The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-20

zx,A..s, ULie session, every
!. ~4ay Vi winch visits a considerable burden up
on the treasury. The other is undue haste in
the dispatch of business in the closing DAYS OF
the session, which leads to the passage OF
crude laws, and makes it impossible for the
Governor to exercise proper care in the ex-
animation of bills that are presented for his
approval The remedy for both evils is it
seems to me, that You should apply yourselves
promptly to the labore before you, and mature
the more important projects of legislation at
the earliest possible day.
ECONOMY.
/ cannot impress upon you too strongly that
in all respects YOU will best meet the wishes
Of the people by q strict regard for economy
In pursuance of this policy, there is no saving
so trifing but that it is our duty to realize it
if We can. The business of the state ought to
be transacted with the smallest number of
agents that can transact it efficiently, and
possibilities for retrenchment ought to be
sought diligently in all departments of the
government, and wherever they may be found.
they ought to be improved TO the utmost. 1t
has been remarked with what Justice cannot
assume to say, that the expenses incident to
the sessions of the legislature are greater
than warranted by actual necessity. IT such
shall appear to be the fact, if it shall be found
that there is o single officer or attendant that
can be dispensed with, or any other source of
expenditure that can be closed, earnestly
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all departments of the government, the same
course should be pursued, and in your efforts
to this end, pledge you my hearty coopera-
ton. The conditions that now surround the
people Of this country, call for private and
public economy, and for the reform Of any
habits of Wasteful or needless expenditure into
which we may have fallen under more pros
porous circumstances.
STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND REFORM.
The State Board of Charities and Reform have
prepared very full report of their work for the
Year and in submitting it to you would call your
attention specially to the passages on appropria.
tons and prison reform. The members Of the
hoard have critically examined the reports and con-
ditop Of the state instt ptons under their super-
s,ison and their recommendations are entitled 10
s,rast weights The Of criminals a an imports
ant part Of every scheme Of good government, but
however auch the penal gtatutes Of the state need
svgteynetiZing, radical and fundamental changes Of
tie law should not be made excsptiupon the most
roature deheration,
coNcLusIoN. ~ @
rtis not the part of wisdom to disguise the fact
that the people OF this state IN common with those
s all sections of the Union, have suffer ed some
ootenent OF the prosperity that they have enioved
a. 4he past At the same time it is nanifestly trne
IL in the relative condition of state there IL
LA snt cause for congratulaton and for graft
tda TO the Providence that has made our history
record of uniform progress. We may accept it as
90 ovidence of the natural advantages of Wiscon
sin Of the solid foundation upon which her indus
t;1 and commercial interests built, and of the
;n+aili0ence and integrity of her citizens that
..oid the depressing conditions that have oyertak
a. +ha country, the credit of business me has
been ony slightly impaired, that our fiscal institu
tions have, with very few exceptions, maintained
their solyency, and that labor has generally been
ohIa IN command employment
We have entered, gentlemen, upon the Centenni-
al of our existence as an Independent Nation. It
is fit that we should renew the spirit in which the
rennbIc had it's birth, and our determination that
pboII endure to fulfill the great purposes of it's
existence and to Justify the noble sacrifices Of its
Let u.s. to Ms0 o the interests and the
noIroitted invite the inspiration of the anniver-
sarvl and with firm resolve that Wisconsin shall
bear ner P palbe tne discharge Of our trust
HARRISON LUDINGTON
Madison IAN IA, 1916.