El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-16
MESSAGE Of
TEXAS GOVERNOR
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and labor to accept arbitration in any
| Of their differences.
A strong law on the subject Of wife
and child abandonment should be
| passed. says the governor, and some
amendments should be made to the
| game laws.
In rebuilding a number Of state in
situations that have been burned, the
governor urges that only fireprOof
structures be erected
He urges the legislature to take &C
ton at once in passing bills to comply
with platform demands relative to
liquor regulation, and says he is in IA
vOr of the rigid enforcement of the
liquor law
Early Closing for Saloons.
The governor recommends that the
legislature adopt a law compelling sa-
looms to close at $50 D. m. and remain
closed until six the next morning. After
closing at $3.50 Saturday night he would
have them remain closed until six
o'clock Monday morning.
He suggests the prohibition of sa-
looms in residence sections of cities.
Relative to social clubs formed for
the express purpose Of violating the
nQuor laws, he thinks there should be
rigid prosecution He wants the laws
amended so that social clubs selling
liquor shall be regulated and pay
licenses similar to saloons also he sUg-
geSts that the law be amended so as to
prohibit gambling in any private club.
be wants the monuments in the cap
ltol grounds moved from the front OF
the building to the sides.
The governor says more room is
needed for the states insane; that there
are 36l IN jailS and on county farms
unable to get admission into asyIums,
he suggests a S100, 900 addition to the
austin asylum, Sl25,0OO addition at
san Antonio. and a $4,000 oddition to
the epileptic colony building.
Would Improve Reform school.
Recommendation is made that a com
mission be appointed to make a revis-
ion OF the regulations of the state re-
form school He says the institution
is not up TO standard and that the mix
ing OF boys of al lagos, guilty of all
degrees OF crime, is bad
he recommends that about $4,000 he
spent on making an agricultural ax-
i hlolt at the San Francisco expOsi-
Prison reform has been largely ac-
SompLShed In the state, he saws, and
the use Of the bat has been entirely
done away with" Stripes have also
been abolished, except for incorrieible
eonVictS. he SAYS
Would Abolish Fee System.
AS to judicial reform, the governor
says ne recommends a commission to go
over the laws and rewrite them. elm
ma tihS Superfluous words and phrases;
ne also thinks the charge should be de-
nyered by a judge before the argu-
LnentS are made; that a statement Of
Facts in an appeal should cover the
IactS In dispute only.
he says nothing is so abused as the
lee system in Texas; that it is all
wrong and should be abolished. Every
OFFICER in the state, from constable to
governor, should be on a fixed salary
he says
The public should be, protected from
wildcat insurance companies and fake
corporations without capital, hence the
governor thinks the legislature should
do something.
As to the election laws, the govern
or says the platform demands should
be carried out
Taxation system Needs Revision.
The taxation system Of the state is
cumbersome and needs revision. the
governor says: he also thinks the fis-
cal year should end with the calendar
year. Since September 1. 1911, the gov
ernOr says he has had TO approve de-
ficiency warrants amounting to $751;
60S-y9, which was almost all necessary
by emergencies arising in the various
state institutions as a result OF fire
and storm damage.
The deficiencies allowed for all other
purposes since the legislature ad-
JOurned in August, 1911, is very small
He. recommends that platform de-
mands relative to public education be
speedily carried out.
An amendment to the anti-free pass !
law to include all officers is urged.
Conserve Land and Water.
New irrigation and mining laws are