Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-12
PENITENTIARY

has been drawn from the appropriation
for salaries and ordinary repairs. and
S11,591.16 has been earned in excess OF ex-
penditures during this administration, so
that the penitentiary has maintained the
convicts, paid all the salaries and repairs
and every other item of expense. except
for the erection of new buildings, for the
whole period of time from January, 1897,
hand of s.. $50. s.. The splendid discipline
OF the men maintained Is worthy OF no
which prevailed so many years among
prison officials, that men fncarcerated for
crime could only be controlled by harsh
be controlled by brute force, and that
there was nothing in the nature of
convict that could be touched or soft
ened by kinds words or gentle manner,
has been abandoned. In our peniten-
tfary to-day the higher instincts of man
are appealed to; they are talked to kind
ly of home and mother, and admonished
for the sake of those sacred and tender
ties to obey the rules of the institution
sent home Punishment for the violation
of rules is rare and only inflicted when
kindness viii not prevail.
MINES AND MINING.
During the past year large sums of
money have been invested by capitalists
outside. of the state in our developed and
undeveloped mineral lands. AS a result
of the extraordinary prices and demand
OF late for our ores, an activity prevails
in the mining districts never before eX-
perienced and the inducements for invest
ment thus made are greater than ever.
With the brilliant prospect offered to
quickly acquire fortunes. it is but reason
able to expect a still greater influx of
capital. The importance of our mining
industry can be better appreciated when
we realize the extent of the claim made
that the lead and zins ore product for
this year of Jasper county alone will ex-
ton of the celebrated Cripple Creek re-
gion-'' During the past year 1888 shafts
have been operated in our lead zinc and
have been employed.
EDUCATION.
In refence to the state university the
governor says: take it that every MEM
Der of your body is in favor of equipping
this institution to such a degree that
those of our youth who are ambitious
to acquire higher educations, after they
have graduated from our high schools, nor
mails and private colleges, will matricu-
late in their own university, and not seek
the advantages offered them in foreign
states. Our normal schools are as pro-
ficient as any in the states. and our COL
are a credit to our great and growing
commonwealth. The university, too, can
and should be made pride to every Mis-
sourian, and he submits the university
question. believing that in the wisdom
of your deliberations you will do the
state" He recommends that the school
of mines and metallurgy be literally sup
ported; also the state normal schools,
whose progress and prosperity Is a source
of great pleasure: asks for the continued
support of Lincoln institute, established
~ plead for greater and better opportu-
mites for the negro along industrial lines;
and l also express the opinion that only
by the development of this feature in his
training is there the least hope to make
him, any other people, self-respecting,
self-suppOrting and seif-reliant.
ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS.
The Missouri reform school for boys. at
Boonville, is in a fiourishing condition,
ranking with the best of similar institu-
tions in the United States, both in econ;
mn
home for girls. at Chillicothe, the state
has just cause to be proud-the results
OF the Missouri school for the deaf he
asks liberal support, asserting that 'un-
100 deaf children of school age who have
never attended school, who ought to be
here, and who could be brought here with
a little effort on our part" He refers
briefly to the school for the blind, ask
ing for continued liberal support. The
confederate home, at Higginsyille, acs
managers, will require an appropriation
of SCI, 740, and of the state federal SOL
this institution would have fallen short
of accomplishing what it has If 1t had
been compelled to rely exclusively upon
the $4,000 appropriation made by the state
for two years" -
STATE INSANE ASYLUMS.
There is no department of the state
goyerG1ment: says the the g9 gov sf9t in am
asylums, and 1 am happy to say that
they are all at present In the most healthy
Fulton, st. Joseph and Nevada are as
we'll cared for if they were domiciled
in private institutions. They have good
beds to sleep in, their rooms are warm in
winter and cool in summer, and their ia
bles, are, supplied with an abundance of
good and wholesome food
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
Nothing more is needed for repairs. re-
furnishing, etc, a. present, but the usual
amount appropriated for the biennial pc
be required to keep 1t in proper condition
during the two years remaining of this
administration.
ST. LOUIS INVESTIGATIONS.
1 ask your consideration of the condi-
ton of public affairs in the city of St
Louis-the metropolis of the state-says
the governor. with whose welfare the in
terestS of the whole state are identified.
whose advancement and success means
so much to the people at large, contrib
uting as it does three-fifthS of the reve-
nue. of the state and adding to it's great
ness in many ways. Its management and
proper municipal government, therefore.
are matters of great concern to all For
a long period corruption and the gross
est mismanagement of its public affairs
have been openly charged by its citizens
''''1 = RECOMMENDATIONS.
The governor favors a convention to re-
wise and amend the present constitution;
urges the general assembly to give the
matter of establishing a banking bureau
cOnSlOeTdIlOns dllSullOh W lIS
money sharks" in our larger cities, rec
ommending that a law against usury be
passed that will provide for a heavy fine
and imprisonment; favors the enacting
of a suitable tax on collateral succession;
favors the taxation of that intangible
class of corporate property known as cor
porate franchises believes state fair
will go far to awaken a Slumbering inter-
est, and to benefit the Industrial classes
along all lines in stimulating health
full rivalry in the raising of fine stock
and poultry, better and more corn, wheat,
rye, oats, barley, cotton. potatoes, etc.
to the acre, bigger and redder apples, and
in the introduction of improved, up-to-
date farming methods, to say nothing of
it's social and business features; believes
in legislation restraining trusts; calls at
tention to the department stores in large
cities, of which representation has been
made that they are detrimental to the
best interests of the people of the state.
care be exercised in the enactment of
laws; favors election laws that will make
voting easy. plain and simple; asserts
that public franchises should be disposed
of at public competition wherever pos
sible The question of criminal costs is
one that is constantly before us and
which will not down at our bidding" 1t
deserves, says the governor, and should
receive, your most careful consideration.
in his concluding remarks he asserts that
public interests should be separated from
private interests. The legislator who
comes here with bitterness in his heart,
to promote selfish ends. is an enemy to
good government, and should be watched
and not trusted.
STOLEN GEMS RECOVERED.