Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-11-17

other spoils of Office will fall into
the hands Of the Democrats. and. "A
there has been a general underatard.
ing house-cleaning was to take
place. complete change in the per.
sonnel of state employees will. it is
believed. follow.
Big Salary List.
These positions carry with them a
monthly payroll running into the
thousands of dollars. The total
monthly state payroll, including
state apartments and institutions is
SIPS, 900 and the general fund payroll
per month amounts to $50, 600.
Aside from the salaries attached to
the elective Offices, four of which.
governor attorney general, secretary
of state and state auditor, have fallen
into the hands of the Democrats.
there are number of appointive
positions with good salaries, includ-
ing state engineer, bank commits
sioner. insurance commissioner, state
fish and game warden, state veterin-
arian and adjutant general. Demo-
Gratis at present hold those offices and
will probably continue to do so. In
addition there are the director cf
farm markets, state horticultural in
spector. state dairy, food and sanitary
Inspector. register of land board,
state land commissioner, warden Of
the state penitentiary, commandant
of the soldiers home, state law
librarian. state travelling librarian,
librarian of the State Historical soci-
ETY., secretary of the board Of health
and commissioner of education.
Shook to Go.
The director of farm markets is ap-
pointed by the governor. w. G.
Scholts, the present director, will be
recommissioned. The board of prison
commissioners appoints the warden Of
the penitentiary. This board is
made up of the governor, attorney
general and secretary of state, all
three of whom will be Democrats
after Jan. l. which will mean that
Warden John Shook will be relieved
Of his duties. The board of trustees
of the soldiers home is also composed
of these three officials and as the
present commanoant is a Republican,
a change will probably be made there.
The board of management of the state
| n hIli 10 Is
governor, secretary of state and state
treasurer and with Democrats in con-
troll changes are expected in the main-
tenance force.
Walters May Resign
The state library commission ia
composed of the secretary of state,
superintendent of public instruction
and president of the University Of
Idaho. The state board of health,
which has the appointment of a pure
food commissioner and secretary is
composed of Or. w. R. Hamilton,
DR.. Oscar Steely, the attorney gen.
eral and state engineer. The politi-
cal complexion Of this board will also
change, resulting in some changes of
department heads. The state board of
health also appoints the state chemist
and the state bacteriologist.
The state board of education has
,, control of the selection of the COM
missioner of education. T. A.
Walters of Caldwell having been
elected attorney general, will resign
as member of that board and the
vacancy will be filled by an appoint
ment made by Governor Alexander.
Members of the public utilities COM
n ission are also appointive. The
commission of Axel P. Rainstedt,
pr sent PRESIDENT of t. commission,
will expire Jan. 8, 1917.
designations Possible.
! There are also number of other
boards which the changes in elective
officers will not effect They in
clude the state board of medical ex-
anminers, state board of osteopathy,
board of examination and registration
of graduate nurses, dental examiners,
board of optometry, board of phar-
macy, live stock and sanitary board.
board of veterinary medical exam
iners, board of horticultural inspec-
tion, state highway commission and
Hepburn park commission.
The complexion of the state board
of land commissioners will change
completely as ma. ority of the men,
bers are Democrats. This is one OF, !,
if not the most, important boards
handling state affairs and plays a
more impoi tant part in state politics
.. than any other.
In addition there are a number of
subordinate positions in all depart
c ments that the Democrats elective