Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-01-22


Expense of tfaAspof Ation would be reduced
at least 0ne-half III made by an agent or the
institution. under direct contract Of the
board or management AT the same time
" Is suggested as d temporary expediency
that the number of students admitted free
to the educational institutions be limited to
certain number from each county, to be
designated by county authority, and that
additional students therefr0m be required
to pay into the state treasury a tuition fee
in part maintenance of the instlJutlon or
let II be paid by the county Of the student.
All foreign students should be charged tu-
ition sufficient to cover all expenses. AT
any rate and BIZ some means make the re-
ceiptS and disbursements for the year bal
ance. " Is your province to determine the
method
The governor spoke of the 2-miu levy
Limitation and said 1t was intended that the
ordinary expenses of the state be paid out
Of this; but liberal construction OF the
laws might authorize the levy Of an addi-
tional mill to cover any deficit. But he
said: Even IL the legislature decide 1t is
authorized to provide for a greater than o.
2-mill levy, it should base ali appropria-
tions upon most careful estimate Of the
actual necessities of the state. reso1utely
cutting off all unnecessary expenses, re-
CARELESS OF benefit or injury to friend or
foe, personal or political. That policy In
business or politics is fatal to either the in
uAFluudA OE parry WHICH rests upon any
other basis than conscientious regard to
duty and truth; duty as the heart feels it,
and truth as the mind sees it."
The Pubic Institutions.
Gov. MelIette turned his attention next to
the public institutions, and In general intro
duction of this subject he said
lit Is believed much good In every sense
has resulted to the public institutions of
the state from the new management cree
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provements are being earnestly prosecuted
by the several Boards.
1T Is recomme nded that insurance on the
public buildings be dispensed with or re-
duced to a much smaller amount, as the
state can as well have the profits of the
business as the insurance companies, and
can as well afford the loss, especially as the
fees are often exorbitant.,
THE expense of management, so far as
practicable, should be placed in the appro-
priation for the Incidental expenses of each
institution.
GAS shown from the reports of the several
boards, the public institutions are being
conducted strictly within the appropriations
fixed for them, and the executive will exert
his prerogatiye to the utmost to enfore this
rule"
He repeated again his former recon-
mendations as to the duties of the admins
trative agents of these institutions, that he
ment of law, not for its enactment, and
every disposition to usurp the province of
the lawmaker should be rebuked by the
public conscience and punished by statutory
provisions. This referred largely to the ex-
penditure of money which had not been
specifically appropriated,
In reference to the hospital for the in
sane the governor said he desired that this
be put ii the front rank of such institu-
tions The average number of patients is
increasing, and is now 264. He reported
that the charges made against Superintend-
emit Livingstone had been Investigated and
the doctor exonorated.
The penitentiary at Sioux Falls is be-
lieved to be q model institution. Number
OF prisoners Dec. /, 96, all but one being
men. he recommended that labor be pro-
vided for the prisoners, both as u remuner-
alton to the state and for the benefit of the
prisoners. He mentioned the project to
operate a knitting plant. He recommended
that the authority to sell certain lands be
revoked.
The deaf mute school at Sioux Falls can
be reduced in cost by reduction in the
number and salaries of managers, etc.
The expense of the reform school can be
reduced.
He spoke at length on the soldiers home
at Hot Springs. Over forty veterans are
housed there. He recommended that the
claim for extra compensation for the con-
tractors be resisted to the utmost.
As to the agricultural college the SIS, 600
received last year and the $4,000 to come
this year from the government will be suf-
ficient, save for small amounts for repairs
to buildings.
The University OF Dakota, with an en-
rollment of 435, is doing excellent work, but
has no funds except those from appropria-
tions and tuition. He recommended the
abolition OF the normal department,
The Madison nOrma al school shows an av-
erage daily attendance of 11S%.
The support of the SpearESh normal
school is Recommended, as it is the only
public school for general educational work
in the Black Hills.
The attendance at the school of mines is
eleven males and FIVE females, sit is sug-
gested that what might be called the lux
uries, such as music, and the fine arts, and
superhuous employees and teachers be the
first to go, and the substantials be pre-
served IN the educational curriculum and
in the Instructors"
The blind children of the state are being
supported in the Iowa state school for the
blind, at a cost of about $500 per year, in
clnding tuition, clothing and supplies. The
total cost of this maintenance Of the blind
for the past year was S1.051.e3.
The Public School System,
In reference to the public schools, the
governor said that no pains should be
spared to make this the best 1.-THE mistake
that is liable to be made in this regard is in
developing our educational work too rapidly,
and in making our machinery too cumber-
some and too expensive for this system
which 1t Is so necessary to build up. Too
many school officers, too many school build
ings, too many school teachers and too
many expensive state educational institu-
lions are now faults with our present sys-
tenn that should be at once remedied." He
n6od nj f,N11
officer In each township in full control, with
assistants or directors; county board of
education with the county superintendent
as the executive officer; state board of
educators of seven or nine members. Four
courses of education should be prepared
the common school course to cover a
period of eight years, the high
school and academic courses two years
each and the college course four years.
I'VE recommend that a law should be passed
which shall be compulsory in giving to
every child in the state an English educa-
tion, and that shall give him his school
books free or at actual cost. The present
school system is too expensive, inefficient
and lacking in that unity and system so
necessary In educational matters in order
to obtain the greatest public benefit from
the public schools for this most important
public institution.
Control of Corporations.
In regard to the supervision of corpora
lions he repeated his former recommends
tion for one commissioner of railroads and
warehouses in lieu of the present board of
three; one commissioner of insurance and
corporations other than railroads and ware
houses; that the commissioner of labor and
statistics be charged with the additional
duties of immigration commissioner and
arbitrator OF questions between corpora
tions and their employees. Each commits
sioner should have original Jurisdiction in