El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-10

An "A I T.. y A.. n ANA III ct'r7-
special request OF governor Z C.
- de Baca, his message was read to
the joint session OF the legislature this
afternoon by ". T. Lindsey. lieutenant
governor. The message makes recon-
mendations upon every point where in
the judgment of the governor. an i'm
provement might be made by amend
ing the existing statutes. or passing
new ones.
Preliminary to beginning the reading
of governor de Baca's message. Lieut.
Gov. Lindsey said ne recently had
talked with the governor and found
that the sympathy Of the people has
greatly comforted and ouoyed up the
governor IN his fight for health and
that in a few weeks he believes he viii
be in active charge Of the executive
branch Of the states affairs
Following the reading before the
Joint session, adjournment was taken
until 10 tomorrow morning
It is believed now that the commit
tees will be announced tomorrow and
adjournment taken until Monday morn
ing TO let the committees perfect their
organizations.
Governors Message.
1.-THE government of a state requires
from those entrusted with its manage
and economical consideration as from
one charged with the conduct of his
own or any other line OF business. says
the governors message
when a majority of the legislative
assembly is of different political
complexion from that of the executive.
the tempta ton is great TO devote much
time of the session to the passage OF
laws attempting to deprive the eXecu-
tive department of the power OF ap-
pointment I trust this assembly VIII
have a more lofty ideal of its duty
$50 long as our aim is for laws Civ
sur some individual or party advan-
fage. lust so long viii we have a shift
Ing and. changeable legal system Every
two wears a large portion of the
stsfufes will be changed or repealed
and A new set enacted to take their
Mace. No one will know just what
The law is and the work of our courts
In interpreting it is largely nulilfleo-
Antiquated Laws
a few of our laws are anuQuated
and ont OF place on our statute books
These should be replaced by statutes
framed after those laws. which by eX-
perience have been found to work Well
IN states whose conditions are similar
70 our own There are other laws which
need to be strengthened in some OF
their weak places: others whose mean
ing should be made plain and certain
where il is now ambiguous. and stun
others where there is a real or appar-
ent conflict between different portions
of the same law, or between portions OF
the laws existing at the time OF their
enactment These conflicts ought to
be removed by proper legislation
The BattIeshiP New Mexico
7 am advised by the secretary OF
war OF the United states that the bat
fleship New Mexico will be ready to
launch and christen in two OF three
months. This viii be one of the larg-
est ships in the United states navy
On such occasions il is customary for
the state after which the vessel IS
named 10 present for use on the bat
fIeship some suitable gift The time
FOR action on this matter Is rather
short and I recommend you take II
IN for consideration Immediately after
your organization is completed, and
that YOU appropriate q sum sufficient
10 purchase the gift you decide TO pre-
sent
Liquor.
9The question whether We should
continue to license the saloon or pro-
hibit the sale of Intoxicating liquors
entirely. has been aEitated among Us
for some time The qUestiln IS one OF
morals entirely. and should he speedily
removed from the domain of politics
No man has the moral right to leEis-
late the saloon into a state or comnu-
Tity if il be against the wishes OF
a majority of its inhabitants. The two
dominant DOlAlltd4 pal liz ilsANN TX
ciared in their platforms in favor or
an early submission Of The matter TO
p vote of the people of The state
recommend, therefore, that YOU take
the action necessary to submit to
vote of the people, a. the earliest pos
sible date. the question whether or not
our constitution should be so amended
as forever TO prohibit the sale Of in
toxicatin= liquors within the limits Of
this state
Federal Ad R9Hd Act
The last session of the congress o.
the United States passed an act known
as The Federal Aid Road Ac--' By this
statute congress appropriated large
sum Of money to be used to aid in the
construction of roads in the several
states The state engineer estimates
that the amount of money This state
will receive under the provisions o.
this act during the five year period.
TO be the sum of S1.17O,000- II Will
therefore. be necessary for US TO pro-
vide a like sum Of s1,17O.000 during
the next five years. if we wish TO Sc
cure the benefits of this act
Finances
Y am advised that the tax laws