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 Why should a candidate for prosecuting attorney, or sheriff, or county coroner make a campaign? These officials are generally placed under obligations during the campaign that lessen the efficiency of their service after election.

The appointment of every board that has ever been named since the Constitution was adopted marks a departure from the standard form of government and a dangerous experiment, and the existence of all boards has served merely to increase expenses, lessen the efficiency of public service and confuse the administration of government.

Alexander Hamilton, to whom we owe more than to any other single individual for the standard form of government, and to whom the world owes more than to any one else for enlightenment in the field of political science, sounded a warning note when this dangerous experiment was first instituted in this country. He said:

"Lately Congress . . . have gone into the measure of appointing boards, but this, in my opinion, is a bad plan."

All commissions that have been appointed since the Constitution was adopted were departures and dangerous experiments, and their existence has resulted in the expenditure and waste of billions of dollars, lessened the efficiency of