The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-01-10

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reform school. In that event the
state must pay for the boys support (;
had he been sentenced direct the
county or city from which he came
wonld have to bear the cost.
'It needs no argument" writes
the governor, "to prove that the
state should support all these boys
or none. 1t is manifestly unfair to
those counties having circuit judges
who do duty without seeking to
shift the burden of it, to allow a
practice by which the legal and just
liabilities of other counties, blessed
with more provident judges, are
added to their own. This reprehen-
! sihls prnotice can be broken up by 81
amending the communication law as
to provide that in cases where the
governor shall commute the sentence
of boys from imprisonment in the
penitentiary to confinement in the
reform school, they shall be sent
there at the expense of the county
from which they were sentenced or
in which they reside.n
| Gov. Stone compliments Warden
Pace most highly for his manage
ment of the penitentiary. He rec.
ommends additions to the buildings
which are necessary to the well l-be-
ing of prisoners. The present cell
buildings were constructed to
accommodate 1904 prisoners, and
there are zoos men crowded into
them. This new building will cost
500, 1000. New shops must be built,
as the present ones are crowded.
The governor recommends an
appropriation of 100000 for build
ings and the support of the institu-
ton.
In connection with his report on
pardons, Gov. Stone says:
Apropos to the subject OF pardons,
desire to invite the attention OF the
general assembly to the advisability OF
establishing a board OF pardons and
inspection. The penitentiary has grown
to be stupendous concern, and its
magnitude and Importance will continue
to increase with the growth OF the state.
There are now fully 1000 applications for
pardons pending before me. The pres
sure from this source is very great
Mothers, wives, daughters, relatives OF
all degrees, friends and attorneys, are
constantly streaming in to press these
applications upon executive considera-
ton. Aside from the tremendous and
unceasing strain on nervous vitality
resulting from the harassing incidents
connected with these petitions, a vast
amount Of time ie consumed in giving
them attention. Scarcely a day passes
that a considerable part OF it is not
absorbed in this way, and it not unfre-
quently happens that whole days, some
| times several succeeding days are taken
up almost entirely in listening to appli-
cations for cemency. The cares and
duties imposed upon the governor have
greatly multiplied in recent years, and
important public business is often much
delayed by the number and persistency
OF those who come to importune the
executive for favors to prisoners confined
in the penitentiary.
The governor calls for SO, 900 for
the purpose of advertising the state
and securing immigrants, and advises
an appropriation af $4,000 for
statue OF Thomas II. Benton to be
placed in the national statuary hall
The governor declares that he
proposes to treat of the matters of
criminal costs, election laws, in
spection, trusts and corporations and
revenue laws in separate messages
to the Legislature in the near future.
The governor refers to the finan-
cial troubles of the past two years
and their attendant controversies
between labor and capital which
caused conflicts in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Colorado, Alabama and other states,
and dwells upon the fact that "CoX-
eyism" took no hold in this state,
and that the miners of Missouri,
during the great mining strike,
maintained their reputation as law
abiding citizens. OF the railroad
strike he says:
| While both the militia and the regular
army were galoping over many OF our
neighboring states; while battles were
being fought, property destroyed and
men slain; while passion was high, ex-
ctement intense and tumult universal,
no instance OF disorder occurred in this
state OF sufficient magnitude to attract
more than passing notice. Many
thousands OF men abandoned their posts,
and for few days several railroads were
more or less embarrassed because OF these
locs conditions; but ii is well known
fact that the railroads OF Missouri were
| far more affected by what occurred with
out than within the state. The peace OF
this great state was scarcely broken. At
Moberly, Springfield, Thayer and Birds
Point a number OF striking employees
congregated and sought to obstruct the
movement of trains. The roads against
which these attempts were made are the
Wabash, the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis and the Iron Mountain. To
these points | dispatched one or more
members OF my staff, to three OF them l
sent the assistant attorney general, and
to one OF them | also sent the superin-
tendent of insurance, to encourage and
aid the local officers in suppressing dis
order and preserving the peace. There
were no outbreaks, no savage rioting, no
destruction OF life or property anywhere.
The harm done consisted in a ten 1orary
obstruction to the transportation OF pas