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THE RTCIDIOXD PALLADIUM AXD SUX-TELEG RAM, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1909. PAGE-T11RKK. Inaugural and legislature addresses of Marshall delivered today

L WAS JEFFERSOIIIAII III ITS SIMPLICITY Continued From Page One.) 6ne department. He urged that the State oil inspector be made a mere Clerk on a fair salary instead of an officer with rich fees. A primary election law was asked under which all candidates for office as well as all delegates to party conventions shall be elected. The repeal of the metropolitan police law was urged, and the message also recommended numerous Changes in the cities and towns law. One important recommendation is lhat for an expert accountant from outside the state who shall make an immediate investigation of accounts of all the state offices and ascertain the method of doing business therein, lie asks that this expert report as to the number of useless and unnecessary t-lerks and assistants there are in the Mate offices whose services can be dispensed with In the interest of economy. Prosecution Fund Asked. Governor Marshall also asked for authority to institute suit against any officer who may be found on investigation to have obtained illegal appropriations or to have spent money in an Illegal manner. A uniform system of accounting in ell public offices was advocated in the message. Ample appropriations for the tate board of health were advocated. covernor Marshall recommended legislation that will prevent the issuance of watered stocks and bonds by corporations. He urges a broadening of the powers of the Indiana railroad commission. Following the inauguration ceremonies Governor and Mrs. Marshall held a reception in the governor's office, where several hundred persons called to meet them. Tonight the iaugural ball will be iield a the Propylaeum. It will not be as pretentious as the inaugural ball has been on former occasions, but it will be the society event of the season In this city. The joint legislative committee that had charge of the arrangements for the inauguration was composed of the following members: Senate Senators Stotsenberg, Kistler, Orndorf and Strange. House Representatives Maas, . ZearJng, Elliott and Haggard. In addition there was a large reception committee composed of members of both houses. The inaugural address of Governor Marshall delivered in the tapitol rotunda follows: My "Fellow Citizens: Chosen by the votes of a free people, under, as I trust, the providence of God, to become the governor of my native state, I have just assumed a solemn vow to be faithful to the duty Imposed upon me. This vow has not been lightly taken. I am neither tinconscious of the greatness of the task Imposed upon me nor of the weakness ih ray own powers to mini! it. a iree i people knows no other way to manage; useir tnan ny seeking tne win or the majority. That majority will, however, soon become a minority unless it provides reasonable rule for all the people, a violation of which plain dictate of justice would be, in my judgment, oppression. Theories of government will rightfully continue to exist and be discussed in Indiana, but now that the tumult and passion of an election have passed, it becomes my duty and yours as well to give the best of ourselves, not only to the maintenance of a free government, but also to the honest, economical and painstaking administration of public affairs. These affairs are to be managed not with an eye single to party success, but rather with an eye single to the public weal. I have not ceased to be a Democrat, but I have pledged myself this day to regard and carefully conserve the rights of citizens who were not favorable to my election, but who, I hope, will now cheerfully accept my eervice so long as it is fairly rendered Jn the best interests of Indiana. While the right of government comes only through the free consent of the governed, still in a larger sense, that right ehould never rest In any man's hands until he promises to do his utmost to respect the views and protect the rights of alien, denizen and citizen alike, and to give to all the people his best in the way of good government, "unawed by influence and unbought by rain." This pledge I now give to the people of Indiana. Having promised you, so far as I can contribute to it, honest and faithful service by myself and by the public servants over whom I may have control, I trust I will not be considered a mendicant knocking at your gates when I suggest that there Is likewise a duty resting upon you. It Is true that those of you who were born to the purple of American citizenship have never verbally registered a solemn oath to be obedient to the constitution and laws of the land. Still, those who came before you and who bestowed upon you this priceless heritage have tacitly imposed that obligation upon you, and you cannot shirk its discharge if you would. As 2 owe to you loyal service, you owe to tne respect, confidence and support until, by lack of ability or dishonor, I may have Justly forfeited the same. Yo call me governor, but what I Shall govern depends upon yourselves; and how I shall succeed, depends upon your attitude. The most important thing in a free government is to have the people always conscious of the fact that they are themselves largely responsible for not only the system of government under which they live, but for its due administration. There are certain Verities which neither education nor evolution can change. A peoale can, always, have the form of govprnment which they desire if they are KiUlQX tp make the . necessary ssvsci-

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ncesto oTftaiff ft. To fSese, therefore, I desire to direct your attention. In a way you want freedom of thought in Indiana are you charitable enough to let other people exercise the same privilege? You want freedom to worship God according to the dictates of

your own consciences are you brave enough to worship Him and generous enough to let every other man find his way into the presence cf his Maker as best he may? You want free and untrammeled opinion on all public questions are you liberal enough to promote your views without ceasing to toe an American and becoming a tyrant? You believe that upon all questions you are yourself orthodox can you grant your brother the right to entertain a different view without charging him with heterodoxy? You want non esty in public affairs can you be hon-' est in your private affairs and not think it would be wrong to steal a dollar while right to bribe a legislator? You want ecenomy in expenditure of public money are you willing that your "special interests should be as economically administered by the state as you require the interests of other citizens to be aaministerea xou want thoroughly competent men to serve vou can you be generous enough to see that this does not necessarily imply your selection or the S5ICV, llVti VJ. JWUt flLOVllUl U1QUU. a member of the minority you bejieve the bipartisan management of state institutions will promote the best interests of the state are you patriotic enough to see that an election which changes you from a minority to a majority does not change the principle upon which these institutions should be administered? The governor of, this state is not authorized by. your written constitution to make any laws for you. This is the function of the general assembly. The governor's duty consists in seeing that when laws are once made, they are enforced You say you want them enforced. Do not think that you can chirk responsibility for law enforcement by berating the officers of the law, among whom is the governor. Whenever any complaint comes to me of the lack of law enforcement in Indiana, it should not be sent to me as confidential, because it will not be so treated. A citizen is as much bound to bear his part of the burden of law enforcement as is the law officer. 1 shall very promptly send any communication informing me of law violation to the proper prosecuting attorney with instructions to call upon the citizen to back up in public the charges which he has privately made to me. If you are willing to do your part of . the work and any law officer of thisi state shall fail, neglect or refuse to discharge his duty, the present general assembly vill, I believe, enact such legislation as will enable me. to seel that the laws of this state are en-j forced. The peace and well-being of j this state are not conserved by the multitude of criminal statutes nor the severity of punishment. If the number of crimes and misdemeanors were reduced, the degree of punishment lessened, and greater effort made to convict for every violation of the law, the peace, quietude and good order of the! state would be greatly increased. It! is the certainty and not the severity of) punishment which lessens the commis sion of crime. Crime should be crime; to every citizen except the vicious.' T . I 1 i 1 1 . i ii ,tatutes at the instance of interested! parties upon the theory that either the law would be automatic or that no, at-j tention would be paid to it after it was j enacted. It is the common experienceof mankind, whether in a republic orj in a monarchy, that to enforce a law which rises above the moral sentiment; of the community, such enforcement; breeds perjury, discontent, bitterness of feeling and local anarchy. In itsj last analysis, regardless of constltu-j tions, statutes and court decisions, the! law is the moral sentiment of each : particular neighborhood. Civic right- j eousness as a theory and civic righteousness as an accomplished fact may be in any community as far apart as zenith and nadir. The best civic righteousness is the righteousness of the individual citizen of the man who is honest not because it pays, but just because he is; the man who is truthful not because it is a good business asset, but because brain and heart do not suggest the lie; the man who is sober not because of public opinion, but by reason of his own self-respect Take all the virtues and all the graces of human life, view them from every standpoint as you may, and your sober judgment will convince you that it is not so much the rigor of the law as it is the regard of the individual citizen for his own well-being which marks the progress upward of a people. How often have we seen men acquitted of statutory crime who were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. These acquittals have come because the legal enactment was beyond and above and did not meet the approval of the moral sentiment of the community where the man was tried. How often .again, have we seen convictions of many of the statutory crimes and misdemeanors of Indiana referred to jokingly. Such convictions have ceased to bring the blush of shame to the cheek of the convicted man. He is, after, convic-

tion, as warmly received into society strive. To the attainment of them, as he was before, and his conviction m3Ly not ask your hearty co-operation Is made the source of infinite merri- oy way of advice, assistance, constant ment by his friends. Conviction under watchfulness and a genuine effort eva law which does not meet the approv- erywhere in Indiana to elevate. If need al of the moral sentiment of the com-; he, and hold aloft constantly these inmunity, as a source of merrymaking, signia of good government and these and acquittal of a guilty person under banners of victorious conquest over all like circumstances but tend to breed a ; those foes who are inimical hrth to

disregard for law, lower the standard of public morals and weaken the whole fiber of the state. This condition of public ideas .should be changed. It can be changed in only one of two ways. You must either insist upon the legislature wipiug out many of these statutory enactments or you must cultivate within yourselves a greater degree of reverence for those enactments and you must realize that the punishmnt which the state inflicts is only aupplemental to that punishment which public opinion should; inflict

upon tne law violator. Be prudent andf the various offices in the state honse, conservative, therefore, in the requests f examine the wcvrk which is done therewhich you make to your legislators. for la. rcjjort loathe committee .qft aooro-

statutory enactments. -ine gray dawn of the twentieth century has not changed the truth that legislative enactment looking toward the making of men honest, or truthful, or industrious, or wise, is "as idle as a painted ship

upon a painted ocean, it has oeen suggested to me from a good but not thoughtful source, that the province ol human government is try promote good character. As gTeat national reforms! never work down, but always up, so character is builded from the inside of the individual man, and not from the outside. A great Englishman declared that you could not indict a people. May I be permitted to add that the In diana legislature cannot baptize the! state? The best form of government! cannot cxi?t In its purity over a bad people. Lcr'ulallve enactments should not precede, but should succeed, civic : reform. As you want and hope to ' have your fathers' government endure, and your fathers' God to smile uponj you, so I beg you to be zealous in pro-j motlng all the virtues of private life among yourselves; never to use a dif-. ferent rule in dealing with public offl-' cials than you would use in the private afra.jr8 ef life; to be as zealous in granting to every other man the right I to life liberty and to the nursuit of! happiness as you are in maintaining: that right yourselves; to be ever ready to uphold your officers in the maintenance of the majesty of the law; to keep constantly before your minds the fact that you are rulers in Indiana; to strive to put into the life of the state every virtue which has blessed your individual life; to remember when in the majority that it is not at all improbable some day you may be in the minority, and that, therefore, good citizenship consists as much in decent treatment of your neighbor as in the enforcement of your own particular ideas. The free people of thig state, under no compulsion to act wKatever, adopted a written constitution, ss they declared, "to the end that justic-a be es tablished, public order maintained and liberty perpetuated." These seem tc me to be the functions "of government in Indiana. A complex civilization throws many a side-light upon these propositions, and we have, in my judgment, been paying more attention to the side-lights than to the principles involved in good government. What we need is not reform, but regeneration. For many years that body of our citizenship which represents the capital of the state has been "jealously watchitfg the general assembly lest in its enactments it should pass some law which would be inimical to the interests of capital. On the other hand, labor has also watched and importuned the legislature not to pass any enactments which would be inimical to It and of benefit to capital. To a less extent here perhaps than in many other of the commonwealths of this country the war between labor and capital is being fought. It might be appropri ately described as a state of armed neutrality. This, however, is not the attitude which ought to be maintained between men, every one of whom ought to understand that the business of government as defined by the con stitution is not to promote business, and it is not the business of business to control legislation. A rebirth in the minds of all the men of Indiana, an awakening to the fact that justice can never be established where legislation enables one man to obtain a special privilege over another man, public order maintained where jealousy and bit terness of heart exist, and liberty perpetuated where one man thinks that he has inherently a better right to pro-( tectlon at the hands of the law than another, will result, I trust, in a new point of view for the capitalist and the laborer; will help each of them to understand that they are all brethren in this American commonwealth, having equal rights, equal privileges, and entitled to equal opportunities. If the passion and the tumult of the past can be allayed, and these two great interests so essentially necessary to .the prosperity of this people can be persuaded to meet in a spirit of mutual respect and mutual esteem, we may safely look forward to the time when, without legislative enactments, each will sheathe its sword and grasp the hand of its opponent in friendship. I am not. yet ready to concede that classes will permanently exist in a land of manhood suffrage. The battles won by either side in the past have not been worth the winning. We all do in anger the things we wish in our calmer moments we had not done. Legislation will be necessary in the future as in the past, but let us legislate in a spirit of equity rather than in a spirit, of revenge. And so, my fellow-ciitzens, let us approach the discharge of our duties with reverence for the high ideals upon which our system of government is founded, and with a renewed sense of the personal responsibility which rests equally upon every man in Indiana to see that all the inherent rights of the people are preserved; that officers do not usurp any function of government which has not been expressly delegated to them, but give to the people an honest, economical and businesslike administration of public affairs. These are the ends toward which, doubtless often blindy. I will the best form of government and its best administration? THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE Recommendations Touching Upon the Welfare of the State. Following is Governor Marshall's first message to the legislature: I recommend that you immediatelv ! employ a non-partisan expert, if need oe, resiaing om oi mis state, to enter

priauoui" wnat woum be a liberal salary for the official, how much clerical assistance he needs, what such assistance should be paid, and what offices, if any, can be abolished without detriment to the public service; In the interests of Integrity. I recommend that you put every official in Indiana upon a fixed, definite and certain salary, to which, by no construction of law, shall any sum be ever added; the adoption of a uniform system of bookkeeping so guarded that It cannot be copyrighted; the examination of public records at irregular intervals in such a manner as will not interfere with the right of local self-government; the auditing of all public accounts, showing in every instance upen such account the original contract or the section of the statute authorising the payment of the money and requiring all vouchers is

sued in pursuance thereto to have a like showing; the abolition of county councils, township advisory boards, and perhaps other cfficials; the putting oi county commIsioners and all other public officials under adequate bond, with a proviso that the statute of limitations shall not begin to run either criminally against the pflicial or civilly against his bondsmen until after notice and demand to repay; preventing any official of this state either indivld ually or as a member of a corporation from entering into or deriving any profit whatever from any public contract; requiring all fines, fees and for feitures to be entered on the public records, promptly collected, turned into the treasury, and making the offl cial whose duty it is to collect liable upon his bond if he does not collect the same, whenever collectible; and providing for the food and and clothing of prieoners in jails and elsewhere at actual cost upon open bids received therefor. Investigation of Public Offices. The public is not only desirous oi having frequent investigation of all public offices, but such investigations are a check not only upon dishonesty, but also upon extravagance. The system of fees and contingent allowances is likely to lead to extravagant and unwarranted use of public funds. 1 therefore recommend the investigation of the public offices under the state government for the purposes of ascertaining whether there has been any extravagance in their management, and whether the letter of the law has been strained in order to obtain extra allowances. If doubtful, illegal or unconstitutional allowances shall have been made, I request authority to bring the necessary suits to compel a recov- . ery of the money into the state treasury. With the corps of assistants in the attorney general's office, it would seem that special counsel ought not to be employed by the state, but such counsel, from time to time, have been employed. I know nothing whatever as tc the necessity therefor, and so say nothing upon the subject. I think, however, that economy and competency can be secured by giving the governor a special counsel, whose business it shall be to prosecute and defend all suits which the governor may direct him to take charge of, and to advise generally with, the governor. Amendment of Election Law. In my judgment the election law should be so amended as to definitely provide for speedy returns and the safeguarding of the same to the .satisfaction of all parties interested in an election; for the contest of offices in such a way as to guarantee a solution ; of the contest; and for the adoption ol a primary law not only for the nomination of candidates, but for the election of delegates to all state and other conventions, to the end that the people may not turn their government over to the hands of designing politicians. And I suggest that in such pri mary election the people be permitted to vote upon their choice for United' States senator. This administration, whether justly so or not, will be held responsible for the conduct of its officials. I request, therefore, that you invest the governor with power to remove, without cause, any appointive officer in this state whenever In his judgment such removal will be beneficial to the public service, and I recommend that you invest him with authority to remove any elective officer who shall refuse, when called upon, to enforce any law of this state, preserving, however, to such officer the right of appeal from the decision of the governor to the supreme court. New Railroad Commission. The general assembly of this state In 1905 enacted what is commonly called "A Railroad Commission Law." In 1907 it either passed or pretended to pass an act amending certain sections thereof. The preamble is vague, uncertain and does not disclose what act was attempted to be amended. Whether the present commission is de jure and whether its orders are legal, are mooted questions. To prevent useless litigation, I recommend the repeal of all acts upon the subject and the passage of a new one. There are now 10,000 grade crossings in Indiana where lives are constantly being lost. It is immaterial whether these deaths are caused from the negligence, of the persons or the railroads. Steps ( hnnM m either taken tn enforce the! nresent law or it should be so amend - ed as to look to the ultimate wiping out of grade crossings in Indiana. The problem confronting the people of this state with reference to corporations and stock and bonds which have been watered, is one that can not be equitably adjusted offhand. Whether we can remedy the evil of the past or not, we can prevent a continuance of it for. the future. I recommend, therefore, an amendment of fhe corporate laws ot Indiana in toto if possible, if not. to the extent that hereafter a dollar's worth in money or in property of the fair value thereof in the market must go into every corporation for; every dollar of stock, and no bonds shall ever be . floated until dollar for dollar shall pass into the treasury of! the corporation floating the samA. Civil Service Examination' - -'-. i ThJf SeojriSJ R not tamelr anhwlj I

to tne crPatrng ; aj" onYcenolaini class, because that class soon comet to stand with the administration anc soon believes itself to be Uie mastei and not the servant of the people. A! the same time they do demand com petency in office. Though in the office of the state the clerical assistance should be representative cf the party in power, still I suggest that you a' least consider whether a system o' examination can not be adopted st

that if either Democrats or Republi I cans are employed, they shall be com petent to discharge the duties of theii offices. Department of Inspection The department cf Inspection ir Indiana should be revised and put up on a business and scientific basis. The office of oil inspector is rui nnnn thp virions ttP svstpm ThoM are thirty-three deputies, some o! whom do not inspect the oil in th manner provided by law, but are more interested in inspecting the checkt which come in payment for their al leged services. I recommend that thr department be recognized, having chief inspector, whose sole duty shal! be clerical in taking charge of th reports cf the subordinate officers anc seeing that the fees are promptly paic , into the state treasury; and that ther' be a deputy Inspector for each con gresslonal district in Indiana, one anc no more, whose salary shall be fixec with reference to the work which ha heretofore been done In the severa congressional districts of Indiana, the fees remaining as they are, but to b covered into the state treasury. - I know nothing on the subject of in surance except that there are a great many complaints about the? present status of the law. I therefore recom mend that if possible you take up thh question, and if needful, revise th insurance department In the state ol Indiana. Repeal Metropolitan Police Law. The metropolitan police law is a violation of the doctrine of local self government. I recommend its tm mediate repeal. There are certain phases of propo sed legislation which can scarcely b distinguished from paternalism or So cialism. Schemes of all kinds will b presented to yoi. I can net prevent and will not attempt to prevent, youn yielding to these demands, but J think your sober judgment will appreciate the fact that under the guise of admin istering a free government, we are in reality, rapidly turning all th functions of government either Into business asset or a guardianship ovei the incompetent, the ignorant and th shiftless. In making your appropri aliens you must not forget that oui revenues are constantly being antic! patcd. and that only the most rigid economy will meet our needs without a bond issue. Useless Offices The present cities and towns act has in my judgment, over - burdened cltlef of the third and fourth classes witt useless officers and extravagant sal aries. They do not add to the efflcien cy of the public service and are a bur den upon the taxpayer. The ac should be amended and the useless offices abolished. In this connection 1 wish to express my dissent against the power of common councils in cities ot the fifth class to compel street im provements which mean practicallj confiscation of. property. The majoritj of property towners in cities of that class should have something to say with reference to such improvements The hour has gone by when it if necessary to eg Investors to accept franchises. Hereafter municipalitiet should be prohibited from grantinf franchises until the price the public is to pay to enjoy them is clearly do fined, and the municipality is permit ted to share in the profits arisinf therefrom. State Boards. In 1903 the general assembly createe a state board of pardons. As ft now exists it Is a partisan board. It hat authority to employ a competent clerk who shall also be a stenographer, al a salary of $900 a 'year. The state board of pardons has not made use ol the services of this clerk and sten ographer for more than twenty days in any one year. The services of that clerk during the rest of the time hav been at the disposal of the governor In conformity with what, ought to. b 2S POM IV it l ! it 1

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fhe settled policy of tnis state. 1'rec ommend that this act be amended sc as to provide for a bipartisan board and I further recommend that one ol the stenographers In the governor'! office be required to act as the clerk and stenographer of the state board of pardons without additional com pen sation. The number of boards and eommis slons in this state is startling. In

stead of increasing the number ol commissions, in my Judgment they I should be curtailed. The state boarc

of health has not had that support j Educational Institutions, from the state of Indiana which its! It is your duty to foster and main laudable efforts in behalf of the public ' tain the educational Institutions of lahealth and the dissemination of the I diana. but you should not be so lavish knowledge of preventive medicin! in the appropriations of money as to among the people of this state dej enable these Institutions to destroy serve, nor have the local boards ol private educational institutions which health been always selected with an, are furnishing, without any cost to tha

eve single to the public welfare. Th nowers oi tnese ooaras oi nesur

should be enlarged so as to give their i Izens. ThQ state should own all propJurisdiction over the pollution of, erty of every Institution supported by streams, the sources of water supply, t it whether educational or benevolent, ventilation, lighting and plumbing ol If the state Is to assist further the

tenement houses, and a general discretion as to health requirements subject only to the right of appeal in the event of unnecessary and obnoxious requirements. Appointment should be made not exclusively fot ponucai mmtcss rendered, but upon th ground of competency and fidelity, to duty. The study of the cause and cure of tuberculosis Is a laudable one The same may be said of epilepsy. Nc i better management, in my judgment i can be obtained than that of the stat board of health. It will not do. how ever, to turn these two institution! Into free sanitoria. For many year the people of this state have been paying all the expenses of insane wards aside from clothing. Wherevei charity demanded this to be done, Hj was right, but there are many inmate of onr insane asylums who hare fund

amply sufficient to provide for thc,,, not DV tne amount but by tha

wants of those dependent upon them at home, and still have sufficient prop erty left, either in whole or In part, tc support themselves. All such insane epileptic or consumptive patient t should be compelled to support them selves, either in whole or In part, and the burden ought not to rest updb the people of this state. Let us deal generously with the unfortunate of the not the 8tate support those who are able to support them selves. Charges ef a Grave Character. The erection of what is known at the Indiana School of the Deaf and Dumb was, during the recent cam-! paign, attended with charges of such a grave character. Involving not only the amount of money expended, but also the manner of Its expenditure and the stability of the buildings when completed, and the erection of the Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane near Madison having also been brought into controversy, I recommend either a nonpartisan or bipartisan investigation of these two institutions which shall involve a report from thoroughly competent architects divorced from any political significance whatever, to the end that we may know whether when these buildings are completed they will be safe and durable. There is a crying demand for the erection of an asylum for the criminal ins? ne. The problem is. how to meet this demand without additional expenditure of money. It is possible that a sale of the real estate occupied by the School for the Blind and the woman's prison would furnish sufficlent money to erect at different places a modern school for the blind, a worn an's prison and a hospital for the criminal insane. The state geologist has done a valuable work for Indiana, but that work is probably completed except the making of a soil survey for this state. That survey has already been under-

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fore continuing this office be sure that it is worth $7,500 a year to the people of Indiana. Conservation of Timber. The conservation of timber in Indiana, which will always remain an agricultural state, is to be obtained by lectures delivered to the farmers in the various counties of the state by educated men who know the soil conditions and the grade of timber which will grow in such soil. The object lesson which we have in Clark county is ATTEND THE rJJfflBMD 824 r.lain Stroot

too-Tar away xtr most of the fanner In Indiana to induce them to make a Journey for the purpose of seeing what the state is doing. The department is not In charge of an educated forester. I recommend the sale of this tract of land, the appointment of a state forester and an assistant, whose business it shall be to deliver popular lectures to the people of the atata upon this ' important question. The most that can be hoped for Is to induce the farmer to use his waste land as timber lot.

people of the state, educational adTiung iu wir uuuiwi us n.state board of agriculture It should have control of that board and it property. A Final Word. There are many other matters that have already come to my attention to which I should like to direct yours. but I have already overburdened you vllh 8ue8tlous. roany of which may not meet with your approval, and soma of which the limited time in which you are in session will prevent you from considering. May I offer as an Incentive to the diligent discharge of your duty my firm belief that such discharge will meet not only with the silent but with the openly avowed approbation of the people of this state, and may I suggest to you further that yo proceed with caution In the passage ot any legislation? Undigested legislation must Inevitably result In evil to the bodr oolitic. Your record will ba charater of-the work you do. Iet what Is done be done after mature deliberation in the interests of the whole people, striving ever to establish justice, maintain order and promote liberty among the people of this state. "The world is governed too much. therefore, consider whether the throwing of the people upon their own resources may. not be better for them than the enactment ef many statutes deflnlna: their dutlea and fixing their conduct among themselves. If at any time you or any or. your committees anouia deem my judgment to be of any Taluo to you in any proposed Jegislation. I am your, as I hope to be the publlc'a. Obedient servant. THOMAS R. MARSHALL. END OF A RED NOSE. New Flesh-Colored Product That Heals and Hidea Skin Imperfections. A peculiar feature of poslam. a new skin discovery, is that it Is naturally flesh-colored and contains no grease, so that when used on the face for the complexion, or for pimples, red noses, or any other inflammations, blemishes, or discoloration, its presence cannot be detected. It can thus be applied iii the daytime, the natural color of the skin being immediately restored and the actual healing and cur- . ine nrocess accomplished in a few rfars it ran be had of an v onarmat who Beg pure drug8. W. h. Sudhoff make a specialty of It- Fifty cents' worth will answer either for the troubles mentioned or in curing ordinary cases of eczema. Itching stopa at once. The Rmergency Laboratories. No. 32 West Twenty-fifth street. New York, are tho sole dispensing agents for mail in piain wrapper w an u m for It. This will show results alter an over-night application. For your supper or Bieafcxaat. try ' PURITAN A MUSH A delicious new health food; cents for a two-pound roU. Made at ZWISSLER'S. Ask your Grocer for it. Ave 4 r r 1

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