Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-01-10

the people under which they are depressed
and discouraged. and putting it nte.a gen
cral debt which tho State as whole il
better able TO hear. The amount propos.
cd is only one third of the actual inunici
pal debt butt is understood that this j:
the final adjndgmeut as far as the State i,
concerned, / his reimbursement and The
means hv which il shall he made is sub
lcct WHICH viii require Your care al ennsiJ
'crHtior, II the measures proposed by thi,
commission are not adopted cannot bu
recommend that we 8hatc the taxes of som,
OF our towns which are struggling unde
the terrible burden OF a tax OF twenty fly,
per cent. of their valuation. The sam,
arguments which show it to be the duty o
the State to relieve its towns. ayals fo
a still stronger reason upon the genera
government tn assume The whole expense
lesitimate!y incurred by the people in de
fence of the Nation. 1t is needless to re
peat what has been so often insisted OIL, bu
we should endeayor to urge this claim upon
Congress al the earliest moment the stat,
of the country will permit.
The only paid military officer of tn,
State is the Adj. Gen. We have no mill
tary organization whatever He has no
organized the militia under the present
laws, on account of the expense attending
such an organization at the present time
but he thinks there is great need of body
of State troops. He recommends that the
Governor should be authorized to issue
certificates to honorably discharged SOL
diers of the State. siAce many have lost or
worn ont their certificates received from
the Government.
The administration of the State Pension
law amounts in its lahors to the duties of
an entire office. Under the efficient man.
agement of the chairman of the commit
tee of the council, it has been at cost
less than that OF last year by So
The work is Low 50 systematlzed that in
another year its expensa will probably be
still less. Whole number of applications
1867 granted 1895; rejected eos: sus
pended for further proof or explanation.
70. Amount dlsbursed inclnaiug estimates
up to Feb 23i. 1868 $4,000. The wis
dom aud justice of such provision by the
State is painfully testified by the extreme
necessities exhibited ia the applies ton
1t is but Just to continue this act and |
cannot but recommend. in view Of facts {
vi n are within my knowledge, that aged
or destitute parents or dependent sisters OF
the deceased soldiers or sailors should b.
in its beneiiciaries. judging BY this years
experience the demands upon the State on
account of pensions will be taet by on ap |
propri ton OF $4,000. The Board Of
Guardians of soldiers and sailors orrhans /
has had an extensive field. 1t has not VT
been possible to search out all these so as !
to give complete returns. 1875 have been |
OF these 455 have been aided. |
and 10 cared form asvlums. The amount |
expended thus far, is $500; estimates to
endo the year 1900, leaving balance Of
$4,000 uneypended, and not drawn from
the Treasury. 1t has been fodnd that ma
ny OF these orphans are without any proper
means of support and some were actually
suffering. and not the money only hat guard
lanship Of the Board is needed for their
care. The demand is still great, more
cases having come in dnrlng the past mnnth
than daring any month OF the year. II in
your judgment the present mode of pre-
siding tor these orphans is best. it is my
opinion that with the aid of the State pen
sion which NAV often prove sufficient. the
sum of Sio.0O9 will meet the requirements
H. states that the income from the per
manent school fund is Sl02i4li.
The receipts from the bank tax are rap
idly falling off, being last year, but 4.475
dolls. The people are determined. how
have raised by direct taxation the pas
wear. the sum Of sis, 202 ~ dolls an nv
erage of POPS dolis. a scholar. aud have
built seventy nine new school houses. at
4 cost of 2223,55l,i3 Add to this the sum
of l5.:'l6 90 contributed to proIong pub
he schools, with Si0,6l4 33 paid for PR.
yate schools aud academies. and 6, IFS p
dolls paid ont of the State for the same
purposes, making an aggregate expendi-
turc for school of 933, 1915 dolls aud
you will need no other proof that the bur
dens and dlscouragements of the times
are not allowed TO diminish the interest o.
The people in our common school education
1t will be our duty to see that this earnest
intention is profitably carried out.
Both the Western and Eastern Normal
Schools are flourishing. The College O
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is al in
stitution that should enlist the warmes
sympathies of every liberal man and h,
recommends an appropriation of 20 0Jl
dolls. He recommends the Institution
for the Blind. at Boston. and the Deaf an,
Dumb, at Hartford, to the continued fayo
Of the Legislature. He praises the man
agement of the Reform School which no,
shows balance sheet of earnings of ?,
100 dolls and recommends the establish
ment Of similar institution for girls to b,
called the Industrial School for girls
He thinks the Insane Asylum should b
enlarged to meet the pressing demand 70
accommodations.
The State Prison has been conlneted OIL
the same policy which has for severa
wears been looked upon with commeuda
ton. 1t appears, however. that its earn
ugs for the past year have not equallcd it
expenses by some seven thousand dollars
The reasons for this are more or less di
rectly on account of the crowded state O
the prison, and will more particularly ap
pear in the report of the Warden and In
spectors. ] am still of the opinion tia
the aft hrs! Of the prison are honestly an
judiciously managed. Ihave had occas
ION to suggest that the discipline in til
several grades of officers be more system
attic and harmonious. 1t is important 70
Al institution where the authority must b
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