Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-15

Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s. ss77 ,2s7
The estimated revenue of the next two
years, the Governor states. will far exceed
this amount The receipts from all sources
into the state Treasury for the past two
years aggregated s. Isl. 1851; total disburse.
ments on warrants, So ,377.37. There has
been collected from the State repositories
during the past two years interest on
State moneys, SIS,
LEGAL MATTERS.
Under the head of legal matters the Gov
ernor calls attention to the claim of the
State against the st. Louis & san Francisco
railroad for 800, 600, being the purchase price
for that railroad, which the state had sold
March l., 1868 Suit was instituted in the
| Circuit Court of st. Louis, january 30, 1890,
the day before the ten year period of limita-
ton would have expired, for the prfnci
pal and six per cent. interest from
maturity. The defendant filed a de-
murrer to the States petition. but il
was oyerruled, and the case set for trial at
! the February term of the 81. Louis Circuit
Court. The attorneys of the railroad have
notified the State of their intention to take
dispositions in New York and various other
cities, beginning January 10, 1871 An APP
preparation i needed to prosecute this suit.
In the event the nti-Trust law is not sus
tanned by the supreme Court, in the suits
now pending for its violation, the Governor
recommends that it be so amended as to
check and prevent the growth of trusts and
| forts to eyaLIe it futile.
'-SOme of the counties have claimed the
right to withhold from the state the railroad
taxes collected by them the ground that
the act of March .. 1858. authorized them to
do so. The Auditor is dcbarred from insti-
tutng suit for such taxes by distress
rants, because his right to do SO has been
Withdrawn by an act approved March 81. 1857
Other counties, which entitled to the
| same exemption, if constitutional, have paid
their railroad taxes into the state Treasury.
This condition of affairs should be rectiticd
and recommend that legislation be enacted
looking to that end. These taxes have been
withheld since 1882 in the follow ing sums by
the counties named: Buchanan. S@g2 .05; Linn,
$ s6.54 Pike. S23.s7s..2; Rails, SOILS; Sull
van, S5,752.6o; total, S4i .7Sl.53."
EDUCATION.
The last Legislature set aside one third of
the revenue for the support of the public
schools, and. in addition, appropriated Sls3,-
3>3 for the state University and State Normal
schools. making total appropriation for
the ben, ii OF education for the years 1889 30
OF Sl.5Ii. ssS9 In addition to this sum the
schools ,."riveI Sf275-O as interest on the
publie-s- IooI fund and seminary fund, max
ing Il tot of SIg42, -Or - paid out of the state
Treasur-- for the promotion of education i'll
Missouri. turing the past TWO years. This is
.ndepen ent or the money raised in the
school ,>trictS of the state by local taxa
ton, al from county and township funds,
which. or the two years-Iss1 ana l>sO--;G-
sgregattt a., S,.'i6,4e0.25-a grand total uf SO.
4G7t55.-u paid by the people OF Missouri. for
school purposes during the past two years
.'Nhi - says the Governor. liberal
proyiSi I has been made for the support OF
the pu' C schools. and while, no doubt, the
money has been honestly disburScd, the
school could be made beneficial in a higher
cegrc. md more effective if organized into
Il SYST y "a complete as the limitations of
the C.--stitUtiOu VIII permit. At present
the flu = distributed to the counties by the
State "-e apportioned to the school dis
t.Icts 4 the counties and, together with
the dis riots funds raised by local taxation,
are. a rule expended by the different dis
tricts dependent of each other. Very few,
il any, strictly agricultural districts are pro-
vided tn high schools. and the youth on
the faI of the State are not afforded the
facilities of free higher education which they
SHOULD have. and which the children of the
towns md cities enjoy. That would be wise
legisla ion which would link together the
primary and secondary schools of the State,
and, i'll my Judgment, Missouri could afford
to Offer to the youth of the state. free of
charge. thorough education in its highest
branches, whether agricultural or scientific.
But in any event there should be more uni
fOrIn!ty i'll the course of study of the public
schools OF the State, and in bringing this
about good can be accomplished in other
ways, and expense saved to p@rents in
ductjon OF the cost of text books.
The Governor i opposed to furnishing
text books to the children who attend the
schools tree of charge. but, he says, there
can be no objections to the state rendering
its good services and powerful aid TO the
people in order to chcckmatc the sinister
de>i -U> OF combined capital. and if some ar
ranscui3rlt could be made. whereby all the
school books used in the state could be pUr-
chased through one channel the magnitude
of the demand would prove effective in re
Iucing the cost. But to better accomplish
this there should be uniformity in the course
of study ana the text books used in the pub
lie schools. He thinks it advisable that either
the State Board of Agriculture or another
commission, should be authorized to solicit
bids and make contracts with publishers for
the delivery of the text books decided on to
the children in the various counties.
STATE INSTITUTIONS
At the beginning of the present Admins.
tration the prisoners in the penitentiarv
Sum pered 81. This number had increased
to i . on December 81, 1889. but had fallen
off to l,eS6 on December 81, 1880. The num-
Der CT commitments in ISIS was $40, in 1883
sI4. and in 1890 only 63l. \ table j. given
show ing that the daily average cost of main
tanning each inmate in 1880 was 33 - cents.
and the daily average earning 2136
cents. The earnings from contract labor
amounted ~ 500 9D0.l4, and the total cost of
maintenance was S439 igS.l7. an increase in
earnings of over $4,000, and decrease in
expenses of $500 as compared with the pre-
ceding year
school for Boys ut Boonvilie, the Girls In
dustrial Home the school for the Deaf and
Dumb and the insane asylums. are all re-
poTted in 4 fiOUriShing condition.
The Governor dcvotcs a brief paragraph to
each of the state departments, compliment
ing tie various officers on their fidelity and
efficiency. He recommends that a generous
policy be pursued in relation to the Missouri
National Guard. and urges the Importance of
Increased appropriations for the Bureau of
Geology and Mines.
NEW LEGISLATION.
The Australian Ballot law has proved
highly satisfactory in its operation, but
fectiOnS in the law il exists ut present.
In this law the State recognizes party or
CARNATIONS, and in printing the tickets to be
voted must determine what names to be
placed thereon As party nominees. ProviS-
ion should be made for settling contro-
yer>ieS in the event of the disruption of "A
convention, or djS$ensIons in Il party which
its members are unable to adjust. resulting
in the presentation 10 the Secretary of state
or officers authorized to print tickets. of TWO
or more candidates. each claiming to be SlIe !
party nominee" The Governor can see no
good reason why the law should not be ex- /
tended to the state at Gtrge.
The present statutes provide fog a board |
of immigration, but the law has been a dead !
letter for several years account of the |
state making no appropriation for the main |
tenance of the board. Perhaps ths revenue !
of the state and the demands upon L viii |
not Justify the maintenance of fully
equipped bureau for this work. but therr |
should be authoritative and responsible |
Department fu1y would he.