The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-13
GOVERNORS
MESSAGE
READ IN JOINT SESSION.
It Was the Only Business Before the Legis-
lature Yesterday.
Various Reforms Are advocated. imOne Them
the Purity Of the Ballot.

HELENA. Jan. j. 49, Special to tn,
Tribune. The only business before tn,
Legislature today WAS the reading of tn,
the senate and house in joint session il
the hall of the latter body, and it took
him one hour and ten minutes to do it.
He recommended that proceeds of the
sale OF school lards be invested in bonds
or loaned OF real estate for one-third of
It's value so as to produce a revenue. If
this is not done he said the state would
have to stop selling the lands and simply
lease them.
lie estimated the expenses of the state
government for each of the two fiscal
years ending Nov. 80. 1893, and Nov. 30,
1894. at S4Jl,3G0.
On the senatorial question he says:
Among your most important duties will
be the election of one of your fellow citi-
zens to represent Montana in the United
States senate. | indulge the hope that
10 your wisdom you may elect one who
will reflect credit alike upon you and the
state" He said all interests demanded
an early settlement of the question of
locating the state institutions and refers
to the agitation of grouping them, but
makes no recommendations on that
point. The governor recommends that
provision be made for the state orphans
home and says that the promoters of
such an institution in Silver Bow offer
to donate their property. comprising 1G0
acres and improvements, for the pur.
pose. He suggests the consideration of
p~rotfers Of this kind from the different
counties.
On the creation Of new counties he re-
ters to the enormous outlay for jurors
and witnesses in some Of the present
counties where they have to travel from
LOO to 400 miles to the county seat. He
suggests the division Of the larger coun
ties where the valuation and population
Justify it.
The maintenance Of state reform
schools Is recommended that young of.
tenders may not De thrown within the
influence of older criminals; also repeats
the recommendation of Gov. Toole that
the office Of state examiner be established
al a salary sufficient to command the
services of capable men. He says it is a
common fault with legislatures in Great
ing new Offices to put the salary SO low
as to make it impossible to secure the
services of efficient men. while econ
Omy should be practiced,' he says,"when
1t is dore at the expense of the service it
is a mark Of demagogism."
He opposes any further delay in de.
termining officially the boundaries of the
state. In regard to the state lands he
urges the legislature to aid the state
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forts to protect the grant of the govern
ment from trespass.
He recommends prompt and effective
steps to protect the people from the
threatened calamity involved in the eff.
fort of the Northern Pacific railway to
get possession Of mineral lands, and sug-
gests legislation 10 immigra.
ZION and says an important step ia that
direction will be the irrigation Of arid
lands.
In regard to irrigation. he says that
while the legislature should deal liberal
~ with the question:. 100 many safeguards
canno be thrown around the rights Of
the citizens nor too ample projection
given the settlers dependent upon the
arr cation system. Corporations cncour-
aged by legislation TO push forward irri-
CATION schemes should not be permitted
to absorb the public domain on the one
hand nor the income of settlers On the
other. The charges made by the com
panies owning the bitches should be
regulated by law.
He recommends Gov. ToOle's recon-
mendation for a law compelling railroad
companies to burn their right OF way an
nually to prevent prairie and forest fires.
He recommends a more rigid enforce
ment Of the fish and game laws.