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GOV. BURkf'S
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
To the Senate and House of Representa-

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To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
The Constitution makes it my duty to
recommend 10 you at TINS kme, az me
outset OF your lapors, sucn measures
as l may ueem eApeulent, and, IN &C
cordance herewith / recommend:
The enaCluAent 81 a new prsnlary elec-
ton law. or an amenuinent 10 the present
primary elecuon law, SO as to make II
Apply to AL elective officers In ooth
More tnan ISu years ago the people
of inns STATE through their dlrerent 20.
ntical parues, delnanded the enactment
ago the legislative assembly, at the loOo
session, dlu pass PRIMARY eecuon laWs
bur, because OF the fact that IT dld NOT
apply to state and judicial ohcers.
wholly failed TO meet the DEMANDS OF tns
e.ectors, who again in the summer o.
1875, demanded In their different polucai
conventions a primary election law, Ap-
plicable ankle to all elective officers.
A resolution tavoring the enactment OF
such q primary eIecllun law was aoopteo
In both the Democratic and kepubncana
before the people Of this state pAeoSe0
to enact such primary election law. IN
in favor Of primary election law IN
this state. it is our plain, simple doty
at this session to give to the PEI q
theia to 20 to the polls on primary cleo:
ton day and vote for the Nomination Of
all elective state and county omcers. ~
attention to the growing sentiment in this
state in favorp of a non-partisan judiciary
and school officers. One of the poiiticat
the names OF the judges Of the supreme
ana district courts. the name OF the
stat- superintendent and of the county
the ballot without party designation and
the election for such officers be held ct
different time than that upon Wh1chs hne
general elecuon is held. The state sugsE-
intendent, in his recent biennial report
has made similar recommendation IN
reference to the election OF county gu
would be to take the Judiciary and the
schools out of politics and no such POSI-
ton would then come to any one as
reward for political services, but rather
on account of special fitness and quail
hcations. and, believing as DO that the
enactment of such a law is In the inter
I therefore heartily recommend 1t to your
most careful and conscientious CONSIDER
alton.
l call your attention to the necessity
, Of amending the
| Pure Food Law,
/ viz: Chapter III Of the Session Laws OF
| SINCE tn passage Of this law your
the agricultural college discovered tnas
certain packages or cans containing 1000
were short In weight, an ana while hrd me
enough to cover such contingency, II
was not expressed in the title and there
fore it Is possible that the act. IN so Tar
stitutionl, and l therefore recommend
to you the re-enactment Of the. law with
an amended title which clearly expresses
all OF the subject matter Of the lact, m
Guiding shortage in weights. This re-.
gard as one OF the most wholesome lava
and take this opportunity for commennss
Pure Food Commissioner Ladd IN tho
enforcement of this law under great dis
advantages and an inspmc1ent appropI,a.
valuable Services Of Prof. Ladd may be
retained by the state, and the Ia" strict
The School Laws -
; need revision The state superintendent
in his second biennial report, calls at
tentton to the necessity Of revising the
school laws, and states that 1t has pee peer,
difficult to tell what the law Is. There Is
a great deal too much Of it and there
are parts of it that conflict with other
ppiiaed. 'usAe ~ 's a ~ 49,
, The special district, the independent dis:
trict and the general school district should
be governed and regulated by the same
general laws. There is no necessity for
different laws, except for their organ "a
ton; A revision with this end IN view
one-third in length, and make it definite
: and certain. And while I am upan this
subject I recommend that all legislation
: simple Language. incapable OF more tnan
enc construction.
Gov. sarles.
who has possession of the facts and fig.
ures. has given to you, the financial
) Of our different state institutions. The
people Of the state are justly proud OF
these institutions. and It will be your
, duty, as the representatives OF the peo-
pie, to appropriate such sums Of money
as will properly maintain them, and such
, further sums as may be necessary foI
repair and improvement consistent with
+ The financial condition Of the state
!, The Constitution Provides That the Sen.
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1 shall be composed of not less than thirty
5 nor more than fifty members, and ths
house of represen tatives of not less thar
the time me- Of I the last apportionment oul
, population was largely IN the eastern
part of the state. since which time thu
have Increased In population. 50 as to bt
g almost without representation in the leg
q tslative assembly. when compared Will
r parts Of the state. while. at, the sam'
time, we have almost reached the con
stitutional Limitation. For comparisol.
Sd tSree
q ed by three senators and nine represents
lives. while the counties of Ward ant
Williams, In one legislative district. rep
| resented by one" senator and three repre-
8 eentatives. The county Of Ward Is tn.
;. most populous county in the state. ant
williams county. one Of the largest IA
= the state. is almost as thickly populatet
;, as ward, in proportion to it's size. AMI
d yet the two counties have only one:thir.
- representation In the legislative assenbl.
e that Cass has. I mention these counties
a only for comparison. The same is large
", true OF all the eastern districts, al
compared with the western districts
From this condition 1t must appear +
g you that, in order to have fair repre-
sentation from each part of the state. =
= the end that no part may have an ad
vantage over any other part OF the state
this legislative assembly should. at thi
> session redistrfct the state and apporttol
the senators and representatives SO as y
4 give to all parts Of this state represents
\ fion as nearly equal as possible. p In yiet
n OF the constitutional imitat ton beforeEre
y, ferred to and the wonderful increase. an,
MI growth of population OF the state and it
Hi Stiil greater possibilities / ;srecommen,
III that the representation be ednalized .b
iii cutting down, the representation an tn
II eastern part Of the state. or wherever !
may be necessary, and by Increasing II,
fl representation In the western par q II 4
only q question Of time when the growt