The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-18
To SENATE And HOUSE.
Pull fsXt Of GgyeRnoP Toole's First
uessaSe 10 tAs LeSislatlPe.


HELENA, Dec. t7.-Governor Toole's
first annual message to the state leRsla-
ture was read In the senate and house of /
representatives to-day. Accompanying /
the message was the following communi-
cation addressed to the president of the /
senate: ..s
have the honor to transmit herewith a conn., |
municsstion required by the constitution to be |
made at the "beg inning Of each session"
While have deviateti from custom I'm trans
mitting this message before your body is organ |
lied hope the Importance of the subjects con- |
respect which is not without gres.i precetients.
The following is the text OF the mes
Exrc.rIyE orr,Sk. MEnssA,,
To ihs rs.id.ni 81 ne Semats 1nd the Speaker
Constitutional government has been
conferred on us and for the first time we
undertake the management and c1ntro!
rests with us. II is i'm our power to make
this the great state of the union or To
of the difiicuitiss which have attended the
conveninR of the first Legislative assembly
under the state constitution, 1 yleid the
lished to indulge in the patriotic senti-
ments which such OCCASION, under diff
am content TO congratuiate you and the
country upon the acquisition Of another
commonwealth of such magniiiicent pro
grandeur of wealth with which prodigalS
nature has endowed her and the inteii'-
gen;sss Ser;ss n% S apisso srsics;nn ,Sa. financially
and politically Montana will be n column
of strength in the national fabric, sup.
porting with sturdy might her share OF
the public burdens and forming an cle-
ment of national greatness which can hut
! public We were uniformly prosperous
a territory and starting out under such
favorable auspices our progress ought an to be be
your ability to provide the necessary ma
| chinery to put the state government in
patriotic desire in that respect, promise
YOU my active and cordial cooperation to
In obeeiience to a constitutional provis-
| ion now lay before you such information
| OF the state as i possess, and certain rec
concentrations for your consideration.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
After the payment of all outstanding
| claims and Indebtedness of every char
acter, think the state will ON January !
| ceesling $5,OOO. i'm the treasury. The exact
| financial condition together with an esti-
/ all expenses for the ensuing two years
| will bc presented hereafter.
THE PENITENTIARY.
The penitentiary formerly belonging to
| and under the control OF the United
States. has now nov, become the properly proper , OF
| nected there with were granted to the
state by the act providing for our asin,is.
sion into the union. Under our territorial
Il
n,ent of this institution was under the ex-
| elusive Jurisdiction of the United States
with whom the territory contracted M for
| the maintenance and support OF it's pris-
oners. In providing for the change from
territorial to state government: no provis,
bei~esn the date, OF adais.ion
and the time when the leRis-
" for sns sss
| United States marshal is i'm charge, under
the contract between the territory and the
| UH s..,s
that you should make early provision for
it's government and maintenance. there
,G5e Hi.e Shn may be- ss to @ employ
such guards and assistants AS you may
deem proper, who shall have the control
der proper restrictions, subject to the
supervision of the board of state prison
her, A. ID. 1883. the United States marshal
reported to Governor b. +. White, late
governor of Montana Territory, that there
were confined in the penitentiary 113 con-
victs, and that number would be greatly
increased rather than diminished In the
"m,y for sc OF is
| parent that the present overcrowde'l con-
diton OF this institution is constant
| menace to the security of the persons con.
fined therein, AS well as dangerous, from
q sanitary point of view. The present
United States marshal, whose opportu
mites for observation have been superior
| to mine, and whose judgment is worthy
OF .sm Wss SHs
follows the letter OF the marshal OH the
subject
| INSANE.
The insane of the state are supported
| under q contract between the Territory oi
, | Montana and Drs. Mitchell and Mussig
brod at WI arm Springs, Deer Lodge county
/ mt eight dollars per week. making an cx
pense to the state of about $15,OOO per an
mum. The number is increasing rapidly
the last report showing 1sA patients main
tanned at public expeuse. The mainten
ance of the insane and the penitentiar,
| will form the largest items Of expense un
| der state government. The proper
, treatment OF those unforunates committed
| to the asylum at the least possible ex
| pense to the state. calls for the exercise o
your best judgmnt. nm not prepared a
this time TO say that any new arranR
| ments would he advantageous to the STATE
| or to the persons confined therein, but il
| view OF the great and growing expense il
: | that behalf. urge the most thorough i'm
: vestiRation of the subject.
| STATE MILITIA.
Section 3, article II OF the constitution
y makes il incumbent upon the state q
maintain the militia by appropriation
| from the state treasury. In view of thi
= provision and the great drain which thi
| organization is making upon the treasury
il becomes "A question of the ur.aye-t con