Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-15
In IOWA LEGISLATIVE HALLS
Hawkeye solons Open the Business Session
in Earnest,
GOVERNOR JACKS0N'S LAST MESSAGE READ
Republicans VIII Meet in Joint
Caucus Today for the Purpose
of Naming the Next United
states Senator.

consumed IN preliminary WORK ana IN reaulHS
the governors message, An inauguration
committee was appointed. consisting of Che
sire, Rowen, Waterman. Hurst and Ellis. A
debate over the question whether the indi-
vidual senators or the state should furnish
the stationery resulted in the adoption Of a
resolution that all necessary supplies be fur
nished by the secretary of state. A reso-
luton by Senator Ellis. providing for the APP
pointment Of a spaca committee to divide
up the code revision report among the various
standing committees, was debated at length.
Senator Ellis said that he hoped that the
new cede should contain all the laws enacted
by this general assembly, and be complete
| in every respect.
In the house a large number of resolutions
| relative to the preliminary work of the legis-
lature were adopted. On motion of Funk
of Hardin the office of paper folder" was
abolished. new committee on building
and loan associations was created. A COM
mittee consisting of Reed, Evans, Dowell,
Porter and jackson, to arrange for the in
auguration of Governor Drake, was ap-
| pointed.
Both houses met in joint convention and
canvassed the vote cast at the last election
for governor and Lieutenant governor The
| result OIL lHe CiDNdSS was dilNuuHCSu GO
follows: Observation-Disclosures Marion Drake
| (rep), 20S,714; w. l. Babb (dem.), 149.42S;
s. Blerqne pop), 32,1So; Francis Bacon
| (pro), 11,014. Lieutenant governor-Matt
Parrot rep), oil ,20i; S. L. Destow (dem.),
| 1879; A. r. Starrett (pop), SLIGO; M. w.
Atwood (pro), 1O,222. The republican can
didates were declared duly elected.
| Preparations have been made for the in
| augural ceremonies to take place on Thurs
day, and the state house is being tastefully
| decorated
The Joint republican caucus committee has
called caucus for tomorrow to nominate a
| United States senator, a state printer and
| binder and wardsns of pentent aries.
| Governor Jackson's message was read at
length in both houses. 1t was an exhaustive
| reveiw of the affairs of the state, but may
i be fairly synopsized as follows:
GOVERNOR JACKSONS MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representa-
lives of the. Twenty-sixth General Assembly
of Iowa; In of i law sh sa
gestions and recommendations as / believe
| to be for the best interest of the state,
many and Varied departments Of official
activity in our system OF state government.
| faithfully performed and exhibit con-
| dition OF affairs. highly creditable to the
to to- its people
The Total p0pustiiSsna of 1qTa "a ,ss syen Sis
dre5n less than years Old, 25s lsS; insane
3,So2 blind 7ss; deaf ;1 aEd ed dumb ll2i feeble
iation of S6s, ,2G9, which in its very nature
| is more or less of a dependent characters
ation of i,159,S6O, with which rests the
responsibilty Of society and the proper n9p,t
| classes. TO the general assembly of Iowa
this adult population !1 on, has delegated ed its is
! he highest degree benefit every. member
Of society ard protect in s, the fullest sense
every n the en1 fuliIment o Of this this responsibility
a free public school system has been es.
tablished and is maintained ni at an annual
which reflects the highest credit upon the
state and is accomplishing q lasting benefit
sress s. PfSPfb and betterment Of Society sixteen
different insttutons have been created by
by ths s snss s Thsf The higher being
cational institutions are the State univer,
sity. Iowa State Agricultural cultural eonea; eolege and and
schools for, the blind, the, deaf and the
l,10s; the three hospitals for the insane
have populaattdion Of 2!os; the two penal nal
Soldiers Orphans Home, 452; Soldiers
isHnti' 3iind' a. V'' anu i'0'''e iO VIC '''''' ''
NO BOARD OF CONTROL.
The state has property investment in
these institutions of over $1,000 600 and is
expending annually nearly sl,5oo,090 in their
as pleasure TO visit all of these Institutions;
and most, of them | have visited several
the iieeI honesty nest and and economy % Of their nan
agement There is nothing, that reflects
state nothing Of which the people of Iowa
can be more proud, than the magnificent
results which they have hv aGc9mp55ihed
boards, the members Of which are selected
by the, general assembly. the freedom from
scandal over n long period of years, as
well as the high standing which they have
| attained, demonstrate the wisdom of lowa,s
early law makers who first established this
principle for the government of state In
stitutions.
1t has been proposed to change this pres
ent form of government for that of n single
board of control l believe the proposition
to be against the best interests of these in
the people of of low Iowa are most happ3ly
ing and embarrassing influences resulting
tellgence such as we possess, with pros
reasons why this great family of people
should be be content to do even comparatively
ing responsibilities which our intelligence,
our wealth and our progressiveness natur-
ally bring tG u.s. or bo 9 ieapn on
hospitals for the insane are crowded, and
large number of inmates are sleeping, on
give hopeful evidence of final restoration
TO reason under the. proper medical treat
out such medical attendance, they are con-
tuition for Feeble Minded is doing its. great
work under unfavorable circumstances
owing to It's very crowded os9'n condition The
its doors to over 800 needy and worthy ap-
plicants during the last four months. In
able to meet It's Immediate and growing
this situation and with earnestness and
business ability meet this responsibility?
In my Judgment this responsibility can be
more just policy on behalf of the state.
REVENUE AND TAXATION.
The per capita expense of several state
governments, including the support of
state institutions is shown in the following
table:
New ioih
IennSylVania i'Vo
ONO l.V
Michigan l'vo
Minnesota l'oI
Iowa .o3
| The state of iowa Is paying a per capita
| expense of SO cents for the support Of the
state government and state institutions,
and yet this Is greater than the average
per capita expense of our state during the
| last ten years 1t is not reasonable to ex-
| pect that Iowa can continue long TO keep
| tlnt 10 Gants ina