The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-09
GOV. HUGHES VIEWS.

for governor of New York will cause
an unusual interest in his administra
ton of the state of New York. In
his recent message to the legislature
he states that there is urgent need
is no demand and no justification for
economy ut the expense of just admin
istration; that for the first time the
state has undertaken the construction
and maintenance of good roads in a
systematic manner and it is of great
importance that this work should go
forward.
If New York has an approved plan
for maintaining good roads, would 1t
not be we'll for our lawmakers to look
into this matter"
The governor takes up the matter
of elections quite extensively and re-
commends that the law be amended by
imposing limitation upon the amount
that may be expended by a candidate
to procure his election. He recon-
mends in this connection that the
courts should be vested with ample
power to review in summary man
ner all abuses of election laws and to
restore to defrauded persons the poll
teal rights to which they are justly
entitled He recommends that the con-
troll of political parties should be free
from corruption, arbitrary methods
and unfair practices all of which in
dictate that there has been some UNI
fairness in New York politics.
In relation to insurance he advises
that if any amendment to the present
laws is found advisable in order to
more fully carry out the intent of the
law it should be promptly passed.
In this connection The Times has al
ready called attention to the Cooper
bill which seeks to place fraternal in
surance on a safe basis and we can
not be too emphatic in calling the at
tention OF our legislative body to the
necessity Of careful investigation of
said bill.
Relative to public service corpora
tons he recommends that the present
Board of Railroad commissioners and
the Commission of Gas and Electric
ity be abolished and that new COM
mission be constituted with new and
more adequate powers to investigate
and to act promptly.
On the labor situation he urges that
more inspectors are needed and the
work specialized and positions and
salaries graded that the requirements
of the now existing provisions may be
fully carried out; that in order to pro-
tect children against dangerous en-
PIGMENTS there should be more precise
prohibition, specifying the occupations
in which children under sixteen shaE
be employed. Here. again, is matter
that our own legislative body should
not overlook, for it is the environ
ments with which children an daily
surrounded that make the good or bad
citizen. That there is much laXness
in this matter in our own state is evil
dent in almost every portion of our
state. The practice of sending chill
dren into places of questionable re-
pute on errands, places to which par
ents, themselves would be ashamed to
go, is abomniable and should be pro-
hibited To cite enc instance that
has come under our observation will
serve to show the need of some re-
form legislation. 1t is COM
mon practice in our own city to send
small boys to deliver parcels and mag
azines to the inmates of houses of bad
repute. This should be prohibited.
The governor calls attention to
the necessity of some action to re-
lieve the embarrassment caused by
the scarcity of farm help. There is no
state in the Union where an effective
measure of this kind would be more
beneficial than in North Dakota. Ade-
quate provisions should be made for
state employment agencies at central
lied points during harvest and thresh
ing season so that the crops raised
can be taken care of in good season.
The farmers of our state are entitled
to this protection.
The state fair, says Governor Hughes,
is an object lesson of much value and
the efficiency of this important educa-
tional institution should be enhanced
by whatever means may be found best
adapted to that purpose. In North Da-
kota our state fairs are held at sea
son too early to show. to good ad-
vantage, the products of our soil and
the time selected to hold these fairs
has been made with reference to that
period of the year when the farmers
have most leisure to attend and con-