Show BEN BUTLERS meritorious message to the massachusetts chu legislature I by W U telegraph to the IIer uld 11 BOSTON jan governor butlers inaugurated message suggests a nominal poll tax for state purposes and then if any citizen chooses to pay it by doing his duty as a citizen and voting let that act die discharge charge it lie ile sug suggests bests all votes be enclosed in self sem scaling envelopes of the same size and quality iia lity to be furnished by the state it the e s size lz i and complexion of th alie e ballot to be immaterial there are many man more suggestions about voting an and ballots contained in liis his address A suggestion is made that a law be passed r allowing the women to vote under the camo same regulations as the men in iq municipal elections which law shall take effect when it shall be accepted by a majority of the women voting at some general election provision is to be made obviating the objection the women pok possibly sibly alay may have to go into the ward rooms and voting paces for the purpose of exercising the right of suffrage he ile asks the Legisla legislature turm to make it a capital off erisa to derail de do rail a moving railway train wilfully the legislature is recommended to sto stop dealing in futures ail governor arnor butler then without saying lio lie favora any national measure proposes to reform the civil service gives a blow at the expense of tile lle publican administrations S tra flo n of massachusetts chu who he avers have very t generally en e ra aly appointed relatives to sub bord bordi i nate to posts whole families being sometimes appointed to salaried places besides the rule is with hardly an exception elou enough h to prove its correctness that all salaried officials at least of the bi higher iier grades have been and are given political caf faith he ile says gays there are more persons employed than necessary to carry on bubines bu sines and at too high salaries ho ile advises that at least one third of these shall bo be cut off and salaries reduced by law if any re rei sign on account of such stich reduction ho he will undertake to fill their places with competent rompe tent men ho sugg suggests bests the passage go of a law prohibiting that two of one i family f ily hold ofilio in the tile same department and further if ir there are tire I two or more already the man who appointed his relations shall go zo out As asa a prevention of pauperism and crime to fit our people for the suffrage ra e he lie recommends the use of all the educational force of tins the state to educate the masses up ui to a certain necessary point the classes cla clas es above will and ought to educate themselves up to a still higher point lie cecon coni eludes do not riot take the common cor ninon fund and give it to the few or leave it expended in such a manner that all cannot enjoy its advant advantages aces and above all have that expenditure economical and do not pay less salaries to tho the teachers of tho many and high salaries to tile teachers of the few BOSTON jan no inauguration in n recent years lias has been so popularly attended aa as I butlers litt lers hours before the time for hini to appear the halls and passages passage were crowded and tho the throng overflowed down tile broad steps and extended even to tho corn coal mon butler read in that stylo style which has become familiar in I in public speeches frequent touches of humor enlivened it and the applause wa was intern iWed aa profusely as ever in his stump speech offhand off hand liand inter pel lations made speaking Sp caking of the abolition of tho the poll tax as a qualification for suffrage he lie interjected the words and such men as harvard students his argument for stif frage rage was liberally applauded when urging reforms in lie the various departments depart menti he lie said that formerly tl the I e military was under the control of the coin commander mander in m chief a thrust of triin humor which caused much laughter his earnest becom of the death penalty for persons attempt attempting ilig to wreck or actually wrecking wreck in rai railroad road trains nas was n as applauded plau tided ded and there was another out burst of laughter when lie said of the expenses fur the salaries of charitable and pauper officials oll n rials compared with the cost fut lie the support port of the poor and arid the insane insi ur the aisle was larger than the hurise he ile said the ligis li gis ture was one oue of tho the worst benches for tho the ascertainment of facts but lie won sympathetic applause from the women in fie fi e ail ull eries when he asked for a better chatine ii inre for convicts to reform and i clr lwy y laughed when he lie said that when lal bright boit children were all educated it bould be time to establish a school fur idiotic and feeble minded you youth th it wag nearly when mr butler bilut er ended liis his two and a half hours address |