Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-05
BUTLER'S BOW.
THE NEW GOTERNOR OF 1TAsSACRU-
SETS SPEAKS HIS PIECE.
Some Solid Chunks of Wisdom in His In
auguFal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Recon-
mendations Relative to the Civil Service
and the Franchise-Ideas on Education.

AsOidtISc W the CIVAl S6rVIce
and the Franchise-Ideas on Education
Boston, Jan. An recent years no in
augural has been so popularity attended as
that of Governor Buffers at the state
house to-day. Some hours before the time
for him to appear the halls and passages
were crowded so that motion was difficult
and the throng overfowed the broad steps
and extended even to the common. The
joint convention for Inauguration took
place in the hall of the house of represent
atives which was packed full of people.
ladies and members. The galleries were
opened for ladies, but the public gallery
was reserved for invited guests. At 1890
O'Clock the supreme judicial court entered
followed by General Butler, dressed in even
ing suit and carrying gold headed cane
and wearing his usual button.hole bouquet.
He walked up the aisle and sat at the
speakers desk amid the applause of his
friends. Distinguished guests followed,
and soon the hall of the house was packed
to the last inch. President Croker of the
senate administered the oath of Office and
Gov. Butler read his address, which is as
follows:
BOSTON, Jan. 4.-Gov. Buffers inaugural
address presents his views upon free and
equal suffrage at great length. He sug-
gests nominal poll tax for state pur-
poses be assessed as now on the polls of
citizens, and then if any citizen chooses
to pay it by doing his duty as a citizen, by
voting, let that act be discharge and pay
ment of such tax. He recommends revision
of the registration laws, and that they be
sufficiently guarded to prevent frauds
without being an actual obstruction
to and burden upon voters. Regarding
free ballot and fair count. the gov
ernor says: "Why not provideithat all votes
shall be enclosed in self-sealing envelopes
of the same size, quality and color, to be
furnished by the state; then the size and
complexion of the ballot would be imma-
terial. The law still remains on the statute
book which requires that envelopes for such
purpose shall always be furnished at the
polls. The legal machinery is ready, and
W ludh0 IL OuCCbudl, VIC p0TmlS5lN0 CLAUSE
is only to be made obligatory
The suggestion is made that law be
passed allowing women to vote under the
same regulations as men in municipal
elections, which law shall take effect when
it shall be accepted by majority of the
women voting at some general election,
provision to be made obviating the objec-
ton women may have to go into ward
looms and voting places for the purpose
of increasing the rights of suffrage. The
governor recommends that the election of
the city government take place on the same
day as the general election, and that cleo
ton day be made legal holiday.
The law restricting naturalization to the
supreme and superior courts should be
repealed. The labor question will form
the subject of further communication.
Considerable space is devoted to the ques-
ton of crimes, and the legislature is asked
to pass an act providing that whoever is
convicted of wilfully attempting to derail a
moving railway train shall suffer death
The evils of dealing in futures and corners
in grain, etc., are dwelt upon, and legisla-
tion recommended to stop the abuse. Con
siderable attention is given to reformato-
ry, correctional and pauper institutions
and it is shown that the expenses of sala-
ries and agents are more than all other
expenses for supporting the poor.
Legislation is suggested looking to the
improvement OF. the discipline OF prisons
and making the institution efficient and
resormatory, using the labor of prisoners
so as to make them self-supporting, and
providing that every prisoner may work
off a portion of his salary every month
and certain percentage of the earning
of prisoner be put in fund to be given
him when discharged, to start him in the
world again. The employment of convict
labor in the several houses of correction
outside the walls, in raising the food they
consume is spoken of as probable. The
following institutions should be abolished:
The state reformatory prison for
women; the reform school for
boys and the industrial school for girls.
They are too costly for any supposed good
| they do. The message favors an asylum
with kind treatment for idiotic and feeble
minded youth, but not as school. When
the state shall have sufficiently educated
every bright child within its borders, il
will be time enough to undertake the edu-
cation of the idiotic and feeble minded. A
well-fed, well-cared for idiot is happy
creature. An idiot awakened to his con-
dition is miserable one. Careful consid-
Grafton is given to the insane of the state.
The extravaganza in buildings and general
management of this class of people is Sc
verely commented upon, and an appeal is
made to the legislature to change all this
in the future and provide management
upon economical business principles. The
governor says the doors of insane estab-
lisrments, both public and private, open
altogether too easily inward and with too
great difficulty outward in the reception
and discharge of their inmates. This
matter should be carefully guarded by leg
islation. A recommendation is made that
a purchasing officer for all state supplies
of every name be appointed, with salary
sufficient to insure the services of a COM
petent business man to be commissioned
by the executive for three years.
Gov. Butler then, without saying he ia
vors any national measure proposed to re-
form the civil service, gets in a blow at the
ex-Republ can administration of Massa-
chusetts, who, he AYERS, have very general