The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-10
The RuMp HOUSE GETS NO RECOGNITION.
Changes in the Registration Law
Suggested-The Governor In
dOrses the Australian
System Of Voting.
t. f. Collins Of This City Succeeds Mar
u DAILY as Chairman Of the
Democratic State Central
Committee.

N DPN>aAh ~
the TR1BUNE.]-The event of today was
the reading of Gov. Toole's message be-
fore the joint session of the senate and
house. The governor appeared at II
O'Clock and was received with applause.
The reading of the message occupied one
hour and forty minutes. 1t was an able
state document and embraces the follow
ing points: He reviewed the condition
of the p%enitentiary and other state in
situations; recommends the establish
ment of the militia on a more economical
basis and suggests that the legislature
give the governor power to issue arms to
settlers when threatened with danger.
He recommends the making Of all taxes
delil luent on Nov. 80, instead of Dec. 81.
A new state seal is suggested. He en-
dorses the request of the state board Of
equalization for additional legislation;
endorses the constitutional provision for
the bureau of labor and industry. He
denounces the recent census for Montana
as "a complete and elaborate failure"
He advises early attention to
the selection and appropriation Of lands
granted the state Sy the government; ad-
vises memoralizing congress to preserve
our mineral lands; recommends the
stimulation of agriculture by state legis-
lation and seeking the aid of congress for
irrigation; recommends that congress be
petitioned to cut down our large Indian
reservations; invites attention to the I'M
satisfactory condition of water rights and
urges legislation on this subject.
The governor advises four terms of the
supreme court and the placing of the
clerk thereof on a salary. He declares
the fees Of county officers are"unreasona-
BILE and excessive" and urges a speedy re-
vision of same; he %denounces the terri
tOrial law allowing every surt of business
to be incorporated and recommends that
interpretations be restricted to 80 differ
purposes.
He thinks the present registration law
"overshoots the mark" and operates to
disfranchise many good citizens, and says
no registration should be required in
sparsely settled communities. He thinks
that it is an undue burden on the citizen
10 require him to register every time
there is q general election and says bne
registration should suffice for six years.
He declares the registration law unreas-
enable and says it would probably be de-
clared void if tested in the courts. He
thinks the Australion ballot should be
adopted "with some notifications"
Among the notifications suggested is
the placing of names Of different parties
separate tickets. He comm ends the
law and predicts that it will never be
until the state is ready TO
abandon its sovereignty" He recommends
legislation providing for the nomination
and election of presidential electors. He
urges the passage OF a law compelling
railroad companies to burn their right OF
way annually to prevent prairie and for
est fires. He advises legislation suppress
ing lotteries in accordance with the con-
stitution; he recommends that the unpaid
bills for the constitutional convention,
amounting to over $1,000 be paid by the
state and that congress be m~emonslized
to reimburse the state for the same, as it
did with the Dakotas and Washington.
He favors a large appropriation for the
Worlds fair rs is consistent with Mon
He recommends that
Nov. 9Th, admission day, be made q lie gal
holiday.