The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-01-10
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
IIE., january Il, lS.F,

GENTLEMEN-Snce your Adjournment
seed time and harvest have occurred. llcal'h
peace and plenty have crowned the year
Law has been respected; public order ma
prevailed; and you meet again as the repre-
sentativcs of great, growing ana generous
people.
1t has been my cnGcavor to acqualnt my
self with the management and wants OF th'
public institutions of the State. 1t Is crafty
ing to say that the management is generally
satisfactory, and the wants, with one eXcep
ton, beyond appropriations made, are very
| limited. In pursuance Of law, | have ap
pointed Board of Trustees for the Southern
! Insane Asylum, and also for the Southern
| Normal University; and recommend thai
the Board of Commissioners, authorized by
an act approved April Is, 1871, be abolished
and the powers and duties thereof be confer
red, respectively, upon the Trustees OF said
institutions, The north wing OF SAID asylum
was opened for the reception of patients the
10Th Of December last, in accordance with
nv proclamation. TO hasten the completion
of the central building. the appropriation ioI
which is payable out of the levy of 1913, the
contract has been let. The wants of the in
situation require an appropriation for addi
tional furniture, for building road to depot
for out-buildngs and for sundry improve
mcnts and OUTLAWS upon the grounds and
farm, which respectfully ask the Legislature
TO make.
The Southern Normal University is yearly
completed and furnished and | urge the pas
sage of the bill pending tor current expenses
and recommend an appropriation Tor grading
and improving the grounds
The work on the Northern Illinois Hospi,
tai and Asylum for the Insane has progressed
.;of, N tru1 la
finished April /, and the south wing Scptcm.
Der next In view of this early completion
of the entire building, twill be necessary for
the Legislature to provide, by appropriation,
the ordinary expenses for 22J additional pa
tents
The Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infrm-
airy has laid the foundations for plain, neat
and substantial edifice, on desirable lot in
the West Division of the city, donated by the
Chicago Relief and Aid Society.
The new building for the education of the
blind is inclosed and under contract to be
finished by August next. Before the build
ing can be made available, an appropriation
for heating and furnishing is required, which
| recommend.
The dining hall for the Deaf and Damb
Institution is erected aud in use, and the
for the chapel and school build
ing are laid.
The Institution for the Education of Feeble
Minded Children, Is, in my opinion, public
charity worthy OF our serious consideration.
am aware money is stringent, and the peO-
pie are burdened with taxation. Yet, out Of
sympathy for this class of unfortunates and
their parents, many of whom are poor, and
having confidence in the usefulness OF the
favor the appropriation to pro
vide permanent and adequate buildings for
The same a bill for which is pending before
lie Legislature The annual report of the
Trustees Of this institution is herewith sub
nitted
The Soldiers Orphans Homes is a model
If neatness, thrift and economy, and an honor
o the patriotism of the state The annual
report of the Trustees represents the need OF
the Home, to which the Legislature is re
spectiully referred. That the orphans of our
brave dead may be better clothed, fed and
cared for, | recommend the appro-
priatiOn asked for in that report. |
know 1t may be said that many of the in
mates have more comforts and advantages
than they otherwise would. If this was notl
SO, the institution would fail of its object, |
and be disgrace to II Christian people. The
care of the State is q small reCompensc for
the loss of home, ever SO humble, and for the
in life vet GOOD nnough IN lilo fnr he
country
The affairs of the Illinois Hospital for the
wisely and oconnmjcaiI,, aJr,in}l ,nnaS ",,h
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