The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-05-19
NORBECK SHOWS UP PALACES IN
CAMPAIGN CHARGES BY OPPONENTS

stone cost money and hot air will not
pay for them. This is my first speech
IN the campaign, but l want to go
on record right here al saying that
! shall make no promises which cam
not DC fulfilled. Rigid economy in all
state affairs must be practiced, but
when an enlargement of the buildings
at the State University, Agricultural
College, Insane Asylum or any other
state institution becomes necessary,
then the money must be raised in the
future as in the past. It comes
through taNation-there is no magic
fountain from which to get it.
Pie Eaters
Mr.. Egan has been charging in his
speeches and advertisements tina
there is an unnecessarily large num-
Der OF state office holders. He calls
them pie eaters He gives the
number variously at 100 and 1900.
He promises, if elected, to bolis 600
OF these and save the tax PAYERS
large sums Of money. He said the
saving would be $500, 600. 90. After
having made a few speeches he saws
it will be 5000, 900. 90. This sum will
no doubt increase as the campaign
advances.
There are only 1874 salaried per-
sons in all the administrative and
judicial departments of the state, and
as the annual cost is only about $780,
10000, | cannot understand how he
is going to make good on his promise.
! have a complete list Of all the state
office holders and state employees. l
will publish same to prove tina my
hgures are correct. Mr.. Egan says
that Iowa has only eight hundred.
Nebraska has only six hundred. The
state officers of Nebraska report in
writing to our State Historical de-
partment that they have 1889. The
Iowa state officers likewise report
that they have 27T9, but the official
figures do not count with my oppo-
nent.
| challenge Mr.. Egan now and shall
challenge him every day until the
campaign closes, to furnish a list of
the office holders and state employees
that ne is going to abolish. and also
the amount that each one draws from
the state treasury. You have a right
to know. Let us see If he will furnish
it.
Board OF ontro
Ia one of his early advertisements.
MI. Elgan names about a dozen offices
which he proposes to abolish by
adopting the "Board of Control plan
to TAX the place of the Board OF
Charities, the Soldiers' Home board
and the Regents of Education. He ig,
nores the fact that this plan cannot
be adopted except by a change in the
constitution, which is beyond the
power of the governor and the legis-
lature. lie ignores the fact tina / in
troduced II secures the passage of a
resolution in the 1913 legislature SUBJ
hitting a similar proposition to the
vote Of the people at the last general
election. The plan was defeated by
$1,000 votes.
Educational Institutions
The attendance at the state educa-
tional institutions has almost doubled
in the last decade. This requires more
teachers at each institution. The total
number of persons now employed in
connection with our state educational
institutions is 317. Does Mr.. Egan
urpos to abolish any Of these. He
says in his speeches and advertise
ments that he is for building up
encouraging the educational institu-
lions. ! agree with him fully in this
matter n point to my official record
as proof, but you know ard l knew
that 1t cannot be don on wind and
promises-it takes money. How can
you spend more none and still keep
it. If Egan is in favor Of abolishine
any Of these, let him name them and
state the amount Of money that each
draws. l only ask him to be specific.
Charitable II Penal Institutions
There are several charitable and
penal institutions, but all Of them are
necessary. The insane asylum, the re,
form school, school for the blind. the
deal and dumb school, the tubercular
sanitarium, the school for the feeble
minded and the p~enitentiary. The
demands upon these nave increased
with the years. The expense is large,
the number of officers and employees
connected with same is 3O3. Does
Egan want to abolish n OF these.
II SO, let him produce a detailed list.
He might as we'll be specific.
In connection with the State Sol
diers' Home, here are Al officers and
employees. What does he want to do
with them.
The pay roll Of the state includes
a large number Of laborers working
on repair and construction work. Egan
calls the pay roll "pie-eaters' whether
they be masons, plasterers, painters,