The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-18

rant, out the law should compel IL
4 to be done *e*
am in favor of a law making it a
felony for any man to sell, offer for
sale or advertise for sale in North Car
o!lna any proprietary or patent medi-
cine purport1ng to cure cancer, con-
sumption, diabetes, paralysis, epilep-
sy' 'Br1ght's disease, or any other dis
ease for which the North Carolina
Medical Association and the Ameri-
can Medical Association declare that
no cure has been discovered. I" I"
Absentee Voting.
/ Inc General Assembly should, with.
out fail, make provision for our citi.
! zens whose. work keep or carry them
away from home, to participate in our
elections. There is no Constitutional
difficulty in the way of such a law.
and every consideration of justice and
expediency favor it.
Rotation in Office.
The genius, of Democracy is as much
opposed to monopoly of office as to
any other kind of monopoly. In or
oeF 10 nave a government by the peo-
pie there should be occasional changes
IN the individuals who administer pub
TIC affairs. 1t is written in our State
CONSTITUTION that Governor cannot
succeed himself, and the refusal of
washington to serve as President
more than two terms so appealed to
| the judgement of the American peo-
pie that it has become an unwritten
law *'*
The Short Ballot.
am thoroughly converted to the
wisdom of the short ballot. =
The State Hospitals.
The saying of Wilson, put your
eggs in one basket and watch that
basket" applies to the management of
our State Hospitals for the Insane.
Under the present arrangement, with
a different Board of Directors for each
hospital, no directors feels that any
great responsibility rests on him.
l am OF the opinion that the
three hospitals for the insane ought
10 be under the management of a sin
gle board of not more than seven men.
The Chairman of the con-
solldated board, and the Superintend-
ent of each hospital should be made
purchasing committee, and this COM
m1ttee should buy all the supplies for
all the Institutions
| am deeply convinced that under
this sort of management the efficien-
cy of the institutions would be increas-
ed, and many thousands of dollars
would be saved to the state
Agricultural Department.
After a most careful study of the
situation l am convinced that in the,
interest of, economy and intelligent
work, the Agricultural Department
and the North Carolina College of
Agricultural and Mechanical Arts
ought to be under the same manage
ment. The College ought to be sim
ply division of the Department.
- [ earnestly urge that the members
of the Board Of Agriculture be made
ex-officiO Directors of the College, and
that the Department of Agriculture be
transferred to the College grounds,
and a suitable building, costing not
less than $25O,OOO be erected for it's
accommodation. This building should
be paid for by the. state and not out
of the funds of the Department.
The young men in attendance upon
the College could do considerable part
Of the work of the Department, and in
this way numbers of worthy young
men could obtain substantial assis.
lance in getting an education, while
the entire student body would acquire
considerable knowledge. of the work
done by the Department, and difuse
this knowledge throughout the state.
The State Prison.
I am convinced that the only JUS
LITIGATION for the punishment of crime
is the protection of the public and the
reformation of the criminal. Any
thing that savors of vindictiveness is
indefensable in the administration of
the law. To this end quarters
comfortable and sanitary ought to be
provided for all prisoners. -
urge the enactment of a general law
strictly limiting the time man can
be sent to a county chain gang to two
years and all other convicts should
be sent to the state prisOne.
I recommend that quarters be built
on the State Farm amply sufficient
to take care of all convicts, and that
the entire administration OF the State
Prison be conducted from the State
Farm, and that the prison at Raleigh
be converted into hospital for the
insane
Gentlemen Of the General Assembly,
Ladies and Gentlemen
I have endeavored to visualize my
dream of fairer and finer state.
have outlined the means by which I
hone to make the dream come true.