The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-01-07
HIS LAST MESSAGE.
Governor Burke Delivers His Last
Message to the Senate and
House Of Representatives.
1t Treats Ably Of all the Depart
ments Of the State, It is a Docu-
ment That Will Repay Persual.
FARGO. N. D. Special Telegram

ANU ~ -. OpcCAn4 ACACkAo"
Governor Burke's message to the lsg
i~slature is Q concise and logical docu
ment II treats ably Of al the depart
meutr OF state, public institutions, etc
Il ia IS follow =
TO the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives: lu compIisroe with the
maLdat.s of the constitution. l here
*ith present You my biennial message,
dealing with the 60 coalition Of the vsri
Gus departments of the stsh. In 80
doing, I shall refrsio from . G.ring any
pcs,tive suRees tions as to the course Of
Il legislation, leaving my successor to out
liue the policy to be pursusd in this
direction rs he may deem necessary and
expedient, ane coIfne myself TO thu
transa ctions OF my office during tie two
Jears OF my inoumbenoy.
STATE MILITIA
Very socn after entering upon The
duties OF my Office, the lnha itaats OF
IN state were thrown into coash ma
ton by the aDnounc, ment that the
Sioux and other lndisn tribes had, fer
III, se cond time within q few monshe,
thrt ateped to become hostile. Oaly
tho 81 fully o versant with the sp.rseiy
settled condition Of our western and
northern territory, where the Indian
res ervations are locsed, could properly
ppre cjate the terror such news brought
t. outlying settle r. end ranchmen.
Every effort WAS at once put forth t.
properly arm exposed citiz .ns. tn.
state militia, consisting Of a fraction OF
: regiment OF int4ntry, one battalion II
cavalrr and q two gun battery OF art,l
lery, was at once ord red to prepare to
defend the k- PIE: but the neager
quipmt Ut Oi this s.r.ic. aud he disor-
GEL ,zat.oD elg~ldered b., lack IT proper
care IN the part O: the state, readily
demons rated the iupract'b,iity Ut NOV
j z It's force, IN sew 70 Amt 81 W It er,
s~saiIst the vel, armed Ind, MS WIZ
wei 'h,e eat. Mug the live aud pr"Dt rty
of cur citizsus Yet the ptopltn~.s
with which the militia responded
to this call exhibited their loyalty
and fully d. moLstIxted 20 the last leRis
latuie the importance OF properly pro
vidipg fer this service. By ad. quate
appropriation and thorough orgsDiza
tion by ite t~ficsrs, a state militia is
now on . fairly effective b.sis. It wss
found, however, that the app. opriation
to carry cut the provisions tf the mill
tary code was not sufi sient to maintain
the militia and Get the expenses Incl
dental to AL usl enoampments. Tnsr.
was, thereto re-, tut one elc,m?ment
during the Fast two years, while the
code provides for enoappments each
year. 1 deemed it unwise to incur the
additional expense Of holding the second
encampment ard thereby create o def
cheney in this department.
Now that the National Guard OF u
state has been brought to It's pre-: eal
standard by III 6 general g%ovtlnment
allowance, and the sta e's assistance, it
Is reasonable to suppose that the annual
appropriation will be sufficient to main
tain this condition Prompt responses
to O., ms by the militia when circum-
stances sppeared to demand their actual
service ia the field should give it an ap
precistive standing with the law makers
of the state.
The Justly grounded alarm OF our
citizens, at the time of the threatened
Indian disturbance, was speedily al
lay ed by the prompt, skiliul and enar,
getio mana. ement OF Maj. Gen. Nelson
A Mile, then in command of this mill
tary department. The heroic action Of
the Lfiocrs and men under his direction.
during the inclement weather OF q win
ter campaign, which resulted in subdu-
ing the 80 Indians aud restoring peace
and confidence within q state, if
worthy Of high common alton, and i,
would be conferripg al homer, and be 3
tource Cf qualification to myself. as we'll
as II fecting q Telling OF a, probation or
the part oil r. eidents If North Dakots,
should your honorable body dee m ii
proper to pas resolutions teude ring
thanks to Gen. Miles, his officers and
men, for the gailantry and courag'
which they displayed, at the loss Of
valuable lives. il brin 4ing into su' @
ton these IT fractory and fAl e'iol Iu
dams and I therefore submit the SUD
j ct to your fav rsble consideration
WORLDS COL 1MBIAN EXPOSITION
In accordance With the law providing
for tame, early in 1901 I appolL ted u
board of worlds fair Managers Tor
North Dakota, in the hope that tn.
state might be properly represented at
the world's Columbian exposition, a.
| Chicago, this year. Bat after numerous
efforts upon the part OF this board t.
intel the public spirited people OF
tn. state in the work. and thereby ecu
additional financial sid by private con-
trlbutiun to the fund q. pro riated BY
the legislature. to d. fray the expense.
Incl. ent to o com prehensive display Of
the state. resources 1T this greut fair.
the original bonrd tender-d their res.g-
nations, bell Wing the amount Cesig
at 4 10 bs entirely il d-qua,e for the
po, pose Som H. renter y Ii. " b 'sru
sus created. aud the wo. k Ut g.therlu.
suitable ep+ 9 ms fro growing crops
and coil citing 9th r articles for exhi'i
too on IBIS CccssloD, was Ut oLce taken
up and has ever since been vigorously
pushed, through the enterprise and
ma k.c ability Of tho new board aud
thu untiriug Efforts OF Hon. Aimed
Dickey, executive manager, until spe j.
mems lave bsen prepared to make a
most Q, editab 9 exhibit OF the states
products, as We ] as an intelligent dis.
play OF its many advantageous re
8 urcts. This work has been ms terially
uen nted by the cooperation Of the
ladies' Columbian clube, which clubs
have arranged to furnish the state build.
ing at the exposition. The work of the
retiring superintendent Of public in
struotiou, Hon. John Ogden, ininterest
ing the schools in mating an exhibit Of
our plendid system of public instruc
tionx has been enthusiastically prose
outed by this CON petent md painstak
ing . %ficial; and with proper encourage
meIt Ut the hands of the Third legisl,,
tive assembly. the board in charge Of
this matter can complete it's missie .
with kcLor to the state srd credit to
themselves. The advantages to be de
rived from q proper representation en-
this occation I. Gnires no elabOratio Oh