The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-09

toA CoHlWisSlOu, ana requests t1at
careful attention be given to the
question Of unifying and classifying
the educational system of the state.
Uniform Accounting System.
A uniform system of accounting and
reporting should be adopted by the
state, he declares, and the same gener-
al system should be used in every
state institution, and there should be
uniformity of system in every coun-
ty auditors and every county treas
urer's Office in the state. The longer
this is put off, he asserts, the harder
1t will be, and the sooner it is done
the better it will be for every one
concerned.
Exposition Proposition
Governor Hanna refers to the Pana-
ma-Pacific exposition at San Fran.
cisco and San Diego, Calf, in 1915,
and recommends that the state of
North Dakota be represented by an
exhibit at both places.
North Dakota needs men and
women he continues, "and we need
men and women who will live here
permanently, and exhibiting at these
expositions can help us to secure
many permanent residents, and a
reasonable appropriation should be a
good investment for u.s." ...
On Good Roads.
The question of good roads will be
one of the important problems for
your consideration this winter, he
asserts, and he suggests several
methods by which the campaign for
better roads might be financed and
maintained.
Pertaining to the Farmers
"The basis of wealth in North Da-
kota is agriculture" Gov. Hanna
continued, "and North Dakota is more
purely an agricultural state than any
other state in the union. The larger
part of the burden of taxation falls
upon the farmer, and it should be our
highest duty to endeavor to enact
laws that may be helpful and bene-
fetal to him."
Continuing, Gov. Hanna refers to
what is being done for the farmer by
Congress, and recommends hearty co.
operation on the part of the state
legislature to encourage methods
which will result in better farming,
and greater enjoyment on the farm.
State Fire Marshal.
"A number of states have laws pro-
viding for state fire marshal. We
should have law of this character in
North Dakota" he recommends. The
states that have tried it maintain that
it has been successful and that the
number of fires have been greatly les
sened, and that by reason of. this fact
there has been large saving in fire
insurance premiums, and l would
commend this proposition to your
consideration"
Voting Away From Home,
Election day comes on Tuesday.
The commercial travellers can hardly
start out on their trips on Monday of
the week without losing their right to
vote upon election day, or if they lay
over in order to vote, then they have
lost practically two days of the week.
| Railroad men and railway mail clerks
must 60 out and make their runs, and
in consequence, many men who are
fairly entitled to the right to exercise
the right of franchise are deprived Of
that privilege. .
I'm one state, at least, they have a
law which provides, generally speak.
ing, that a man who is registered in
his home town or city in the state
has right to 60 to any election pre-.
cinct within his state, and upon pre-
senting a copy of his resignation GER
tificate, can call for ballot.
Would Have Law.
This he can mark as he sees fit to
do, it is folded up by the election
judges of the precinct where he gets
the ballot together with the copy Of
the registration certificate, and then
mailed by the judgts OF the election
precinct to the election precinct where
the voter would have voted had he
been at home. BY properly safe
guarding a law of this kind (and ii
can be done) there can be no reason
why men who are unavoidably away
from home on election day, and who
could vote, shall not have the right
and can vote
Urges Further Change.
Further, the state constitution re-
quires a residence of a year in the
state, six months in the county and
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