Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-22

dement's. Institution life at beer is but a poor sub
stitute for home, and in toe Of tn, Sc Gull
dren should be only hsltirg pl aud distrihu,.
int station The n ore r, fleet upon this subject
the mere positive become my convictions that tho
xt pub 10 enterprise to be undertaken in Wiscon-
sin sneu'd oe school for dependent children,
st parate and distinct from the industrial schools
STATE PRISON.
The number Of convicts confined in the s,sta
pr son, Sept mber so. 1879, was 30a-thirty seven
less than were there year previous. The average
~ mber in confinement WAS 32S-nine lees than the
average for the preceding year. There were only
1870 commitments ring the year at sgsinst as
Tor the year ending September so 1878. II does
net follow however. that there has been decrease
IN or me, as under the change in The law relating
to larceny, many now ntenced to county
jsils who were formerly seot to state prison lam
very reluctant to recomnst return 70 the law AZ
II prior to the revision of the statutes, and vet
il must pe conceded that incarceration IN the ave.
rage jail is not conducve to reformation of char.
act,r. However unfo tunste 1t may be for his
class OF oendes it certainly is treditable TO the
stale, that our criminal population is no numer-
Gus enough 10 Justify the erection OF an interma.
date p,ison, A temporary and tentative solution
of the problem may possibly be found III utii ziug
the north wing OF tue prison at Maupun,
lntsrme late prison under some appro.
prit te name other than state pr son. This would
obviafe the nee ssity of erecting new aud expensive
buildings and p-ovding au extra corps o super II.
tendents D. officers and meas rabiy remove the
oduiu atiaching 10 sentence 10 STATE PRISON.
Of the 1870 couvlc F committed TO the state prison
during the last hsca year, only twenty had thereto
fore been In prison. aud but seventeen were
without the rud ments of an educ ltlon. The total
cost to feed waim clothe, Guard. instruct and
discharge the prisoners was $40, 2Io o., or sl.36
each per week The principal items of dtbutso.
ments wefe for salaries and wages, slS,5 rs, and
for sulsi tepce $l4,35J OF. he totai receipts
from ell sources f46, 6l9 49, the disbursements
SAT 1888. aud the cash ua ance at the cose OF the
year was 81 10 90.44 The eypenseS for the current
fiscal year are estimated at s42 $3.50, OF which tue
mi .Npp ~ on rt1t a RI IN
coed thIee-fourtbs. 1t seems almost impossible TO
correct the false impression that because the
prison authorities DO not ask for approp the
prison has become self supporting he time il
apparently not far dist snt When the accumulated
capital will &c exh austed and mocerate appropria-
tons be required 10 n Get detcieucles-aud in
justice to all Concerned this fact should not be
TO gotten. 1t has been the aim OF the directors
and warden, fret Of all, to place the prison upon
the highest around as a retotmaiory, and this,
from considerations of wise economy as well
utility. The great cost Of crime is not in p isop
tx ensea, but in the expenditures locking to the
protection Of life aud pro. erty, an the arrest de-
teutior and conviction of criminals
The directors renew their recommendations of
last year Ia gard TO the goo time law and eAtra
provision IN extreme cuses for d schargcd PRISON.
ers, and | commend these recommendations 10
Your favorable considera ion. l 80 renew the
recc nm udatious contained in nay previous mes
sages in. regard to the substitution of iudeermi-
for bXsd sentences
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The trustees OF the Wisconsin Soldiers Orphans
Home have submitted their fourteenth annual re }.
port, and there II give brief resume OF the work
done and the expenses incurred IN the prosecution
of this charity since the 3lst day Of Mara, rs g.
when the Home ad pied by the safe. six
hundred and eighty three children have shared in
The benefits OF the Homo, and he to al to the
5 ate has been i342, 800 From the Ward aud Smith
fund originally amounting TO p 554 o. and ats ac
cumuatioEs, there has b. paid 10 former inmates
of the Home the sum of SIS, l6 10, aud there
remains on hand, in cash and bonds, the sum of
SIS 352.7T.
At the northern hospital for the insane 757 pa
tients have received ire imeDt, Of whom 60 we're
discharge re ovt red sDd IS improved. The daily
average Of patients was 3. 7 be total Expenditures
were SlS2 452 g., Of which &2l 9rS 81 were for adj
dtlons, relairs and improvem erts leaving a. cur
rent expenses the sum Of SIT ACT 06 at the rate
of $500 fer each patient. The carrent exreDs ior
the next hospital year are estimated sl2 ,99l .96,
iequiring an sppropri alton, N al iiiOn To other
suul ces of revenue, Of : 2,33l.s5. The superin-
tend mt and trusets think il expedleut to construct
a tunnel from l. Ike nneb,go to the hospital, In
order TO secure an adtqulte and unia,iug supply
of water, and not rely, as now exclusively upo1 the
artesian well, which may fail. Tue e TIM ated cost
of the improvement is 5000. They also ask up
pro riations for steam dire engine, IS 0UU,
sundry other purposes, %, 500.
The NisconsiI stats Hospital for the Insane has
gwen tres meut 70 COZ patients during the year
and reports 81 discharged cured, aud IS DISC arged
improv al. = he average nuubei under treatment
425 and the TO al ex endures were Sl35 555 81,
of which $50, 95l SO 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 secure
much addtiO, al room for such comparatively
tIiing expense, altogether uppreceds pied in the
history of hospital construction, that the trns-
tees veniured to an icipate your approval
Ct the necessary expenditure therefor. The
current expenses at this hospital we're $0a,-
N n M o.. ,,n
The current expenses for the next hospital year
are estimated at $i4l, $1,000 to meet which, In
addition to other revenues, 1857 Oh must be
appropriated The increase in thu number OF
patients beyond the humber e timated for, will
occasion deficiency in the funds before the close
OF tne hospi year To meet this deficiency and
for other purposes, additional appropriations,
aggrf eating $55, $780, are requested 1 do not
clearly understand from tho report OF the board,
their method of arriving 1t ths sum, but you W II
be able to determine the amount required for
actual necessities by ascertaiDing the condition
of their treasury at the pres, mt time, and the
probable demands upon 1t for the current year.
AT the institution for the education of tine blind.
8 pupils were in attendance. The Total .1pendi-
lures 81 051 20. of which $lS, $685. were for
current expenses, the average per scholar ing
S207. 26. The estima es for the present year are
SIS 900 for current expenses aud II $50 for special
improvements The cost Of salaries aud wages
WAS s., 42U 81, aud Of subsistence "a, 3s5h7.
At the institution for the education OF the deaf
and dumb 1s7 names were upon the register at the
close of the fiscal yer, with an sctua attendance
of 1872, several of the younger chi dren having
been returned 10 their homes after the fire. The
total dir bursements were s3O,3lS 81, Of which
81 2t SO were for permanent improvements and re-
acIng article lost in the FIRE. The cost OF sa1-
ries was $l2 2G3 62, and of subsistence So 2tG SO.
the current expenses for the preret year are esti-
mated at f32, 00O.
Experiments are being conducted At this iDstitn-
on in the articulate ~ stem Of teaching with most
salts ac'ory results. Ntsily one-thlrd OF the
uups have received instruction tho uSe OF the
voice, aud The progress made encou sges the trus-
/ % 10 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, Sept mbtr 10th, 1879
Forum tey the only loss In the destruction OF
property and tn. temporary inconyen encr to the
school. Immediately upon hearing OF his disaster,
went 10 Delavan, and there met the fun hQatd Of
trnaiels The cltiy.na of DelAVan RetlerQnslY