Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-01-19
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al aid to education, stripped Of feder
al supervision. l now feel impelled
by another sense of duty, which en-
joins me from making any similar or
dissimilar suggestion to pass on to
the consideration of other questions,
and therefore invite your attention
to insane asylums."
He commends the insane asylum
at Nashville, at Lyons View, and the
nearly completed one at Bolivar to
the generous consideration of the leg
islature.
He approves of the management of
the bureau of agriculture, statistics
and mines, reminds the legislature Of
the insufiiciency of the lastappropria-
tons to sustain all departments of the
bureau, and recommends "that spec
ial and efficient means be instituted
to meet this want"
He commends the suggestions on
forestry by theSouthern Lumberman
newspaper to be submitted.
The governor impresses upon the
general assembly the importance of
sustaining the state board of health
and affording it greater facilities. He
mentions the successful work of the
board in circumscribing the smallpox
and in preventing the threatened in
PRODUCTION of yellow fever in the state,
and urges the appropriation of "a con-
tingent fund for the board, to be used
when occasion requires to protect the
people from epidemics. He asks fav-
orable consideration of a measure to
provide better system for registering
births and deaths. He also asks the
legislature to ratify his action in or
dering, with the concurrent advice of
the comptroller and treasurer, the
sum of 81 900 to be placed at the dis
posal of the board in the eXtraordina-
ry emergency which required prompt
quarantine precautions against yellow
fever.
The governor deplOres the preva-
lent election evils and expresses the
opinion that Il well-devised registra-
ton law would be a good remedy.
He also recommends the passage of
an act more closely defining the COM
position, powers and duties Of the
board Of canvasSers ofelection returns.
He then recites at length the circum-
stances of the recent complication
over the returns from the Third con-
greSsional district, which have been
so freely and fully discussed. He
makes a statement similar to that
made by him in the answer to the
bill ofinjunction filed against him by
Mr.. Bates. He says he submitted to
the restraining process out of respect
for the judiciary, but with the full
confidence that the court would hold
the governor is not amenable to a
subordinate court and could not
be restrained from doing his sworn
duty. He says that the copy of the
certificate filed in the cause now
pending in the supreme court is fab
ricatiOn; that the action of the secre-
tary Of state was unwarranted and in
direct violation of the plain letter Of
the law.
The governor calls attention to the
boundary line question raised by
Gov. Lee, of Virginia, and recon-
mends that the encouragement of
the state be instructed and empower
ed to represent the state in any cause
that may be instituted and that suf-
ficient appropriation be made to de-
fend the state in any action that may
be brought
He also commends to thecOnsidera-
: ton of the legislature the resolution
of the State Bar Association, asking
the creation of official stenographers
for courts, their fees to be taxed as
other costs in proceedings.
He calls attention to the report of
/, , the acknowledgement showing an or
ganized brigade of a national guard
and suggests the generous support of
this military by the state and recon-
mends additional compensation for
the acknowledgement, whose duties
have been largely increased. He al
so recommends an appropriation to
systematic the record and rolls of
! Tennessee volunteers in order to facil-
itate the supplying Of Mexican war
veterans with the facts that would
., entitle them to pensions from the
1 general government The governor
recommends the heating of the capi~
tai by steam. He submits the reports
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