these are facts sufficient in tin m-elves
to justify, if not demand, the closest
scrutiny and investigation, to the end that
unnecessary officials may bv dispensed
with, and unnecessary expense cut off.
I recommend that this matter, together
with all the proposed legislation looking
to the curtailing of !he salary list, and
the ieduction of expenses, be referred to a
special joint committee ot both houses,
appointed for the purpose, in order that
null action in the direction indicated, as
the legislature may take, may lie well con
sidered wise and effective.
My term of office as governor has so re
cently begun that i have as yet been un
able to fully acquaint myself with this
matter in detail. Certain tacts, however,
have already come under my observation,
which suggests the necessity of investiga
tion.
