The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-01-12

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7university lis: 8 favorable. The new !
plan ll of instr instruction, which looks as
well te the practical education Of the
artisan, til, .! engineer and the .agrrieul-
'tarist; as Is tbe iitera.rry and profession. prfi1
al elassess,i Isl commended. & The num-
Dor lof student. enrolled during the
yea, was, Se1. An enlargement Of the
I building IS needed. The total, receipts
for the year amounted to s28,875,
while the expenses were $22,5oo.
Tho University, including the Agr,cul-
tural College, has productive fund of
Si16,3 1851 "a, produced from the. COR
version sof their lands granted by the
General Government, into money Or in
terest bearing bo11s. In addition it
has 36,4 480 acres, Of land granted by
Congress at its last session.
The Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb and the Blind is in a satisfacto-
~ condition, z Fifteen patients have
gradaated 'spdl left during the year;
still present, 81. mot a death. has '.oc-
CURED since: it's establishment, eight
years ago. The building is overcroxd-
[e1.x :. f<,r>.j1 T. :. ..en .~..tt
| . In the State Prison there. are now Il
inmates. The Governor condemns the
contract system Of prison labor; thinks
the effect Of the. law abrdging the
length of sentences for good behavioris is
s.lqt9aery rpq believes be that from six to
ten PEI cent: e The cenyicts = can ai be
l;aav,antaseoq.ly :, pardo -, - 49,: -.
While the Hospital. for the Insane
has been labotting under r6naneials en-
batrasssments, yet the report is good: :
During the year, 81 patients have been
discharged recovered, and 21 improved
There stilf temain 206. 81 =
The Reform School Is flourishing.-
Number of inmates 82-42 having e:
been received during the year.
! These four institutions ask Tor spp,ro-T
priations amounting in the aggregate
to $239, ,mo,a . portion Of which is rec
ommended to be given. AS our reve
Enues from all sources cannot possibly
exceed, our; current expenses more than
$40, 900, iii mustbe but a portion. . "
A detailed statement is given of the
use Of the immigration fund and the
doings Of the; Board. Agents have
been kept in. Germany, and at Milvau-
kee, Chicago and Quebec. The num-
Der of immigrants who came to the
State during the year is given at 35,-
600. i -: ~:~>.:': -. T.. ii.
r The holding :of,a Constitutional
Convention }n ! is is strongly, recommended.
In 1870, 1924 miles Of railroad were
CONSTRUCTED, making the total l,0963
miles. In 1871 the various companies
propose to complete and operate .632
miles additional. -, * i
The Governor reviews the "Bonds
for Lands bill' Of: the past year, the
provisions Of which tho bondholders
refused to accept. He says: "It
seems to me unfortunate, both for the
State and the Bond holders, that the
provisions Of this bill were not accept
ed by the latter. The bonds are of
questionable validity, and if not actu-
ally fraudulent, are SO intimately con-
nected with what the great majority of
the people believe to have been fraud
upon the State,as to make them odious,
while it has been established by tho
admission of many of the owners, and
other creditable testimony, that q large
proportion Of the bonds cost the pres
ent owners and holders but from III
to 50 per cent. Of their face.
."The latter fact, while it might not
in law beta bar to the demand, consti-
tutes a strong reason with the people
for their declining to waive any otjoc-
tion' they may have to the legality Of
the claim, and adds to their surprise
and disappointment that tho bondhold-
ers should not accept so fair and equita.
bic compromise as that afforded by
the bill. The rejection Of the terms
proposed leaves the State to determine
what is the legal status Of the lands
d and what shall be done with them =
land the nou.complying bond holders to
determine the same question in rela.
ton to their bonds"
In case no Satisfactory arrangement
can be made with the bondholdcrs, on
the basis of . distribution Of the lands
he recommend that the counties be
endowed with the lands in proportion
to their area. Of this we shall speak
hereafter.
| Governor Austin again. urges upon
the Legislature the regulation of rail.
way tariffs. He condemns the system
Of freig ght tariffs and the elevate,
charges practised by some of our roads
as unjusti6able, extortionate and op'
pressive to the last degree-totally in.
defeusible on any well recognized priu.
ciples oflegitim.te busines, or CONNER:
/ ei.l integrity or ct public decency."'
he discusses the question At much
length, quoting from various authorities,
( domestic. and foreign, and makes ss va
4 .riols Recommendations: :,.rs,
E5e Eleven militia companies have been
organised, 4 The State has; . !. force oi
56, ,539 men liable: to perform military
; duty. $l5,8s4 in soldiers claims have
I been eolleoted, without expense to the