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6 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 Hertford’s Acid Phosphate Imparts Energy. When vitality and nerve force have become impaired by iUneaa its value is wonderful. Induces refreshing sleep. Gratia. hra mmim Hoafrgatt’. oe wtwpfn. Yoo will not feel like thiaiJiJS thelmorning ifyoo:Amffl|ij I You've experienced that "awful head" lor the “splitting headache?” Young, wtmmJk harsh whiskies cause it. There are no "after effects” with Yellow Label. It's mellow, old and KA smooth - a gentleman’s drink for sociability. Ran All Firs/-class Places Sell ft. A* VX/n'r I TDPAT Thedtflweowt. ureal b-lween thl* and ordl- ♦A tZ LL- I KL#** ■ • narv whiskey- to show the difference will *end vJTurm you sample bottle free, on rwlpl nr u> ctv In defray parking Hr A.)drr. V ’L. CHAB ■ fmni A CO., .7 Sain St. .CIKCIHMATI.O.•***•— —Hi#,,. McDONOI'GH & BALLAMYNE, . W Iron Founders, Machinists, JbJL ml •iiFi.fi norm of *<•>'■-- ■ art ud I'artulil. % rmaal ami la, Huonlo, , W* -Hl*, 1a,,, Mill ’—••. 'U e- TELEPHONE NO. 123. 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 ) Secret of Beauty is health. The secret ofhealth is the power to digest and assim ilate a proper quanity of food. This can never be done when the liver does not act it s part. 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