The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12
the Governor. This report was fled with
the Governor September 4, 1874, and with

the Governor. This report was filed with
the Governor September 4, 1874, and with
the testimony taken by the committee is
herewith transmitted.
the committee arrived was that the late State
Auditor had received for timber cut on State
lands 81, O4i.13 more than he had paid to
the State Treasurer; that there had been
such manamege1t in other transactions;
that the State had suffered further damage
in the sum of SIP ,5l8.O4; that certain tralls-
actions with the banking firm Of P. NJ. N.Y.
ers Il Co., of New York, raise strong pre-.
sumption that the State has an interest in
them and that the conduct of the examin-
ers of the State lands had been grossly cor
rupt. Such showing as this demanded the
interposition of the Courts, and therefore
against the late Auditor, and to otherwise
assert in the Courts all the rights of the
State which an examination Of the report
and evidence should bring to bis atten-
ton.
The Attorney General has brought suit
against the late Auditor to recover the sum
Of 1894, GAL SO. It will be speeded to it's trial,
The completely of the facts, and the i'm
portance of the issues persuaded the At
torney General that this is case where
the public interests demand the employ
ment Of assistant counsel. He accordingly,
with my concurrence, secured the services OF
General states that suitable appropriation
will be necessary to meet the expenses OF
procuring the attendance of the many wit
hesses whom the State will be obliged to
call. An appropriation for that purpose.
and also to compensate Mr.. Lochren, is re.
recommended.
'''~ EDUCATIONAL
The report of the Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction is replete with information
upon subjects connected with his Depart
ment. He is convinced of the importance
OF making more efficient the means by which
teachers who have not had the benefit of
structed in the most advanced educational
methods. His views upon this subject are
worthy of your earnest consideration. He
favOrs the continuance of the present sys-
ten OF County Superintendenta. He MAIN
taips that the plan of district school MANAGE
ment by township board presents many
advantages over the mixed system which
now prevails, but It IS very questionable
whether the objections to this plan which
have been made valid by long acquiescence
in the present mode Of governing schools, the
ana the large, expenditures which the tax
PAYERS of those districts have made upon
tie assurance of permanency in their powers
of self-government, do not overweight the in
herent and abstract merits Of any other
scheme. He is opposed to an enforced uni
tolrmity of text books. He attests the benef-
icent and increasing influence of the Normal
Schools and in these views entirely con-
cur. Much of the obloquy which has been
expended upon these institutions has been
excited by undue expectations that their
general benefits ought to be more immedi-
ate. That this is not reasonable is apparent
from the fact that while in the year 1874,
(, 49, teachers were employed in the COM
mon schools, the total enrolment in the