Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-01-19
Governors Message
Continued from third page

. '4.So loi JdiildIy i. i11O, IL pTJ,-
on January /, 1915, the reserve
fund created by appropriations made
prior to 1913 having been reduced by
81, 1882 during the biennial period,
the money taken from this fund hav-
ing been used in addition TO the ex-
penditrre Of the appropriation Of Sl2,-
500 made iii 1913 for current expenses.
1t is suggested that an appropria-
ton to take care OF current expenses
be made for the next two years, and
that the Governors approval be made
a prerequisite to the mourning of ex-
pense which will have % be paid from
the reserve balance, which will allow
this balance to remain unimpaired
TOR use IN emergency only.
Central Clerical Department
Nearly every departmnt in the
State Government is today provided
by law With certain clerical help. In
a few conspicuous instances the as
sistance allowed by law is inadequate,
but Ill the majority OF cases the de-
partments are Overmanned with
clerks and stenographers.
1t is suggested that such positions
provided for in the statutes should
be abolished and that a Central C1erl-
cal Department be created with an
appropriation sufficient to enable it
to perform all the clerical work in
the building.
1t is easily demonstrable that this
arrangement will result III increased
efficiency and substantial economy.
Scalp Bounties
There is good reason existing for
the belief that the laws OF the State
DrNNIIInn fn- the \ vn1apt ~ hnr,-
ties for the determination of wild
and obnoxious animals have been
and are being abused, and that this
abuse is made possible by the lack
OF uniformity in the laws OF our own
and prr neishboring States.
suggest that your honorable
bodies take steps to bring about i'm
mediate negotiations with those a.
joining States whose legislatures arr
now i'll session or about to be CON
vcned, looking to the enactment of
a uniform bounty law which should
have the effect OF stopping an illegal
traffic.
The Short Ballot
1t has been apparent for some time
that our system OF state government
IS cumbersome, expensive, and in
efficient. Patterned as it is after the
scheme peculiar to our State Gov
ernments throughout the Union, it is
interesting to note that a nationwide
movement is on foot. sponsored by
the leading students OF political
science, including President vii
son and eN-Presidents Taft and
Roosevelt, in the interest Of what is
hnoWn as the Short Ballot"
Under this system the Governor
and Il other state officer, qualified
TO succeed him, would be elected.
The subordinate executive offices
would be filled by appointment.
In a few words, the short ballot
means simply the adoption OF the sys-
TEN employed in the National Gov
crnment where the people select the
President, who in turn appoints men
especially selected because OF fit
ne~s as the members OF his. cabinet
and the heads OF the c~oordinated
branches OF the Government.
The absolute fixing of RESPONSE
hIllty on an individual rather than
the distribution OF this responsibility
on an individual rarher than the dis
tribution OF his responsibility Of his
position, selected with more care
than i o given to the selection OF
q Governor, and who would be solely
and directly answerable to the peo-
pie for all the acts Of the Executive
Department and subject to the recall,
should result in an approach to a
more ideal and responsive govern
ment, a we'll as a less expensive
government. than we al now possib-
~ obtain under our existing plan.
Provision can and should he made
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the building OF a political machine
and it should be understood that no
officer now in service could come
under its provisions before the gen
eral election of 1918.
The Appointive Judiciary
y constitutional amendment prov
iding for an appointive judiciary,
subject to ratification by the people
and to the recall, would. in my
Judgment, meet the views of a ma
JorIty OF our people.
Superintendent of Documents
The State Printing Office is itself
a model institution, but the facilities
which it affords the other state de-
partments have opened an avenue for
the abuse OF the service which it
las to give.
We are annually publishing tons
Of matter for free distribution which
is promptly consigned to the waste
basket by those to whom it is sent
\ partial remedy is at the disposal
of the Board Of Examiners, which
NAV prove or disapprove of all mat
ter sent to the State Printer, but
substantial economy can be effected
by delegatine to some one depart
ment the work OF distributing state
literature.
1t is therefore recommended that
the State Printer be made ex officio
Superintendent OF Documents with
ont additional compensation, his du-
ties being extended to include the
storage and distribution of all mat
ter prepared in his department.
The Budget System
The Budget System contemplates
that the Executive Department shall
compile biennially i'll advance of the