Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-03-12

ljourned. -. ..i
! [As the people are deeply interested in
the management of the charitable institu-
tions of the State, we give below some
tcomments from the Indiana Journal in re-
lation to the bad management of the Blind
! Asylum, during the past year. Unless the
people are willing to b. swindled worse than
ever by Shamocmts, they should hurl that
corrupt party from power without delay.
| The Blind Asylum.
The report of the House Committee on
Benevolent Institutions, made on Saturday,
condemns strongly the management of the
Blind Asylum. The appropriations, the
! Committee say, have not been managed as
good policy and economy demand, and
the law ITSELF has not been strictly OBJ
served. fr
This condemnation does not come from
the Republicans alone. but from the politi-
cal friends of those who, for the past two
years, have been controlling that 1nstitu-
! ton. 1t shows that the censures of the
JOURNAL against those who have governed
| it from political motives alone, without re-
gard to its welfare, have been truthfully
urged. ~g.4 sIIit
The Legislature of 1855 made liberal ap-
preparations for the support of this institrl-
tion and the payment of its debts, for two
years and five months, the additional five
months being intended to make its annual
appropriation commence on the first day of
April, the time Of its annual commencement
with the other Benevolent Institutions
This appropriation amounted to over six
say: ~.
s'In the report of the Board of Trustees,
and their estimate for appropriation for the
ensuing two years, they again ask appro-
priations, beginning Oct. 81, 1856, and
covering five months of the time for which
appropriations were made. and the heating
apparatusis yetuncompleted. -
From this partsof the report of the COM
mittee, it would seem, that the funds have
been so managed as to fall short by one
lfttt, leaving the heating apparatus un6n-
ished, for which the committee recommend
J an appropriation of four thousand dollars
! The appropriation for ordinary expenses
being about forty thousand, the one-ffth
would be eight thousand, and adding the
four thousand for the heating apparatus
which SHOULD have been completed with the
appropriation of 1885, there is deficit Of
about twelve thousand dollars.
1t was the duty of the committee to have
instituted rigorous examination into this
management, and have presented to the
, General Assembly the cause, Of this wan
: of economy, SO that whoever was guilty
might have been known, and also what he
or they were guilty of.
We have examined the report of tb,
Trustees and find this matter thus referred
, to. "a
"The appropriation by the Legislature
was designed to carry on the Institute to
:, the 1st of April. 1857. but the expenses
have so rapidly increased as to render it i'm
practible In view of the deficiency o
funds the Board postponed the opening o
: the session for the current year to the 6rst
of November.
The following statement wilfshow the
annual expenditures for the support of the
Institution for 1851. 1855, 1856:
Expenses for 1854 a@ s!s,91s 81
Expenses for 1855 e, - 19,4943 81
: Expenses for 1856 22,5929t
} The numbcrof pupils in attendance du-
ring these years, respectively. is asfollows
to-wit: s,, -, ~, .u y
In1s54 EEL "a saaa Y
In 1855 = Il
| In 1856 ---.-s.,- ,sss-,-szs---------------7 Z;
This increased expenditure may be ac
counted for in part by the advance in th'
price of nearly every article of subsistence
to the diminished receipts from the work
department, and to amore liberal system
of expenditure of clothing for the pupils
than has hitherto been thought necessa
| Iry." s-s-a ss thns aaiJa s.esfs. ,s..s
e. In this way is this important dcfcitslur.
red over In 1854, the expenses of III pu
: pills was S13, ,979 81; in 1856, that of "a
pupils S22, ,592 81. The increase in arti
> cles of subsistence do not account for this
difference. Feeds easf SD -
The salaries Of the oficers are certain
sum, and 's5oard IN the Institute" F" This
opens door for extravaganza, and what
l is embraced in this word ,.'Joasd' we dom,
know To enable us to see clearly into
this matter, we have the warrants drawn on
the Treasurer, given us, in which we find
Mr. Larrabee charged with S4,25l 67 fol
, "currcnf expenses" . words which convey n
+. meaning whatever, to anybody, oustide o
the Institution. 20 5. s. ,sa 10 s
!, Repotts of this kind do not enlighten any
legislator, and the most fagrant abuses
may continue to exist unchecked Tho
general condemnation of the House Com
mittee is, in one'senso, honorableto them
, in another, not So. 1t was honorable ,te
. condemn their partizap government but
not. to withhold thorough scrutiny into
the expenditures, and showing in what mat.
ters, economy and the law itself have moi
|, boon observed. ,..e.s,s f<a ;.ssf 1sei
: Z. We unite with the committee in the be-
lief attic present Superintendent viii dc
: every thing in his power to.correct abuses
and resto . the Institution to its former
lProspeFty- ss 81 re-.'eia sasse AZ