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CANDLER’S MESSAGE.
Conti nurd from Flint Pf<*
of the kaqer of public building# and
ground* in It* expenditure the pubic
bulUiing fur*) of sl7.f* hue bin mult to
net the in)in* ruu ilemand? ui#nn 11. and
therv J4t no uniiKl claims chargeable to
it, bul the appropriation w # t** small,
being 81.200 kw (bin over twfor# If any
•xMiKklior il4 r*|>4tr am t<* In- m “It n th#
puMi lankllng* und some are necessary.
It should l riKoriKl to the okl tlifiirf *4
s*M*u
A a in Knottier part of thb com*
Rtuni< 1(1011 the i.it*' of i • nation ban ben
indued t little over a d>ll ir a thousand,
but tu should not .t • our * (Torts lo re
4ue II stili lower. This ran only be
doi* by limit*.g h.I .ipproprlmlomi to the
emallest Mniount |muml4( for the proper
tupp* rl of it i ol.Jt t nnd Institution for
which the approprlathm 1- maf 1 do not
advise niggardly 114 gwopria Ilona. for n*c-
i* not <<onomy. but not a (fol
iar shoufcl in* taken by the t ix-gathen r
from the |*eo|;e Just emerging from one
of the long it and mort dlsuKtruus bunl
us 1 pre salons In th#* history cf the
court i. which is n#* absolutely n*s # - *r>
lo the preservation of the honor and
credit o? th* slate and th# aupporl # f h**r
Institution* Many dt mtnd: will be m.wif
upon you for money for many purpose
While no one #f these dttnamb would p. r
ha|w be Mi Itself onerous, all *4 them w hen
aggregated would ♦.*< ceding burOtn
some to the taxpayers 11. tu t the im
portance of the inet careful srutiny of
every measure requiring an ipprupruil.oti
of tmaiey.
Mate Institution#.
All the institution** suppjlial wholly or
partly by th Mat. are In good condition
and rofloet cfdit uimc those into who*** j
hand* their in uuK''inrt has baen intrust
ed. Our grt-at#*; a ltd most expensive I
charity, the Star* Hinlfirium. la well I
managed and Ik catlr.g well for the 2.:M
unfortunate* who have been committed to j
ita keeping. Hut unfortunately Ms raps
Ity Is not ufJi i* w to a< nimodato ail
who, under th Jaws of the stale ami of
humanity, are entitled to its benefits.
There ore to-day !Ji iutialice <-Milit*-d in
the eorvunon Jails f the mate In>ciiu<w 1
then- is no room for Unto In the sanita
rium This should not be. These victims
of the saddest of til human calamities
must be provided for by an enlargement
of the buildings ko as to afford them ac
commodation. This will require an appro
priation of money, whli h we must mak<-.
but in making It and In the erection and
furnishing of the necessary new buildings
due regard should be had not only to the
nscrwttlu of the put lento, but to tin* at4i-
Ity of the tax-payer* to pay taxes
In this connection It is proper that I call
the attention of the tfc-neral Assembly to
m recommendation made to me by the
board of trustee of the sanitarium con
cerning the bond of the treasurer. The
board say—“ln view of the fact that the
appropriations made annually for sup|>ort
and maintenance have largely Increased
since the passage of the aliove law (th*
act fixing the amount of the bond at $20,-
OOU.OO) thus placing In the hands of the
treasurer large monthly balances, the
trustees deem It wise to Increase the bond,
and have llxnl the cam# at $40,000. and
would ask that in your annual mes*g
you rororom# n1 that a law tie passed In -
creasing ibe bond of the treasurer of the
State Honltarlum to fgu.OOO .**
In compliance with the above recom
mendation of the board 1 res pact full/
raoutnmend that the law !*• amend**! as
suggested by the board chargd with the
management of the Institution
The schools for the deaf and dumb and
for the blind are w*ll and economically
manag'd and are accomplishing the ob
ject* for which they were established In
a manner entirely satisfactory 8o fur a*
1 am advised no extraordinary appropria
tion Will be asked for either of these insti
tutions.
The girls school at Mllb'dgevHle, the
fttat# Normal at Athens, the North G*or
glu Agricultural College at lahlonega
and the Industrial College for Colored
Youth near Havana*fl, are ull doing splen
did work and are excellently manag'd,
while the B'hool of Technology Is giving
tc our young men that thorough literary
and technical training which fits them
tor successfully rnwnaglng the numernu*
Industrial enterprises which are springing
up all over the state. Ido not believe
there Is anywhere an Institution which
!h doing better or more valuable work
than this school
Our venerable T’nlverslty, the pride of
our state, is enjoying degree r>f pr>.
perity unequailed in Its history and do
ing a work of Incalculable value to these
who must soon succeed us In maintaining
the honor and glory and dignity of Geor
gia This nursery of the young m mho and
of our state, like the state oanit trlum. la
no longer adequate to the demand a upon
It. There must be more room, hut In
providing It the same rigid economy nee**#-
aary In providing for the wanta of th*
other object* for which the state must
provide. should be observed. Its n tu il
necessittee should be recognised, but rot
a dollar ahould be needlessly ex|N'n led
Tn* Hr form.
Recognizing th# necMlty for Mich #
form in our taxing law* a# wculd un
cover and subject to taxation much prop
erty which ha# in the- past #*cap# I thr
lex gatherer and equalize thr burthen f
taxation on all cluiei of property, .hr
General Aeefmhiy, ut It# wnMon of
u(i|>ulntHl a joint coni.nltte# of th* two
house* to pre pare himl r* quart a bill at the
next ffialon to •< romplNi ihca# result*.
Thr romcnitferr m**t during th* rrrrw. and.
after much Investigation and labor re
ported at the last session a Mil whi. h.
after nu h dtaouasion. a.- tal l on the
table for want of time for tlnai consider
ation ami action, and is resolution w.ie
adopted inst rue i tug the Governor to
transmit It to your horomhle b.*it<* for
further consideration and final deposition.
That bill ia herewith returned to the
House of Representatives In which It wa*
pending.
That there la urgent necessity for
some enactment to aecurc a more- equtl
clfM rlbution of the burthen# of taxation
and to enable the taxing ofllrtri to reach
hidden proparty la apparent without ar
gument to all who have given the subject
consideration.
1 therefore earnestly advise the repre
sentative* of the peopb tn this General
Assembly to prosecute the wmk l-xun by
theli predecessors, enact some law which
will accomplish the desired end ami com
pel the tux dodger to bear hi- Just #h re
of the burthens of government.
Public Wclmmil I' it iil.
1 pern! to have again to < all the atten
tion of tbs General Assembly to the* un-
condition of thi pub lc ec.boo;
fund. The design of our school lews was
that the taxes eollee ted In any given ver
should bo applied to the support of the
schools during the* next yen? Hut owing
to the fact that the fund provided by the
tleneral Assembly for the supp rt of the
school?* has for a number of year past
been Inadequate to pay for the- work done,
It ha* been necessary to apply a i art of
the mon y raised for the #upt*>rt of the
schools for one year, to the payment of
teacher* tvi w’orle done the year before,
or let them go unpaid. This |*oli< y ha*
tieii pursued from year to y*nr, until at
the beginning of the year 1901. If It is
attU pursued, the amount of school fund
In the treasury will not be suffl lent to
pay teacher* for one m mth's work There
are now, or will Ik at tie end of the
present year, the -arcings of thr*e
months’ work due the teachers, which
mud b* paid. If paid at nil. out of the
taxes of this year, which ought to go to
the |*ayment of teachers naxt year Thl
will amount to itto.Uk) There has been
advanced out of the general fund und*r
authority of the uct of l>. c. X. 1X97.
which must under the law* U- repaid Into
the general fund out of the school fun*)
now being collected. These -wo liabilities
of the school fund will amount to $1,3F.-
OUO, which. wlnn t ken out of the school
fund of which ought to go to the
payment of taachua next year, will leave
not think for •
tingle monu-nt that
~l consumption will
i||Pg£@dSAe v er strike you a
1 kiJ ~ ln !l< •* l,J "'
not come that way.
■ 11 creeps its way
think it is a little cold,
WSW nothing but a little hacking
; then • little loss in
weight; then a harder cough ; then
the fever and the nijht sweats.
Better stop the disease while it
is yet creeping. Better cure your
cough today. You can do it with
Ayers
The pressure on the chest is
lifted, that feeling of suffocation is
removed, and you are cured. You
can stop that little cold with a 25c.
bottle; harder coughs will need a
50c. sire; if it’s on the lungs the
one dollar sire will be most
economical.
" I ronfid-ntly rerommrnd Aver'a Cb-rry
lv t<‘ral t> all tay p<ttr<>u 1 am ualng
tt now in my own family. Forty years
ago 1 feel sure It aaved my life “
A 8 F.iPaog. If D.,
Jan 4,1*9*. Fort Maiiiaoo, lowa
only iJTiO.onn, not enough to pay them for
one month'r work
1 know f but two w<iy f remedying
thin evil <ne |- to provide (mans to
pay what 1h now ilu- the teachers for
work already done, mil let the taxes col
l< to] iniM year g* to • It* payment of
techera next year u the law con tern
platen; and the other Is to suapen I the
schools for a half-year, or until the *-chor>l
fund. supf*l m nte<l by an advance of
s4<i,4*ift from the genernl fund, can catch
up with the sbmands u|v>ri it. Hut It Is
(4 great lmt*ortane that some remriv be
appllel. It Is due tha teachers. They
shouUi not !*• re4|uired lo work on a credit
and tw driven to the nec "Slty of
Ing th'lr claims to curbs too* brokers at
ruinous rates, as many now have to lo
The custom, which has prevailed for aev
era! years past, of nßortlr.g to ud jus-
Bible teviifwrary rx|H*ilients to secure
means to run the schools, has l*een n
s<*iirc of much annoyance to the teachers,
and is h* 11 to the Governor uni the
State 8c boo! Commls* loner, who have
teen censured for the non-payment of
feat hers, who cannot understand why It Is
that when the legislature has said they
shall l h paid monthly. It l not don
They do not know that when the law was
enacted declaring that monthly piymenta
should be rriade the necessary means were
not provided for that purpose.
It it til cit I flm nice Is >•••<! l.
After much investigation and study of
the question. I hive come to the conclu
sion that the best Intereets of the tax
pi yen and of the bools demand a ra*l
ical change |n the mode of |(r>vl)tng
means to sitp|kort our public achools It
will Im* found up<Mi Investigation. I think,
tiiat Georg to p.tvs • larger p**rcentage
of her *h l revenue to the sup|H>rt if
her common schools than nny other state
in the I’nlon. while local tommunltbs.
with the exception of our cities and some
of the larger towns, contribute nothing
to this purpose. Counties, wMh two 4r
three exceptions, and moat of the towns,
pay nothing, but look to the state fi>r
everything This fosters a spirit of pa
ternalism utterly repugnant to our the
ory of government arid dcerructlve of
the self-rell.im * and individuality of th*
citizen. In New Kngt.ind. the cradle .f
the common school, wher they have
reached their greatest perfection, the
mudsill of the system Is local tax ifion
Mippl*-mettled by state aid. We ehould
profit by the exrwriettce of these older
states and amend our system t*o ns to
conform to that which exporlem'e has
4 len tons mated to le !*>** t'l.dr ih* pres
ent law counties may im|s>s*- ufs>n fhem
set vea taxes to nli in the *upi>ort of
schK>lM. but they do not do It because
the lw is not compulsory but merely
permissive. It is nos right for the state
it* tn-ur all of this burthen, neither in It
expedient. The law* should require a
part of it 14> be borne by the C4>unties.
This would not only he notre equitable
and Just to the taxpayer#, bus |i would
be to the best Interest of the schools and
the teachers, who are the chief sufferer*
under the present unsatisfactory system
Tnder 4he propiMil change patrons would
fi*e| more reeponslhllity for n<l take more
interest In their *• bools urd in the selec
tion of teacher#, the standard of scholar
ship in our country sohikols would be
elevated and th** results w’ould Im k> sat-
Isf.ictory to both i.mons mvl teochers.
that the amount of loial taxation for
the support of Arhnols wi>uld be Increased
from vear to year, the school firm wouki
he ienirthened. teachers would better
paid and the taxpayers would be better
satisflid with the burden put up>on them
I thi-refore recommend tht the law be
so amenilcd an to fix the state school
fund at one million dollar* per annum, to
he distributed among the counties as
now provided by law. hut that the amount
apportioned to no county shall be avail
able until that county shall have r ifst-d
by tixut;4>n upon the tax aide property
within It* own Ikonlers. an amount not
has than 4d per cent. 4if its share of the
state *4*hool fund This would raise ft>r
the first year a s'lioy| fund about as
large as wc now have whhh would be
increased by the counties from year to
Vtr ns the people rc-allze the *lvantagi*a
of the ay at cm
In 4lisinlssing this subject ! desire to
••all the attention of the General Assem
bly to the exhaustive report of the Htate
Bchoot Commissioner, who fully agri’t**
wltti me on the subject of h>'nl taxation
to aid fn the support of achools.
Pension*.
The aggregate amount of money paid
out during the yar to pensioner* of all
classes has been p?x,3CJf>, and there are on
file, approved for payment next year. 973
new applications. From this must be de
ducted the number of pensioners who have
died during the year This Is not yet
known, but H will probably h almut M>.
which will, when deducted from the num
l>er of new abdication', leave a net ad
dition *o the rolls of aiiout 473
fly the adoption of th* amendment
granting pension* to all widow* of le
cn-l Confederate soldiers who from
blindness and poverty, old age and pov
erty. or Infirmity and poverty, are unable
to up!*rt themselves, u new class of
pensionr* has been created, for the pay
ment of whom a large amount of mon* y
will Im required- how large If Is Inuo-M-
Ide to suy with any degree of accuracy
for want of Information as to th- number
of these widows In the state, but It Is
probable that then are not l*s than 2,ir
If pensions are granted them at the same
rates as to the widows now on the rolls
it l* probable that In a year or two the
amount r. > • ssary to meet the pension rol;
will approximate u ml lion dollar*.
In this connection it I* perhaps not
amt# for me to refer to the dangerous
arid growing practice of granting by ape
rial legislative enactment pensions to
rlulmants whose record will no* allow
them to come In under thr general law.
Our pension lawn are liberal, him! most
applicant* whose military service entitle
them in equity and Justice to i*ens|.n
can itflljr mak** the n* e-*ary proofs and
get on the pension roll without -he** s|m*-
cfal acts for their benefit, the oonitltu
tlonallty of which is doubtful, while If
tho practice of legislating applT ants on
the roll is kepi up many unearned pen
non* wUI bv iwivi to miiHHtunatc and uu-
THE MORNING NEWS: TriTRSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1900.
scrupulous applicants The names of none
ouch should go *>n the pension roll. Jt
mid be a roll of honor
In this connection I i*str* to way that
In my opinion the time has <otw when *h<
state should provide a home tor those old.
dec rep id am! worn-out Confederate sol
diers who are homeleaa. frlemilee* and un
able to work There are not many of thl*
Class, but there are some, men who have
no relations to care for them and who In
their old age and decrepitude are bowed
down with sorrow and humiliation t*e
rause they have no place to lay their
hoary head* It |* the duty of the stata
to provide for old heroes a horn* for
the few remaining years they h ive to live
I am advised that the grounds and th*
building erected ther#<*n a f**w year# ago
for a soldiers’ home and tenileted to the
state by patriotic GMiens. but do llrnd
by the legislature. Is still available I
advise that If again tendered free from Irv
cumbranre. It be accepted, and that tt la
placed In the hand* of < srmtll board • t
trustees, men of high character, wh o*’
duty shall he to see to It that none but
ex-Confederate soldiers who can esiabtl-h
a g4’#>d record soldiers, be admitted into
It The pensions allowed by liw to such
as are a4lmltte<i in the horn** iIMMSIA It*
diverted to the >uiporf of the horn •
This amount, supplemented by a small ap
propriation from the treasury, will wui-
Iwart the horn# This little burthen woul 1
have to he home for only a short time,
for none shoul4l be admitted to th* home
hut men who actually fought the battb*
of the Conf*deracy. and all such are row
old men an*! will. In the course 4f nature,
pass off the stage of action In a few
yea r#.
rtince the adoption of the nmndm nt
of the constitution, authorizing pensions
to Indigent widows of deceased Oonfeder
ate soldiers, by the f>sople, the work tn
the pension offlc#* will be gr atlv In
4 reas*d If lcgielntion lt enacted to *arry
out the provision of th#* amendment 8o
grr t will l*e the incr4n*e, that It may te
impossible for one man to do all th- work
In the t*et>slon >fH' •■. I #4lv! 4 that a
special commlttre !*• ap|>in*ed to Investi
gate the matter and report what #* 1
tance. If any. Is required In tiw* i**nsion
office, atwl that provision be m.ide for si h
clerical help as the committee may d*em
necessity to a proper din, larp of Ihe
dutlea of the office.
The Military.
Tnder authority of an act of the last
General Assembly all of the V4dunteer mil
itary’ organizations of the state wcr* re
organized on the first day of Febraury
last, and It Is gratifying to be able to say
that they are all now. with *< arcrly an
exception. In fairly good effective condi
tion There exists among the troops, offi
cers and men alike, that generous rivalry
which contributes so much to the effi
ciency and usefulness of mllltnry organ
izations. and It Is confidently believed
that within another year but few states
in the Tnlon will have a better or m *re
thoroughly organized and equipped ml
litis., notwithstanding the utter demoral
isation and disorganisation that existed
at the close of the Hpanlsh-Amerlcan war.
when there was not a thoroughly armed,
equipped and efficient company In th**
state To accomplish this change In the
short space of eight ninths has been
work of great aisl continuous labor, and
the acting adjutant genernl and the ln
spector general are *nttt|ad to the high
est commendation for the thoroughness
and efficiency of their work
As soon as this r*organ!**tton was ef
fected step* were taken to fully arm.
*1 pup and uniform the troop* Tnlfortns
were worn out. equipment was loat. and
about half the arm# of th* state had been
carried away by the troop* organized f.r
the war with Brain. 'All the troop* ar*
now arme4t atul equipped and nearly a!
of the companies have been suih*H**l with
new uniforms and each regiment of In
fan try with n m** lal •*** A** wi,h
coat of arms of the state embroidered
on It.
We have been enabled to accomplish
these results by the ue of a part of the
money refunded b>' the general govern
ment on account 4*f the state's expendi
ture* In organizing the troop* for the
Spanish war supplemented by our share
of the annual appropri tlon of FPO.OOO
made by Congress tc aid In arming, equip
ping and clothing the troops of the sev
eral stales.
Fortunately, the necessity for calling
out the military to aid the civil author
ties in the maintenance of or4ler and the
enforeem# nt of the law* has been much
less frequent 4lurlng the present y4ar than
during the last, but In every Instan e In
which ll has been necea*ary the troop*
have responded with n alacrity, and not
ed when on duty with such nrmne** ami
conservatism and discretion as to impress
ill with the 4*onvlction that they know
their duty, and will at all time* lo It.
It Is with pride in the military of the
state that I point tn the fid. that while
they have always don♦* their duty prompt
ly and effectively and have quickly re
stored order in every Instance in which It
has l>e*n necessary to call them Into ser
vice. not a 4lrop of blood has ever been
sheil by them and no violence his ever
been lone to any portion of either race
after the troop* have arrived on the
scene As stnte4) in another part of this
message, there will he at the end of this
year n unexpended balance of About 17.‘AX)
of the appr4pttation mad# by the !at Gen
etal Assembly for the support of the stale
STRUCK IT RICH
When They heeded It find.
"When a two months' old baby refuses
to nurse and cannot digest any or the
*habv foods' or cows milk prepared in
different ways, we must do something or
lose the babv. That was the condition of
our little one ah *ut a yeor and a half ago
"We tried every baby food on the mar
ket. besides the cow's milk' but nothing
seemed to agree with him He sufTere I
from Indigestion, until by the time he
was nine months old. he had grown #>
weak and emaciated that we did nt think
he could live. At last his stomach refused
to t k** anything, and for three .w*v# th.
little fellow was actually starving for
something he could digest
I hapt*ened to have a box of Grap
Nuts In the house and getting a teaspoon
ful. |*ourrd little hot water over it. let
ting the food stand a few minutes, then
gave the habv the brown water which
had the strength of the Grape-Nuts in it.
lie could take but two spoonfuls at a tlnv
ami then rest a while
"His fonia-'h retained the food ami utter
cits day s use of the Orue-Nits In this
way, his bowels were right, for the first
time In six months I continued to feed
him the water from the Grape-Nuts and a
little cream nnd later on the softemd food
itself and he steadily Improved, his little
body and limns loginning to get round and
plump, and by the time he w.is a year old.
he was ns large again as when nine
month* old At 15 months, he weighed A
is Minds, and now at lx months, he is a
great, fat. Jolly baby, climbing and going
x-very where, full of fun. rosy cheeks, and
bright eyes
"During all this time his food has been
Grape-Nuts; Jus* the water at first, then
later on he had the food Itself He Is the
l**st advertisement Grape-Nuta could have
In this town, for every one knew hh* con
dition ami no one thought he could possi
bly live Wr give all the praise to this
most valuable food, and never lose an
i pportunity ta recommend it to i*ersons
suffering from Indigestion an 1 lack of
nourishment " Mrs C. D. Johns*on. Green
field. Ind
Actual proof is better than ill theory,
yet It is well to know that Grape-Nuts
frod Is made scientifically and made for
purpose The most powerful element#
In wheat and barley are used ami so pre
pared as to furnish the human l*o ly with
those food elements, predigested in a nat
ural manner; that Is. turned from staren
into arwpe *ugr
The food Is powerful enough for athletes
and easy enough of digestion tx shown
by the above experience) for the weakest
bba ..
troop# for the preaent year, and there
will also b*. upon final e-tiiemenf with
tha general government, u balance of the
military appropriation of l*'s, t*-mporarlly
diverted, of perhaps more still
svallttble for the eune purpose. Thse
two sums It Is believed Will b* *iffldent
to support the tnl.itary of the state for
the next year without any lddittonal afe
propriatlon I. therefore, r - ••nimrnd that
no ap|ropriati ti fa* made fur the militate
for the y**r H#>l. but that Uh.ooo be ap
propriated for the year Ike
i hmiiir of Venae.
In this connection I desire to rail the
attention of the General embly to wh.it
se*ms to me. in view of recent oc~
urrene# s, to !>•■ a n*•■■#**ry atncnilment
to the law providing for the trial and
punl*nmn of criminals. t’ndfr the law
na it now stand# "all criminal cases shall
lie trPd In the county where the crime
w. committ*d except cs In the Supe
rior Court wh*r th Jud.*' Is satisfied
that un impartial Jury cam ot be obtained
In fcu# h rounty. When h* become* thus
satlsffed h# 1 may change tti* venue for the
•rl * I/* Thu# It I* clear that the Judge of
♦he Huperior Court ulon# cm order a
change of venue and he only when he “Is
sutlefii’d that in lm(k.irtitil jury cannot !e
obtained" In the county in which the
'•rim#* was 4*orrnnltt**d.
Two Instance* huvr oourrrd In the re
cent past in which fh* Judges of the Hupe
rior PfMirt have found ff n • ‘•-ary to aend
negroes who have rtss.iyl*d white women
to Fulton county Jail to protect them
uminst th## mob until they i-miM lie tried,
and then when the courts had *♦ t and the
gr Iml Juries had returned true bills, to
call on me to return the prisoner for trial
to th#* count!#* In which the crimes had
been commute#!. un#l#r a strong military
guard to prevent lynching. In both cases
I have le*en satisfied that such o course
was necessary Aod hav* complied with
the r#-que*t of the Judges, but nt n ex
pense to the slate of about S2SO In each
case, when by a mere change of venue all
the ends of Justice could have lieen attain
ed without cost to the at it*. Oth r such
cases are likely to occur at any time
when the state will be called upon to fur
nish military guards and foot the bills.
1 therefore recommend that an amend
ment cf the constitution h# submitted to
the |c)ple to authorise th#’ Governor bv
executive order to change the venue in
all criminal cases when In his judgment
or that of the Julge of the Superior Court
of the county In which the crime la Al
leged to have been committed. It Is nec
essary to protect the prisoner from vio
lence and secure the orderly tnforcement
of the law
I’lpmir of Orizntalslng Troops for
the War With Mpoln.
For the prosecution of the war with
Hpoln, Georgia was called upon to furnish
tbre#* regiments of infantry and two light
batteries, which were quickly raised and
organized The total eg pen*# Incurred
by the etnte In tho *>rganizatlon, subslot
ence, equipment and transportation of
these troop# whs $30,118.07. It was pro
vided In the act of Congress, of the Sth
day of July. IR9*. tht money thus # xi*#*nd
***l should, upon presentation of proper
voucher#, he refund#**! to the state. My
predecessor In office, when the call was
made on tho state for these troops, no
other fund being available. *Jrew on the
fund appropriate*l for th#* support of the
state troops for the year I*W. for th •
payment of #*ich expenses Incurred In
their organization •* demanded imme
diate payment. When I came into office
there were still un(Miid claim# of thl*
character against the state amounting to
about sl9.<m, and I pursued the same
course and *'ontlnued to draw on the
Kamo fund to meg these claim* until all
were paid, no other provision having
been mek* for their payment. Hut to be
enatded to meet the emergency an#! pov
them, wi* sent the vouchers, as the claims
against th* mate were paid off. to \V**h-
IngZon. not all at one time for that wan
|m|HMi*tble, becauae the fund was insuffi
cient. bur In Installment*, qnd when one
tn*tullm‘nt wa* paid off by the T'nlted
Htntea government, we applied the money
thus 04>taln#*d to th#* payment of other
claims against us, till nil which had been
tiled wlrh proper vou#’hers. were paid
Th#* process of adjusting the claims
against the state nnd those of the state
against the general government nnd get
ting (hem In Kh#t|M* for payment, has been
n*ce**nrlly slow and t**dlou#. owing 10
the fact that recruiting and #>ther officers
contracting the debt*, often t#xk imper
f#*ct vouchers n*i sometimes no vouchers
at all To perfect them and get them in
shape accept ible to the authorities at
Washington, has required much time and
patience, but it Is believed that moat of
them are now In proper shape an#! that
the state will loae. because of Improper
vouchers, only a few hundred dollars at
most.
To Col. William G. Obear. who during
the progress of the war with Spain, hM
as acting adjutant general, charge of all
masters connected with the 4>rganlxatton
and **<iuljMn*nt of troop* for the Tnife*!
States service, and who by my direction
when 1 appointed him Inspector general,
retained control, because of his familiar
ity with the subject, of all mat ten* per
taining to the unadjusted claims against
the state, ami all claims of the stale
against th I’nit'd Btatc* government. I
am greatly indebted for the <'ar**ful. pains
taking and accurate tminn.r in which he
has *l!scharg#si these duties; aid I reoom
mend tiiat m recognition of hts valuable
services In this l*ehalf. nl In organiz
ing the troop* for the Spanish war. and
in reorganizing ttf state troops since. I
be authorized by the G-nornl Assemhlv
to promote him to the nnk of hrlgadi# r
general.
I’rtnnn Myafem.
But little over eighteen month* have
twfd since the new prison system was
put into practical operation, but that has
been sufficient to establish the fact th it
It I* a very great improvement on the sys
tem superseded by It.
In my las t annual nun-age |t was sug
gested that while upon h whole It would
prove to be the best system we had ever
had. It would be remarkable If experience
did not develop defect# in it which would
require correction by amendment. Two
of the main features of the law have fully
met the expectation# of its friends; that
which put* the undivided control of all
state convicts in the hands < f the agents
•if the slate, and not in the hands of th *
agents of the lessees, and that which
I daces female convicts and ;n:irm mils
and all boy# under fifteen year* old on
a farm separate and apart from the able
hodled men. The farm has proved a de
cided success In ev ry way. and I believe
will prove to M* the solution of the con
vict question.
Hut th* law does not m * t the demands
of the sHuatlpn as to misdemeanor con
victs and county chain-gangs This is no*
surprising, for 1* was framed with special
reference to the state and not the county
convicts, the state penitentiary and not
the county chain-gangs. The comm'sploi
was given complete, direct control of all
state convict*, hut only a vague general
supervisory control of the mislem*anor
convicts, for whose security and humane
treatment county authorities were inad
rcafionsible. This feature of the law ha*
not been satisfactory, nnd mod of the
complaints of maladministration of the
law and maltreatment of convicts that
have reached me have come from the***
mlademeanor camp-* I cannot present the
objection* to the provisions of the present
|w\ so far a* It relate# to misdemeanor
convicts, more forcibly than In the lan
guage of the comml>elon. who say:
There are now In operation in the
state three different kinds of chaingang*.
to wit:
"First. Organlxed under nnd in con
formity with the law. and engaged upon
public works.
"Second. Organlxed under color of the
law. nnd engamd In work for private in
dividuals.
"Third. Organ tied contrary to law. and
engaged In work for private individuals "
The first, in the opinion o the commis
sion. are the on y ones contampla*ed by
law. und which have any legal status or
should be oil owed to exist.
OOC4Ux> 1039 of Ito coda, Volume 111,
provides: “Bvery crime declared to la a
misdemeanor Is punishable by a fine not
to exceed fI.GOD, Imprisonment not to ex
ceed six momhoH to work In the chain
gang on the pubic works, or on such other
works i the rotmty authorities may m
-pioy the chnlngang not to exceed twelve
monchs. and any one or more of these
punishments may be ordered In the dis
cretion of the Judge; provided, that noth
ing herein contained shall authorize th*
giving the control of <>onvlet to private
persons, or their employment by the coun
ty authorities tn such mechanical pursuits
as will bring the products of their labor
Into competition with the products of fr**
labor."
"Construing this section with section 1117
to 114 k. Inclusive, it would appear that
no other employment of the rhaing.ing
than on public works was originally In
tended by tha legls!ature. but It would
s**#*m by the section first referred to. that
where a county has a legally organ.z#*l
chalngang. with superintendent# and
guard* hired by th* county authorities, in
charge thereof, such authorities may en
gage the chalngang legally on other work \
th m public works, but to labor for a pri
vate individual whose employes are made
euperintendent and guards, the wage* of
whom are paid by the Individual and not
by the county authorities out of the pub
lic funds and In which the county has
no Interest, exc.pt perhaps to hire to this
tnhv!dunl its misdemeanor convicts. Is,
while apparently under color of law, a
mere evasion.
"A large majority If not all the chafn
girgs, not employed on public works, ex -
‘••*pt the third class mentioned, are so
organized, and many of them do not even
empbty the convict* of the county where
they re locat'd, but depend for their la
bor upon convicts from other countle*.
who are not hired by the county authori
ties. but by the Individual for whose ben
enflt the rtialngang was so organised
“Those embraced in the third class have
not even color of law' to support them,
but are dlr#*ctly In conflict with that pro
vision of the law which forbids *the giv
ing the control of conx’ict* to private per
sona.* They are organiz'd without the or
der of any county authority, and are un
der the control of none, and make no re
port to any official, have only been dis
covered by this commission accidentally.
“In giving this commission general su
pervision of the misdemeanor convicts of
the state, the Acs of 1*37 aimed to estsb
a uniform standard of punishment an#i
treatment thereof, but the authority con
ferred In the ezcercla* of such supervi
sion Is too limited to he effective As re
ported a year ago. the commission. In
obedience to said act. advised with the
county authorities 'ln making am! altering
rules for the government, control and
management of said convicts,' and the
rules so formulated by the commission
were acquiesced In without dissent, hut
so infrequent Is the Inspection required
by law. that the rule* can be violated
without detection, unless the county au
thorities. who are directly responsible for
the control and management of these
gangs exercise the most constant vigi
lance, and this la especially true In those
gangs organized for private individuals
Tho counties having no financial interest
In such choing.ings, the temptation to the
authorities is great to shift the responsi
bility of the management from their own
to the willing shoulders of the private
contractor.
"As long as the law Is unchanged. It Is
poasr.de to have in the state as many
chalngang* os there are counties, more
even, for at present there are several In
some counties, each with a different
standard, and for the punishment and
treatment of misdemeanor convicts who
are amenable to the same law and en
titled to the same treatment, to differ as
often nnd a* wtdaly as the temperament
and vigilance of county authorities differ
from each other.
"Tender such a system abuse# are more
likely to occur, and they do occur in the
best regulated and most wisely governed
penal Institutions, than under a system
which provides for uniformity, and under
which the responsibility f*r manage m* nt
and control is le# divided.**
Fully concurring with the commission
in Ps views on this question and believing
from personal observation that It will not
b> possible under a divided authority and
a divided responsibility to correct abuses
which are known to have existed in some
of the camps. I earnestly nd that
the luw |>e so amende! as to take the con
trol of all misdemeanor convict# out of
the hands of county authorities and place
It in the hands of the Prison Commission
with the same powers and duties they
now have as to felony convicts. Each
county desiring to employ a chalngang
on public works should be permitted to
do so. using Its own misdemeanants for*
tills purpose and such other reasonable
number as the commission may see cause
to hire to It, but even in these case* all
wanlens. physicians, guards and whig*,
plng-bosse* should be employed and paid
by the commission and not by any county
authority.
All other convicts not so used, should
be disposed of by the commission under
contracts. Jusrt as felony convicts are now
disposed of, returning to the counties In
which they were convicted, the net hire
to be applied to the payment of tXNits of
conviction as now provided by law.
The proposed change in the law woul I
Increase the work in the office of the Pris
on GommDelon and require a little m#Yr \
but not necessarily much more mone>
than Is n>w required An additional war
den or wardens should be employed to
visit frequently and Inspect the camps and
see that the law nnd the rules prescribed
by the t'ommieslon aro faithfully carried
out. The clerical work in the office would
be necessarily increased, but it is believed
that one man such as the present ah|**
and efficient secretary could, with the as
sistance of a stenographer at a cost of
h year, he able to do all the work
of the office not done by the commis
sioners themselves.
In this connection T deem it my duty.
In Justice to the secretary of the com
mission and In view of the magnitude and
Importance of the work done by him. to
advise that the Iw be so amended a* to
allow him a salary of eighteen hundred
dollars. Instead of twelve hundred dollars
per annum n* now provided. If the pro
posed change In the law placing mie
de me a nor convicts on the same footing
a* felony convicts Is made, this increase
of expense will cost the state nothing,
since all expenses Incurred In the manage
ment of the misdemeanor convict# would
be paid out of the hire of this class, and
even then I believe, and the commission
believes, that each county would realixe
more, the net profit after paying all ex
penses h-lng return#! to It. out of P#
rnls lem< anants than It lots now. and the
court officers who are Interested in the
mn'fw would not lose, but gain, by th*
change
Thu* every consideration. ,the safekeep
ing of th# prisoners, economy In working
them, the Interest of the court of!tc< r*.
who sre Interested In the money derived
from thdr hire, and far above all these
('on side rations, humanity and the g<v 4 |
nam*- of the slate, dcminl the changes
In the law above suggested.
Hn lint Hrfnrm.
An experience of more than thirty years
since th<* enfranchisement of the emanci
pated slaves of the South has demon
strated the necessity for a qualified suf
frage. Universal "manhood suffrage" Is
based on the idea that the right to par
ti. I pate in the government of the state
I# an Inherent right without regard to
the virtue. Intelligence or patHotlnm of
the voter. This Is not true, nor was It
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so rcgarlrd b#*fore th#* er* of the carpet
kiggi-r In th#* earlier nl better la>s
of the republic, quallticsttans to vote.
well ,m* to hold office, wer#* pr#*sciibed in
all the state.s, Georgia incliided. Indeed,
from the formation f th** Fd'*rl gov
ernment down to this time, in some of
the older stat** an educational or a prop
erty quiihtlration. or both, has been pre
scribed. No mun who Is capable of wield*
Ing tho ballot honestly and Intelligently,
and in the Inter#-#! of himself an*! his
fellow citizen#, should be #ieirl\#-#l of i4
On the other hand. n# man wb. through
lgnorun**e or vicloupness. Is Incapable >f
so wielding 11. should be thus .inn*4.
In a land of free schools and equal
chances to all. the hallo: should be h*ld
out ns a prize to be won only a? a re
ward for virtue. Intelligence tnd good
cltizensnip. Th# conferring of It indis
criminately upon the Southern negroes.
Just emerged from a state of slavery
in which their ancestor# hud been held
for many g*ner:iton*. was the greatest
crlm#' ever perpetrated iicalnst our sys
tem of government and agnlnst the negro
himself. They h<l had n# op|M>rtunity
of learning the responsibilities of citizen
ship. nnl hid nT4 the remotest Men of the
sanctity of th* billot. n*l most of them
soon learned to regard 1t as an article of
merchandise. Instead of a great weapon
of defense with which to preserve their
liberties ami protect them in their enjoy
ment. nn! now. after the lapse of m#>re
than thirty years, the evil still exists and
Is no longer tolerable. A remedy must
be nppßt'd- The rafetv of the stale and
the best interest# of both race# demand
It.
It will rot do to roly on temporary ex
pedient#. We must etrlk#* at th** root of
the evil. Th** while primary ha# accom
plished g#od. but It cannot le relied on a#
a permanent cure for the evil of vote buy
ing and vote selling. Disappointed In It#
results, ambitious men will, relying on
an unrestricted ballot and the purchasable
vote. Inaugurate in i# pendent camlidach *.
and the purrhawabl* vote will aga n be
come a balance of power to control elec
tions. Already we have seen in the recent
elections thee#* tendencies, ami it will not
be long till the whit** primary will a#
temporary expedient# always do. cease to
be n remedy for the evil.
* n interest of good gov
ernment and In the Interest of the n*gr
race, recommend that an amendment of
the conatltutlon be submitted o ih* peo
ple providing for a qualified suffrag* based
on an educational or a property qualifica
tion. or both A man who has bv In teg r -
ty ami frugality acquired . lit#l*- heme,
though It 1m- worth only lion, and Is a ax
payer, should be allowed to vo-*. whether
he can read and write or not; but h*- who
haw for the list thirty year* had the op
portunities of free schools n 1 cannot
read and write, ami who has had an equal
chance for tne a qul-lkm of property, and
yet has through Indolence or profligacy or
vice failed to become tax payer, contri
buting something to the support of his
state, should have no voice in miking it*
laws.
f lf> Courts.
In view of the large number of acta
parsed within re. ent y*ars purporting to
establish city courts with direct writs of
error to the Supreme Court, the Inquiry
Is suggest.il whether there Is not danger
of carrying legislation rn this line beyond
constitutional limits—lf, Indeed, thla bus
not already been done
While it may within the power of the
General Assembly to arbitrarily declar*
that a mere village or small town shall,
from and after the passage of a particu
lar act. be "a city.*' this certainly does
not make the same n real city, as the
term Is commonly used and understood
among our people; ami if this sort of a
legislative declaration is made with refer
ence to a particular village or town for
the sole pur|>o#e of laying the foundation
fer establishing n the newly-created and
so-called city a court whose Judgments
may be directly reviewed by the Supreme
Court, the constitutionality of the meas
ure may, a* to this matter, well be ques
tioned Paragraph &of section 2. article
rt of the const Hutton (Civil Code, section
6&K) declares: "The Supreme Court shall
have no original Jurisdiction, but shall
be a court alone for the trial ami correc
tion of errors from the superior courts
and fom the city courts of Atlanta and
Savannah, and such other like courts as
may be hereafter established in other ci
ties." Our present constitution was rati
fied by the people lec. 5, 1X77
At that t(me. Atlanta and Savannah
were the two largest cities in the state,
and each had many thousands of Inhabit
ants. In each was a c.ty court with
broad Jurisdiction and large powers. It
< an not be doubted that the framers of the
constitution. In limiting the Jurisdiction
of th* Supreme Court to the correction of
errors committed by the Superior courts,
by ttw two Cly courts mentioned, and by
• such other like courts" a* might !e es
tablished meant that the phrase Just
quoted should apply to courts of a class
having slm.lar Jurisdictions and powers
with those already established In Atlanta
and Savannah. It also seems clear that
In declaring that these "other like courts"
must, in onler to come within the provi
(Continued on Seventh Page )
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Cor leaven Thunderbolt ni *:o# . m. and
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market foe lale of Rope. Thunderbolt
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