The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-05


the holding OF the position OF State Treasurer un-
known TO the public, but which readily accounts for
the disgraceful scramble, and for the political and
moral debauchery which the people OF this State
seem to be doomed annually to witness in the cleo
ton OF that Ofncer and because OF the disgrace Il
brings upon their representatives, the people hang
their heads In Indignation and shame Then, IN the
pame OF the good people OF PENNSYLVANIA, call
uponthe members OF the Legislature without dis
tnction OF party to rise above the murkiness OF the
polluted atmosphere OF the past to the true dignity
election OF Treasurer as well as that OF every other
officer within this Commonwealth, ana punish
every who tampers with the purity OF elections
whatever may be his position or pretensons And
then every one who shall have performed his whole
duty to sustain the true interests OF the
OF her character, may return unpolluted
and with clear conscience to his constituents, who
ful exclamation OF swell done, good and faithful
servant"
penitentiaries, unatic asyums and other charitable
and beneficial institutions, without requiring from
those who receive and dsburse the money any salts
factory evidence that 1t has been faithfully applied
TO the objects Intended. This Is wrong and should
be corrected without delay. All officers OF the State
who receive public moneys, not excepting the Gov
ernor are required by law and usage TO settle their
rails once This is right; and there IS good reason
why the same accountability should not be enforced
against all those who receive Annually such
Commonwealth. ], therefore, recommend that
a law be passed recurring all persons who receive
and disburse State appropriations, to take
proper vouchers for all moneys so expended by
them, and to make quarterly settlements Of the
same in the Auditor-Generals ONCE. This is i'm
portant, not only to protect the interests OF the
state but also the good name OF those who receive
Legislature through whose influence the appropria-
tons are represented to be procured.
For many years the general appropriation bills
have been signed on the day OF the adjournment OF
the Legislature, and here repeat my suggestions
Of last year on this subject:-"The Governor has
investigation, Notwithstanding any objections he
may have, suspend the means to defray the opera
tiOns Of the government for the ensuing year, or
call an extra session OF the Legislature il Is there
fore earnestly desired that the appropriation bill be
taken up discussed, and passed at a sufficiently
ernor TO give 1t that thorough examination its i'm
portance demands"
COMMON SCHOOLS.
The peculiar interest which Is always manifested
by the people in the subject OF education, Is in
ducement to lay before you, more at length than
would otherwise be done, the principal statistics
the system drawn from the report OF the Superin-
tendent OF Common Schools.
1896 schools; 2445 graded schools $4,000 school
dlrectors T6 superintendents; 1J142 teachers; and
ei5 1853 pupils The average cost OF tuition for each
pupil is nnety-beven cents per month. The whole
cost Of tuition for the year Is s3 04'26 Total
cost, including expenditures OF all kinds during the
year, s6,9S6 1882. Estimated value OF school pro-
perty, s14,045,632
Notwithstanding the fact that our school law was
made general in the year ls4S it is remarkable that
there still remain five districts within the State
which have not yet contormed thereto. Hopes are
conditions OF the law, and the remaining one,
known as the Harmony district under the Control
Of the Economics" having a good school Of its
tenn so long as the present organization OF that
society exists. 1t is therefore subject worthy OF
hearty congratulation that our school system has
| been universally adopted by the voluntary con-
sent and general acquiescence OF the people.
AS important auXiaries to our common schools,
the Normal Schools entitled to the front
! rank. Their f1ourlshing condition may be under
humber Of students that have attended the four
| Normal Schools is 10,287, OF whom S21 have gradu-
ated During the past year there were In these in
| my last annual communication State Nsr-
NAL School has been fully established and recog-
| niZed at Bloomsbury, Columbia county. Its build
ings Of the most finished and substantial charac-
| ter ana it commences its career under the most
auspicous circumstances. Another is in a state
of preparation at California Washington county, and
will probably be completed during the current year.
| Your attention is again invited to the fact that
there are about seveny-ye thousand children In the
State that do not attend schools of any description
| and who permitted to grow up in ignorance and
| without employment, and, in many instances, from
lack of industrial and educational training become
not only the votaries Of vice. but prolific source
from which the inmates OF our prisons and peniten-
The number of children throughout the State
attending private schools is estimated at eighty-nve
The aggregate of the educational condition of the
| children OF the Commonwealth may be thus stated -
Attending the public schools. .si5 755
Attending private schols. s..,.....,....... S5, 600
| Not att, nding schools OF any kind ........ 5000
Whole number of children .............. o7b, 7bs
The subject OF non-attendance by. so large por-
| tion of children, Is specially and most earnestly
! commended to your consideration. 1t is true
economy on the part OF the State IL possible 10 save
these children from ignorance, vagrancy, aud crime.
TO neglect them would be ineXcusable Ii not crim-
| nal Doubtless IN your assembled wisdom you will
be able TO devise some eectual mode by which this
| evil can be remedied.
| report OF the Superintendent OF the utmost i'm
portance and emnently deserving OF serious atten-
| ton and legislative action. The facts above set
forth illustrate most forcbly the practical value OF
| our mosr admirable common school system, and
bear testimony that cannot be misunderstood TO the
| wisdom and liberality by which IL has been con-
| ceiyed and SO successfully carried into effect.
| Soldiers Orphans Schools.
Attention Is invited to the report OF the Superin-
| tendent OF the Soldiers Orphans Schools for the
year ending May 81 1862 in which is exhibited their
| condition, circumstances, and expenditures.
The whole number OF children admitted into these
| schools from their origin TO the 31st day OF May,
whom three hundred and seven have been dis
charged on order nve hundred and eighteen on age,
and hfty-three have died; making total OF
three thousand six hundred and thrty-one in
the schools at the end OF the year. Up 10
| MAY 81, 1869, the number OF discharges from the
schools have exceeded former estimates by one
hundred and seven:y-nve. The number OF apphca-
| tions for admission on nle and not acted on, was
| seven hundred and one; some from every county In
The sanitary condition OF the children in these
schools has been remarkably good. And from the
foregoing statement appears that during the four
years in which they have been in operation, the
whole number OF deaths has been less than one-thir
| OF one per cent. per annum.
The entire cost for maintenance education.
clothing, and general expenses Cor the year ending
May 81 1869, differs but little from the original esti-
mate OF the superintendent and
To pay which there was an un-
| expended balance OF; s6,O04I4
| Appropriated April H. 1868. .... 100000 90
| Appropriated March lS, 1852. 60,00OO0