The Forrest City times., 1907-01-18
OUR STATE UNIVERSITY,


 tutions in the South. and Is the just pride of every citizen of our State. Here the humblest boy or girl in the land may ac- quire a collegiate education second to none obtainable elsewhere. and that too if he has pluck and energy. without money and without cost Within the last six years this school has grown from an enrolment of four hundred te about thousand; scarcely county in Arkansas k not repre sented at this seat of learning and nearly every village and hamlet Is interested in its welfare and its growth. But. could hope to do in this message But, In concluding, want to Insist that this legislature excel all others in taking care of and maintaining this. che of the proud est institutions of our State.
 OUR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
 Gentlemen, 1t is not necessary that I should at any great length speak 10 you of our charitable institutions located In this city-the Deaf Mute Institute the Blind School and the lnsene Asylum They are all in this city. easy of access, and can be visited by each and every one of you, and l insist that you do SO l am especially proud of these institutions and their man agement. Gentlemen. il Is with great pleasure and satisfaction that I turn over to you. In retiring from this of flee. these four great insttutions-the University of Arkansas. the Deaf Mute In stitute. the Blind School and the Insane Asylum-ln such splendid condition and under such perfect management and con trol. and l trust and believe that my sue cessor. your incoming Governor, will bend his every effort and energy to accomplish better and greater things for these great wards of the State
 NEWSPAPER AND STAMP ACT.
 af yjufa I have had the honor of being your Gov. ernor, either by resolution or bill. agtated by the newspapers of this city. a large sum of money has been attempted to be ap- proprlated to purchase a large number of daily papers and supply the members with postage Whenever this matter has been presented to me I have uniformly vetoed it. for the reason that l believed it conaicted with that section of the Constitution which provides that your salary shall neither be increased or diminished during your term of office To give to each member of this Assembly twenty-five cents worth of pos tage daily, or any other sum of money more than Is necessary for what may be termed the incidental expenses of the members in sending out their ordinary maii is, in my judgment in conflict with this provision of our Constitution. -
 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
 The General Assembly of this State Is . trustee of an express trust. Empowered as you now are, the General Assembly has no authority to call convention You have no power to consider the resolution which the conspirators have ready to plunge into your body You, and each of you, are sworn to support the Constltu- tion; not to contrlve how best it might be destroyed. The government of this State Is wisely entrusted into three separate CO., equal and independent departments. These departments owe their lives to the Constitu- tion; they are bound to 1t in their allegi- ance; nor Is there a word in the Consti- tuition which authorizes any department to concert It's destruction. There you will find this plain extraordinary power Is reserved to the people. You cannot act. The power belongs to them. It Is reserved power. It may be exercised only by the people when government becomes de- struetlve of the ends for which it was designated The General Assembly has the power to propose amendments. And If there was nothing else more explicit in the Constitution, reserving this power to the people, this particular grant of power to the General Assembly by implication ex- cludes from your authority the power to initiate revolution. Ii s true I grant. the people in their political capacity may add to your general powers the special power to call convention: but this they have not done. In the late election the subject was not discussed, and therefore you are not commissioned to call convention. . THE REGENT QUARANTINE AND ITS COST.
 There was available gentlemen for the purpose of defraying the expenses of this quarantine, out of the appropriation hereto fore provided the sum of $1l l1362S This sum was found to be entirely inadequate. so I f0 ha fnr in financial way, and received from them the sum of $27, TOO 9S 6.366 20 of which was due the State Guard under an Act of Congress providing for the equipment and annual encampment of the National Guard. of which our militia Is a part. This sum of money was also used to help de. fray the expenses of fighting the yellow fever. making n sum total expended for this purpose. both from the State and the national government of $3s. .S57 26. The amount of money received from the national government In excess of the sum allowed to us as our regular allotment for en- campment purposes, viz S1l l,3640S was given to me Tn the nature of q loan. with the express understanding that when your honorable body should meet the sum would be refunded and am sure that it will be your pleasure to pass as speedily as pos sible an appropriation bill refnndng this amount so generously advanced to Arkansas by the national government. In addition. gentlemen. there yet remain unpaid bills amounting to S5275.79, making the quar- antine cost us in round numbers S44,f3 O. These unpaid bills are miscellaneous Items together with small provision accounts. an itemized account of which can be furnished by the military department to any com mittee having this matter in charge l trust, gentlemen, that no delay win be had in paying. not only the national govern ment for the money borrowed, but also these unpaid bills =
 BUCKET SHOP EVIL
 One of the greatest evils that exist in our State. today, gentlemen. Is what k known as the bucket shop. II Is nothing more or less than simple plain gambling device by which men are permitted to gamble in the products of the soil, and which largely determines the price of the products of labor. This Is more especially true of tue greatest commodity of the Southland today, namely cotton. The til lers of the soil. gentlemen, are making gallant fight against this evil. Will you help them set an example for the other Southern State?
 CORPORATIONS.
 At common law corporations were char