New-York tribune., 1874-05-07

N I'm for the few paupcrs whose support does not DeonR
70 any town. The Hospital for the Insane AZ mu'u ne
,o@n ia tne only one Of these instituions under tne
absolute control OF the state Inc en.r. ip eo aaI
Recommendations for $50 patients, but there aro ovs
naents nov under treatment OF the 3s patlents now
In the hospital only 35 are regarded as e1rape VI go
natents admitted snce its beginning, 799 nave Dten
beneanares of the state It's financial management the
last year has also been satisfactory showing an
A. the school for Imbeciles az Lakevle in SALISBURY,
there are sxtyfour pupils, OF which tweny-n,n. ,
are state benehcares. and OF these twenty nave oss
one or both parents. BY recent enlargement 0t ,no
buildings one hundred can be accommodated Inc re-
suits OF Dr. Knights training Ql these od hv
very satisfactory sxtysix scholars have been anen ny
the state at the American Asylum for the Deal anu u,
Dumb at Hartford, during the year. az an expense VI
s923g 49, and fifteen blind children nave peeh a,ou a
the Perkins Institute In Boston. one hundred i anr
egbtytwo discharged soldiers have been under aaic
and surgical treatment the hospitals in NewHaVen
and Hartford, at total expense OF about slSOOo'
PENAL AND REFoRMAToRY INsrHUIioNs-sIAlE
HoUsEs-THE SCHOOL FUND.
The affairs OF the State Prison have been most salts
fsctorily conducted. Notwithstanding reduction OF
the price Of prison labor necesstaod by the prosua
ton OF business during the last Winter, net income OF
si 80 has been received into the Treasury from tue
prison The number OF convics in the prison Is s
OF whom only females-one wblte auu QUO Soa
ored: i52 of these convics born within and 70
without the United States remarkable cnange nds
occurred in the sanitary condition Of the prlsou-pu
mOnary consumption, which 20 years ago was resafeu
as the scourge OF the prison having no" p1coo u1S
Tbe stare Reform school mas received during the
wear 200 boys ana 100 discharged The present himDet
II.
ira onenng ia 1854 The walls OF tue first story OF
the new State House at Hartford VIII De 5uDs
competed by the l5h OF the present month"; total
eynenditures TO present time arc aeyu :lG500 As
the present State House in w-naren cannot be used
en official year. will your duty 10 provide Tor tne
disposition OF the building when snail CEASE 20 po
ground OF the CITY OF New-IIayen ,..,.,, -,
Twenty years ago the school fund OF Connectlcn OF
coyarpmeni The contrast OF the present day ~ very
striking Indeed, If the School Fund should now DO
dropned from the educational system OF the state ls
nsg in merely financial view. would be hardly noticed
since il supplies about IL cent OF wnat required
Total nIblio expenditures for educational purposes
alone being annually ABOUT cOO) against less tnah
slOlO IN 1888 Outside the ordinary S.dte tax ttOuht-
ug the last year less than quarter OF the totd rove
nuc) which collected through the towns tne Dla Oh
he sfate revenue s derived from very lew SOURCES
ana collected through ordinary service Of It's Treas
ury Department
SUGGESTIVE CONTRAST.
This Is not the occasion discussion OF the details
of the revenue system of the United States but certain
re.ults OF ts operation under similar circumstances Of
repidy increasing income land expenditure, are so ap'
uarent as readily to bring that system and especially
il modes OF administration, into general COMPARISON
win the exhibit jIst referred to Of our local govern
| Inrut-with manifest advantage 10 the Latter. PuDnc
Indignation has been very justly excited " recent as
closures of the cOrruplng manner IN whlcH the correct
ng service OF general government has Deeu admln
stered IL will, IN my Judgment iAl III lts o1eot Vi
REFORM force spent III dcnunclttO rs OI aIIlu
mails while the systeu Ia whc the cJIEuptins lAnuehce
| pheres, Is allowed TO remain.
indicated, to overlook the powerful lnfuehte o.! thdt
great underlying distinction between the local aud gen
er cove rnnents, which subjects tne one to close pop
MAR srutiny that Ia OF the other can rarely
and only under exceptional circumstances, De had III
Is hardly possible any Official abuse 10 exist
n connecticut without being very soon made known 10
ana clearly by les people. Aud an tnis rests
of Institutions. Indeed Is we fec5uc
IRON that period of extraordinary emei senoy when tue
government Of the UuOn felt itself bound "a use all
uoWers ueeds its defence, without ScrltuHus
tDelr relation TO condition OF peace, the streustl
| OF our state governments, ana tbcIr aQnlidDie
| adaptabty to the administration OF those
| powcrs OF government most closely affecting the
great mass OF society, becomes more clear Iho ten
dcncy of all government l. toward, Capitalization or an
aggrandizcment Of its own power Tne Jealousy whch
fesisis that force government Whlcu, Ike thdt VI
our UniOu cOmprchends within It's sphere OF ac,On d
Territory almost continental, embracing every diversity
OF climate aud CORES spODduI diversity o social organ
zatiOus aud interests, however aDIc 10 abuse X may
b.. is necessary 20 the harmony OF the entire system.
though the fuuce historian OI our tunes may NOT
| wonder thdt the pjsslOI5 aroused Dy the uIshV
struggle through WACA nave passed, dd not Al once
allow Irec scope nranS iuIenCc or THIS pIlhcl-
pc I'm the rrihItiOn 81 Odr uIsOi igduLed states, ne
Will think, ueyegnce,s admit that hy Ignoring that
un ence q condition. OF al irs resulted. % when the
pIuabc degradation OF South CTDhud ana the shame
les. lIsurpatIOa which holds sway IA LJl5auA, Fc.hn
| #, monuments to-day.