The Yale expositor., 1899-01-13

| Each class demands attention at your
| hands.
Eight-Hour Law.
The two years which nave passed since
not altered in the slightest degree my Arm
| conviction that eight hours a day is
enough 10 require man to work for his
| living. The inestimable benefits OF our
| public school and of our free educational
| Institutions OF all kinds. have made OF our
clerks. artisans and mechanics, thinking
men. and Il Is doing only simple justice
| to iberate them from the factories and
| workshops these two additional hours, in
order that they and their families may en-,
| Joy some of the advantages and real
pleasures OF life. II is your especial priv
| ilege and duty to bring the so-called
dnsry n Phs Counting tS reaSa6 ION
| OF the fact that our laboring mon ara
something more than tools TO be used in
| the senseless chase after wealth. The
shortening OF the hours Of labor will also
| make 1t necessary TO give work to the
| large number of unemployed.
Primary Election.
Under our constitution and laws Il Is
both the duty and privilege of every cit-
| zen 10 vote and to participate In the cleo
| ton of honest and capable men TO fill tho
various offices within the gift Of the peo-
| plo. and any legislation which VIII en-
courage or aid them in the performance
OF that duty should receive your undi-
vided support.
The present system OF nominating by
conventions is wrong in both theory and
practice for many reasons 1t is prac-
tically impossible for delegate to repre-
sent the w shes of his constituents where
there is more than one officer TO be nomi-
mated. 1t also tends to permit few
scheming politicians to dictate, either
honestly or otherwise, the nominations.
1t Is too frequently the case that dele
gates, after having been elected for
specified purpose, are induced. either by
the use of money or the promise of off,
eial position. to utterly disregard the in
structions and wishes of their constitu-
ents. thereby practically DISTINGUISHING
whole precincts and townships.
L therefore recommend that law be
passed providing that all candidates for
each elective office from governor down
to township and ward officers, be NOM
mated by direct vote of the electors.
1 also recommend that provision be made
direct vote of the electors of the state, OF
a candidate Of each party for United
States senator. By so doing while under
the constitution he cannot be elected by
n direct vote. still the leg stature would
hardly dare to disregard the wishes OF
their constituents, so plainly and fairly
be possible for the common people to get
some representation in the upper house
OF congress.
As to State boards.
One OF the most pernicious customs IN
vogue In this state is the practice of hav-
ing "ho!d-over" members on state
boards and commissions, In this way
mismanagement is covered up, and there
is no way of reforming abuses which
VIGOROUSLY exist in some of our state
institutions. When a new member ac-
minority if he attempts to inaugurate
sue such changes may ma appear. "O By the time
he has acquired any influence he has
generally fallen in with his associates,
perpetuated and actual abuses escape
correction. The Governor is, and should
be. held responsible for the manage
boards. Consequently the term of all
such appointees should be coextensive
The knowledge that an entire new board
would have possession of all the books
and proceedings at the expiration of a
certain fixed time would tend TO check
extravagant or selfish enterprises. and,
In my opinion, would greatly increase
the integrity and efficiency of most OF
our state boards.
Tax titles.
In my message to the Thirty-Ninth
Legislature l urged the importance OF
changing the tax law, so that tax titles
so that lands sold for taxes should be-
come state property. There are few oc-
equations more, despicable than that of
the professional purchaser and dealer in
tax titles. The decisions of the Supreme
Court of the State have made it more
difficult than ever for owners of land to
tax titles. / do not desire to protect the
negligent owner of real estate, but there
be made the victims of the INSCRIPTIONS
and close-ilsted tax title dealer.
In this connection l desire to call your
attention TO an extravaganza n wasteful
expenditure of the peoples money, which
can not be too promptly stopped by you.
bI rsr to to the gs qaT f S
estate to be sold for non-payment OF
taxes The cost of advertising lands un-
than the total of salaries paid to the
state officers, the Governor, the heads
Of Of all the apartments and their depu.
personal notice to real estate owners.
whose taxes are unpaid, be substituted
IN the place of notice by advertisement
tees rarely come to the attention OF
delinquents. especially those who have
unintentionally neglected to pay their
Michigan I'm the War.
There Is nothing in the history OF
Michigan that adds more lustre to her
troops was Issued by the President Of
college, the Office, the workshops and the
willing and anxious to participants in the;
halt Men Of all PROFESSIONS fe sound and trades
We'd with each other to be first In the
field and this to2 kn9Swing that thou
and disease under the tropical sun of the
then Spanish possessit ms.
On the Lfln OF april, 1913, general or
der was issued directing the Michigan
National Guard TO mobilize at Island
Lake on April goth. and on the night of
that day there were in camp at Island
Lake nearly four thousand men, with
practically no equipment. and with lit
tie IL any appreciation OF the arduous
duties they would be called upon to per-
form In order to At them for active par
ticipation in the war that had then been
declared. In this connection attention
should be called to the promptness and
enthusiasm with which the National
Guard OF Michigan responded to my call.
The total number of Michigan troops
mustered in the five regiments was
SGT and the total number OF deaths
about $50
/ would recommend that the State
make an appropriation for the benefit OF
the soldiers of the late war sufficient TO
bring each mans pay up to one dollar
per day while In active service.
Michigan State Naval brigade.
I wish publicly to congratulate the
state on the character and efficiency OF
it's naval militia, as shown by their gall
liant conduct during the entire period OF
the hostilities. Before the first call for
volunteers was made on the 23d OF
April, the Governor received a telegram
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