Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-01-20

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bly, be completed this year. When SC
completed, the structure will be in all re-.
spects snch as We may we'll be proud OF.
Sixty pupils have been in attendance du;
ring the past year, at q cost OF 30, ,zS9'so
for the cnrrent expenses.
The enlargement Of the Hospital for
the Insane has been colnpleted. The
building affords accommodation for three
hundred and fifty patients. II is mag
ni6cent structure, we'll adapted to the care
of its unfortunate inmates. Three hum
dred and ffty-fve patients received treat
ment therein last gear. Sixty-one thous.
and three hundred and twenty cellars and
twelve cents were expended for, current
expenses. Not less than four hundred
insane persons In the state still remain
/ without proper care and treatment. They
are in our jails, poor houses, and private
dwellinga. Every sentiment of humanity
dictates that there should be another hos
pital erected for their accommodation /;
| therefore, I recommend that you take the
| necessary steps to locate the same this
year, SO that the buil1ing may be com"
menced in 1870. 80
Ninety-fve pupils received instruction
in the institute for the education of the
deaf and dumb during the year, fourteen
having graduated An effort is being
made to teach the dumb to speak, with
encouraging prospects of success. The
institute building is now. complete, with
the necessary shops and out houses. The
current expenses for 1868 amounted to
$50, 1865, ,38.
Upon the Soldiers Orphans Home are
fixed the warm affections Of those who
loved the cause for which our army
fought. The Trustees are endeavorlng
to have the inst! tutioh SO Conducted as to
render it as much like a 'home" as is
possible, and will spare no pains in that
direction. By the removal of the. school
to the new ,bdilding, completed last month,
the capacity of the institution is increased
to three hundred. Contrary to our ex-
pectations, there are many applications
for admission on file, which for want of
room, must be denied This ought not
to be. No orphan of Wisconsin soldier
should be allowed to suffer. The people
are anxious and willing to expend any
sum of money necessary to prevent it,
feeling that in so doing they are paying
but titke of the debt due to the chill
dren of those who fell while defending
the Union. arrangements should be
made Immediately for the care and educa.
ton of all such as require it., There was
appropriatedin 1868 for current expenses
and payment Of deficiency, $40, 900.
| have heretofore recommended the
establishment of a state school for the
education of imbecile and idiotic children.
The last Legislature, after full investi-
cation of the subject, passed bill provid.
ing for such a school, but, in consequence
of the failure to present the same TO the
presiding officers of the two. houses for
their signatures, it did not become law.
1t has been SO completely demonstrated
in other states that vast amount Of good
can be accomplished by such an institu-
tion that the people of this state, always
ready to lead the van in philanthropic
enterprises, Will heartily endorse similar
action by you.
AS required by chapter 165, general
laws of 1868, [ appointed as members Of
the s'Visiting Committee of the State"
Senators George. G. Hazelton, Nelson
Williams and Satterlee Clark. aud AS.
semblymen A. G. Kellam, A. j Turner.
Charles Pole, D. D. MazoD, Luther Bux.
ton and j. B. G. Baxter all of whom
met at the Capitol and proceeded to visit,
the charitable and penal institutions of
the state. The report Of the committee
viii be laid before you in due time
STATE PRISON.
The State Prison Commissioner has in-
lated system Of manufacture for the
employment of the convicts, nd reports
such degree of success. as warrants tbs
belief that il short time the institution
will be source of revenue to, instead of
burden upon, the state. hn appropri-
alton of $4,000 is asked for, of which q
large part will be used as a manufactur.
ing capital, The religious exercises, tie,
school, the abolition of the parti-colored
dress, and the general humane treatment
of the prisoners, alluded to in the Com
missioner's report as among the refcrrhd-
tory measures adopted in the prison, afG
undoubtedly having good effect upon
the conVicts.
1t is gratifying to learn from the pris-
on statistics that, Notwithstanding this
state has greatly increased in population
during The last ten years, commitments
to the prison have decreased, but one hun,
dred aud eighty-four convicts being thero
confined on he first day of October, 1868.
REFORM SCHOOL.
The Reform School is in excellent con.
dltion. The additional buildings are
completed, and the school is now prepar.
ed to enter more successfully upon tho
work Of reforming such childrdn as may
be committed to its care. The number
in the school during the past year was
two hundred and twenty seven. The
current expenses for the year 1868
arounted to S16,79l,67 All those Who
are sent to this school are more unfortuu-
ate than criminal, and are entitled to our
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