The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-09-25

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"Gentlcmen very plainly intimate tina.
the appropriation sought l. ,nore than is
needed. For his part he did not think
so. This institution was designed to be
one of the FIRST clos, as il should be- II
was the part OF a wise economy to pro-
iect an institution of this kind with a
view to its usefulness in all time to come.
1t would surely be short-sighted policy
to build upon a scale so limited as that
in few years the building would be use
less. lie was Informed that one or more
persons Of competent judgement and skill
had made examination of similar insti-
tutioDs b TIA in Europe and this country,
and that this one which we are called up.
on to provide for, was projected aftcr
the most approved models--in fact, great
care, as he believed, had been exercised
in this respect. An Asylum for the In
sane must Of necessity be constructed
upon large seals In an institution for
the "Deaf and Dumb" and for the Blind
many persons can BE- accommodated in
one room; but it is not SO With the in
sane, except to very limited extent
Without being minute here, it is not
difficult to see that such an institution
must have great variety Of accommoda
tons, requiring a great outlay of money.
The present appropriation, with those
heretofore made, amount 10 $3.50 900
Is this disproportionate to the enterprise?
Has any first class institution Of kind
in Massachusetts, or New York, or in any
other State, been built for any less mon
ey? He did not believe there had He
had already stated that to build Que less
than first class, would in the end be ex-
travaganee and folly"
III ~as understood that the present up.
preparation rrontd be sufficient to complete
tie building. But gentlemen have said
that the appropriation was more than was
needed at the present time. 1t must be
remembered that no further appropria
tons can be made for two years. For
his part he said that he had no doubt
that sufficient ought now to be appropri-
ated to complete the building It is a
matter Of great importance that this
should be done at the earliest practicable
day"
Dr.. Alien, Senator from keokuk was a
most earnest and effective advocate oil
the appropriation of $1,000 lie op-
posed the effort to reduce it to $50, 900.
We have space but for few lines from
his speech, which was published, with
that Of Judge Clark, in leading Demo.
cratic journals. DIR. Allen said:
"MR. PREsrDENT:--I had hoped, sir,
that no word would have been uttered
upon this subject, but that in honorable
submission to the best impulse of our ma
ture, spontaneous outflow Of just be-
neyolence, silent with suppressed feeling
would have borne this appropriation
through, IS a holy offering to saiferin,
humanity. Or if a doubt exiseed as to d
just demand for tho amount asked, the
high public character, and acknowledged
private worth Of the gentlemen who
composed the building commissioners
was a guarantee for thai"
Sir, feel l am an unfit legislator
upon this subject. ! abhor its assocla-
tion with the idea Of economy. know
not how to compute in dollars and in
cents the value of mind, 1t is abhor-
rent to my practice hope to my ma
ture. Sir, it is well perhaps for the
State that my hand is not allowed to be
laid upon the treasury for this purpose
IL is we'll perhaps, for the public treasu-
ny, that my feelings are not the measure
by which an appropriation is to be deter-
mined"
But, says the lying blast from the Bu.
gle Of Council Bluffs, the Citizen "tries
to conceal the fact that, with all this
enormous outlay, the basement walls Of
that building are not yet completed" aud
cit was purposcly planned to cost from
two to three millions Of dollars to Hnish
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