The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-17
WISCONSIN LEGLSL4ZURE- GOV
Ti YLOHS .UESSAGE.


TIE Legs Il u.e a>>e. b ID ut
Madi on on Wrdnes lay | i Il e
lfth. Lieut.. Cove NJ P.rNe', (R !.
torm), called The Sc .ete t. order Il Il
deliver d !. l. addrcs All lie
Scnafo.s We cari, and The X
pubrcan> haviI & III .iority of .. e,
elected Their own o.. cIs. J. Ii.
w agg"ncr o. Rlr In q was elccte,i
Chief { lrrk, and Orra l.. Aiken OF
Rlpon, Sery' "a AIMS, by strict
panty vote of Ia 10 l6.
Assemb'y IL III. Z. W. Ioun.,
Clerk uI TIE last Assembly, called
the Assembly to order. Ali The
members Were resent, an,l Ihr oath
Of rffice adm n,Stered by Justice
LYON of the Supreme Court lio
Gabriel Bourk (Retorn) IT Oshkosh,
WAS elected Speaker over .Jonati,,n
Bowman (Rel.) by a n ajn of
20. George w. Peck Ct,l"rn) f
La Crosse, was elected Chiet Clerk
10y Il vote of 50 TO 40 for +. w.
Young, Republican. Joseph Deus,
ter, Reform, of Mlw ukee, was
el, cted Sergcanl-at Arms.
Gen. Bouck is distinguished
lawA er; has served several te,rns in
the lcgislt ure. was at one time A.
torucv G,n, raj of iscolSin, ana
has been pr"min ut Democrat,
Geo. w. Peck E9. i Tie able edi-
tor of The La crosse Lt6a, al Uen.-
0crut.
MESSAGE OF GOV. TAYLOR.
The message of Gov. William r
Tal lar-wl ich is p ken of as an
able doc uneni-waS d We cd t.
the lie. islature on the l4th at two
o'cl, ck
He first refers to rha great financial crisis
which, owing 10 the prudence and Integrity
of Tie p, ope aud the natural Resources of
the Statc, ra> IN measure averted, aud CON
fidenoe almost ntIrty re~turtd
lie rcn~uIt- Il e past practice of misappro-
pri ting furds 5 apart for charitable AMI
edacarlonaL Lpu po-tS. and fur,h r loan ui
the Iru-I iutd- IT, the tate must not h.. en-
terianed and rec m ueIds such lrgl>l ton.
rs shall rdpIdlt r. pllr the y e>eut detcICn-
cle-, aud prevent IN the future t..,. continual
ton of those practices VIII ch necesSItaJrS
i legislation. The legal debt of The STAT
at the close of the fiscal wear was 81 80 OF
He then enumerated the sources of T. trench
mtnt, aud also additinhal lou { of r. Y, ME:
among others, taxing express and telegraph
Companies. For geological surveys aIru euu-
citlonHl measures he lecummeniS all nerdtui
legislation to enhanc. their liz fulue>S; rec
ommens The enactment of law tormd.iil
til" .ptancr ot free prs>'s, or any OH 7
gift. immunity, or compensation, 10y any
State officer from railroad Other pub
lie corporauioE; thinks the >ess on of lh
ltg,-iarur can he shnr tened thirty ddhS.
Refers 10 the fact tha' rhr, e-..fths of the
boundary of WISCONSIN Is washed hy navIga-
bic waters and that Wisconsin alone cuntIir-
ure6 in the neghburhond al eIghr III Ii nns "i
dollars 10 the revenues ut The general Z V III.
mcut, for .vh ch more hrrai return should
be m ,de in the WY Of Improvement of nve,s
anA hdrnorS. FIFTY years ago ir sident Mon
roe commended TO Corgrr>S the propr CIV 81
proving the g,ti"m of wes3ern rivers
for The purpose of facilitating Intercourse b,.
tween the Allahtlc aa4 the western cpun'rv
Thr government has nth, rtn failed IL fulfill
the MEASURE of It's oblignuons III th paIticu-
4, a.
cone. ssious 10 special industries fp>tercd 10y
western capital, and those industries have
been largely sustained bv indirect taxation
upon western labor. and the productS ui or
fertile >"rl. EquIlity well a. the discharge
of dear constitutional dnts requires Il +
fprent estimate and apporrnnm,ht OF federal
obg tions a the Iuture, 10 the end thar the
blessings of government IL our agrlcpitura al
and commercIHi Iopularlon may better ac
cold With its cost. Considerable i ace l.
dcyot, to transportation 10y Land, doubts
the prnpripty OF appeals 10 the federal gov
ernmeut hu there can he no doubt of the
power and duty of the State government to
leg slate for the prevention uf wills of monop-
DIV 81 extortion. and gives suggestions
a. the best plan tor regulating railroad
traffic, and giving railway I ,mptnIeS iuli r.
tnrn> foi running expenses, r, pIIr> of roads
ana 4 idlf interest on lilt capt ! lnNtctfu.
which should be sufficient To encourage iur-
ther investment OF capital in tins dir elton.
All discrimination in rates and time among
ship ,erS should be provided against. ana
cla>>l6cat on of fr light aud rats of fare
shoald ne Suhj CT to modification or re. I>ion
bv State authority. All consultations or
combinations between compan e. owning par
aiIel lines of railway should he plohl"lrtd
He favors railroad commission. In cotclu'
sion, he reterS Ia ,he popular complaints of
general corruption, ami. alludes to The fact
that Wiscousil was the first State 70 COM
mence the T, form, and the action of the re-
form party has not only local but nation
al Importance
We expect to give our readers, IN
our next issue, the message III tuI.
RIOG WH. X. IA YLOR