Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-12-28
MOORE WORRIED
BY JOB SEEKERS
Governor elect Doesn't Know
What to Do with Many
Applicants

Gov.-elect c. G. Moore and all the
other incoming state officials will take
office on January /, week before the
state legislature convenes. Usually
the statehouse officials Ind the legis-
lators take office on the same day, but
under the constitution the dates for
both do not fall on the same day in
1923. The Legislature does not meet
until January s. This will give the gov
ernor week of grace in which to
determine his policies and select his
appointees.
Republican party leaders, according
to advices from Boise, declare there
must be a general cleaning out at the
statehouse. They say the platform
pledges them to such o policy. How
ever, every employee in the statehouse
worked for Moore and had something
to do with bringing about his election.
They claim they are entitled to hold
their positions under the incoming
governor and will unite on so doing
To reduce the statehouse force and noJ
make bitter enemies of those who are
dropped from the payroll will be the
most difficult problem for the incoming
governor to solve. Predictions are being
freely made that there will be no ma
terial reduction in the end.
SCRAP MILES CANNON
Already fight has been launched
against Miles Cannon, state commits
sioner of agriculture, who took active
part in the campaign last fall in sup
port of the new governor. The opposi-
ton comes from the southern part
of the state which makes it significant
Shippers of produce there have OBJ
jected strenuously to the inspection
rules of the department and they want
somebody selected to succeed Cannon
who will be more in harmony with the
actual farmers, it is claimed Cannon
has many friends, however, who will
make hard fight to keep him in office
The first year of his administration
of this department, Cannon made the
statement that after he completed his
term of office he would be glad to get
out of the position because of the gen.
eral ingratitude that he found existed
together with the lack of cooperation.
There is $50 opposition among the
sportsmen of the state against State
G3tme Warden Otto M. Jones. The Bon
neville Republican county central com
mittee went on record against both Can
non and Jones. The stockmen also
desire to get the scalp of the state
game warden. They claim that Off
cial has made rulings and regulations
offensive to them and that he has gone
out of his way to work hardships on
them in the use of grazing lands with
in the forests of the state.
STATE CoNSTABULARY
What will be done with the depart
ment of law enforcement is a problem
that is worrying the incoming COVER
nor also. This department was with
out salaried head for the past four
years, the secretary of safe being its
director, but receiving no extra COM
pensation. Naturally it added a large
etnount of additional work to his office
There have been calls for his abolish
ment, but attempts to distribute
its functions among other departments
have disclosed the fact that those func
tions are incompatible with the others
and suited orly to a department of law
enforcement. An effort will be made
to create the office of commissioner of
law enforcement with a competent sal
airy attached, or else do away with the
QepdIb
The department of investments also
offers a knotty problem, especially in
face of the fact that an effort is now
being made to break it up. The work
of this department once was handled
with the land department, but four
years ago with the creation of the
commission form of state government
it was segregated from that depart
ment. Now an effort is being made to
solidate it with the land department
again and place it under the jurisdic-
ton of the state board of land COM
missioners.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
The department of finance is also
to be remOdelel. If it is abolished, as
has been proposed, it's work will be
taken over by some other department,
and in that connection the depart
ment of law enforcement is being con-
sidered. The finance department is
now enforcing the blue sky law and
handles the collection of inheritance
taxes. Both the blue sky law and the
inheritance laws should be enforced by
the law enforcement department, claim
those who have made close study OF
the present state government Com
missioner of Finance j. G. Froiick has
handed his resignation to governor.
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