Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-10-15

saving of So, 300 per year. The asy.
lum is able to care for all the state.
insane poor and no further commit.
ments to BrattleborO should be made.
An expense of 81 900 was Incurred
in securing good title to the water
at the Roxbury fish hatchery.
The board of agriculture is entitled
tn much credit for its handling of the
tuberculosis perplexity. The expense
of tests will be less in future as veter-
inaries can be secured cheaper.
The various colleges that are aided
by the state are doing good work. Be-
lieves justice demands that the money
received from the state school tax be
distributed according to the number
of scholars instead of the number OF
schools, as now. Calls attention TO
the report of the commissioners APP
pointed under resolution No. 346,
passed by the last legislature, to inves-
tigate the condition of normal schools.
While believing that one good train
/ ing school for teachers is needed in
| this state, and that we should have
one at as early date as practicable, is
constrained TO believe that the eonclu-
sions of the commissioners are well
grounded.
Thinks the Office of fire marshal
should be created, the expense to be
borne, partly or wholly by the insur-
ance companies.
Thinks progress is being made in
tba Jipa.ftOp IF hafto.. ,.,a.Ir
Adheres TO the opinion expressed
two years ago that the money collect
ed by the state highway tax should be
expended in the counties from which
it is received.
Office of state geologist should be
abolished.
Australian ballot law should be sim
plified so that voter may be furnish
ed with such a ballet inside of the
railing or in the booth rs he can use
without marking, or with the erasure
of any names or insertion of Others
unless he chooses To make them.
The governor dwelt at length on
the prohibitory law. While support
ing the theory of the law, he favors
some changes that will make il more
effective in accomplishing the object
intended and that will not subject Of
ticials TO the accusation OF fostering
the liquor traffic for the fees TO be de-
rived therefrom. Would have judges
OF municipal courts paid salaries in
stead of fees, and would change the
law so that persons convicted the first
time OF selling would be punished the
same as for second oflenses, if there
had been previous convictions of a
person or persons for violation OF law
in the same place. The board of phar-
macy should be authorized and di-
rected TO annul the licenses of drug
gists who are convicted of illegal sell
ing.
lie showed in a very thorough man
ner how the law is evaded and the
necessity for changes before it falls in
to reproach.
The conclusion of the message was
marked by liberal applause. II was
clear, business-like document, without
splurge, but driving straight for the |
mark.
In the afternoon, a joint assembly |
The result of the state |
showed the following major
tiles over all for the Republican can
didates:-
Josiah Grout, governor, 36,930 1
Nelson w. Fisk, lieut.-gov. 1865 |
Henry F. Field, treasurer, 51,149 |
Chauncey w. BrownelI,
secretary of state, 81, 342 |
ID. Hale, state auditor, 81, S31 /
The incoming governor took the
oath of office and read his inaugural
an abstract of which follows:
There must not be larger tax:
there may be a smaller one. The cor
poration tax has grown in the thir.
teen years of its existence fl. m $780,
67S.5l to 1876, 723.04.
Believes in the per cent highway
and school taxes and suggests that
they might be made larger.
Favors the abolition of double taxa
ton of mortgaged real estate.
The increase of expense in recent
years has been largely occasioned by
the creation and maintenance of our
stdtC lilehllullOiIS. lO SNNii
extravaganza is mis-
homer. The state has value received
for them and the investments were
wise.
Previous to 1850 our state tax aver
aged 60 cents; since then about IA
cents. The actual tax burdens have
not increased and while we have ex-
pended more money it has been for
what we needed.
You can depend on me to cooper
ate in the effort to make expenditures
low. Ascertain what we can well do
without and then do without all such
things.
A measure authorizing competitive
from neighborhoods
asking that the state highway tax be
used upon its roads and awarding the
tax to the locality offering the largest
might stimulate interest
in better roads.
Speaks well of railroad commission
and board of agriculture. Thinks the