Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-01-13

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 to these
matters as is exercised as to candidates
"The primary law conveys the idea
that party lines and party . organ,aatioal1,
not only makes no adequate provision
for enforcing party affiliations, but It at
fords easy opportunity for an utter disre-
son assigned why the law should recog.
nze the right OF any party to have Its
ticket printed upon the official ballet TO
be voted ut the general election unieiS
tained In the naming OF candidates.
Institutions Under Management Of the
Board Of Control.
The institutions under the manage
your most careful consideration. You
will find In the report OF the board, re-
Gently made public, comprehensive re-
view and discussion OF the ,, amairs a ana
earnestly request that you make care
full study Of this report.
Board Of Parole and increase in Pris-
T, on Population.
v A. study lof. ,,the report of the hoard Of
control and of the board OF parole wi'i
disclose the fact that our prison populn'
tion has increased quite materially since
average number of prisoners at Fort Madf
son for the last Biennial period was 4sl'
as against 443 for the preceding period
s54, or an average increase In the two
institutions OF 1T. &s.
Pardons, Paroles, Etc. e"
As soon as the report can be put into
published form there will be laid before
you in detail information with reference
to pardons, suspensions. reservations. COM
mutations and remissions covering the
period Of my administration, but for our
present information l will say that four
teen pardons have been granted by me,
ton tor Of n the Thirty-tEtrd general assembly,
and nine upon recommendation of the
board Of parole. have paroled from the
penitentiary and reformatory twen nsya,,
mendation OF the board OF control and
nineteen upon recommendation Of. the
board Of parole. Seventy jail sentences
have been SUSPENDED d by me oo nave re-
ton Of the board Of parole twenty-nine
persons, and upon my own initiative.
thirty-four, making total of one hundred
thirteen.
Better Highways.
."rhe question Of better roads has re-
ceiyed more than usual attention during
the last year. Many meetings have been
held in various parts OF the state and
ter Of road building. Many of the high.
ways of the state have become models of
dirt roads, and with constant attention
believe can be kept SO most OF the
given to what is known as the River-to.
River road. connecting Councii Buns
with Davenport and following generally
the line Of the Rock Island railroad: and
Council Bluf1s and Clinton and following
railroad. And now 1t is proposed to 60.
tablish route through the southern tsa R Rars
Grass road and connecting Council Bluns
war9 r part y TIE state 70 called Is.
soul City, I0u1 Perhaps the best and
found in the state is that connecting
Montezuma. Malcom. Brooklyn and Grin.
contract out Of the one min levy ei.
pended by the board Of supervisors.
II believe that some legislation is need.
an snd rsa sssaas sHeaa eo,se The
Sssd q sn Ha to
the direction Of the board. l would abol::
ish the otfice Of county. surveyor and
have the duties now devolving upon MN
fund to be used for dragging the roads,
I would set aside one-quarter or one-thlrd
Of the taxes collected for road purposes
and to be expended by the trustees, and
than that Of dragging. Then 1t should be
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.
lone Of the just sources OF criticism
regarding the expenditure Of road fund.
is that too much Of the money collected
and costly machinery. which is unneces.
sary In the care Of the roads. Some such
machinery 10 needed, but too much u
waste Of urge
recommend an increase in the levy foi
road purposes, but the adoption OF means
the income from the present levy.
III hundreds OF miles Of roads can Be
put in shape and kept up on the present
levy. why can not many thousands 81 q
miles be 50 kegt If proper attention and
Il believe that the road laws of the
state should be rewritten in order that
they may be simplitied and brought to-
gether In one continuous enactment.
Fish and Game.
"The last session Of the general Assem-.
sons sol desiring to pursue the pastime Of
hunting in the state should procure from
county auditor. Of some county OF the
state license, Tor which an annual fee
of one dollar should be paid. The feea
derived from the sale Of the licenses were
to be forwarded to the treasurer OF state
and were to constitute fund to be
known as the fish and game protection
lection and propagation Of fish and game
and for the care and preservation OF the
lakes. An unexpectedly large amount o.
money was received IN this fund, wI ..sS
ana since July i, 1910, y6s,2s3 have been
received. There was in the treasury Janu-
AIRY Of this year $l2l,s23.2l to the credit
"The remainder Of the fund collected
has been expended in maintaining the
fish and game department. In the EN-.
ployment Of deputies. in the care and
preservation of the lakes and in the pro.
Law Observance
"Two years ago when I delivered my
inaugural address. conditions n the
appropriate but necessary that en-
phasize the necessity for better obser-
vance Of the laws Of the state, especiai'
~ the laws relating to the sale OF in.
toxicating LIQUORS..
The general assembly then In SEES
sion enacted number Of statutes the pur.
pose OF which was to secure a better OBJ
servance Of law and also, better and
cleaner official service While there has
been much criticism Of this legislation
there is no doubt but that 1t has resulted
in bringing about better service upon the
part of otherwise lax officials and has se.
cured q better observance OF laws in gen.
eral. In my opinion the liquor laws OF
the state are better enforced today than
they have been 1T any time In recent
years
The Death Of Senator DolIIvsr.
The state was greatly shocked at the