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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-11
GOVERNORS MES
SAGE WAS SHORT
Followed the Democratic Platform
Closely and Was Strong for the
Common Schools Of State.
(By Associated rress.)

Austin. Texas, Jan. 11.-Governor
Ferguson's message was compare.
lively short, containing less than
5000 words. II dealt briefly with
farm tenant legislation by the Thirty.
fourth Legislature and recited the de.
velopment OF the penitentiary system
during the governors last term. Then
1t passed on to the business OF the
new session.
Sticking closely TO the Democratic
platform adopted at the Houston con.
yention last August, II recommended
among other things the following:
Special consideration OF farm leg.
islation and careful consideration of
the demands OF labor.
A liberal policy to foreign investors.
Erection of a new asylum for the
insane.
ltemizing Of appropriations for de.
partments and Institutions so as TO
keep the people fully informed.
Appropriations OF million dollars
to aid country schools.
Creation of a state Highway com.
mission.
JUDI. Judicial a., reform away with
useless laws and rsIeve the crowded
conditionIof the &preme court.
Approp, ,IatiopF for tick eradication
and othek Sfion to foster the live
stock industry.
Enactment OF law forbiddlng gun
carrying.
Appropriations to provide ranger
service OF maximum efficiency.
Establishment Of Industrial institu.
tions for adult blind.
Changes In election laws 10 permit
citizens away from home to vote by
sealed ballot
Redistricting the state for represen.
'ation in the National Congress.
Providing Of deficiency approprla.
tlons.
Inc Item given most attention In tie
message was that headed Country
schools" for which the Democratic
platform asked a 2 million dollar nm.
preparation. Regarding this Item the
governor said:
u have been charged as being
against higher education. The charge
Is untrue and the record will show
that Il is untrue. As far as higher
education remains democratic and
does not seek any more rights than
are guaranteed to the average citizen.
ihen ] am for higher education. But
when higher education beeomea
either au,oeratic or aristocratic In i,s
ways or customs and begins to AFRO.
gate to Itself an unwarrantod supe.
riority over the great masses OF tho
people, who make higher education
possible, and want to rule with n col.
lese diploma alone. thcn I am aSalns,
n'sher education and consider n,
book lcarnin' gone to seed"
Inc governor said that for every
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-11

Athens. Jan. ii-In accordance
with the agreement made with the al.
lies on DecembS LIST, King Constan.
tine today begfh the delivery to the
entente Of sly batteries OF mountain
guns. UnaV his orders several hos
tile demonstrations we're suppressed
and a meeting called to protest
against the acceptance OF the allies
ultimatum was dispersed.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-11
Capture 1900 Turin.

London. Jan. ;l.-s{llncs of en-.
treDchmcnts GOV SrinTthc town of
Rafa, on the sidSI peninsula, have
been captured by the British. II IL Of
ficially announced. Sixteen hundred
Turks we're captured.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-11
ss.I. Of New WI Loan.

London, Jan. iisbouar Law an.
nounces the basis for the new war
loan was an Issue at per cont and
priced ut s5, to run for a period OF 30
years. with an option OF psymcnt In
twelve years.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-11
British ss,,leship)sunk.

London, Jan. li.7$c British ad.
miral'y says thcONp Corvallis has
been sunk by Submarine and the
seaplane carrier Beemychrce also was
sunk.