Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-16

dangerous grade railroad crossings
in a thoroughly practical fashion,
The board, he urged, should also be
given power to require railroads to
man their trains with adequate crews,
While commencing the Legislature
Of 1911 for passing the act permitting
cities and towns to adopt the com
mission form Of government, the gov
crnor urged a fuller extension Of the
system.
1.-THE path Of reform in that field"
he added, rs upquestionably the path
of greater freedom. The question OF
municipal government is perhaps the
most serious question %conccrnig the
organization of methods Of govern
ment that now c%onfronts us as a ma
ito. l covet for New Jersey the honor
of showing the way of liberty and self
respecting reorganization.
1.-The farmer has not been served as
he might be-" continues the governor.
I'VE have set and subsidized agricul-
tursl schools, horticultural schools,
schools of poultry breeding, and the
rest, and they have done excellent
work. But a morc effective way still
has been found by which the farmer
can be served. Lectures and schools
and experimental farms attached to
schools like laboratories r excellent
but they can not of themselves push
their work home. Some states have
gone much beyond this and we should
follow them with zest."
On the question of economy, gov
ernor Wilson says, "the business OF
the state is conducted with a watch
fitness, a duplication Of effort, con-
fusion and conflict of function which
no business enterprise could survive
for six moths. There is an extra
ordinary multiplicity of boards, com.
missions, departments and miscellan-
eous Offices. overlapping, connected
without. being coordinated. Independ'
ent of one another and yet naturally
belonging to a single systematic whole
which ought to be draw together, SIM
plified, brought into proper relations,
pruned, and ut upon a footing of ef-
ficiency which will also be a footing
of economy and quick responsibility.
We are wasting the public moneys
and are not getting the results which
good business methods would get
The governor dwells at length OH
"the need and demand" for 4 consti-
tutional convention in New Jersey
and concludes his message with an ai-
peal for the ratification of the two
proposed amendments to the national
constitution. He says:
1.-TWO great amendments to the Con-
stitution Of the United States await
the ratification of New Jersey, the
amendment comforting upon the con-
gress of the United States in unmis'
taxable terms the power to levy taxes
on incomes, and the amendment pro-
viding for the election of senators Of
the United States by the direct vote
of the people. can not too strongly
urge upon the legislature the ratiflca-
ton of both the amendments. We can
not keep our place among the pro.
gressive states of the Union and re.
ject them. Indeed, we shall be in a
very small minority if we do reject
them. .
MAY I not. in closing, express the
satisfaction l feel in the knowledge
that when l lay down the duties of
governor l shall leave them in the
hands Of Senator Fielder, a man Of
proved character, capacity, fidelity,
and devotion to the public service, a
man of a type to which the people of
the state desire their public men to
conform. l look back with the great
est admiration to that fine group of