Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1911 — MUST NOW PRESS OWN PANTS [ARTICLE]

MUST NOW PRESS OWN PANTS

California Officials Hit Hard by New Btate Rules Limiting Expenditures. Sacramento. Cal. —Any official of the state of California who cares to wear creased trousers on official business can pay for the creasing himself. The state does not recognize any responsibility in this direction. The official also will pay for the laundering of collars soiled in travel or else go on wearing them. As for '‘valeting”—there being no permissible terms strong enough to express the disapproval of the state board of control against such luxury. The new regulations, wherein are set forth these facts, simply say it is “not a proper charge against the state and will not be allowed.” Necessity for confining expense accounts of state officials within cast iron rules is said to have originated partly in the alleged conduct of a form#r state adjutant who on an official trip to Washington, went as far as to have his wrinkled uniform pressed at the Washington end of the trip and put the expense thus in incurred up to California’s taxpayers. It never can happen again. Other restrictions fixed by the new board are $1 a day for hotel room rent or $1.50 a day for train spaoe; $3 a day for food off trains and an extra $1.50 on trains; no tips, no cabs, no special conveyances; vouchers for all expenses over $1 and Itemized accounts for smaller sums.