The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

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document and filled fourteen
columns in the News & Obser,
yer yesterday morning. He
views every department and
shows that he has kept in close
touch with the workings Of the
government.
He starts off by saying that
for the first time in twenty
years the interests of the state
in all its branches has baen de-
livered into the hands of j DIFF
ferent political party. ne
measures which you may deem,
wise may be opposed to the roli.
cy heretofore pursued, and in
making changes | caution you
to consider carefully and we'll
such changes as pertain to Il g
institutions Of the state, for the
people will, hold you response
bic for the success or failure of
such measures . .:-@
The governor heartily com
mends and endorses the lease of
the North Carolina Railroad to
the Southern Railway Company.
IT favored the lease of this pro.
prrty and it was done by the
Board of Directors with my full
concurrence and endorsed by
lie stock holders witiDu@ a
dissenting voice, says the gov.
ernor. Il believed aud still be
live it is the best thing that
could have been done by the
state and the future will deter~
mine the wisdom of the trans
action. Men sometimes, for
one reason or another, critlcise
public officials without having
fully informed themselves as to
all th facts in the case. Under
such circumstances their ad-
verse criticisms are not always
Just or their conclusion infalli
ble. An impartial investigation
may show that some of the
critics of The lease belong to
that class"
The executive is also a friend
to higher edu alion and what
he says in regard to the Univer.
sity should be argument enough
for any body of men to let the
approp. iation remain as at pres
ent $50, ,00O) or if needs be TO
increase. He says:
"ihe University was estab.
lished under the mandate of the
Constitution LOG years ago. II
Stands at the head of the public
school system, and IL is the aim
of the ambitious student to com.
plete here the education begun
in the public school. IL shouirs
be the pride of every citizen {,
uphold the University and aid
To his uttermost the efforts OF
our ci izens to make il the equal
of any institution of the KIN
in this country. Manv met
who have added lustre end re-
nown to the name of their ma.
ivo state have gained theiI
training here, and I trust, gen.
tlemen, il will be- your cOnscien
tious duty 10 endeavor TO assisl
the University in its rap'd pro
gress TO the rea;Izsfion OF th,
ideal conceived by It's founders
and make it whst Harvard is I,
Massachusetts,, Yale 10 Connec
iicut, and Princeton to New Jer
: ~oy. The appropriated tgDn
'he st tie is smaller 'hau con
tributed to any sinii!ar lnrtItu
, ticn of its class in America
while the number Of students i
, larger than any Southern Uni
= versity. IL keeps nearly 90
i yonng men from leaving tn
I state for an education, thus saw
i ing North Carolina about $l00,
' 600 annually. and Is attraci I'M
yonng men from other states {
North arolina in order to gail
: an education"
/" What more could he hav
g saidl n the appropriation
lrut off Governor Carr can res
A assured that be- has done hi
4 duty faithfully and the respon
!. sibility Will not be laid at hi
q door.
Taken altogether the messag
r is common sense document an
4 IL followed by the two brancht