Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-03
VIEWS OF GOVERNORS.
Gubernsforial Messages Transmitted To TN.
Legislatures.

nts-tsr- Ifansfnl IL ed the
Legislatures.
ALBANY. NY. Jan. 3-Gov Flower sent his
message to the legislature this morning R.-
garding evasion Of the personal property tax he
saws:
Indeed. although the state has been increas-
ing in wealth at tremendous rate during the
last twenty years. the actual assessed vallsu uoa
of personal property less in 1881 than in
1871 by more than so .O00. 600 "
Regarding the Buffalo strike he savs. s.r,u-
ployes have the right 10 strike aud pcaceablr
persuade Others to Join them. end in their
earnest and lawful efforts 60 benefit heir con-
dition they NAV always feel sure that public
sympathy lie with them and agaifl.: selfish cor
porstions. But every citizen and corrlorntion.
every employe and EMPLOYER must observe and
respect the authority OF Law and goyernmeut"
The governor comes out stronl when he
reaches the coal combination. lie say-: The
combination differs from similar orgtnlEi on.
IN certain respects which makes ecmpetitiou
absolutely impossible. so tar a. is nov knsNn
practically all the anthracite coal IN he
world is contained in three cOuuti-s IT, Penn
sylvania, and IS per cent of the eutirr frari. ~
controlled By the coal combination The con-
sumers are nj the mercy Of ,he combine
ton. .
If the companies engaged in this c. uhii.a ion
enjoy public privileges granted by the statc og
New York the state should -Nerci-e IT. mn
uouDtec 10 IMPOSE condition. ffHDl tne
enjoyment OF those Privileges. ard -trl coit.ii-
tions should al least guard the pcofle fr1ia an
warrantable essctions in return for p-iyfises-
which the people through the representative
have conferred.
The governor aiso saws: 1T bshbore. the
legislature to make ample prepamnoa against
q possible invasion OF cholera dufiig th- ap-
preaching spring and summer. I am 40, Or
posed 70 a national quarantine. but % an ga
elusive national quarantine. rig1d sgsiera
OF inspection nj foreign ports under tho tifeo-
tion OF the consular service would iorll thc bost
kind of national quarantine.
CoLUMBUs. ONO. Jan. 3.-tios. NJ hlille, IN
his annual message 20 the ieg.slaturs rc eieas
the financial condition of the state Nh .ch how.
deficit in the funds amounting to { S. SSs 81
he says the revenues OF the present
wear will not justify the sum of the
appropriations made for the Jmsc-l4nx
year. He advises that economy be practb,od
and that appropriations be kept within the esq.,
mated amount Of revenue. He rec cDtnurslas
that tine voice of the people be needed Il he
demands made for reform IN manici al gov
ernment. and recommends the estab!ishias.-lt
OF body to make q complete report OF the.
canals of the state.
PIERRE. S. d.. Jan. 3-At the Joint scssioa
of the two houses OF the state Legislature TO-DAY
Gov. Sheldon, after he had been svotr in do
livered his inaugural address. The edocn nentsas
brief. IL urges the early selection Of
ali lands granted for educational purpose
by the general government and suggests that
Congress be memorialized 70 mske changes In
the act opening the Sixseton Indian reservation
to settlement that will enable the state to q.
cure proportion Of its indemnity laais frrsm
that reservation.