Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-01-04

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Judgment, warrant some compensation 70 par.
iicnlar counties, should Il be found that any n
deprived BY it Ofrevenue to which they have
just claim. The subject L eertainl7 Of aficienl
importance and interest to merit vour careful
! consideration, and rs such l recommend Il e
your attention.
The condition Of the Benevolent and Reform
atOry Institutions is upon the whole, highly sat.
isiactory.
The number remaining In the Asylum for the
Deafand Dumb at the close ofthe last year, wa.
l5s; at the close Of the preceding year $50. A
greater number of inmates than the present can.
not be accommodated though f5r want Of room uiAnJ
equally needed aud equally deserving with those noH
received must b. excluded. The expenses Of the pas
year Weo Sz5l24 aud those u the preceding year s2
ltj large part OF the increase for necessary
pairs and ia those % ordinary years
Al appropriation OF S2f5VO Is asked for $780, and
urgent request fIr a new building s preferred. Nor
should hesitate TO recommend aud enlarged sruc-
lures II the Om the lsviss Of last year would
warrant mo In 30 doing. Should you DC 10 take
measures for aseeraining the best location and plan
sae structures and provide for tbs cost BY the
sary levy do not doubt that your action would be ap-
! proved BY Uur common constituents.
Tbs number OF inmates OF thB Institution for the
Blind Increased ronl l06 In 1875 to ~ 1853. The
highest number which had previously enjoyed bsne-
is OF the lnstirtion was 70, il l548. The constant
inent, Is the highest eulogy upon Is agement-
The expenses IN 1889, S1s 33T 10 1888 SIG 202-
Inc appropriation asAei for 1900 Ia view Of aproYosed
enlargement, Is S26,6O0
5 In the Asylum Tor idiots, Thirty children have
been received, supported aud instructed during
the past year, at an aggregate expense Of Sl0,-
OOO, exclusive OF sums received on account Of
paying inmates. The expenditure is certainly
large, bot 1t includes some payment Of debts
| incurred during the preceding year, and some
Tor rent and insurance, for which no disburse-
mehts are made by the other Institutions 1t
should be remembered, also, that the expenses
OF any Asylum receiving few inmates, must
necessarily bs larger in proportion than those
OF one receiving many. The number in the Asy>
lum for Idiots would be doubled if its eapacity
admitted Of it. and the outlay would not be
materially increased. True economy requires,
10 my judgment, the purchase Of the site and
buildings now rented, and the enlargement Of
the latter
II e structure authorized in Hamilton county.
FOR the ldiOIic and insane, has been recently
completed. it is said to be very commOdious,
aud sufficiently large TO accommodate with IA
ciliiy tive hundred, aud, upon necessity six
hundred inmates. a Board Of Trustees Eas
been organize for its government, consisting
Of one member appointed by me, and two ap-
pointed by the Commissioners Of Hamilton
county. That county, therefore, now constitutes
the Southwestern Lunafic Asylum District, and
The Institution jus. organized is to receive all
the idi1tic and insane within its limits, to be
suppOre by a county tax, and appropriations
from the State Treasury, equal in amount to the
taxes collected in The Co for the maintainauce
ofState Luuatie Asylums. / am informed that
no such county tax as is described in The act
Is authorized or levied in Hsmilion county -
Some legislation, therefore, will doubtless be
necessary to provide for IT'S support
Thus four Luuatic Asylums are now open in the
STATE, capable OF receiving few more Than twelve
hundred inmates. Large Us This provision is, it is
yet sadly ceTain thatlt IS not large enough. Not
less thau thousand insane needing the beuCits OF
such institutions, must still remain wholly neglect
ed or inaiequately provided for
cannot recommend, however, additional public
provision. JudioiOus legislation regulating county
lnfrmaries, andauthOrizng private asylums, would,
IN my judgment, BffOTd all uceded relief aud per
haps diminish the large expenditures now borne by
the State
The number Of inmates 10 each of the three Lu-
matte Asy lums heretofore organ d, was less AZ
the close Ui the last than at the close OF the PIE.
ceding year. Sufficient reasons Tor the dimuution
are assigned in the several reports The fact, how
ever, Is much 10 be regretted, though compensated
IN part by increased success in treatment L nav
be slfely said, think, that these Asylums we're
never IN better conditions than naa
The total expenses Of the three Asylums, during
The past year. were 1913 42T and the appropriations
asked for lSG0 are Sill SO. The general aggre
gate OF disbursements must be increased during
the present year, by the necessary provision for
the Southwestern Asylum. The strictest economy
will be necessary to bring the annual cot of tue
four Asylums within limits satisfactory TO the
people.
TIE number Of boys remaining on the State
Reform Farm at the close of 1859. was IG2 -
AT the close of 1883 it was 80 The expend-
tuTes during the last year were S2l 5l7; Of
which large proportion was for buildings and
other permanent Improvements which have
added largely TO the value Of the farm as prop~
eriy This institution has thus far fulfilled the
wise and humane design Of the legislature
Its direct sgeney in reformation has been quite
as efficient as was anticipated. while it would
be difficult to measure its utility 10 the preven>
ton of crime.
Und-r the influence of its example Industrial
Schools have been organized in cleveland and
Cincinnati; for that class Of Vsgrants and destitute
ehildren,-soeial orphsns,-Who cannot be brought
into the Common Schools, and from whose mum
bers the ranks Of crime are continually recruited
The Institution at Cleveland Offering not only
some measure Of instruction, but emJlOyment and
fOOd as inducements TO attendance, has been, thus
far, extremely useful, snd gives promises Of yet
greater utility. Nagrancy, pilferIng, and more
serious crime, have sensibly diminished under its
influence. Tha. at Cincinnati, more recently be-
gun, is yet to make proof of its efficiency for good
Upon examining the Reports Of the various 10,
sttutions, you viii doubtless observe considerable
differences in amount and value of information,
aud in modes Of treatment have heretofore sug-
gested, and row renew the suggestion, that the
several Superintendents or Presidents Of Boards
Of Trustees be required to meet at least once =
year for consultation upon plane Of management,
and on modes Of making up Reports. ] do not
douo; that such consultations will promote econo-
my in administration, and secure n uch clearer
and better statemsnts of its theory, history and
results.
The administration of the Penitentiary,
during the last year was eminently success
ful. While the number Of conyicts increased
from 6g3 to 1853, exceeding the number Of
available cells by l53, and compelling the use
OF the chapel and hospital as convict quarters
the judicious discipline Of the prison was such
that industry, order and health prevailed in
unusual degrees within its walls. It was
impossible, at once, to find profitable employ
meut for so numerous body ofprisoners, and
yet though expenditures necessarily increas-
ed with numbers, they were exceeded BY the
earnings of the year. The two additional
buildings directed by the last General As
7SLiiDAyi ~ HS"tAy Jun PASt0ui ~ . CoSL EOl-
siderably reduced by the employment of con-
yict labor m portions of the WORK When
finished they will supply IS additional cells
But the number viii still be far too small and
If prisoners continue TO multiply at the pres
ent rate, the disproportiOn, already ineonTe-
nient, must soon become dangerous
Under Joint Resolution Of your predeees-
sors, | appointed Commission Of three citi-
zens to enquire nto the expediency Of further
enlarging the presentprisOn, or constructing
a new one in some part Of the State Their |
report presume, will soon be submitted to |
you, and it will be for you to determine what
action is required by the public interest.
have thought it my duty TO exercise the !
power Of pardon somewhat more sparingly !
than most Of my predecessors. No light |