The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-01-07
GOV. FLOWERS MESSAGE

Address to he Legislature at ;he Opening
Session.
ALBANY, n. y, Jan. 3.-Ihe legIsla-
ture WAS convened to-day at noon,
William Sulzer, OF New York, being
made Speaker of the House, and Mr..
Malbey, of st. Lawrence County, the
Republican leader. The governors
MESSAGE was read in both houses and
adjournment was had tor one week.
The governor, re errlng to state IN
sututions, discloses that he has visited
nearly, if not quite. all the state inte-
rests, and he holds that his recon-
mendatlcns OF legislation must have the
weight due to judgment founded on
personal observation. So close an in
CURRY into state interests by n governor
Is unusual. The state has financial OBJ
legations amounting 10 S45O,G00 and a
treasury balance of 81 ,70l ,%iS7. Touch
ing the Buffalo strike, the governor
announces the expenditure by the state
to have been sl92,647, and then adds:
Employees have the right to strike and
pcaceably persuade others to JON them,
and IN their earnest ana lawful efforts to
benefit their condition they may always
feel sure that public sympathy is with
them and against selfish corporations. But
every citizen and corporation, every EN-
pioNc and employer, must observe and re-
Spcrt the authority Of law and government.
So long as they keep within the law state
government VIII leave them to settle their
own disputes. But the law must be OBJ
served, persons ana property must he
protected, and the lawful use of property
10y It's owners must not he lntcrfercd with.
These are the ends for which the state
primarily exists. For the maintenance
of these ends every dollar of the
states money, the life and Sery-
Ice of every member of the
National Guard, and the support of every
laW-abldlng citizen, are pledged. 1t should
be the ann of the laW-making body to see
that our laws confer equal privileges. 1t
IS not right that powers should be granted
to corporations To Cypress either their en-
piOyrS or the people. Whatever can
be wisely done by legislation to
guarantee equal rights to all should
he done. But law will not accom-
learn by costly experience that even from
the selfish point of view it pays to be con
SlderatC of the welfare of their employees.
40 men or corporations can stop the march
of civilization. Shorter hours of labor,
better wages ana the opportunity which
these give for education and enjoyment
are natural human aspirations. They
should be treated aS such III 4 friendly,
Christian spirit, not Tcpclled with arrogant
manner or impatient consideration.
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y state commission of agriculture Is
recommended, in which shall be con-
consolidated under one executive head
the yarious bureaus and agencies now
existiu0 The cxorutiva then has
snn,o.hiug to soy of no coal ro1,bino-
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iitiImluoliS coal or wood. or nrrISh with
me rotd. Have inc ppople of This state any
means Of Legislative rercf against such a
MONOPOLY of a natural and necessary prod
ucrp I he uurStlon IS worthy Of your earn
est cor}sidrTl1ion.
ma ,.ov.rnnr i copvinced that etoto
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