Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-07
GOVERNOR MESSAGE
Election of Senators by Primary
is Recommended.
MUCH SPACE TO FISHERIES
Existing Oyster Law 1s CONNIE ndcd aa a
Satisfactory Measure. Discusses Trust,
Elections. the Public Debt, and
Advises Funding OF Bonds.
Especial to The Daily Press.)

Especial to The Daily Press.)
RICHMOND. VA. December 6.-Gov-
ernor Iyler'S message was trans!nitt,..l
10 the Senate and House of Delegates
nf Virginia at noon to-day THE text
of the message follows:
TO the General Assembly of Virginia:
1T is with peculiar pleasure that
welcome YOU to the Capitol, and extend
70 each OF YOU most cordial personal
greeting. AS the lawmaking brau.h
OF cur State government. the citizens
look 1o you TO transmit to them in cv-
cry statute and enactment the prln-
ciples of liberty, justice and economy
in public expenditures which consti-
tute the traditional heritage OF this ia
1r.cuS Conan onwea lth
This is the last legislature elected in
the State of Virginia during the nine
teen;h century. and it is in Your hands
10 close for this great century. 50 full
Il giant progress and mighty meaning.
tile legislative history OF the Commons
wealth And While il is thus in Your
power 10 impose fitting finish and
;ldornmcnt to the structure. Of civil
government 50 wisely planned by our
Fathers. it is also in your power 70
provide for laying anew the constitu-
lHonal foundations Of your State gov
eminent, on which those who are to
c&n!e after us NAV build and find room
tor their best labors and most extend
ed growth. 0
REPRESENTATIVE
AS a fitting rlepal ration for the pres
ent duties il NAV not be inappropriate
To take {. hfu. llwarl glance over this
century now closinS-sure!y the NEST
inspiring century in the life of our
Elnglish-spaa race. ITS beginning
saw unturl@d i'll the West the flag Of
our new republic confined To the thr-
teen colonies along the Atlantic So,
coast SHUT in by foreign foes and
ihreatensi by lurking savages. Its
close sees 3 !ni"-hty scroll OF States un-
rolled from ocean to ocean and seven
tS-fre million people dwelling in Sc
curity and conscious power beneath the
flag OF OUR common country. Repre-
sentative government, as prop!:esietl
ny Virginia. $ HENRY, as planned by
K SVirsinia's jefferson. as achieved by
II Virginia 81 sast1ington, has vi11dfcatcll
itself anil today our country is leading
rfhe nations Of the world in Thought,
action. power and freedom But it has
been a long vigil and a never-dying
purpose on the part of the successive
generations Of American citizens TO
bring us where we are today. Liberty
has been jealous goddess, and every
turning aside on the part of the de-
voices has been punished by tbs with
holding of her rare and choice Bless
aogs When we look back over the
Years that have gone and tilink Of the
vast expenditure of human brain and
Drawn. and human blood required to
erect here our homes. establish here
our system Of government, ara TO
maintain our manhood and our liberty,
at is bound to stir lively appreciation
OF the blessings we now enjoy and Il
deafness gratitude towards those free
and undauntei spirits from whom we
are proud TO have descended. G., back
an hundred years and think of the
American wilderness from Whose shad-
oWs the antlered herds We're reused by
The blows of the wocdniants axe, then
think Of it as it is to-day. 1bboned
with interminabe highways of steel.
beWeS'bed with endless wires. marked
all over by 'broa;a wagon roads. dotted
With comfortable homes. While from sea
to sea, everywhere. great cities lie be-
Meath their canopy ca smoke, thro lJbing
with a nations commercial life and
energy. And all this development
brought about by the spirit and intelli-
Sence Of American citizenship, and
resting secure and united in the invis-
ible bonds of constitutional liberty.
VIGILANCE TINE PRICE.
But the price OF it all has been the vigil
bate arli the free and vigorous ex-
change of opinions have marked our
every forward step How much better
this is than a land Whose people take
no interest in their government, ana
wAo. either from plofane ease Or
cussion their sacred rights to others.
But this material development, won
dertlll as it is, is not TO be compared
to the type OF American citizens. TO
the beauty Of tine fife in she American
homes that has grown UP upon thi,
continent. Here religion mas found its
nome. and education mas frightened
the life of all our people, and has been
brought in reach of the humDlest
children. Independence ana nlanlines::
have entered into the very texture and
fiber of the souls CT cur people. ana
the slightest encrua chnlent upon their
divine prerogatives. In it all, Virginia
has borne a royal part. and while
maintaining her government al, home,
and while leading in the great human
izing and educational work of the UNI
loins her noble youth to so into every
7Eart CT this union and there. erect
llumets after the model OF those left
behind, ami eXemplify the manly spr-
it and Intelligent freedom which they
inherited from their fathers. Begin
p,incely bounty. she turned it over 10
the general government, and ONT Of
tnjs. during the century past have
been carve'ii some OF the MOST powerful
States of the Union, reserving only
space enough for herself I'm which her
heroic heart could beat. She has
11arne the shock Of war and the OPP
rressivc rule of the ignorant and AFRO
Sant, THE eNtraVagalIt waste Of her
credit and her resources, and yet today
faces the oncoming century never SO
bright and hopeful. aye, with never So
much courage in heart. The beginning
of our national life saw England loose
her WeaEchiesit domain and most pow
crful colonies. To-day we see Spain
likewise lose itlle choice remaining ter