Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-02-12
GENERAL J !. Sal AIRY
INCREASE ASKED.
New Bill in House Would Raise
Pay of Every Minnesota
State Official.
.FRANkSON OBJECTS
Lieutenant-Governor Issues Statement
AssaiIing Plan as Unpatriotic and
UncalIed for-Safety Board
Bill Returned.

Uncalled for-Safety Boara
Bill Returned.
st. Paul.-An increase of pay for
state officers all down the line, from
governor to deputy commissioner Of
insurance, is provided in bill intro
duced by Representatives Neuman,
Bauck, Sudheimer and Dilley.
The governors pay is raised from
$1,000 to $4,000; the secretary of
state, attorney general, state auditor
and treasurer are lifted from $4,000
to $500.
: Proposed Raises for Justices.
{ The chief justice of the supreme
court is raised from $500 to $4,000,
and the associate justices from $1,000
to $500. The supreme court COM
missioners are also given $500 each.
Judges of district court are raised
from $4,000 to $4,000, with $1,000 adj
ditional for the judges in Ramsey,
Hennepin and st. Louis counties. The
additional $1,5OO would be paid by
these counties.
Members of the board of control,
superintendent of public instruction,
public examiner, commissioner of
highways, commissioner of insurance,
superintendent of banks, members Of
the tax commission, secretary to the
governor, clerk of the supreme court,
ARE raised from $4,000 to $4,000 each.
Railroad and warehouse commission
ers are to get $500 each.
= Assistant attorney generals are to
have $1,000 each and the deputy at
torney general $4,000.
$1,000 for Adjutant General.
!; The adjutant general and commits
'sioner of labor are each to have 3d.
900. The secretary of the state board
of health $500, state forester, $4,000.
The commissioner of weights and
measures, dairy and food commission
er, state librarian, state printers, dep
iuty secretary of state, secretary of the
state board of investment, deputy
state auditor and deputy treasurer,
deputy superintendent of banks and
deputy commissioner Of insurance,
each $4,000.
Secretary of the forestry board 49,
900; hotel inspectors, $4,000; superin-
tendant Of timber, $4,000; chief of &C.
counts, $4,000; game and fish commits
sioner, $4,000; secretary Of the tax
commission, $500.
AssaiIs Salary Increases.
In a signed statement, Lieutenant
Governor Frankson assails the public
officials, state, county and municipal,
who are flooding the legislature with
demands for an increase in salary.
/; Declaring that the members of the
crease of compensation for themselves,
nor voluntarily asking it for others,
Mr.. Frankson says: ..---
To demand an increase of wages
for public officials and clerks at this
time when our state and nation need
united action, cooperation and con-
iservation Of every human agency, to-
igether with all our natural resources
and wealth, is an act unpatriotic and
zuncalled for.
Taxation Problem Called Serious.
1T is a fact that the taxation
problem is serious for every taxpayer
in the state, whether he lives in the
city or on the farm. If our taxes in
crease during the next 30 years at the
rate they have during the past 80 they
will practically reach the stage Of con-
1fiscation.''
Mr.. Frankson declares he believes
it his duty as presiding officer of the
senate to call the attention of the
public to the demands Of these sal
airy grabbers,'' who are flooding the
Legislature with bills from every de-
partment Of the state, city and county
government. ~
Mr.. Frankson takes the position that
this is the time for the already we'll
paid public official who remained at
home with a good job, during the war,
to show consideration for the thou
sands Of patriotic citizens who gave
up good positions in private life to
enter the army and fight for the flag.
The taxpayers also are entitled to
some consid Iteration, he declares.
House Vote Revises Record.
SIS BY a practically unanimous vive
=voce vote the house expunged from
the records the resolution demanding
the removal Of Postmaster General
Burleson and the restoration of the
Twin City telephone employees to their
former Jobs.
Safety Board Bill Sent Back.
An attempt to bring the bill repeal
ing the Public Safety commission law
before the state senate failed and the
measure was sent back to committee
for further consideration The bill, in
troduced by Senator Fred Bessette Of
"Dress DecentIy," Women,s Slogan.
New, York, Feb. g. Asserting that
designers of women's evening gowns
..have led fashion to the extreme limit
~ indncency which Is having "a most