Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-04
GOV. MARKHAM'S MESSAGE
His Excellency's Address to
the Legislature.
The Document Is C0mmendable
for Its Breyity.
Some recommendation Made That
Are Quite to the Point.
Tho Senate Organized by the Republicans
and the Assembly by the DEM
ocrats-Gould spesker
of the House. ~
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3.-Goverror Mark
ham, in his first biennial address, ex-
presses himself in favor of transmitting
special messages to the legislature as
tempting to cover the entire Geld OF
possible legislation at this time.
The state as whole, the governoii
says, is in most prosperous condition
but ne finds that large quantities of food
and other products, notably live stock,
meats and canned goods, which could
be produced at home, are being i'm
ported.
The statutes providing that county
boards of supervisors shall make annual
statements to the surveyor-general oi
county development is found to bo q
dead letter and it ia recommended that
the state agricultural society be required
to maintain such statistical depart
ment.
The governor finds the state institu.
tions in good condition and economically
conducted. He recommends a uniform
system for keeping their accounts.
Nineteen thousand, three hundred per-
sons have been cared for by the various
institutions during the year. The state
university and normal schools are H..
tanning good results.
The appropriations for Yosemite val-
ley and the big tree grove have been
profitaSly expended, and suitable APP
propriations are further recommended.
The legislature is asked to carefully con-
side Nm recommendations of the state
board ~ forestry for the further protec-i
ton OF forests ..
The state officers are briefly passed
upon and their work commended.
The governor states that the cost Of
printing public reports during the past
two years has been about 1920, 900, and
he recommends a greater condensation
of reports and more economy in the use
of printed matter.
The governor concurs in the opinion
of the adjutant-general that the na-
ticnel- guard viii compare fstasal.,
with any military organization in the
country in efficiency and discipline, and
earnestly recommends that appropria-
tions be made to meet all the necessary
expenditures.
The governor says great saving will
be effected by the annual assessment of
personal property and the assessment of
real estate once in every two or more
years by the county assessor, instead of
by county and municipal assessors, as
now conducted.
A just and equitable collection of rail-
road back taxes should be made.
OF the pardoning power the governor
says: "When l reflect that there are
sa f<t 10 f,o,
three times as many prisoners as in any
other state in the union, in proportion
to our population, am only too glad of
a legitimate excuse to llberate appli-
cants for pardon"
From statistics received the governor
says the jury verdicts in murder cases
apparently indicate that the people are
no longer in favor of capital punishment.
The repeal of the coyote bounty law
is recommended.
The Australian ballot law is COM
mended, except as to the provision for
C uniting the ballots.
The passage of bill ceding to the ma
tional government the control of>she
Santa Monica soldiers home is recon-
mended; also moderate appropriation
for the establishment of governors
mansion.
The navigation of California streams
is pronounced to be in deplorable con-
dition, and matter for immediate con-
sideration by the federal government.
Everything possible should be done in
the way of furthering the Nicaragua
canal.
The governor states he is an advocate
of legitimate competing railroad which
would ensure lower freight rates and en-
courage new industries.
The California worlds fair building,
he saws, will be most artistic and at
tractive, and the arrangement of the
states products therein will be sure to
be impressive.
The governor devotes some space to
the important object of refunding the
state debt, and says an investigation has
nvinced him that it is within the
province of the legislature to refund the
debt without submitting the proposition
to the people at the general elections,
but he recommends an investigation of
the matter By the Legislature.