Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-14
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TUESDAY JANUARY IA 1919.
The Governors Message.

Reconstruction Is tnc kcNnotc ol
Governor Townsends message 70 the
General Assembly, and all whp read
il will aggree that the governor
has made very effective presentation of
this most important element, which,
pressing and conspicuous for score or
more Of years, has been made strenuous
and emphatic by the great war and the
problems i, has created, State as well as
national and international. Governor
Townsend, whether his recommendations
shall meet with approval or disapproval,
has considered this great question in n
thorough manner as II applies to the
State Of Delaware
Beginning with an eloquent reference
70 the close Of the greatest Of all the
worlds conflicts, Nnd the problems It
forced upon the minds Of all peoples the
, governor proceeds to detail the various
elements a reconstruction THAI now con
: front the people OF Delaware and will
olsin, the attention of the General As
@mbly at its present session. flrst, he
suggests a suitable memorial 70 the sol
diers Of Delaware who took part IN the
war. and very practically and sppro-
priatcly recommends memorial m the
form Of i puhlr luillrng an ox-
tension OF the state House by the huildng
Of wing t. the north end ot the old state
House, provision to some extent for which
already has been adc hy the purchase
oi tic county building d kcn' such an
addition would not onlr complete the
symmetry oi the improved state House.
tut would T. 2 mos, fitting monnrial %
our soldier nrracs
In me w.tl !. obstruction. also. the
governor presents III, vnrk Z, TIE state
ouucil Il Icfcnco, over Viic., ,hcr' he
lc"n Controversy trd -"tne erteI-m. ic
details thc artivi.lc- ui tbs hodv com
inends it, work, and cNprc--e~ liz belief
tha: thinking citizenship NH take jas;
pride IN us ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In view OF the recent notable accom-
plishments Of Delaware in the various
demands for support Of the government
in the wsr-Liberty Loans. Red Cross
funds and other activities the governor
holds that the naticn looks to our little
State for big things and in ihis he is
right. Therefore, he sets forth some lines
Of reconstruction which be recommends
10 the General Assembly for favorable
consideration
Some OF the elements that rccon,truc-
tion stand. for in Delaware as defined
by the governor in ms message, are
Better measures for the protection and
preservation Of health improvement oi
o,u facilities for education, 70 make them
equal with the best N tho country chile
welfare, 10 the end that human life may
be conserved; Americanization Of our
foreign element 50 that, by education ia
our language and laws, they may the
sooner become good citizens; good roads,
from one end Of the State 20 the other
better and more modern buslness methods
in the adulinist ration Of our state affairs,
including revision IN accounting n.etlod.
of purchasing and hookkCcuLg according
20 approved standards 10 thls end he
RAYS that inventories IL our STATE and
county government, oi our school system,
our institutions and varIou, organizations
have been made by experts, md tho re-
suits will be submitted "a the General
Assembly. Here Is a notable program tor
consideration and action The Legs
hture will not lack occupation i 1t gives
10 il serious attention.
Other matters find place in the
governors very interesting and business
like message lie earnestly urges women
suffrage, and being a good Republican,
this IS not surprising Also, he recon-
mends the enactment Of Prohibition law
for the State, 10 become effective July
next
4 yer, important accommodation By
she governor Is an respect u the legal
department oi the state ~ asks that
the attorney generals department hc
stIength hened By legislation that will
enable il 70 move more effectively N the
detection and punishment Of crime,
specifically BY the creation Of State
Detective Bureau an increase ID the
contingent fund Of the attoIney-reneral
Of &c, and the appointment of an ad-
diional deputy aitufncy-leneIal, with
Statewide powts Il,st so essentials,
and the Les Isiatule would do wel to pro
vide for them
Also IN TINS line the governor recon-
mends an increase IN tic salaries oi the
a. attorney-gencral md has deputies, which
a. present are very inadequate 70 the hard
work they are continually called upon 70
perform.
In this connection, the governor also
recommends an increase in tho salaries Of
the judiciary and in tia. he will he IN
5Vrsed by every citizen who has regard