Weekly journal-miner., 1921-01-19


 step with progress by accepting what is new, provided that careful and diligent inquiry shows that it IS meri- torious and will serve the ends for which it is intended.
 Departmental Reports ! In accordance with the require mcnts of the statutes, reports have 1 been submitted to this office by the various departments and institutions Io of the state These reports outline the expenditures and activities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and Fcontain many suggestions-some ot which possess merit. They are too extensive to permit of their being in cluded in this message but l use this means of transmitting the same to your honorable body.
 Relief Bills
 Your attention is directed to the claims oi Rashford-Burmister Colh- pany $4O9.76, J. B, Lyman judgment ! for $250Q and Tovin & Company iS72.50, for the payment of which re- { lief bills are necessary. Complete data for your information is being submitted, showing that these claims are just and legal and should be met.
 Brief Legislative Recommendations These are a number of important matters to which 1 will briefly call your attention and invoke for them your thought and action, before dis cttssing the two major subjects ot this message. 1 would recommend: Declaring cotton gins public utility.
 Amendment of the present divorce law so as to effectuate its palpable purpose by providing for an inter locutory decree which does not be- come final until the expiration of one year from the date of the original decree.
 Providing a site and new home for juvenile girl delinquents, thus effect ing segregation of the sexes at the State Indistrual School.
 Meeting the cooperative offer Of the United States government for in dustrial rehabilitation.
 Amending the law so that only : American citizens are eligible for ad- mission to the Pioneers Home and limiting admission to those who have been residents of the state since the year 1885.
 1 Making provision for the care of orphans and half-orphans through home-finding societies, which has been proven by the experience of great many states to be the practical and humanitarian way or meeting this problem.
 Americanization of our foreign population by cooperation with the federal government in such work through the state department of edu- cation.
 The appointment of a commission to study and report back to your body workmen's compensation law, equally fair to employer and employe. For my views on this matter and my reasons for recommending such ac- ton, 1 respectfully refer you to that portion of my message to the Fourth State Legislature, which treats the subject at length.
 Liberty Day
 November 1lth should be desig- mated as Liberty Day and legal holiday. Although 1 hold the unal- terable conviction that the legislature has been too generous in this respect, my inclinations and conception of duty impel such a recommendation. It would not only be fitting recog- milton of an outstanding event, the signing of the afrristice which term mated the world Wlr, but an honor due to the men of Arizona whose i bravery and sacrifices are entitled to more substantial reward. The name carries its own significance and IS broader n concept than the political l division in which it would be ob- served. While our debt of gratitude i is local to some extent, 1t reaches out to our defenders in this and other nations, who fought that liberty should not perish from the earth
 Audit Is Needed
 The affairs of our corporation. the state, in some ways arc managed very loosely and in an unbusincsslkc way. Hundreds of thousands of dol lars are handled annually by certain executive officers, yet a check of their books has never been made To the auditor is delegated qhis duty by law, but funds for such purpose have never been provided by the lcgisla- ture. No commercial enterprise would countcnance such negligence or risk i the hazards involved. In fairness to the officers and the taxpayers l would again recommend that a sui ficicnt sum be appropriated for a thorough audit.
 Election Laws Defective ! The need of change in. our elective laws is still existent Revision was attempted during the last regular ses- sion, but did not offer proper relief Experiment since statehood has dem onstrated that the machinery for reg istering the will of the electorate is not only cubmersome and unwieldy bat fails in its purpose. The same abuses, only aggravated, still continue but should be rcmcdied. There is offered field for constructive work and satisfactory results can be se- cured if the laws now on our statute books are amended or new ones 1 framed, designed not for partisan ad- vantage, but free and untrammelcd expression. Important among such changes should be a provision for the absent voter. The Utah law, to which l have given some study, cpar1,c ar,,pl,- .,daD,,ata and Dro,-;Jac