Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-01-14

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poEsr to require railroads to mar
thsir trains win ade1na1e crews
While e0mmsnding ne legislature
y 1sIl for passing the art psmittina
cities md towns to adopt the oomunis-
son form of government the govern
or urged fuller extension Of the
system
The path Of reform in that held.
he addea. s nnauesti0nabiy ths pain
/ OF greater freedom. The question q
municipal government Is perhaps the
most serious question conserving The
organization Of methods Of government
that now oOnfronts n Is : nation 7
cossi Tor New Jersey the honor OF
showing the way Of liberty and self
respecting reorganization
The FARMER has not besn served
as he might be- continues 1hs COVER
nor. I'VE have set NJ ana subsidized
agricultural schools. Horticultural
schools. schools Of poultry breeding
and the rest and they have done eK-
cellent work. But a more e1eetIvs
way shm has been found by which
the farmer can be served Lectures
and schools ana experimental farms
attached 10 schools Ike laboratories
are excellent but they can not Of them
selves push their work home some
states have gone much bayond this
and We should follow them win zast'
On the question of economy. Cover
nor Wilson SAYS The business of
the state is conducted with . waste
fulness. a duplication Of effort. CDR
fusion and conflict Of function which
no business enterprise could survive
for six months There is an extraoF-
binary multiplicity Of boards. commits
sions. departments and miscellaneous
Offices, overlapping. connected without
being cO-ordinated, independent Of one
another and yet naturally belonging
to a single systematic whole. which
ought 10 be drawn togethe-. simpH
fed, brought into proper relations.
pruned. and put upon a footing Of ef
fciency, which vii also Be a footing
Of economy and quick responsibility
We are wasting the public m0nsys.
and are not getting the results vhiea
good business methods should get
The governor dweIIs at length on
''the need and demand for a eonst-
tuti0nal convention in New Jersey and
concludes his message with an ap
real for the ratification u the two
proposed amendments 10 the national
constitution. He says:
Two great amendments To the con
stiuton of the United States await
the ratification Of New Jersey, the
amendment conferring upon the con
gress Of the United States in unmis-
taxable terms fhe power TO levy taxes
or incomes. and the amendment pro
riding for the election OF senators Of
the United States b. the direct vote
OF the people. can not TOO strungly
urge upon the legislature the ratifica-
ton OF both these amendments We
can not keep our place among the
progressive states Of the Union and
reject them
May I not. in closing express the
satisfaction ] feel in The knowledge
that when I lay down the duties Of
governor ] shall leave them ia tha
hands Of Senator FIELDER. q nan of
proved character. capacity, ndsary.
devotion to The public service. a maa
Of a type to which the people Of the
state desire their public men s0 oon-
form. I look back WIKI the sressess
sdmiration 10 that fne Houp 81 mea
in the houses whose names aI the
state knows and honors. Who set the
pace in the days when the state Nss
to be redeemed ID is men IKE thess
who have rendered the policies and
reforms of the last two years posisole-
Ii is men like these who NH carry
them forward. and ths people of the
state win sustain them. They VII
sustaln no Others Woe haiiae he 5n-
diyiduals Or the party gToups thas
turn away from that paih. The fatnFe
is with those Nho ssTFe- and WAo
serve without secret % selhsh pur-
pose. a free people has cone 20
know its own mind and its 0En
friends