The Dickinson press., 1895-01-12
ALLlN'S INAUGURAL.

ALL1N'S INAUGURAL.
THE GOVERNORS address TO THE
LEGISLATURES.
He Makes Some Recommendation
Regarding Needed Leg.slatioa-He
Reminds the Members Of the Lexis-
Asture That the People Demand an
Economical Administration.
The following is Coz. Allin's inaugural
ADDRESS to the legislatures:
Gentlemen Of the Senate and House of Kep.
reselNatives:
Agreeabiy to the constitution, the legis.
!ative assembly OF the State OF North Da-
KOta mas convened to consider measures
pertaining to the people OF the state. The
confidence Of your constituents in Choosing
you 10 exercise the functions OF the legis.
laffve branch of our state gOvernnien& Is
sacred trust.
tinues: As the mantle Oi your predecessors
has fallen upon you without UluMe or
Dlemisll, III like manner may you be enabled
to transmtt IL to your Successors, unstained
The true basis of government Is found in
the nature OF the men themselves. They
have desires. wills, ideas anu character, anu
have invested you with the authority co
speak for them. Your intercourse with your
constituents has made you familiar with
these characteristics. They may have I'M
por me! you to secure the passing Of meas
!I Hres. which. IN their individual capacity,
they deem necessary to their best interests.
An honest effort to secure them is com.
Mendable. But it is your duty TO determine
BY conference whether the best interests
Of tho state will be serveu by such meas
ures; should it lie necessary to abandon the
effort for the general welfare, you do not
prov. recreant to the trust repOse:l on you,
but rise to the dignity Of broad-minded and
liberal legislators, which will secure for you
the plaulits of an intelligent cOnst ituency.
A grave responsibility, therefore, rests upon
you; ana IN the discharge of that duty in.
woke the assistance of Almighty God.
For your guidance you have the results OF
the four legislative assemblies Of the state
and those Of the territory. Many measures
then operative would to-day he inadequate
and unsatisfactory. In the march of civil
cation legislative assemblies as we'll us In
divlduals are required to contribute. A con.
servative policy has always characterized
the American people. giving our state and
federal raj goyernments strength at home and
who demand the repea! Of laws because OF
their ancient origin; others demand the en-.
actiaent of laws that will embody the most
is that conservative class that finds the
golden medium between the two extremes,
possessing that disposition Of mind which
neither reveres what is old or admireS what
but submits every question to the test Of
strict examination upon its intrinsic merits.
1t ts to be hoped. gentlemen. that In your
intercourse with your constituents you have
been impressed with the necessity of as
economical session as Is compatible with
public interests Being compelled to prac.
tice the most rigid economy, on account OF
the financial depression and the low price
NJ tt,Nfr ofS nf a h In
degree Of frugality on the part Of their rep
resentatives.
desire ut this time to commend the pco-
ole of the state through YOU for n%ertsd the nd
themselves during the unfortunate disturb
ances Of the past year Though inconvenl
enced and made material losers by reason
ST. State have faithfuy kept te Compact
tered into with the general government
when admitted into the Union. They have
nrOven themselves worthy OF all the rights
and privileges OF statehood.
My honorable predecessor has sulmitt cd
Q report Of the executive office during his
incumbency, together with report of the
various atate departments. 1t Is not my
purpose to recommend numerous or radical
measures for your consideration, but to pur'
sue conservative course. believing it to
be to the best interests of the state.
Appropriations.
Reference has previously been made to the
demands of tile people for an economical
administration. This is made imperative by
reason Of the condition Of the tlnances and
the inability to increase the limit Of in
debtetmess. The negative vote of the peo
pie upon the constitutional amendment III
creasing the debt limit must be accepted aa
. direct expression OF their wishes regard
Ing Indebtedness.
You have not only to provide for the sup
port of the state government and its insu'
tutions, but for the liquidation of warrants
now outstanding and unpaid for want OF
funds. We cannot ignore the fact that the
appropriations Of the legislative assembly
We're in excess Of the revenues Of the state:
Those entrusted with the management Of
the financial affairs Of the state have been
embarrassed by reason Of such. That ex.
perience should be OF benefit to all con-
eeF%ea IN maan II the matter t % Of d S
sential to Its prosperity; and the only way
TO do so Is to keep the expenses within the
limits Of the revenues.
In making appropriations for the support
ana maintenance Of the various institutions
OF the state. no one should be favored to
such an extent that the others will be neg.
lected.
full consideration and the test Of business
nrdnciDles rather than sentiment. l do not
desire to perplex you with an enumeration
Of remedies which may prove inadequate.
You have studied the situation and are con.
versant with the needs of the state. and its
institutions. l desire to Coz pcrate with
you in whatever will prove to be the most
business-like proposition to obtain salts.
factory solution OF the question.
Free and Uniform Text-BOOks.
kota Is young, yet a system Of public schools
has been established as abiding and pro.
gressive as that Of older states. Men are
not actuated solely by mercelAry motives
families. That which contributes to the de.
velOpment Of morals and intelligence Is al.
ways considered, and the efficiency Of the
public schools of state is an incentive nc
But few subjects receive the careful con.
sideration and thorough investigation that
those that pertain to the public schools r re-
ceive; for all regard this institution as the
zenshin. That careful and prudent consid
eratiOn-often amounting to reluctance-on
the part OF a legislator when considering
measures pertaining to schools Is rather to
conservatism he protects the schools from
innovations.
liberal expenditures for the support OF
this state. Now that the state is furnishing
no inconsiderable part Of the funds to
maintain the schools, thereby relieving the
people Of a corresponding tax: 1t Is proper
to consider the question Of free and uni.
form textbooks. The money necessary. to
provide these would be raised by taxation.
Nevertheless, 1t Is a question Of economy.
II each patron OF the pubic scHOol cou'
tributed to O textbook fund what he ex-
nends for school books in one year, the
amount so cont ributed would furnish books
for the use of an equal number Of pupils
for a period of five years, and the cost
would he reduced in like ratio
1t may be urged as an objection that many
would not contribute to the fund to provide
these books. l am convinced chat the num-
ber thus mentioned would not be greater
than the number annually furnished books
by the various school officers throughout
the state. Such persons require books to be
furnished yearly: the expenditure for this
class becomes continuous. whereas one ex-
penditure. as suggested, would be sufficient
for number OF years.
Education being for the benefit Of the
state and community, as well rs for the in-
dividual, 1t is expedient that those able to
contribute should do so, but at the same
time as economically as possible. To lessen
the expense upon those possessing the means
to support public schools, those vast grants
of public domain were made to establish
permanent fund.
The right OF suffrage has been extended
to some who. perhaps, are not able to- use
1t intelligently. 1t is too late to disfran-
chise them. and the only course to pursue
ID to educate them and their successors. In
10 doino. thav are educated for the inter-
ests and service Of the state.
Placing free and uniform textbooks in
the public schools Of North Dakota will
make them all that the term "free" signi-
6eS. comprehending tuition. furniture. ap-
paratus and libraries. 1t will aid in en-