Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-03 | Page 12 | The State Treasurer

The State Treasurer HP T fHE HE state treasurer should not be under obligations obliga- obliga lions to any faction or set of interests As the chief fiduciary officer of the state with the peoples people's Imone money entrusted to his bis care he be should be independent independent inde inde- pendent of every influence whatsoever His affairs the the s 's affairs to be transacted in peoples people ought affairs ought an office provided for him by the people not in the room of some bank which houses him because it wants to use him The financial officer of the commonwealth commonwealth com coin should bo be treated with ith the same consideration consideration consideration consid consid- as is the governor go or the secretary of state his bis duties are no less important than theirs So profitable do the various various' financial institutions institutions institutions find the use of state funds that even an appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap of control by any bank or banks of the official entrusted with them should be shunned when tile the incumbent of that office fails to avoid such appearance c of f ovil evil the public should administer administer admin admin- ister a corrective e And in order that such sucil corrective corrective cor cor- may not be necessary quarters should he be furnished for tIle the treasurer he should d be given ghen such help as needed to perform his tasks and the state funds should dra draw interest the bank hank of deposit bein being selected by br tho the simple but laudable method o of receiving bids Id JI The difficulty the Board of Education is in getting janitor work properly done indicates indicates indi indi- cates that thai its members are arc sufficiently human 1 to be annoyed the same questions that harass the common herd Did an anybody b ever hear of janitor work being properly done PU Sa Fa JI Kansas has lias elected a n Democrat to tho the United States Senate which is is not evil since it was either a n Democrat or Stubbs former governor a Bull Moose who made the race masquerading as a Republican PS ra ri raThe The rhe Republicans of the United States Senate demand demand de de- IC- IC mand that the recent appointments made by President President dent lent Taft be considered on their merits which does n not after fter all nIl seem unreasonable v. v a T a T. T tRi i