Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-11
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GoYernor-eiect Emmet ID. Boyle is
experiencing a little surcease from
the uninterrupted succession of appli.
cations for public positions and the
relief is attributed to the fact that
there are no more positions to apply
for. For practically every office, ma
jor or subordinate, in the gift of the
governor or of the boards on which
the governor serves multitude of
applications ts already in. The. roster
being trayersed and all the eager of.
fice-holders having made their peti-
tion, theve comes now period of
restfu, waiting.
The governor-elect is in no particu-
lar hurry to- come to decision as to
the appointees as whole, for several
good reasons. In the first place he is
addressing himself to the question
whether many salaried positions may
not be done away with and in the sec
ond place he is disposed to hold com
mon council with other members of
boards on which he will serve before
arriving at selection. Cooperation
and a common progress toward effici-
ency and economy will be his watch
word and he is not SO welded to par
tsan politics that he will put in a
poor workman merely because he is
a good party worker.
. Mr.. Boyle is already giving some
thought to his initial message, but
more as to its general nature and
scope than to particular recommends
dons. He has not begun to whip it
into shape as yet but today he inti-
mated that it would be mainly charac-
terized by discussion of the neces-
sity for efficiency and economy.
The consolidation of the railroad
commission, public utility commission
and tax commission, the coming COVER
nor said, would be urged by him, and
he probably would ask that any bar
riers in the law which might prevent
the permanent maintenance of the per
sonal of the consolidated board from
among men of general experience and
prudence, be done away with
AS to the multitude of personal stem
ographers and clerks in attendance
upon elective and appointive officers
of the state, the governor-elect does
not see the particular necessity of hav-
ing such individual help He favors,
instead, the creation of a separate de-
partment of clerical work, which
should be subject to call by all the Of
ficers so that if one officer wants to
dictate a letter he can go to the of
fee or dictate to a phonograph and
have the work dispatched in the gen.
eral office. A limited corps of expert
enced stenographers, comprising per
haps two or three, could do all the
correspondence for the capital, he be-
lieves.
Mr.. Boyle further favors the adop
ton OF a plan to have purchasing
agent who will have power to do all
the buying for the whole state. He be-
lieyes much can be saved in this way
with better quality of goods secured.
He says local merchants and merch-
ants of Reno have complained that
they have not been able to get fair
show at bidding, and he hopes to so
standardize buying that both the
merchants and the state get fair
show.
AS to reforms affecting the eff
cheney Of the political government Mr.
Boyle is deeply interested in the short
ballot movement. He believes that by
a centralizing of responsibility bet
ter accountability can be demanded of
the executives. The short ballot might
include the election of the major off.
GERS only with cabinet to be appoint
ed by the governor so that 1t would
work in harmony with him. He does
not, however, demand that party lines
be drawn so strictly In the selection
OF cabinet members that the move
ment would become liable to breed an
office-holding machine"
The governorelect is much interest
ed In q plan to have board of chari-
ties and corrections having superyis-
ory and yisitotrial powers over pris-
ons, reformatories, asylums and such
institutions. He believes this plan
ought to be investigated from a non
partisan standpoint 4
There has been no further announce.
Inent as to appointments or decisions
on appointments, II is believed that
Gilbert c.. ROSS Is the fsvorite for ap-
pointment as bank examiner Ross had
considerable banking experience I'M
the Tonopah Banking Corporation az
ter he was school principal In vir.
ginia city.
As to state englneer there ia no as.