New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-17
ROAD IS HARD FOR
ECONOMY MEASURE
ORGANIZED OPPOSITION MADE
BY STATE OFFICERS QUITE
APPARENT.
EFFORTS MADE TO LINE UP AS
{ MANY LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS
viii. AS POSSIBLE.

There is expected to be all kinds Of
trouble in store for the Economy ano
Efficiency bills already. presented IN the
state legislature, and which were re-
commended by the commission appointed
first by Governor Eberhart, and then
sanctioned by the late Governor Ham
mond, and also favored by Governor
Burnquist. Opposition to the bills has
begun to show itself. ~
State officials, whose offices will be
abolished or whose activities are cur
tailed under the provisions of the bills,
are working in concerted action to kill
the legislation. While they are trying to
keep their identity under cover, accord
ing to word drifting down this way
from the state capital, their names are
pretty we'll, known. They are simply
trying to save their jobs of good pay
and easy work. T..
Boards Abolished
Thirteen boards are to be abolished,
if the bills that have been presented be-
come laws The effect to be brought
about by practically every state officer
using his influence on his friends in the
legislature, can be better immagined
than described.
Practically every board now doing
business at the capital, feels that it is a
little government by itself, and is going
to make a determined effort to keep
from being thrown bodily from the big
capital building. There is too much
bread and butter at stake for these Of
ficials to lie down peacefully and see
their jobs 60 glimmering. -...
There is considerable contention over
the proposition to take the grain in
spection work away from the Railway
and, Warehouse Commission. The
members of that body say they can
prove that it would be mistake to
take the grain and warehouse work
away from that body. Members of the
Society of Equity, and Of the Farmers
Non-Partisam League favor the pro-
position of taking grain inspection away
from the present board.
'Woodchuck" Is Discovered.
It is claimed there was "woodchuck'
discovered in the bill which would divest
the Railway and Warehouse Commission
OF all it's powers. Friends of the bill
say the wording is simply faulty and
that all be remedied very easily.
Those affiliated with the state board
of health are counted upon to voice
their opposition to the bill creating a
new board of health. Although DR..
H. M. Bracken has been quoted as say
ing that the present board would not
oppose the measure, he didintimate that
he believed the change would be in
advisable.
The educational bill consolidates all
of the educational activities in the state
It creates state board of education tc
take over the work now done by the
normal high school and state library
boards and the board OF directors of the
schools for the blind and deaf at Fari.
bault. \
Here again will be found a source O.
opposition. Members OF the various
boards are likely to present objections
Some, however, are known to favor the
changes.
Board of Control Hit Hard
Four of the bills have to do with the
state board Of control. One provide:
for state purchasing department, under
the board of control, another abolishe.
the state printing commission ane
gives that work to the board of control
A proposed constitutional amend
ment, cutting down the size Of the Senat,
to so and the House to 100 members
is included in the suggestions of tn,
efficiency and economy commission
Although the amendment would no
be effective until January, 1923, Their,
are certain legislators who are build
ing fences for their political careers
Some of these are not anxious to hav,
everything upset by having to submit
to radical reapportionment of legis
lative districts. .'..