The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-01-14

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! and twine plant, can all be drawn fror
the revenues OF this biennial period
land without In any way hampering 9
impairing the service the state nov
renders to it's educational, eleemos,
lnary and ether interests. The peniter
tiary Is now a going concern an
splendidly managed by Warden Nj
Ching. Should you abolish the system
at once, and start everything anew
the penitentiary could not be goinl
concern for at least two years.
About 100 Of the conyicts could b
used for the purpose Of making willow
chairs. settees, and furniture of tina
character. the only investment To-
which would be the purchase of tn,
raw material.
Code Procedure.
The report Of the commission to re
wise our judicial procedure is thor
ough and complete and advises the
legislature of all the changes made
and it would be useless for me to ad
dress you at length upon this subject
It is enough to say that the proposed
code contemplates that writs shall be
returnable at day certain, not ex.
ceeding twenty days from the date OF
issue; that defendants plead on the re-
turn day; that demurrers and other
dilatory pleas be abolished; that
courts be required. to disregard all
pleadings not affecting the substan.
tial rights Of the litigants, and revers.
ais prohibited on account of such er.
rors; that motions in arrest of judg.
ment be abolished and errors com.
planned of be specifically stated; that
the necessity of saving exceptions be
abolished and afiidavits for appeals
not required; that distinctions be-
tween record and record proper be
that the rules of the court
of appeals conform to those of the SUI.
preme court; that the appellate courts
affirm in part and remand for retrial
the issues only affected by the error;
that short form of record be substi-
tuted for the voluminous record now
permitted under our present practice
and which unnecessarily consumes the
time of the appellate courts; that in
cases amendments of indict-
nent or information be permitted at
my time before trial; that informa-
ion may be filed in felony cases with
tut preliminary examinations and that
he old common law formalities and
be abolished; that no
,ase be reversed because the record
loes not show the defendant was ar
aligned and pleaded guilty; that Grim.
nal cases be docketed within thirty
lays after arraignment; that all OBJ
ections to the sufficiency of the in
lictment or information be presented
n one motion: that the number Of
eremptory challenges be reduced
rom thirtyfive to twenty-four in cap
tai cases, and giving the state and de-
endant an equal number of chal-
snges; that no case be reversed I'M
sss an error complained of works q
ubstantial injustice to the defendant.
Fire Insurance.
Down at the bottom of the whole in
lrance question lies the reduction of
re waste. 1t is the first and most
erious question of all, because 1t is
le great factor in controlling the
ties. The more fires we have, the
igher the rate-the fewer fires we
ave, the lower the rate. In this mat
n, the interest of the companies and
the public is one and the same. The
Ire way to reduce rates permanently
to have fewer fires, to keep proper
from being .overinsured. and to stop
res that start earlier in the game.
it'll power and authority to bring this ,
,out lodged in some officer or depart
ent To this end i would recommend /,
re creation of fire marshal depart b
ent, making the same an adjunct Of ,
e insurance department. and under |
e supervision of the insurance de. !,
lrtment. +,
l recommend to the legislature the {
!ssage Of a workmen's compensation Y
t. The growth and development Of
If transportation facilities, factory
stems, industrial progress and the I
crease in the number of unskilled I
,rkmen about high power machinery, 9
mand the enactment of a workmen's I
law. One of the prime t
jects OF such an act is to avoid the I
eat waste attending the litigation 4
lich arises under the old system of 4
1ployers' liability laws. te
Election Laws. u
During the two years l have been {
vernon of the state l have striven q
rnestly at all times to have honest '
ectiou,, both In the primary and in Q
. general election. My efforts have t
t been In vain. The present laws n
ould be amended in many respects 7
as to safeguard the ballot and in 4
re every man that he win be per- n
tied to cast his ballot free and un- n
have 1t counted as cast.
d that no more votes be counted n
IN are cast. A free and honest bal q
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