New-York tribune., 1921-09-23
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wshich ! believe will ninke for improve
Imert.
srhe more / know Of the subject the
loss am |. willing in the constitution
itself to classify those institutions and
to set up scheme Of administration
for them, but the paid secretaries Of
certain civic organizations, who have
the advantage of only theoretical and,
therefore, infaiiible knowledge, caa
give you perfect scheme of admin
istration out Of hand safe to put at
once into the constitution.
"If the same considerations applied
of business the Governor undoubtedly
should have the appointment of all
heads of departments, whose terms
should be coterminous with his. That
would center responsibility in the Gov
ernor and give him the power to dis
charge such responsibility.
II think there are too many con-
stitutional commissions and offices now,
and the first change that | would pro
pose would be TO take some Of them
out of the constitution, to the end that
changes might be made from time to
time by statute as experience should
prove LHe1n 10 De wise.
"l have endeavored in this imperfect
way to outline some Of the problems of
state government We have endeayored
for nine months, and shall continue the
cndeavor for fifteen months more, to
give the state Il business administra-
ton"
Wadsworth's Address
Senator Wadsworth in his address
1. 4.4x.
national administrations, pointed to
the economies effected in Washington
and Albany, lauded President Harding
for the new treaty with Germany and
the calling Of conference on arma-
ment limitation and praised Secretary
of War Weeks and Director of the Budg-
ct Dawes for the part they have
played in keeping down expenses. The
Senator said in part:
"The new administration at Albany
took office not quite nine months ago.
promising rigid economy and the faith
full enforcement of the law. In the
preceding years the expenditures of
the state had leaped upward with
giant strides. 1t had become a habit
to demand more and more of the state
government, needless of cost. COM
plications and Implications. The situa-
tion had grown unbearable; condi
tion amounting to insolvency con-
fronted the state. The Republicans, in
their platform, pledged their candi-
dates, when elected, to put stop to
this riot Of extravaganza.
ut has done it promptly, courage
ously and with excellent judgment. The
department heads requested the ap-
preparation of 1901, 100000 for this
fiscal year. Those estimates were
slashed downwards drastically and the
amount actually appropriated for the
state government was $135, 0,000-a
saving of nearly $6G,000,00. A grasp
of the significance of such a saving
may be had when one remembers that
s66,000,00O would have supported the
entire state government for two years
at the rate OF expenditure in 1905 and
1907.
Some Savings Accomplished
"All the tax-collecting agencies of
the state have been gathered together
and placed under the jurisdiction Of
the State Tax Commission, an instru-
ment which has been in existence for
many years and charged, therefore,
with rather vague, indefinite functions;
the State Bureau of Elections, which
the state did not need, has been
abolished; the publication annually of
on for years, and which in reality, was
an indefensible subsidy OF Il portion of
the press, has been discontinued. The
public service commissions have been
reorganized and equipped to solve the
exceedingly difficult problems which
confront them. These are but ex-
amples of reorganization and eco
nomical readjustment of machinery.
"Our opponents have coatended from
time to time that the water powers
should be developed and operated by
the state government; that the state
should go into the business of general
ing and selling electric power. Our
administration has refused to embark
upon any such experiment in state So
cialis1n.
"If the state were to be faithful to
it's obligations under the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution as con-
strued by the Supreme Court Of the
United States, it must contribute its
share toward the proper enforcement
administration has recognized the OBJ
legation by the enactment of law in
general conformity with the Federal
law and constituting an honest effort |
for the enforcement of the provisions
of the Federal Constitution. The acri- !
nonious discussion concerning daylight |
saving has been terminated by the ac-
tion OF the Legislature in applying the |
theory of local option and thus reliev- |
ing the rural sections from the intol- |
cradle nuisance OF statewide manda- |
tory statute on this subject. A moving |
picture censorship law has been enact
ed to protect the public"