The Carlisle independent., 1907-01-17
OUR STATE UNIVERSITY.

OOh oAAIL OEt4F EROA1
 Our State University, gentlemen of the General Assembly, under the broad and liberal policy that has been heretofore pur- sued by your predecessors, has grown to be one of the greatest educational insti- 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 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 to about thousand; scarcely a county in Arkansas is not repre- scnted at this seat of learning, and nearly every village and hamlet is interested in it's welfare and its growth But, l could hope to do in this message. But, in concluding. l want to insist that this legislature excel all others in taking care of and maintaining this. one of the proud est institutions of our State
 OUR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
 Gentlemen. it is not necessary that should at any great length speak to you of our charitable institutions. located in this city-the Deaf Mute Institute, the Blind School and the Insane Asylum. They are all in this city, easy of access and can be visited by each and every one of you, and I insist that you ao so. l am especially proud of these institutions and their man. agement. Gentlemen it is with great pleasure and satisfaction that I turn over to you. in retiring from this of fee these four great insttutions-the University of Arkansas, the Deaf Mute h. stitute, the Blind School and the Insane Asylum--in such splendid condition and under such perfect management and con trol. and I trust and believe that my sue cessor, your incoming Governor, will bend s4,l, better and greater things for these great wards of the State.
 NEWSPAPER AND STAMP ACT.
 At each session of the legislature, since I have had the honor of being your Gov ernor. either by resolution or bill. agitated by the newspapers of this city, large sum of money has been attempted to be ap- propriated 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 I believed it conficted 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 mail. 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 a convention You have Ho 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 Constitu- ton not to eontriye 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- ton they are bound to it in their allegi- ance; nor is there 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 10 them. It is reserved power. It may be exercised only by the people when government becomes de- structive 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 cludes from your authority the power to initiate revoution It is true. I grant, the people in their political capacity may add to your general powers the special power to call a convention; but this they have not done. In the late election the subject not discussed and therefore you are not commissioned 10 call a convention. THE RECENT QUARANTINE AND ITS COST.
 There was available. gentlemen. for the purpose of defraying the expenses of this quarantine, cut of the appropriation hereto fore provided the sum of S11 1,156.2S This sum was found to be entirely inadequate so I applied to the national government for aid In financial way. and received from them the sum of $2T.700 9S SIG. .366 90 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 also used to help de fray the expenses of fighting the yellow fever. making a sum total expended for this purpose both from he State and the national government of S3S. .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 $11 ,36i.0S, wa7 given to me in the nature of loan. with the express understanding that when your honorable body should meet the would be refunded and I am sure that it will b. your pleasure to pass as speedily as pos sible an appropriation bill refunding this amount so generously advanced to Arkansas by the national government. In addition. gentlemen, there yet remain unpaid bills amounting to S52T5.79, making the quar- antine cost us in round numbers S44, 133.05. 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 con- mittee having this matter in charge I trust, gentlemen, that no delay will be had in paying. not only the national govern ment for the money borrowed, but also these unpaid bills.
 BUCKET SHOP EVIL.