~e4Al1lx. - >~<o,-t--
the laws. There certainly ought to
he a responsible head to the state
government, some official whom the
people might look to for the enforce
ment Of law and held responsible.
There is no business concern in the
state without a responsible head. Ev-
cry store. farm. city. bank, corpora
tion. co-partnership and every family
in the state has a responsible head.
some person or officer who can be
held responsible. II the state should
be the head? To determine this We
should look to the constitution and
see if it in any way indicates that
such power should be given to any
officer. m there we find it expressly
given in section II. which reads: 1.-THE
executive power Of the state is vested
in the governor This Is exactly the
same language hat is used in the con-
stitution Of the United States vestine
the executive power in the president.
Section J. of article 9 Of the consti-
tuition Of the United States reads:
THE executive power shall he vested
in the president Of the United States
Watson on the constitution, says that
this a that the whole or all OF
the executive power is vested in the
president. II 1t doe the same Tan.
guage in our constitution means that
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