The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-09

Gus bills amending the road law;
the game and fish law; the Hall med
zeal bill: the Worlds fair bill; the bill
authorizing the revision of the chap
ter of our laws relating to the assess
ment and collection of the revenue; the
Law creating the office Unsatisfactory
inspector; the law amending certain
provisions in that part ofthe election
law applying to the city of st. Louis;
the law making an appropriationfor
the Pan-American and Charleston
eXpositions; the law making the OPP
Grafton of slot machine gambling
devices n felony; the Joint and con-
current resolution asking congress to
provide for the election of United
States senators by the people;
the primary election laws, pro-
viding for honest and fair primary
elections in st. Louis and Kansas
City; the law providing that nine of
the twelve grand jurors may report
legal indictment; the law limiting
the hours Of labor in mines to eight
hours; the congressional, legislative
aud judicial apportionment laws,
and the constitutional amendment
submitting to the people the ques-
tion of continuing the present in
vestment OF the school moneys.
".All of these measures were APP
proved by me then, and have my en-
dorsement now-notably, the fran
chise law, the beer inspection law
and the law creating the State Board
Of Arbitration. The franchise law
served to remove all doubts as to
the power of the State Board OF
Equalization TO assess franchises,
and although franchises have hereto
fore been taken into account, the
-totuf tssessment- of corporate prop
ertv was increased in our last val
uation more than ten millions of
dollars over any previous year; and
with the aid of the arbitration law,
several serious strikes have already
been satisfactorily nd iusted,'
Continuing the Governor said; .
II do not care at this time toenter
into elaborate detail as to the record
of the first twelve months OF this adj
ministration, | have only hastily
outlined some of its salient features.
The record speaks for itself
Governors Tribute to
Last Assembly.
"ln my opinion, the laws enacted
by the last Legislature, to which |
have adverted, have the approval of
the people. The record of the last
General Assembly may possibly not
have been entirely faultless, but it
was one of the cleanest legislative
bodies which has assembled at the
capitol in recent years,
Concluding, the governor added:
Tho laws have been rigidly- en-
forced. Crime has been punished.
Life and property have been fully
The costs in criminal
cases have been greatly reduced by
legislation. Every inter
est of the state has been Justly and
fairly treated. Our eleemosynary,
educational, reformatory and penal
institutions have been generously
fostered. Honesty and frugality
have been observed in the expendi-
ture Of the peoples money.
Books Correctly Kept,
And Accounting Honest.
The books of the state are correct
~ kept and the accounting honest.
The bonded debt has been reduced
and will be fully paid during the
coming year. The tax levy for state
purposes. proper, is the lowest of any
state in the union, and the lew to
meet the requirements of the public
debt will be greatly reduced if the en-
isting system of school certificates is
continued by the people.
The largest apportionment of
school moneys in the history of Mis-
souri, has been made.
Cash Capital School Fund
Largest of Any State.
Our cash capital school fund, in
vested in our own securities, is the
largest Of any state of the Republic.
One third of the states revenue fund
has been disbursed to maintain the
public schools. Our splendid educa-
IA.