The Forrest City times., 1895-01-18
novERNOR'S MESSAGE.
CONTINUED

nroperly punlsneu' eho ia" suouiu Ve so
 .s to reach the desired end. It is a
 renueu onr state and to our civilization.
 graz. ".nvinced that it is the result of the fee
 pm wbich should be abolished. There
 s.e"' to be such thing as a bribe In the
 gh' A fee offered by the law for outrages
 ..o riUhts of citizen in a free country.
 On n.r,end 'n n thorough investigation of this
 '"Ie convict farm business.
 INDIAN TERR TORY.
 ,,a,an Territory west of us offering such
 Ine .. harbor for criminals. and therefore such
 sn,o,ion to crime has become such a
 saca ,o the peace and safety. not only of Ar
 -sas hut of all the adjacent states and terri
 ".os that I felt constrained not many months
 rce 10 call the attention of the president Of
 Irn,ted States to the necessity of abrogat-
 ,be unnatural and unreasonable treaty re-
 s,.ns with a people occupying portion of
 ~a,ional domain and of establishing law
 ,order over this nursery of crime and ren-
 yrous of criminals
 c,nce that time the state of affairs in this
 i,orr has become worse and is growing
 a,se with accelerated velocity.
 Tss great railroads and express companies VI rs bsen compelled to withdraw all their xorav transmitting business and all their & cbt trains, thus increasing the danger of $ein and bank robberies in adjacent states, and Adaad M. < nd this is the 18th century. and in country 2 xrotessing civilization!
 n I, this territory is not part of our national
 1main. subject to national jurisdiction, and E$ ese tribes be foreign nations, then our na- x onal government is guilty of ihexcusable # xurpation in asserting jurisdicti n and estab- E.bing courts over them. If 1t is part of our < xational domain. subject to our national juris- cton that the existing anomalous, dan
 rous and disgraceful condition. beneficial to \ Xpther Indian nor white man, but intolerably <prtful to both should be permitted to con.
 Inue for a single month is absolutely without
 ncuse.
 # Ii cannot but be a matter of regret, and in led of alarm to every lover of law and order A Arkansas that our national government in. lead of the change which it's duty so imperi- lively demands is contemplating an effort to Ibrtfy il against change by establishing Q still hrger number of salariei officials, whose in. crest and whose zeal will combine with those s&f the army of men already having pecuniary hterest in the present condition, to continue 3 state of affairs which Is hurtful 10 every in- crest but their own. and which, if this terri 3pry and the state of Arkansas wore both in. z1ependent nations would justify the latter in a 7 Iecaration of war Almost every week l am Nailed upon to offer rewards for criminals, who $pmmit crime in this state and flee to this %eiuge.
 M Just what steps if any the General Assem-. bly should take to protect our society against Ms national pesthouse is a matter that will )ddress itself to your sound discretion. # do not sec that 1t can take any steps except 70 protest against further continuation of the Existing condition.
 CENSUS REPORTS.
 lnasmuch as it was brought 10 my own per 3onal knowledge by my own personal experi- 3nce that the late census of 18S9 taken by au. 3hority Of the United States government, in
 l that pertains to agriculture, horticulture 3nd stock raising in this state is utterly Rorthless, because utterly unreliable, I would 3ecommend that the state through it's several Pssessors gather yearly such statistics as you'd De or benefit to our agricultural inter fsts, and publish them in the biennial report pf the commissioner of mines manufactures pnd agriculture There is no estimating the Fslue Of accurate statistics to intelligent citi. 1enshlp in any community. but of all tho states fn our union Arkansas has most reason to in- FHe accurate statistical information, for the Feason that they will reveal most of which she fan De proud, whether in regard to moral or |nateriai resources. The plan suggested for gathering this information has been tried in Fhost ol the states, I am informed, and has RiVen general satisfaction.
 CALL IN DEBT
 puring the last session of tho General As. femoy' sent in 10 that body the following message:
 'AAAH UT ARKANSAS, ExECUTIyS OFFICE. l
 LITTLE ROCK, January 3l, 1898. { Sen'lemen Of the General Assembly:
 iu ooedlence 10 the duty imposed by our con pu'u'ion upon the executive, beg to call your
 sea.lon seal., to the following facts and recon
 fiRsE-The burning board. who investigated rue conultlon Of our state treasury more than a sear ago. published September 30. 1891. the numiliatng statement that so far as the books ~ 'ue auditor and treasurer are concerned. 1t
 .npossloIe to learn from them in their pres as eonultion whether WoodruGs shortage be ssAy soout soo,0OO or more than Sl38 900. This anu whatever the explanation, it is 'Hee1cusaoly disgraceful because it is true. 9hooND.-There has recently been offered VI payment to the state treasurer ss 900 Of which, according to the records are ord property. They belong to the state, f,r ore out or her possession by theft, and as ,u 1I ,ay as any records show. may have been lying ,u , u'u'hg for twenty years past. While many for 'i 0'"oiS aio un"ooouuteu ,o.. D'-Inere fs according to Simms' re- s,a paa s' oSo or interest bearing scrip known as ,,aoo. 'lp' missing from the vaults of the hrnsy' ana there may be forty, fifty one s,oien thousand dollars ot fraudulent or roS,' ,Su evidence of debt out somewnere, in the soma ss,' oi tue world, still lying in wait for hoan snohest treasurer to redeem them; mo- where o'o'oS no" nuon UT bonSs oHIh The bond register shows sil, 900 of mIssina "nlcn nave been redeemed, but are ,r, ,r''inR rom the yaults of tho ,raoe,ry tba vsuer ra cancelled and burned or again out in ,he ma,Nets of the world, 1t is impossible from '1V T, books or register 70 tell.
 Of ,ha n -The Irregularities and complications offices o, Vae ,, register and book keeping in the as aos,'. 'he auditor and treasurer, originating knoay y as lsS8 preclude the possibility of aencaa now much fraudulent or stolen evi. the ststn ueot or various kinds are out against .hev rns,, covertly biding their time. when awaras pc slipped in and redeemed un , ,uaih the past two ,nonthS