The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-13

food. and these laws should be framed
ment rather than persecution. %%
FORESTRY. a
The subject of forestry while receiving
our people. is entitled to more consider
o has ne
pisntI1 1s and trees On prairie
ne npe aans FORM e
ep 4 1iisoh 1s' but IT beuntiss for
Tss Pa.aoo5Eo yeas have Since been
paid. A tax for this purpose Of one
tenth Of one min was provided for in 1 1881;
1t was Y xa to the
general laws Of iss5. when an annua!
appropriation Of $4,000 was substituted
Its The nag
ing bounties has not served its purpose.
and could now be discontinued. The MEM
Of the 10 ts
matter. The Forest Preservation Act Of
1895 made town supervisors in the vicin-
y Of and ae duty o aFe
essary precaution for the prevention az
well as the extinguishment. Of fires.
The lax OF mas mas
part Of wardens thus selected. The Unit:
ed States Forestry Bureau after careful
ata e has %eh the
appointment Of competent persons to
serve as FIRE wardens. the expense to be
paid by the state which Is to collect haif
the expense occurred. Our present system
should he strengthened. so that it will
meet the dangers s which dch,,,. might arise
The State Forestry Board. created IN
1899, is endeavoring to reforest the 1000
II Cas- Gony osn
Pillsbury, and desires to make careful
examination and working plan for the
10000 acres Of forestry lands In st: Louis ds
to the state by Congress at its last ses-
sion. Liberal provision for these pur-
poses should be made: also for the future
care of these forestry lands.
EXAMINATION OF CITY ACCOUNTS.
I'm view of the vast sums of public
revenue collected and dis5ursed by cities
Of the first class. such as Minneapolis
st. Paul and Duluth. there Is a se sent.
that the city finances should be subject
to the same state supervision by the pub
lie examiner. as that now ,, given TO- COUP
the annual tax levy and expenditure
approximate $4,000. 900: and. there is now
no examination and audit Of the accounts
Of the city comptroller and treasurer. ex-
cept that of a committee OF aldermen who
do not claim to be accountants or to
make an expert examination: The need
neapolis is apparent in the published re-
ports Of the, city council, wherein 1t Is
shown that large sums are unaccounted
for. Loose accounting is a premium on
loose business methods and fertile cause
of increasing debt and taxes: On the
other hand. strict accounting IS the first
essential to public economy and retrenc.l-
ment. The legislature Of 1891 passed
special act. now in force, giving state IN.
speetion OF city accounts to st. Paul:
| and an extention Of the same or similar
provisions to all cities. would appear to
! be right step in the direction Of munich
pal credit, economy and retrenchment.
REVIEW OF ELECTION RETURNS.
Governor Lind in his last message to
that body to the fact that the statutes
provided no method for reviewing the
| election returns for state Office Under
has no right to contest an election.
| candidate might be deprived OF his cleo
ton by error or by fraud: and II so de-
w 1%e provide a method Of reviewing cleo
ton returns upon state Offices
STATE MONUMENT.
In 1851 the national government ef.
whereby there was opened for settiement
what Is now the most densely populated
portion OF our state. The treaty was one
national government with the Indians, as
| it involved tract st land so great as
| to be an empire In extent. 1t would be
t iG tr 1s occurTe and
are but few survivors Of that scene action
should not be too long deferred. A small
appropriation would provide for suitable
monument for that purpose.
NON-PARTIsAN JUDICIARY.
In framing our form Of government
the final guarantee of the preservation
Of the liberties Of the people was - vested ste
in i ind saa'erj Judiciary was suiiciens
p pneons,itut,onai eeslation It is fet
under our system OF
these objects are not fully attained. There
is a general demand for some change in
the Of the Te
one being founded upon the national ideas
he'd sorn
town and village elections. OF the two
systems the latter In my opinion Is pref.
cradle. Under a primary election law 1t
is impossible to nominate non partisan
judiciary and would. therefore, recon-
mend that this law be so amended as to
eliminate judicial offices from Its pro-
visions and that a law be enacted which
will provide for q separate judicial cleo
ton. l realize that no radical innova-
ton would be adopted by the legislature
but the question being of such transcend
ent Importance, I recommend 1t to you
for your serious consideration
CONCLUSION.
We are assembled today in the new
capitol of the state. This splendid edifce
Is a monument to the energy, prosperity
and culture OF our people. Whatever
opposition may have exis to its cree:
ton in the past. the people are now proud
that its giittering dome overlooks the
capitol city of our beloved state. This
building Is the property Of the state, and
was provided as q place in which should
be transacted the business Of the people.
AS their servants, you and are commits
stoned to perform the duties Of our sew
eral offices in their interest. We should
here dedicate ourselves to that service,
pledging our zeal. our fidelity and our
honest purpose in an endeavor to do our
duty to the people who have reposed In
US their confidence and their trust. We
should build not for today alone. but that
future generations might reap the reward
of honest patriotic effort. II there must
be sacrifice. let 1t not be at the expense
Of the state. II we must regard political
considerations let US also remember that
political parties are but the vehicles Of
good government. and that you and ]. will
best serve the parties Of our choice by a
conscientious effort to serve but one mas
ter, and that master the sovereign people
Of the state OF Minnesota.