Connecticut western news., 1900-01-04

eneTr euects not merely upon the body, but upon the character, which Is far more important than the body. Boxing Is n fine sport. but this affords no justihca. tioh of prizeiighting, which the Horton law has not stopped.
 ComptroIIer'@ Report.
 Attention is called to the report of the comptroller, which shows balance on hand in the treasury on the first day of October. 1898, of $3,973, ,S04.45. The re- ceipts from all sources during the fiscal year ended Sept. 80, 1909. were S25. .S3T, r 136.19, making a total receipt, with the balance of last year, of S29 ,S10, ,951 .3T. The payments for all purposes during the fiscal year were S25, ,S06, ,126.63, leaving a balance in the treasury of $4 4,605, ,S14.74. The tax rate for the fiscal year ended Oct. 1, 1899. was 2.49 mills. The present valuation of the state Is S5,076, ,396, ,S24. The amount received for corporation and organization taxes was S2,741 ,31S.05. The amount in 1898 was 2,497, ,274.05, showing m increase during the fiscal year of S244,071. The amount received for tax on inheritance during the fiscal year was S2, 2,194 ,61224, being an increase over the last fiscal year of $107, ,402. The amount received from the excise depart ment was S4,231, ,27S.55, m increase of S15, 5,417.63 over the last preceding year.
 The governor recommends the repeal of all the acts giving district attorneys transfer tax assistants, for the reason that the assistants do little or nothing to earn the compensation therein allowed and that their employment Is therefore a useless expenditure of public money.
 The work of the regents Is heartily l.l ,l,n x.{,.tn Ioas af h. lie instruction reports the public schools of the state in a prosperous condition. They have been liberally maintained, and results have been satisfactory. Public interest in education Is steadily increas- ing. The total expenditures for public schools during the year, directly or indi- rectly, by the department of public in- struction exceeded S29, 9,000,00 Govern or Roosevelt refers to the report of the commission on unihcation of the educa- tional system. He says the plan proposed Is simple, effective and wholly free from political or partisan considerations. It deserves the cordial support of all friends of public education.
 Sanitary Precautions.
 The health officer of the port and the quarantine commissioners of New York, the governor says, find their work sadly handicapped for lack of funds. The port of New York Is one which cannot be too carefully guarded, and the very sci entihc methods now used by those who have charge of this important branch of the state government require additional and increased appropriations.
 Governor Roosevelt recommends that he be empowered to appoint Q commis- sion to deal with the question of remodel. ing the New York city charter In order tc remedy the defects made evident by its workings during the last two years. He further recommends that legislation be passed at once prohibiting the payment by any candidate for judicial office, di. rectly or indirectly, of assessments or contributions to political parties for cam. paign expenses.
 The Pan-American exposition is com mended to the legislature as a worthy ob ject for all possible aid. The message closes with an emphatic warning against unnecessary Legislation and the tendency to increase the expense, of the state beyond the limit that can bs afforded by the taxpayers.