The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-08

S''oo <sepeea Law RegaFding Puhaf.
cadon OF Proposed Constitutional
Amendments-Be - IAbera, =.
Possible With State Institution.
John II. Burke. Who retired Nod.v
rom the governors chair. altar oo.
cupyins It for SIX years, delivered III,
,ast message to the Legislature TODAY.
he dwelt on state appropriafions ~
some length. and discussed a nmmhsr
ea OF otner important points. HE mss.
Ge1tlemen .,tL Of the Thirteenth Lex,.,..
I've I'VE assembly Of the State Of Norm
see among your number m.rv
nth ~ho nave been members Of one or ti,.
liner vsner branch OF this body for the iast
.... .M.se sessions. and some who se,.v.S
sas "in me as members eighteen. twentv
10 Hnu ~. twenty-five years ago: men ~
who ,e. experience in legislative work
co.onara.ea LOT Or many sessions Loyalty
Ment nhMn s and to whom I am under trsst
nort osaei9ns % Tor their loyalty and SUD
port. You have not aiwavs s~.ss,,
.s Weln or followed my recomnenSe
f'1ns; h; out when you have failed It WA.
ferenese ese' on account Of an honest dir.
erow;n. E1 o. o. opinion. The relations
ho are ahe,,t out OF our legislative work
you adieu and give you NV ns,t;ne T,e
message. me I am truly grateful to vo,, s
one and all. and to the people -, yIu tbi.
sIeat state who have 50 freomantI., @
ssposeo confidence in me, am ."r.
ofao.S % S9u ~ VIII give to my successor in
tha, aoe tne same kind consideration
ehdt you have given to me. o'
ana Twelfth legislative assembI;e.
ease ths an itemized statement shoWinr
..a .ae expenses OF the state for the tu,o
years previous. and included an of,o o
s.a! estlmate Of the revenue. NJ ~.
IN .".e ue,, tor tne ensuing two years: and
t,ua my message to the Twelfth lerisls.
TO Keep within the revenues - ppSa, tha
sL state. I called attention to the ,a"s @
mat the Eleventh Legislative asse,,hi,, ,hE,
au ny appropriation exceeded ~.
oes VII IN large amounts, and that
! -. was forced to veto many items III. n
ene IN eo appropriation bills and in MANY
sases sanro 10 aetermine the amount Of the
nished statements. and In spite of M.
appear; hI'! the Twelfth legislative assem-.
ols, IoiioWing what seems to have he.
come come custom. appropriated larsa
sums IN excess of the revenues NJ ths
sea,e. - e., ana sent the appropriation bills
se.stH ~ my once @ on the last night Of the
veto and return to this body for fur1 ~
.ner consideration. What I said in
my message to the Eleventh ieri.,aa
i've assembly. I believe to he trm.
namely: assembly,
Il do not believe that the l.ri.,,-
moner roon ,n.ended TEND It,. to appropriate more
OF the appropriation bills were passeS @
aa At a late hour on the last night Of the
session and in the confusion ana hmrs
~ always incident to the clos;n1
nours OF the legislature 1t Ia doubtf,i
II any member knew that they had
exceeded @ the revenues Of the state"
same as though 1t were intentioraI .n9
and the result grows out Of another
custom. namely: that Of deyotinr a.
much OF the early part Of the sess,on
% matters Of minor Importance. ana
frequently to matters of no importanc9
"a al. and leaving the seriou. and
inportant salp matters to the close Of the
and worn out and all is confusion
Frequently cases have gone to the SUI
preme court Of the state for the pur.
pose Of determining whether a certain
law FOUND on the statute books duly
elsned by the governor and recorded
IN the office Of the secretary Of state.
the ether branch Of the Legislative i've AZ
semoly. You who have been mem-
bers for so many sessions know of
your own knowledge that very little
consideration is given to measures be-
fore the legislative assembly on tho
last night Of the session. Let me an
peal to you. to your patriotism, and
for law and order. to change this Gus
tom.
The Twelfth legislative assembly
passed S2S bills; 224 Of them were
brought to the governors Office on the
last day of the session, and nearly
all Of the 224 bills brought to tho
in at the r'~ht session, after 8 O'Clock
IN the evening. and before the iegisla-
tive assemb''. adjourned sine die. Let
me ask you II that is the kind Of con-
sideration you would give to your own
affairs. and II such consideration u
fair to the people Of this state whom
You represent and to whom I know
you want to be loyal and true? And
in all fairnes let me ask IL II Is fair
to the governor to dump upon him
on the last night of the session 20
thirds Of the work Of the entire sey.
sion. when he has only fifteen days
for the consideration of this work
that it has taken 1852 members of this
body. with as many clerks and em-
ployes. nearly sixty days to consider?
Economy in Legislative Expenses,
You are under no obligation to ~
propriate all the revenue provided. It
is your duty to appropriate as much
Of it as is necessary for the mainten.
ance Of our institutions and the .>7-
eral and necessary expenses of state
We have had a wonder
fully prosperous year. which may bs
an inventive on the part Of some to
make large expenditure Of public
money: but I would remind them thar
this is a new state. that at statehood
we established. and have since been
at great expense, about
as many public Institutions as there
are in any state in the union: and
the more they grow. Of course. the
more expensive they become to main
tain: that there is not one Of the in
stitutions but would take the entire
amount of revenue provided, II an.
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