The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-04-19
FOLKS MESSAGE
EXTRA SESSION OF THE NILSSON.
RI ASSEMBLY CoNvENES.
GOVERNOR RECOMMENDS NEW LAWS
Directs the Attention of the Assem-.
bly, to Six Specific
Subjects.

jefferson Clty-The Forty.fourth
General Assembly convened in extra
ordinary session at noon Tuesday
Following the reading of Gov. Folks
messags setting forth the object of the
call, both houses adjourned until Wed.
nesday.
The Governor directed the attention
of the Assembly TO six subjects. name.
ly:
/, The enactment OF law giving
st. Louis among other municipalities.
the right to regulate the rates charged
by public service corporations.
2. An amendment to the racetrack
gambling law to prohibit the telephon-
ing or telcgraphing of bets on horse
races, with an emergency clause. A
bill without the emergency clause was
passed al the late session, but the
announced intention of the St Louis
race track men to carry on their ope-
-ations until that law shall become
effective prompts the executive to
urge immediate action at this time.
g. The passage OF law empower
ing the Governor to direct the Attor-
ney General to institute before the Su-
preme Court proceedings again negll.
gent county officials.
4. The passage OF a general appro.
priation bill, to take the place OF the
one recently enacted which IA held to
be invalid because OF legal defects.
g. Home rule in the conduct OF the
police and election department OF St
Louis, Kansas City. and ST. Joseph
6. An act creating the office OF
State Excise Commissioner, with pow,
er Of review vested in the Circuit
Courts. Existing law relates only to
St Louis
The Governors Message.
The following is partial text OF
Coy. Folks message:
THE Fortyfourth General Assembly
Of Missouri, in regular session. accom-
pllshed much for the people OF the
State The members OF this assembly
are entitled to praise for what they
have enacted but the work is not yet
finished There Is more TO be done
Believing II special measures OF grave
importance to the people are cyer
TO be made laws, they will be by this
assembly when they are considered
apart from the multitude OF duties and
distractions incident 10 a general SEES
sion have called you together In
special session. II Is your province &c
legislate, and ! would not II could
interfere with yenr prerogative in tina
respect. It is my duty. however. tC
submit and urge upon you my views
on public questions. for you to adop
or not, as In your conscience you may
deem best for the people. am an
swerable TO the people for my recon
mendations. You are answcrable t
the people for your legislation.
Local sef.Government.
1.-THE subject OF this session have Il
do with government and with the en-
forcement OF the laws, which is thu
main purpose OF government among
free people. Under our form of gov
eminent the State is sovereign as Il
all matters except those delegated Il
the national Government The RICH
of the State to selfgovernmert SHOULD
be zealously guarded from encroach
ments Of the Federal Government be
yond the powers expressly delegated
TO II by the states.
What State Could Do.
What Is self.government? Is |
that lawbreakers in localities VIII
openly are permitted to defy the law
OF the State should not be interferre
with by tho State? This is local nu
LITIGATION; it is not self-government
The right OF local self-government Is
the right OF locality to enforce tn
State laws through It's local official.
But when these officials cannot o
viii not enforce the laws there is n
longer local self.government II high
way robbers and marauders were pei
mitted to operate at will In any cour
ty without interference II could no
be said that the people OF the count
have local self.government, for the
in the case mentioned would have n
government at all II the State Al
thorities should step In and uphol
the majesty OF the law In that cour
" It would not be interfering wit
local self.government there, but ratl
or would be restoring local self-go'
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