The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08

rules and regulations for its guidance
as we'll as for the guidance of any
other department.
The Colorado tax commission is abol-
ished outright, and its powers and au-
thority terminated in the central ad
ministrative cabinet, to be operated
by it through the instrumentality of
tax commissioner of its selection and
under its power and authority.
The board of capitol managers is
abolished and its authority transferred
to the custodian Of state property.
:, The state board of immigration is
abolished and its powers and authority
transferred to the lieutenant governor
for direction through the department
Of essential industries in connection
with general agricultural pursuits here
inbefore referred to.
The commissioner of public printing
is abolished and his authority trans
ferred to the state purchasing agent,
who is the secretary of state.
All auditing powers now existing in
several places are transferred to the
auditor of state.
The state bank commissioner is re.
quired to assume the duties now exer-
cised by the bureau of building and
loan associations. a..
The office of budget and efficiency
commissioner is abolished outright and
the auditor is required to make up the
biennial budget from his own office.
The state board Of pardons is abol.
ished and, as the power of pardon is n
peculiar prerogative of the governor,
it is provided that he shall do what in
vestigation he sees fit to require in
this connection through his confiden-
tial clerks.
So the attempt of the Lambert bill is
not to destroy the government; not to
take from the elective officers that
little power held by them and create
superstate under civil service not re-
sponsible to the people and which shall
hold office indefinitely, as is the at
tempt of the administrative code plan,
but the Lambert bill returns in its en-
tirely administrative government to
the constitutional administrative Off
GERS and requires of them to direct,
operate and control, through their joint
action as the central administrative
cabinet, the entire administrative func-
tions of the state.
Although the Lambert bill was drawn
and introduced before Mr.. Bryan made
his inaugural address to the Nebraska
state legislature, there is much in it in
argument for the Lambert bill. He
says, at page of the printed address:
"In lieu of the present system 1 rec.
ommend that an executive board, con-
sisting of the governor, secretary of
state, state treasurer, state auditor
and commissioner of public lands and
buildings, be created and that these
officers constitute a board of review
to be known as the executive council,
which shall have the power by major
ity vote to determine the states ad-
ministrat.ve policies'
1t is argued by those who favor the
administrative bill that the centraliza,
ton of power in the governor alone is
desirable in order that he may be held
responsible for government. Mr.. Bryan
also answers that. AT page 2 of his
inaugural message he says:
"Such Capitalization Of power is un-
wise, unsafe as business proposition
and fraught with danger to the general
welfare of the public.
"Under the provisions of the code
system, the state officers, other than
governor, are shorn of all but nero
clerical authority, although it is phys,
ically impossible for the chief execu-
tive to be constantly available or pre-.
pared to confer and decide important
policies coming up from the various
code department secretaries, who are
employees with no direct responsibility
to the taxpayers. 1t seems to me that
it is Of utmost Importance that the
state constitutional officers be given
authority to sit as an executive board
at least once a week and oftener when
needed, to decide administrative poll
cies and to stand MS the peoples rep
sentative between them and the organ.
lied business groups which are to be
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