St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-09
LEGISLATIVE LINGO.
Gov. futile Devotes His Address
to Immigration.

to Immigration.
CONCORD. N. H.. Jan. S.-Hiram A.
futile was sworn in as governor this
morning with the usual ceremonies. He
then delivered his message. Gov.
Hiram A. Tuttle, in his message to the
New Hampshire legislature sent in to-
day, deals with wide range of subjects.
mainly of local interest. He strongly
advises the legislature to enact secret
ballot law. The governor says regard
ing immigration:
Through the efforts of the commits
sioner of immigration. with small APP
preparation, more than $50 abandoned
farms have been repopulated, mainly
by Americans. and the business of sum-
mer entertainment largely increased.
Encouraged by such results from his
efforts the commissioner suggests an
appropriation by the legislature to pre-
pare and issue publication descriptive
and illustrative of the attractions of
New Hampshire, in such form that
copies of it may have wide circulation"
The commissioner moreover states:
From the best statistics at our COM
mand there have been left in the state
by summer tourists during the year
more than $5,000,000. A large portion
of this has been left with the farmers"
Both branches of the Legislature adj
journed as soon as the governor had
finished.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. S.-The
general assembly met at 10 O'Clock this
morning. Lieut.. Gov. N0rclay called
the assembly to order and permanent
organization was effected by the cleo
ton of Anderson. of Plat county, pres
ident pro TEN. The other Democratic
caucus nominees were elected. In the
house caucus nominations were also
ratified, Hon. W. +. Tuttle. of Pettis
county, being elected speaker, and A.
s. Smith, of Rails. chief clerk. The as
sembly adjourned till 10 a. m. to-mor-
row, when the governor will send in his
message.
RALEIGH. N. c.. Jan. S.-The legis-
lature met yesterday and organized.
Lieut.. Gov. Thomas Holt presided in
the senate, and the house elected Rich
ard III. bought by ninety-three Demo
cratic votes. The legislature is very
largely composed Of members of the
Farmers Alliance, but they are con-
servative Democrats as well.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. S.-Both branches
of the state Legislature met to-day. The
oath Of Office was administered to Gov.
Burleigh, and he proceeded to read his
inaugural. 1t was an exhaustive review
or the affairs of the state, containing rec
concentrations looking to internal i'm
proyements. AS to the ballot, the gov
ernor says: Il am firmly convinced
that the time has come for Maine to
adopt the Australian system of voting.
The Australian system of voting
has safely passed Its expert
mental act in this country. The
nearer our elections come TO fairly
registering the personal convictions of
each individual voter, the closer will
they conform to the true spirit of our
institutions. 1t is the concurrent test
mOny of those states which have made
trial of it at the Australian ballot sys-
tenn comes nearer securing this deSir-
able result than any other vet devised"
He refers to the liquor traffic and urges
the citizens to renew their efforts to
keep Maine in the van of temperance
states. He commends the Chicago eX-
position, and recommends an apprOpri-
alton to place Maine in the position her
industries and resources entitle her to
hold
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Jan. S.--The leg
islature met at 10 O'clock this morning,
ana the officers chosen by the Demo-
cratic caucus last night were sworn in
in each house. In the house, in addi-
ton to number of routine resolutions,
one was adopted for joint committee
of the two houses to report bill for re-
Yising and underwriting our tax and
revenue laws. The governors message
will be delivered at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning