Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-01-21

o. operating locomotives or cns, and
are constantly exposed 10 danger, not
only from the hazards incident to their
employment but from carel essness or
negligence Of fellow-workmen, are en-
titled TO the fullest protection consistent
with a due regard for the rights and
interests Of employer as wei as employ
ed
earnestly recommend this important
~ your considera ton, and hope
a law win be enacted that win meet
the just demands OF this large special
class OF workmen.
Artisans Day
A large number Of citizens who cele-
brate Artisans Day as an annual fes.
tiyal are DESTROYS Of having it made a
legal holiday. l feel mucL sympathy
with this, to me, reasonable request Of
people whose holidays are few, and l
therefore commend this subject to your
| careful consideration
! Educational
| The state Of Wisconsin has always
been generous in providing for the edu-
I
I'd with fidelity the public school sys-
TEN, at the head of which is our state
university, one of the leading institu-
tons Of learning in this country. Every
citizen is proud of the educational IN
Sutuuons Of the state, both public and
| private, and no call meets with more
hearty response than one that looks TO
the improvement of our schools. There
can be no doubt that it is the duty Of
the state to provide for the progressive
development of our school system. 1t
should equalize for all as far as pos
sible, the opportunity for education by
furnishing ample means in parts Of the
state now poorly provided.
Believing that the time has come
when it is the duty Of the state to acu
in extending this system, ! recommend
that the needs of northern Wisconsin
for normal schools shall be carefully
considered and, if possible, recognized
Worlds Fair
The wisdom Of the last legislature in
making an appropriation for the Col
umbian exposition has been demon
stated What seemed to many too
small a sum of money has been suf-
tcient for all the needs of the board
up TO the present time. An additional
appropriation is deemed advisable 10
carry on the work laid oLt by the
managers, and to properly equip the
Wisconsin building and make an exhibit
creditable to the state. Your attention
is called to the report of the board of
managers with the view Of making such
an appropriation as may seem proper
for the creditable representation Of
Wisconsin at the Columbian exposition.
Couringeni iuud
1t appears from tie records that the
disbursements from the governors con
ungent fund from January ), 1891. t.
December 81, 1892, We're S7,9561O, aud
that the balance to the credit of mat
fund on the first day of January of the
current year was S514.3O. 1t has been
necessary during the past two years to
pay from this fund the notary. court
commissioner, witnesses and other fees
in the suits now pending against Har-
shaw, McFeuidge and others, which viii
be returned TO the fund when the iudg-
ments in these cases are paid. During
the coming two years there viii be no
such unusual cali upon the fund. and
would therefore recommend the usual
appropriation Of $1,000 per year for the
coming two years.
the -ptionaI Guard.
The proper constitutional conception
of a national guard, is the education Of
Il citizen soldiery in time Of peace, that
the nation may, without entailing the
burdens and dangers of a great standing
army, be able to cope with any foreign
foe. Such a military force, while in 70
proper sense state police, is in the ma
uTe Of a public safeguard and Wiscon-
sin is, and well may be, proud Of its ma
u0nal guard.
Our present military laws need reyis-
ion, as many Of their provisions are in
or obsolete.
The numerical strength Of our mill.
tary force should be carefully adjusted
to the needs of the state. and APP
for its maintenance should
be so made as to bring that force to the
highest state of efficiency without call
ing for unnecessary sacrifices upon the
part Of officers or men.
The military reservation near Camp
Douglas is Of the greatest value to the
state, and its proper maintenar and
should be provided for.
war Records.
For nearly eight years the adjutant
generals office has been engaged in tue
work of preparing the individual history
Of the Wisconsin troops in the war for
the union. This work has been very
much expedited in the past two years
md / am able to announce that it is now
ready for the printer, and that the
ldjutant general has been able to ma
.erially reduce the clerical force of his
office, The cost Of the work up to the
present stage has been about $4,000
Roads
The subject of the improvement Of
lur country roads is one Of universal
importance, and q comprehensive plan