Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-01-19
convey. The urgency OF this mat
ter should not be overlooked.
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mission have proceeded with the
preparation for a Nevada exhibit at
each OF the California expositions.
Building sites were procured at San
francisco and San Diego, and con
tracts for appropriate state buildings
were let. Ihe San Diego building
is ready for acceptance by the State,
and the San Francisco building
should be completed by February l
of this year.
The exhibits have been collected
and are now beino installed in the
State building at San Diego and in
the various exhibits palaces at San
Francisco.
1t is believed that Nevada will
make a very creditable showing at
both expositions, and the State will
doubtless derive substantial benefits
from the opportunity thus afforded
to advertise its resources and pro-
ducts.
1t is hoped hat by judicious man
agenlent the entire appropriation of
Sl4O.0CO made for this purpose will
not be entirely consumed.
State Board of Charities and
Corrections
The system now employed in Ne
vada under which the control OF the
different charitable and penal institu-
lions OF the State is vested in various
ex officio boards is not productive
OF the highest efficiency in the con-
duct of the state institutions. FIRE.
| quent changes i'll the management of
all such institutions with changes in
the political complexion OF the adj
minlstration. the rewardlng of politi-
cal workers by appointments to
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boards, and the not ~infrequent dis
organization of the whole execu-
tive department resulting from this
condition. are a few of the objec-
tons to the present arrangement.
The work OF caring for our defec-
tives and unfortunates should be, in
my Judgment. as well as in the judg-
ment OF my predecessor, Governor
Cddie, who made this same recon-
mendation t 0 the Twenty-sixth SEES
sion OF your honorable bodies, dele
gated to a nonpartisan board to. act
without compensation, and the Ne
vada Hospital for Mental Diseases,
the Orphans Home the Industrial
Home at Elko, and, if possible, the
State Prison, should be put under
the control Of such a board.
| am convinced that a marked in
crease in efficiency. together with a
genuine saving to the State. would
result from the creation OF a Board
OF Charities and Corrections.
Settlement of Industrial Disputes
1t should be the duty OF the State
t address itself seriously to the
question OF averting, by every legi-
innate means at its disposal, the ruin
Gus consequences of strikes and lock-
outs. To this end you will be asked
to consider. during the session, legis-
lation patterned after the Canadian
law, known there as The Concilia-
ton Act the operation Of which
has practically eliminated strikes and
!ockouts in the Dominion. Nevada
has enjoyed an era OF unusual in
dustrial peace, but the adoption of
adequate safeguards for the future is
a proper subject for consideration
now. however remote trouble OF this
character may appear. There may
be serious constitutional objections
to be overcome in the adoption of
this idea, but intelligent and serious
consideration OF the subject can DO
no harm.
Nepotism
The practice OF the employment
by public officials OF close relatives
has become repugnant to the people.
Our state officials are nov ade-
Quately paid Tor the services that
are demanded OF them, and in the in
terest OF good government it is urs-
ed that o place upon the statutes
a law forbidding the employment by
state and county officers of their
close relatives.
Purchasing Agent
The annual to the State for sup
plies for its various departments
and institutions is sufficiently great
70 justify the employment Of a pur-
chasing agent.
At the present time each depart
ment makes its -own purchases, and
business prudence is not used iE
the States contracts for supplies.
The Board of Examiners monthly
pass on upwards of one thousand
claims against the State, and, since
the responsibility OF determining the
validity Of these claims rests with the
board. it appears proper that the
board should have control of the
purchases of materials at least. 1t is
therefore recommended that the office
OF State Purchasing Agent be Great
ed. and that such agent be made an
appointee OF the State Board OF Ex-
aminers.
The State Police
The State Government should have
at its command the can of enforc-
ing law and order. | believe, there
fore. in the retention Of a State Po-
lice, but, except in time OF trouble,
the organization should be kept down
to a mere nucleus. around which an
efficient force can be rapidly built
should occasion arise.
At present the State Police depart
nlent employs a superintendent, an i'll
spector and -four sergeants in its reg
ular force. A number OF reserves on
special assignments are also in h
field.
The regular force appears to have
been employed almost exclusively on
the work OF the Criminal Identif1ca-
ton Bureau. which has become a val
liable department.
| recommend the abolition of the