Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-12

sep,i-CeutenninI, Sta,o Finances
and Institutions, Etc, Considered.
This afternoon the message Of Gov.
ernor Heber Nj. Wells to the seolnd
session OF the Utah Legislature was
submitted rs follows:
To the Legislature of the State OF Utah:
The Constitution OF this State directs
the Governor to communicate, by
message, the condition of the State 20
the Legislature at every regular seq
slon,nDd recommend such measures as
he may deem expedient. In pursu.
ance OF this requirement, have the
honor to submit my views coucerning
some of the important subjects that
Will claim your consideration, and also
to present brief resume OF the comb.
ton and needs OF the several depart
ments OF State. The transition OF
Utah from Territorial life into the
broader functions OF Statehood has
been attended, L think, with fewer
complications than In most Of the
surrounding states. Upon the first
State Legislature uevolved the duty
OF providing necessary laws to set In
motion the machinery of state gov
ernment. The lawmakers were con-
fronted with subjects of great impor-
tance. Problems which may be per-
mapently and successfully solved
only when experience has malured
into Intelligent Judgment, had to be
met and solved at once. Ola precedento
were found not always to bs true
guide, old methods mad to be quite
generally discarded, and in the re-
adjustment OF laws, OF methods, OF ill.,
slitutions and undertakings, IA con-
scientious regard for the public welfare
and the rights of the people was the
only safe criterion both for the Iegisla-
tor and the executive. 1t was inevi-
table that the work csuld not be fully
completed and that some mistakes
would occur. The responsibility Of
taking up the labor where the frat
State Legislature desisled, of correcting
errors and omissions IN existing laws,
and OF anticipating needs for the iu.
ture; has been transmitted to you,
anu 1 have no doubt that the oDnga-
lions resting upon you, as Legislators,
will be faithfully, honestly and IT,
toiligently discharged.
ELECTION OF SENATOR.
The selection OF one OF your
fellow citizens to the exalted
position oil United States Senator
from Titan will be al import
ant duty, In tho discharge OF which
great ditcretton anu patriotism Will be
essential. L have no doubt you Will
rise to the occasion and that your
choice will reflect honor upon your
selves and the State.
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.
Among your earliest duties viii be
the necessity to provide ior the I'M
mediate needs OF State Institutions
whose appropriations ate exhausted.
These Include the University OF Utah,
the Agricultural College, the State
IuduBtTial School, The School for the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind, the State
Prison, etc.
THE CODE.
The report OF the code commission
will be latu beiore you. Ia my opinion
Its work has been well done, anu the
code, as arranged and presented to you,
should be accepted III Its entirety 50
that It's harmony may be preserved,
and then revised as your wisdom may
direct. The members OF the CODE conn
character ana standing in the com.
munity, and 1t Ia matter of public
Knowledge that they have devoted
their time and talent TO the WORK, to
the exclusion OF their private practice,
and with cOmmendable energy aud a
conscientious regard for duty. The
various State Ofilcere, Including ma.
iority OF the district judges and also
masy OF the county clerAe, have made
suggestions from time TO time 10 the
commission, relative TO huch errors and
omissions in the laws ne have come
under their Immediate observation. So
that In this way the commission has
constituted reservoir OF the best
thought and experience In tho State.
Subjects OF great public concern, such
ss the recent contest over the election,
and the decision OF the Supreme court
thereon, and the Recommendation OF
The grand jury OF the Third district
that private banks DO subjected to STATE
inspection, have been taken oUgnlzancs
ui, and wholesome provisions fer cor
Iecting existing deiec,e recommended
II has taken into account the needs OF
the State In the direction OF new Iegis-
Iation, tut only where 1t has been
convinced OF the absolute necessity
ihenfJr, in vlew OF the requirements OF
Tue Constitution.
All these consid erations are guar.
pntea that entitle the code to that
respectful consideration at your
hands which 1 have no doubt
1t will receive. With the pre-
sentation OF It's report, the contract
with the code commission ceases, and
II II la desirable that the members
thereof be available for consultation
and advice during the aession, or that
they be continued for the work OF COM
pilhtion, IA new arrangement for such
service viii be essential.
FINANCES.
Owing to the short interval elapsing
teIween the emo OF the fiscal year and
ihe meeting of the Legislature, (only
steven dsys) the report OF the state
tuui,or, which, when presented, VIII
disclose the exact fiuanciai conuitio IA
the State, is not yet avsilaole.
From his preliminary figures, how
lver, L am enabled to give you a
airiy accurate idea OF the present
financial status. Tho bonded debt Of
HE State la 100000. as follows;
TERRITORIAL ISSUES
ierles /. BY authority of tho act OF
The Legislative Assembly or lsss,loJ