The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-04-28
Efficiency and Economy
As Handled BY Session

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were brought up, and six of the
seven were passed. The one
creating a system of state in
Fspectors to combine functions
now scattered in several depart
ments, was defeated, and later
the one putting the state fire
marshal under the insurance
commissioner was recalled from
the senate.
Interim Committee Proposed
Immediately after passage of
the Gordon bills resolution was
offered by T. H. Girling, w. l.
Norton and Theodore Christian
son, providing for an interim
committee of seven house mem
bers to study the subject and
report to the next legislature.
This was on the theory that the
senate would not agree to joint
resolution from the house, CIV
ing each house equal represen-
tation. This resolution was
called up later and passed.
The efficiency and economy
commissions bill was in com
mittee, where it had been in
tended it should remain, but
Knud Welfald insisted that the
house ought to dispose of the
bill. So he made a motion to
recall it from committee. This
carried, and then he moved to
Indefinitely postpone the bill.
Friends of the bill wanted to
get this motion before the house
to put some people on record,
but on this vote most members
ducked for cover, being unwill-
ing to be recorded as voting
against a popular slogan. The
motion failed fifteen to 100.
Then B. G.. Novak moved to pass
the bill under suspension of the
rules. Before this could be voted
on a point of order interviewed
to turn the house to other bust
ness. The bill was left on the
table, and there it lay to the
end of the session.
Much Time Consumed
The chronology of the efficien-
cy and economy contest, which
took up a vast amount of time
and paralyzed progress in the
lower house most of the ses-
sion. is as follows:
III. F. 25 introduced, Jan. II.
Hearings began, Jan. Is.
S. F. 158 introduced, Jan. ri.
Gordon resolution for
special committee to draft
bills on economy and eff
cheney line, passed, Feb. 25.
House special committee
on efficiency and economy
bill decides to report bill
out, Feb. 81.
Bill reported out, March 6.
Governor w. S. Hommond
sends special message urg-
ing bill, March II.
Gordon special committee
introduces seven bills, March
IL.
Efficiency and economy
bill up as special order, but
laid over, March Is.
Bill up again as special
order, and recommitted to
special committee, March22.
Six Of Gordon committee
bills passed by house, March
"a.
Efficiency and economy
bill recalled from commit
tee, motion to postpone in
definitely lost, and bill left
on table, March 81.
Never Got to Senate
The senate never took up the
bill. 1t lay in the civil admins
tration committee to the end Of
the session without a move to
take it out. The five Gordon bills
passed by the house were deci-
mated by the senate committee.
By divided reports the commit
tee killed three Of them and rec
commended one to pass, while
one, the budget bill, was ap-
proved unanimously. The bill
abolishing the state game and
fish commission was favored by
a majority Of the committe and
adopted by the senate, and a
third bill, in spite Of a majority
report against it, was rescued
and passed. This abolishes the
hotel inspection department, and
places it's duties in the hands Of
the state dairy and food COM
missioner and hic incnactOrS