The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-12-30


feeble minded. For admission to the latter
there are now on file seventy applications in eX
ent buildings, and the board of directors there
fore ask for an appropriation for their enlarge
ment The estimates submitted for further ap-
preparations follows:
For construction and furnishing GUS
todial buildings school for feeble
For completion Of present building, ''''
laundry. boiler house, steam heating,
ETC.. ........................ $4,000
For purchase OF land .................. $500
For current expenses, 1888 ..... 10000
For current expenses, 1889 ............ $4,000
Total .$247. 500
past two years were:
Additional building feeble minded $50 900 90
Additional building deaf and dumb 10000 GO
Current expenses, 1885. $500 IS
Current expenses, 1SS6............. 64,667 80
Full information respecting the organization,
work and requirements Of these schools is fur
nished by the reports of their respective super
intendents and the board of directors. A con-
tinuance of the liberal policy the state has here
tofore exercised toward this institute believe
to be warranted by the character and the results
of its work.
INSANE HOSPITALS.
At the end of the last fiscal year there were
1,479 patients under treatment in the two in
sane hospitals of the state S74 at ST. Peter and
6O5 at Rochester. an increase Of 2S6 since the
last biennial report of the trustees There
expended for the maintenance of the insane
1928, 9O5.7l in 1885, and $22S 696 81 in 1886,
and for new structures and improvements at the
two institutions $112. 674 Al for the two years.
The estimated requirements for the next BIZ
ennial period are as follows:
Roches-
st. Peter. ter
New doubled detached ward. ........ $4,000
Reconstructing of central
improvements and repairs. $i4.5o6 1900
Current expenses, isss...:: 163,Soo 1900
Current expenses, 1889. $685. 500 131.O4O
Total. .ss47, 100 1896, $50
The extension contemplated in these esti-
mates will give a maximum capacity for the
care of 1000 patients. sufficient to meet prob
able requirements for three years to come. Il is
assumed that the third hospital, the location Of
which is provided for in chapter 16l of the
General Laws Of 1885. will be available for oc-
cupancy in part by the time this class of popu-
laton shall exceed the number stated.
The capacity OF the state prison has been en-
on Y aops
institution numbered 1856 at the date Of the in
spectors' report. July 81, 1886, which has been
increased to 4O7 since that time.
The current expenses were $65, 01S.3O in
1885, and 500. l35 81 in 1886, and the earnings
respectively. The net per capita cost Of main
tanning the convicts has been reduced from
500. 70 In 1881 to $40. 80 In 1856.
come are: Expenses, 1913, 900 and $75 900:
earnings, 1000 and @55. 900. An inventory
of the property of the prison, real and personal.
including $4,000 net loss by the fire Of Janu-
arv. 1884. The inspectors report the "institu,
tion out Of debt with no deficiency or special
appropriation to be asked for.
The present capacity Of the prison will proba-
bly, be sufficient to meet the requirements Of the
state in this regard until accommodations are
1eA in bo off, of
ed bv chapter 157 OF the General Laws OF 1885.
believe 1t to be the sentiment of the people
Of the state that the new prison should bear the
prison proper. large proportion Of the inmates
Of our prison are young men sentenced for their
not belong to the criminal classes They are not
welded to evil ways, and are susceptible to in
f1uences that would win them back to an honest
course of life. Their association with profess
SIGNALS and incorrigibes in prison, aud the stig
ma that follows taem when discharged. influence
for evil their after life. If committed to re-
formatory, where their surroundings would sug-
gest purpose to reform as well to punish
them, and where their term of service would b
made dependent on their good conduct and
would stimulate the better instincts of their
nature, and they would go forth again among
their fellow-men hopeful and determined.
rather than despa1rinR and reckless.
An adoption Of this policy would involve such
notifications in the penal code as would per-
init i,ndeterminate sentences. and provide for
mas been tried in other states with most crafty
ing results.
SOLDIERS HOME
The Minnesota department of the Grand Army
of the Republic at it's last annual encamp.1ent
appointed a committee to present to your body
the subject OF the establishment of a home for
disabled, INDECENT veterans residing in the
state. and Of temporary provision for the re-
lief of such veterans as might not wish to be-
come occupants Of soldiers home Idesire to
supplement the appeal of that committee by the
expression OF an earnest hope that the necessary
appropriation will be made by your body to
carry out the objects specified. There is no OBJ
legation more sacred or binding upon the peo-
pie Of this country than that ample provision
should be made for the care and comfort In their
declining years OF the veterans OF the late war,
who from disability or misfortune become needy
or dependent The ad1utant general In his re-
port cites cases of disabled soldiers who are now
cared for in some Of our county poorhouses
This ts discredit to the honor and patriotism
ord %
war. The Grand Army of the Republic ask not
for charity for their comrades, but rather for
the discharge OF an obligation the state in
CURED when she sent her sons to the front to
risk their all in defense Of the republic. Their
efforts and sacrifices secured to the country that
peace and prosperity which is the present hert-
taRe OF us all. and the obligation Is ours that In
their last days they may be made to realize in
fullest measure that their services are remem-
bered with gratitude by their countrymen The
homes provided by the general government are
already overcrOwded, and many OF the states
nave Established sOddle 3 homes or 0CherWlso
made provision for their disabled veterans
Minnesota should not be lsggard in the perform
ance OF 80 grave duty. With view Of aiding
n she Econ N Of this su6sSs have
matter as could be supplied relating to the es-
Establishment and management Of their soldiers
homes, which is herewith transmitted for your
information. The condition Of the state finances
may not warrant the purchase of grounds and
the erection of buildings at the present time
but there should be no delay In provision for
temporary aid. Our experience in the case Of
soldiers orphans furnishes hint Of the means
by which her funds may be applied to furnish
immediate and sufficient relief with the least
possible waste in admins ration.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
The functions Of the state and local boards of
health were materially enlarged and their
efficiency carrcspondingly increased by the leg
islRtion of 1888 respecting the control of infec-
lions diseases OF animals, the regulation of Of
fensfve trades. the supervision of sources Of
water supply, and the act reorganizing and de-