The Russellville Democrat., 1879-04-10

Cottage system IS being discussed. and compared to the old system of costly buildings where large mum bers of insane patients arc massed together, it seems to have some points of predominatlng excellence. Let the matter be thoroughly con sidered.
 By a statement of the Financial condition of Conway County on Jan. lst, 1879, published in the State as unofficial notice over the signature of tue County Clerk, it appears that that county is in debt $l3,597 .38. We don't see why our County Court don't publish, or order the clerk to publish, similar statement to show the taxpayers of Pope county how this county stands. The law, we be lieve, requires 1t, but some how or other, no attention is made to this requirement of law.
 --Gov. Miller has vetoed tue bill to incorporate and organize an In- sane Asylum at Snow Springs. Else where in to-day's paper we publish the Governors proclamation and ob- jections. The letter of the Governor transmitting to the Secretary of State the Bill, together with his ob- jections thereto, is sensible docu- ment-sound to the core, and the ac- tior taken by him will meet the ap- probation of all thinking men.
 What would be thought ot a man who would go about carrying a loaded revolver or dirk knife in his hand constantly? It would certain ly give good grounds to consider him a great coward, constantly afraid that some one was going to give him licking, or that he harbored felonl- ous and murderous intentions. What then ought to be thought of him who goes about with deadly and murder ous weapons concealed upon his per son? Is he not worse coward and more suspicious character than he who goes openly armed? Let every official do his duty in suppressing this practice, which is at once dan- gerous, unlawful and disreputable. -Gov. Miller has vetoed the bill passed by the recent session of the legislature which provides that each railroad company heretofore incorpo- rated under the laws of this State, whose road is not completed, shall build, equip, and put in complete running order, five additional miles of its road within twelve months af- ter the passage of the act, and there after shall in like manner complete twenty miles of road in each ensuing term of twelve months until the road shall be completed. The Chief Ex- ecutlve gives as his reasons for veto ing the bill, that it is unconstitution- al; and also because, in his opinion it would have the effect to put an in stantaneous and effectual stop to the construction of railroads in the State of Arkansas.
 The last Legislature showed an unaccountable hostility toward tho newspapers of the State. It lost nc opportunity to strike blow at the newspapers. Whenever and where ever they could be deprived of q scant morsel of public printing, that remarkable body of great men (God save the mark ) gloated over the op portunity to cut it of.
 We venture the prediction that when another election approache: and a new legislature is to be choser the newspaper of Arkansas will be more careful who they recommend to the people for election. It vii be harder then for screeching dem agogue who fears for the people tC have a free press at work among them, to get into the good graces o the people without having the flaws and weak points in his ability showr up by the newspapers of the State than it is ''for q camel to pass thro the eye of a needle"
 Gentlemen of the Press, we mus see well to it, that no more such leg. islatures as the last one shall cvel again be chosen to make laws fol Arkansas. If we wish Arkansas tt keep her place in the ranks, and march on with the progress of tho present age, we must have no more such legislatures as the last.
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 Jo. Blackburn said to-day that