Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-01-12

Its use should be abandoned ana the
names OF all delegates and committeeman
should be filed with the county auditor
and printed on the ballot. The same care
should be exercised with regard 10 these
matters as In exercised as to candidates
for office.
The primary law conveys the ides
that party lines and party organization
are to be recognized and respected. II
not only makes no adequate provision
for enforcing party afhllations, but II ar
fords easy opportunity for an utter disre
gard thereof. There can be no valid rea
son assigned why the law should recog
nize the right OF any party to have II;
ticket printed upon the Official ballot Il
be voted at the general election unlesi
party lines are to be respected ana maiI'
tanned in the naming Of candidates.
institutions Under Management Of the
Board Of Control.
The institutions under the manage
ment of the board OF control demand
your most careful consideration. Nor
Will find In the report OF the board, re
Gently made public, comprehensive re,
necessities of the various institutions ano
earnestly request that you make care
full study OF this report.
Board of Parole and Increase In Pris.
on Population.
study of the report OF the board OF
control and of the board OF parole will
disclose the fact that our prison popula-
tion has increased quite materially since
the establishment OF the latter board. The
average number of prisoners at Fort Madt
son for the last biennial period was 4S7,
as against 443 for the preceding period.
and at Anamosa 1t was 437, as against
354, or an average increase In the two
institutions Of 127.
Pardons, Paroles. Etc.
As soon as the report can be put into
published form there will be laid before
you 10 detail information with reference
to pardons. suspsnsiona restorations, com
mutations and remissions covering the
period Of my administration, but for your
present information I will say that four
teen pardons have been granted by me,
one OF which was upon the recommends.
tion Of the Thirty-third general assembly,
and nine upon recommendation OF the
board OF parole. I have paroled from the
penitentiary ana reformatory twenty-sia
mendation OF the board OF control and
nineteen upon Recommendation OF the
board Of parole. Seventy jail sentences
have been suspended by me. ! nave re-
tlon Of the. board OF parole twenty-nine
persons, and upon my own Initiative.
thirty-four. making total OF one hundred
Better Highways.
"The question OF better roads has re.
ceived more than usual attention during
the last year. Many meetings have been
held In various parts Of the state and
great interest has been taken In the mat
ways Of the state have become models OF
dirt roads. and with constant attention
l believe can be kept so most OF the
year. Especial consideration has been
River road. connecting Councn bluns
with Davenport and following generally
the line Of the Rock Island railroad. and
counei, BLUM snd Clinton ana foiowies
the general course Of the Northwestern
railroad. And now II Is proposed to es.
tablish a route through the southern part
Of the state to be known as the Blue
with Fort Madison. Also one In the
north part Of the state toy be called the
Hawkeye route, connecting Dubuque and
sIa e hisSway 1' to
found In the stats is that connecting
Montezuma. Malcoss, Brooklyn ana Grin
nell In Powesniek county. IL is built by
pended by the board OF supervisors.
II believe that some legislation is need.
ed with regard to highway construction
and maintenance. l would clothe the
board Of supervisors with power to en-
ptOy COnptttnl engineer 10 WOTh uuuct
The direction OF the board. 1 would abol.
ish the office of county surveyor and
have the duties now devolving upon him
performed by the engineer. As special
I would set aside one-quaffer or one-third
Of the taxes collected for road purposes
and to be expended by the trustees. and
would forbid its use for any other purpose
provided that the work OF road building
should be done before the fall OF the year
when to work the roads. except to drag
them, means to put them in condition of
ten almost impossible during the winter
and spring months.
zone Of the just sources Of criticism
the expenditure Of road funds
Is that too much Of the money collected
for road purposes Is invested in heavy
1 tSe cars of Re Toads so%e
IL needed, but too much Is
simply a waste OF funds. urge upon
you careful consideration of the question
recommend an increase In the levy for
road purposes, but the adoption OF means
whereby better results can be had from
the income from the present levy.
IF hundreds Of miles of roads can be
put In shape and kept up ON the present
levy why can not many thousands Of
miles be 50 kept II proper attention and
II believe that the road laws OF the
they may be simplihed and brought to
gether In one continuous enactment.
Fish and Game.
''The last session Of the general assem-
bly, enacted a law providing that all per.
e to .s should the
a county auditor OF some county OF the
state license, for which an annual fee
of one dollar should be paid. The feei
L. - .
to be forwarded to the treasurer OF state
and were to constitute fund to be
known as the fish and game protection
fund. which should be used for the pro
and for the care and preservation OF the
lakes An Unexpectedly large amount OF
money was received In this fund. winch
for the first year amounted TO $lO7 ,7ys
and since July /, 1910. $6S.293 have been
received There was In the treasury Janu-
airy Of this year si2i.s2S.2l to the credit
OF this fund.
THE remainder Of the fund collected
fish and game department. In the EN-
ployment OF deputies, In the care anC
preservation of the lakes and in the pro
lection and propagation Of FISH and game
Law Observance
Two years ago when delivered my
inaugural address. conditions In tn,
state were such that 1t seemed not only
Dut utctbSaTy tudt
phasize the necessity for better obser.
vance of the laws OF the state. especial
ly the laws relating to the safe OF in
toxicating LIQUORS.
The general assembly then In SEES
sion enacted number Of statutes the pur
pose OF which was to secure better Oh
servance OF law and also. better ant
cleaner official service. While there hal
been much criticism Of this Legislation
there Is no doubt but that IL has resulted
In bringing about better service upon tn,
part Of otherwise lax officials and has Sc
cured u better observance of laws in gen
eral In my opinion the liquor laws o.
the state are better enforced today thar
they have been at any time In recon-
years.
The Death Of Senator Dolliver.
The state was greatly shocked at tn,
news OF the death OF Senator Dolliver