The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-02
He Would Stop Reprehensible
Practices
FAy0RS A NEW BALLOT
And Direct Nominations Would Sup
press All Race Track Gambling
Many Other Important Ideas
in Governors Message.

nual session OF tne New YORK state leg
islature began at noon yesterday both
houses convening especially to hear
Governor Hughes message. The second
annual message OF Governor Hughes was
the feature Of chief interest, In the
Assembly a complete organization was
effected Assenblyman James w.
Wadsworth, jr, was elected speaker, to
succeed himself, and Ray b. Smith clerk,
to succeed Colonel Archie u. Baxter. In
the Senate the old organization holds
over.
The annual message of Governor
Hughes, which was sent to the legisla-
ture yesterday, contains many important
recommendation Chief among these Is
a recommendation regarding the amend
ment of the law relating to banks and
trust companies. The governor urges
the legislators to adopt every practical
means to prevent repetition Of repre-
hensible practices and To assure the
proper management Of the financial in
stitutions chartered and supervised by
the state, upon whose stability and pros
perity the interests Of our people in
every walk Of life 80 largely depend
Another important recommendation
has as its object the complete suppress.
sion Of race track gambling throughout
the state.
Direct nominations at primaries and a
simplited form Of ballot are urged, and
recommendation also are made for an
enlargement of the scope OF the public
service commission law; for better pro-
vision for the care and protection of inn
migrants; for revision Of judicial sal
aries; for the extension of the states
holding OF forest preserves; for careful
revision Of the forest, fish and game law
for the enactment of license law, pro-
yiding reasonable license fees for hunt
ing; for amendments Of the constitution
OF the greater New York 10 exclude from
the city's debt limit all bonds or esi-
denees Of indebtedness issued for pur-
poses which produce revenues in excess
OF their maintenance charges, and for
the establishment of secondary agri-
cultural school which would provide d
suitable complement to tile work of the
college at Ithaca.
The message invites careful consider
alton Of the report submitted BY the
special committee OF bankers appointed
b. the governor to express their views
as to necessary changes in the banking
law.
Extreme caution in making any
changes in the present insurance law is
l "a l..
the adyisability Of providing for tine
liquidation under the supervision of the
superintendent Of insurance of insolvent
insurance corporations ia the same
manner as is proposed for the liquidation
OF tie banking institutions.
The enlargement Of scope Of the pub
liz service commission law proposed in
the message would provide for the ex-
tension of the act to include telephone
and telegraph companies, in addition tn
the corporations already under super
vision. The governor recommen q that
tie extension Of Jurisdiction shall take
effect on October 1, 1908, the question
of bovine tuberculosis is referred to as
one which requires serious attention.
One Of the most interesting recon-
which urged the two lawmaking bodies
to so amend the laws as 20 put an end
to recetrack gambling in the state. Tn
der the present law boolSmaking and
pool selling is permitted in certain mar
rowly confined sections while in any
other portion Of the state such acts are
held to be felonies. The places which
suen gambling now IS permitted arc
within the enclosures of the licensed
racetracks which operate under the SUI
pervision of the state Racing commits
zion. The governor in his messtge holds
that such discrimination rests upon no
distinction that is justified in the pop
lilar mind, that the constitution makes
no exception Of racctracks.
Governor Hughes sent to the Senate
Yesterday several nominations, including
that Of Abel r. Blackmar, Of Brooklyn to
be Justice OF the supreme court for the
second judicial district, to I'll the va
eaucy caused by the election Of Judge
Willard Bartlett to be assosiate justice
OF the court Of appeals The recess APP
pointments included Clark Williams Of
New York, to be superintendent Of
banks, to succeed Luther W. Mott, re-
signed
Senator Agnew introduced in the Sen
ate a proposed constitutional amend
ment which would increase the salary
Of the governor from $4,000 to Se5,0oo
year
After the reading Of the message OF
Governor Hughes in the Senate, Sen
ator p. II. McCarren said, Regarding
racetraek gambling, | must take excep
tion To the governors position. Judging
from the outcome Of the recount legis
latian / question the constitutional
ability Of the governor"