Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-20

T : TFUF- iul and effective example to others 1 lies in the certainty of Imprisonment ,iNn 10 the nceting fear of dcAth a . ar which temporarily has no place in
 tH. passion-heated or drink-crazed brain | therefore recommend the submission 'o th" people of an amendment to the ! constitution directed to the abolishment or capital punishment
 PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
 h' constitution. among its many 1 sIlvndid provisions has few better than | 'nu one which throws a protecting alM about dependent. neglected, incor- | Nblr ur delinquent children. and chil. 1 nIen accused of crime under the age o tlEht"eFn years. This shield raised l between the young boys and girls whose | unhappy environment parentaRe or mis- l i"riun" has placed them in the classes ' nave enumerated. and the heartiess-
 ss "t a system containing no element a', ,,'n',. '"hpt ehsnding no thought of hu-
 man''y. should be kept in place, the arm which holds it ever strengt hened and the resisting power of It's metal ! never permitted to deterioretc It Isl
 NEe and good that the judges of the | superior courts clothed with cxclusiye original Jurisdiction in such cases are compelled to hold preliminary hearings in chambers of such children as may he | brought before them. and not only ! should this provision of the constitution te Vitalized by comprehensive. defini. | ton Of the powers of superior iudges to control such children. but that def. lnluon-nnd this I most earnestly re | commend-shoud aim not SO much to provide the machinery whereby society 1 nlght De avenged for some Juvenile l Iinfracton Of the law as Co arrive nt a
 means means Of helping unfortunate. erring | children to a start along iife's straight narrow pathway. believe that few children are naturally criminal even | though they may have committed some
 many are made criminals in legal par | lance. by due process of law. If this legislative body dvs nothing more than
 70 provide humane and practical sys- | rem TOT The handling of the states de- | 'ndent neglected incorrigible and de- l linquent children and children accused 1 vcned in vain.
 SITE FOR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. in this connection recommend the
 authorization of a commission to in- vestignte sites for the stat~ Intustr,S. | school located as it Is, and hanslicnppen ted for such an institution. IL does
 not seem possible that the Industrial Schol located ns it is, and handicapped | by It's obvious Limitations, can ever
 management. such results as another environment and n more modern system 1 would almost certainly insure With a
 school built on the cottagc plan. where | and housed in manner approximating | dispositions classified and 10 a prop | er degree kept apart. the State would.
 " my theory Is correct. reap rich d. vldend upon It's investment. In the dunl- ity Of citizenship produced from It's | erstwhile so-called incorrigibie children l This school should he located away from
 railroad and not too near a center of
 poru 'ti'n and should have at Its | disposal an adequate tract of fertile land. supplied with water. where the
 Inmates may be taught at once the arts
 of husbandry. or through manual train
 Ing some useful trade. and habits of | ndutsry, thrift and honesty.
 CHID LABOR LAW.
 Nor should the mandate for an ad sguate child labor law be neglected. ] The world has too many over worked under-fed and scarcely educated chli- | dren, and it Is my prayer that Arl-
 zona may not bc guilty of adding to | this stain upon civilizations record.
 In crystallizating into statutory law the fundarne niai provision contained in
 Section 2 Article XVIII. of the Arizona constltution. recommend the passage of the uniform child labor law" ad-
 vocated by the national child labor com | mi,tee of New York City. so modified as to meet such unusual requirements as
 Arizona conditions may suggest and
 justify.
 OLD AGE PENSIONS
 | | would ask your consideration of a | question which has engaged my mind yearr-the question of establishing m | old age pension for Arizonans, either | men or women. whose years of residence nnd devotion to our territory's cause. | through the period of Its srcntcst trial. ! hnvc failed to provics them with the | means of casing '.eir declining years.
 favor the principle because it's adop- ton would save many deserving the poor-house. without appreciabiy ad- 1 ding, if at all, to the states expense, and because t Is n practical testimonial to the affection we hold. practical l N c k ln o nf us nua to the heroic old-timers whose better | days were spent in blazing the way and clearing the trail that we, who have come after might steer the
 straighter course. find m easier path | for our footsteps and greater reward | for our efforts. | suggest that the burau Of legislative research. should
 you see fl, to adopt my suggestions
 with regard thereto. he directed to se- | cure and compile such datn as will be
 useful In determining the practca bility | Of the establishment of the old-nge pension. determine the number of pion- | strs who might come within it's provis- Ions their ages. and the terms of their
 residence In Arizona; to compile the old
 foreign countries, and the per capita l cost of their carrying out. nnd to re-
 mort to the second state legislature.
 DUTIES TIT s,, AND BONDS onr ,s OF %,r,,rlcERs o,,,r
 now but imperfecty set forth in the law. while bonding requirements are l practically non-eNistent Tn calling your attention to this. I suggest that I ample surety company bonds be requlr. l rd of hll state officials. whose duties are of s nature to call for this character | Of protection. andi that the stne pny the | premium for such bonds.
 LABOR.
 To render effective by wis., ieg.sia- ton the constitutional mandates frame q | to protect the rights of labor should hs one of this legislatures most ser ! iously approached undertakings These | rinndates as interpret them, werc drawn in mn earnest desire to 40 justice, | not only to those who earn their bread bv daily ion. hut as well to those
 whose capital energy and talents find lavonues and markets for the nations brawn and skin and inventive genius, | n thi~ spirit they should be observed and obevcd, and labor code drafted
 having for its motto that democratic admonitinn equal rights for all spec | iai privileges for none" Az labor is honest ki sii9uia | be diEDified: as |, | is essential Co the prosperity of the counjry of the country. so should lt he properly compcpsatsd and as life tie | workmsnff capital is his only stock ! i~ '~ata nrA onc" lost cannot be re- ! gained. so should it bc protected ao be- 1 neving am heartily fin favor Of laws