Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-01-21

471S324 aud the lash ba ance at the close OF the
wear was $Il9 9O.44 The eIpense for the current
fiscal wear are estimated at $500, of which tue
prisoners earnings are not expected to pay to ex-
coed three-fourtas. 1t seems almost lmpossloie 20
correct the false impression, that because the
prison authorities do not ask for appropriations the
prison has become self supporting. The time IS
apparently not far dist ant when the accumulated
capital will exh susted and moue crate appropr1a-
lions be required to n eet defciencies-and in
justice to all concerned this fact should not De
for otten. 1t has been the aim OF the directors
and warden first of all, to place the prison upon
the highest ground reformatory, and this,
from considerations of economy well as
utility The great cost of crime is not in p' ison
expenses, but in the expenditures looking to the
protection of life and AMI the arrest, de-
tention and convection of criminals.
The directors renew their recommendations OF
last year in Tt gard to the goo time law and extra
provision in extreme cases for discharged prison.
ers and [ commend these recommendations 10
your favorable consideration. l a so renew the
recommendations contained in nay previous mes
sages in regard to the substitution of indetermi-
nate for fixed sentences.
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The trustees of the Wisconsin Soldiers Orphans
Home have submitted their fourteenth annual re-
port, and there give brief resume of the work
done and the expenses incurred in the prosecution
of this charity since the S1st day of March, 1886,
when the Home was ad pied by the state. Six
hundred and elghty-thr children have shared in
the benefits OF the Home and he total cost to the
state has been 1912, 800 From the Ward and Smith
fund, originally amounting TO rs 554 81 and It's &C
cumuations, there has been paid TO former inmates
of the Home the sum of SIS, Is 80, and there
remains on hand, in cash and bonds, the sum of
SIS, 552.77.
At the northern hospital for the insane 757 pa
tients have received treatment, of whom 65 were
discharge recovered and IS improved. The daily
average of patients was g. The total expenditures
were 1882 452 62, Of which $2l 985 Sc for ad
ditions, repairs and improvements. leaving IA cur
rent expenses the of S1t 467 O6, at the rate
of 5000 for each patient. The current expens for
the next hospital year estimated $122, 991 SO,
requiring aa appropriations in ad ition to other
sources of revenue, of So, 339.45. The superin-
lei IN
a tunnel from L Ike Winnebsgo to the hospital, in
order to secure an adequate and unfaillng supply
of water, and not rely. as now, exclusively upo the
artesian WELL which may fail The timated cost
of the Improvement is $4,000. They also ask APP
proF riations for a steam ire engine, $4,000,
Sundry other purposes, i3, 500.
The Wisconsia state Hospital for the insane. has
given treatment to COZ patients during the year,
and reports 81 discharged cured and IS arged
improved. The average number under treatment
425 and the to al tenditures Sl35 555 80,
of which $50 ,95lS3 were for addition, repairs
and improvements, by which among other points
gained the capacity of the hospital has been in
creased to accommodate $50 additional patients.
Some of these additions had not been authorized
by the legislature, but it practicable TO
much addltioi al room for such comparatively
trifiing expense, altogether unprecedented in the
history of hospital construction, that the trus
tees ventured to an cipate your approval
Of the necessary expenditure therefor. The
current expenses at this hospital were $l04.-
603.99- an average of S2t6.12 for each patient.
The current expenses for the next hospital year
estimated at Sal, 5000 to meet which, in
appropriated. The increase in the number of
patients beyond the number estimated for, will
occasion deficiency in the funds before the close
of the hospi al year. To meet this deficiency and
for other purposes. additional appropriations,
aggregating S55, 5000, requested. do not
clearly understand from the report of the board,
their method of arriving at this sum, but you VIII
foe able TO determine tae amount required for
actual necessities by ascertaining the condition
of their treasury at the present time, and. the
probable demands upon it for the current year
AT the institution for the education of the blind,
80 pupils were in attendance. The total txpendi-
lures 81 ,05180. of which SIS, "a were for
current expenses, the average per scholar being
S207.2 The estina es for the present year
$4,000 for current expenses and 81 2J0 for special
Improvements. The cCst of salaries and wages
was So, 400 So, aud of subsistence S,3S5S7
At the institution for the education of the deaf
and dumb 1S7 names were upon the register at the
close of the fiscal Year, with an actual attendance
of 122. several of the younger children having
been returned t. their homes after the fire. The
total dis bdrsements were S30.3lS 81, OF which
81 2lO 6S were for permanent improvements and re-
p acing articles lost in the fire. The cost of sala-
riss $12,363 81, and of subsistence Sc 266 sc.
The current expenses for the present. year est1
mated at $50, 00U.
EXPERIMENTS are being conducted at this institu-
ton in the artculate stem Of teaching, with most
satisfactory results. Nearly one-thlrd of the
pupils have received instruction in the use of the
voice, and the progress made encourages the trus-
tees to continue the system.
1t is known that the main building. erected by
the state for the accommodation of this ms tuition,
was totally consumed by fire, September 10th, 1879.
atey the only loss was in the destruction of
property and the temporary inconvenience to the
school Immediately upon hearing of his disaster,
went to Deavan, and there met the full board of
trustees. The citizens of Delavan generously
opened their houses the homeless teachers and
pupils, and their hospitality accepted for me
for the grjs and some of their LEADERSHIP boys
finding quarters in the gymnasium and other build
1ngs not burned. Most OF the formture c'othlng
Of pupils, and school room appliances had been
saved aud it therefore became practicable at very
moderate expen to lit up the buildings, not
destroyed, for temporary use, and Ike p the school
was determined on, and in fact the regul lessons
were omitted but for one day. An early special
appropr alton should be made to meet the expenses
incurred IN the p ost cutOn of this work.
have no special recommendations to submit in
regard to the future of this institution. assume
that the state of Wisconsin will continue to provide
ample accommodations and appliances for the
education of its deal and dumb. The bui ding
buildings should be planned with reference solely
to the for which thy intended, then
they will be symmetrical and in good taste. 1t does
not need that they should be mounted by domes
spires towers, that the accommodations for
teachers pupils should be palatal in any respt Ct
The plans and estimates should receive your care
full attention and scrutiny.
Pending the erection of buildings for this insti-
tuition, I would recommend that such of the deaf
and dumb children in the state cannot be accom-
modsted at Delavan should be furnished instruc-
ton and main enance at the Pathological Institute
in Milwau kee, at tie expense of the state. This
will furnish instruction those who need it. rem
der much eeded assistance to one of the youngest
and most promising of our private charities, and
give opportunity to test the respective mer is Of
exclusively to the articuate method, and the other
comb ming bo.h the sign and articulate methods.
As in fcedng years, have visited all the state
institutions during the year, and most of them
more than once. The more fam liar become with
the workings of each, the greater is my interest in
its special mission and the more convinced
that the management of each is Efficient and faith
full. do not pretend to judge of every detail Of
administration, nor to inquire into all the
for appointments and discharges. Boards of man
agement and control clothed with important
responsibilities, and CT necessity be accorded
a coIrespondlngly liberal discretion in the choice
Of ways and means, and subordinstes. Unques-
tionably it is the duty of the governor to exercise
such a degree of supervision may be necessary
to prevent mal-adniI istraton but further than
that he cannot he expo ted to go Some Complaints
in this dlrec ion have eache6 me during the past
year, and in every such have deemed it my
duty to max, CT cause inquiry to be made have
some times advised Nth the local board; and had
occasion required should have used the discretion
airy authority conded to The governor for that pur-
pose.
have every reason to believe that the education
al and charitable institutions Of the state, under
private management and supported by private
actio ollxp