The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-16
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
CONTINUED
CRIMINAL STATISTICS.


The Attorney General of the United
5 ates, having requested of me in NOvem
Der last to turolsh certain statistics OF
crime in the State in the last year, To en-
able him to comply with the law Of Con.
gress establishing the Department. of
Justice, | caused u circular to be sent IT,
I ne clerks Of all the circuit courts ia each
county IN the State, asking for reports of
the number Of convictions by juries Of
crmina offences in each county, as we'll
Ms those where the accused pleaded guilty
together with other information bearing
upon the subject of crimes in this State.
| The aggregate OF such cases is found to
be 142.
| The following counties made no re-
spouse: Ashland, B lrron, Calumet, Chip
pewa Dodg3, Door, La Fayette, MIwsu-
Fee, OcontO, Racine, r ok, WASH Ington,
! Waupaca and Wausbara.
| To enable the Executive hereafter to
comply with the request of the Attorney
General, as we'll as fer the information
of the people OF the State, I recommend
that it be required Of clerks OF Nil
courts throughout the State, having Grim
lnal jurisdiction, 10 make an annual re-
port re he Governor,
| EDUCATION.
The report of the Superintendent OF
! Public Instruction shows that the coDdi-
ZION ot our public schools ia very salts
factory. The State haa three Normal
cch"cIs now IN successful npe ration, VIZ:
at Plattevllle, Whitewater and Oshkosh,
and fourth ut River Falls, In Plegce
county. Is now IN procesS of erection.
! The number of students il abour $50
'rhs Normal School FuGd now amrungs
81 S650,37l ~, an Increase during the
year OF $50 800 So.
! STATE UNIVERSITY.
The State University is rapidly grow
| Ing In puhllc favor. The numrpr of stu
| dents az the opeLing of the fall term
1879 was, of males, 293 "f females, 142 !;
and the aggregate attendance OF the year
was 0ut hEtle below 500, being larger
aumber than ever before attended it in
any "he year. The course 0f Instruction
pursued here is thorough and widely ex-
tended New energy has bcen infused
into every department, and pr"gress
marks them ALL
| The great want now is better endOw-
meat. THIS original grant 10y Congress
OF SeVeDty-tWO seCtIoLS of land was ia
tended for the suppo ut UniVerslt and
it was supposed ut the time tue grant was
made that the state would erect he nee
essary buldlngs Instead OF that the
lands were sold al u very low price, tn
raise money FIR that purpose. A bill ia
now pending in Congress making AL 81
diti"nal grant of land TOR educational
! purposes. Should it become d law, AS Ia
To- he hoped 1t may, nu increase to the en-
| d0wment will he assured. The wKnts If
| the University are many, to place 1t on
an eVsE footing with the best state Unl-
VeiSltles There IL NV no hail adrq1ate
to the wants OF the students, and If tho
University continues to grow in public
favor, additional dormit"ries will soon be
required. The University will not he
complete until suitable astronomical Oh.
servatory crowns the bi IN the rear of
the colleges.
l mention these hings got because I
advise or expect you to- 60 anything al
this time to secure th0ss objec Q, but that
the subject may be in the public .nird
There ought TO be no OCCASION tor the
youth of the state to 60 abroad to lie Ell
ucated. Lei us then furnish them at
home with all the means of education
that are necessary or desirable.
STATE CAPITOL.
The State Capitol was Hnshed substan
TALLY more than two years ago
| The total amour. expended upon it is
about $550,000-a very small sum consiti.
ering how fms the structure, and how
| WEl Ha nj Q6 L,
1t was erected. The orIy thing remain
ing to be unDe to complete it, is To lay
down tile floor in the basement. That
ought to be done,as it presents very un-
satisfactory appearance
There is another Improvement to which
[ think. ought to- Call your attention, MI
l hope that it may be made as soon as, ia
your Judgment, the finances of the state
will justify it.
The amount of coal annually used to
warm the Capitol IL abOu 500 cons, which
is piled up in the Capitol square, as you
all SEQ it. Aside from the very untIty
and unsightly appearance that it pre-
sents, thS exposure to the snnw and rain
largely deteIorates its value, and 1t is safe
to Say that the annual loss from the ex-
posuTe is many hundred dollars.
A vault ample in size t. store all this
coal can be constructed for from So 900 "
$1,000 and in q mAnr er not to ntfcnd the
eye or mar the beauty of the park
PARK FENCE.
The last legislature appropriated the
sum Of $4,000 for the erection OF an iron
fence around the Capitol Park, and the
Governor was charged with the select ION
OF plan and sesiug the fence proper. y
erected.
Plans were advertised for, and thai