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grain to Minneapolis, pays double the
tariff that the welltodo established
farmer east of the river is called apea
to pay.
/ trust the Railroad Commission vIa
put before you a full and complete -
port particularly in regard to thsos
determinations, and / hope that your
honorable body will act in such . way
as to give these people relief.
The Primary Law.
At the last legislature our primary
aw was re-enaeted and the result
shows some improvement over ths
former law. We find, however, that Il
is still inadequate in several respects
and we believe that it should be ~
vised and amended in such q way that
it will more eifectually protect the
parties and assure their solidarity.
Attorney General
For the past two years the Attos-
ney Generals Office has been ono Of
the busiest and probably the most
overworked department in the stste.
Ihe work which has beer done Ia -
sist the States Attorneys in the strict
enforcement of law has cost the depart
ment a great deal of time and quite .
large amount of money.
The expenses incurred in the prose-
cution of the rate cases far exceed the
estimate that was made by the last
legislature and on account of these IN
looked-for necessary expenses, the ap-
preparation has been practically an
pended. / trust the legislature viii
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tion and appropriate not only sufficient
money to take care of this department.
Tor the balance of the fiscal year, but
make its appropriation for the coming
two years sufficiently large to permit
a continuation of the effectiveness Of
this department in its work in the in
terests of the people of the state.
Constitutional Convention
During my incumbency in the ofkes
of Chief Executive my attention has
often times been called to various de-
fects in our state constitution and I
am convinced that the question Of cali
ing a convention for the purpose Of
revising the present instrument il Of
enough Importance to warrant your
serious consideration at this time. 10
is evident to me and it must be to al
who are informed on the subject that
the state has developed so rapidly that
our constitution is now a mis-ft-in
other words the coat has been ont
grown. Our statutory laws need
amendments, in some instances on
plete revision, and our entire system
of administration is in need of many
changes. We are of course unwilling
that any of the safeguards now CON
tanned in the constitution be done
away with but the fact remains that
there are many new provisions as mncA
needed rs any now within the bound
aries of the instrument.
State House Grounds
/ believe that the Legislature should
make a liberal appropriation for prop
erly parking and land scanning the
grounds surrounding the Capitol Build
ing. This necessary work should be
commenced with a complete, systema-
the entire grounds. The beauty II
our new state house will be very muck
enhanced thereby. The services IT an
secured and retained until the work ii
completed.
Care Of the State House
In my Judgment, the care and man
agement of the state house should BE-
under the control of an executive COM
mittee of three or four of the state
officers, under whom the custodian
should have full power in regard to
the management of the building.
l also believe that SOM provision
should be made whereby County and
City jails would be inspected by some
officer delegated for that specific work
waterways
The subject of the Improvement and
navigation of the internal waterways
of our country is one of large impor-
tance to the individual states as wen
as the nation, and has become a vital
issue pertaining to the. commercial
welfare and Industrial development u
every state.
The federal government has entered
upon a policy Of systematically deepen
ing and improving onr navigable wat
ers South Dakota, having in the Mis-
souri, River and some Of her tributar-
les and in the lakes upon her casters
border, the means Of greatly enlarg-
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the cost of transportation, should, Il
is believed, encourage this movement
in all proper and practicable ways.
Conclusion
There are many other subjects de-
serving of special mention but | have
already overtaxed you Ind in conclu-
sion / have only to say that / trust
the measures enacted by the Twelfth
Legislative Session may be a source
of benefit and qualification to many
and of injury to none
The privi eye of legislating for the
people of a state is one embodying
high honor and carries with it a posi-
ton of trust, but d yet higher honor
is due the legislator who serves tAe
entire state and not anv individual,
class, or corporation, and who seeks
only the betterment of the common
wealth.
Continuous trouble. much litigation.