The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-10-05
GOV. FULLER'S VALEDICTORY'
WHAT HE WOULD DO WITH THE
PKOHIBITORY LAW.

some Instructive Figures at Any hmte-
Thc Txvo Years, Record Of Extrav"-
gnnce-HOw He Would stop some "I
the Leaks Review Oh S."t son. and
! tiOns-COrslial words ior S""s CIV"
Daughters of Vermont
In nursunnce of the custom OF recent years
Gov fuller prepared II veledictory niesshsc;
reviewing the work of his administrator anu
MAKING the suggestions for the future th''t cN-
nericnce has warranted. The message was
read Yesterday and contained goo9 nl',iy
| sensible ideas. After expressing MS Deiei III
| The usefulness of the new custom, he presents
n statement of the financial showing Tor the
mast two wears with total expenditure ol
III 5;0 TO7. 2ij or STS4, S5463 year, practically
| three times what il was just after the war.
| Gov Fuller does not say explicitly that theIe
is outrageous and ineXcusaDle WASTE anu ,; eM
suggestions he makes later for stopping some
Of fbe worst leaks show that he is convinced
/ of its existence lie calls attention 10 the
statement of Taxi Commissioner Martisi ~ W.
were to strike out that department. oi S'ae
expenses which relates to local reneI, We
should not be obliged ut the present r'1 l ,h I
90 beyond the corporation taxes lor a'i 'he
| financial needs of the state.
The amount expended by the various toWhs
throughout the state for educatloh LOT Inc
biennial period reaches Sl,oi2, oo3of me
report of the superintendent OF schools gives
hope that the change from the district 10 tlie
town system of schools has caused but sngni
friction, and already has become decided
Improvement Gov Fuller adds
7 wish TO call your attention again to the mat:
ter of free text books and refer tothe town OF
Hartford in Windsor county as the Dest eHomi
pli1cation of the benefits OF TINS system, wierc
an experience of 10 years, in a town that lias
MI grades from the primary to the secondary
school that fits for college, shows the average
cost to have been only Al IL cents per pup,
IA;
tbroushout the state the benefits without ques,
lion Wonld amount to several hundred thousand
dollars year.
In the way of aid to various institutions for
higher education S66, 400 has been expended.
He calls attention to the fact that the sys-
TEN of ventilation and pumping III use d, wy
Reform school has been condemned ana urges
that remedy be applied. He also says tnat
a large proportion of the children sent to TINS
| institution receive too long sentence, great
" increasing the labors of the board, aha tne
expense to the state; the law recognizes stale
control during minority. while the average
retention is only about 10 months. 49,,
The House of Correction is not only mad
eouote in size. built for one-half the pres,
ent number of inmates. but its sewerage anu
plumbing have been defectlve,t was con-
demned by the Rutland county grand jury, IL
had an epidemic of typhoid fever, ana solle
action was imperative. The directors pur-
chased the raw material and put AT WORK lnG
tramps and such available prisoners as would
otherwise have remained idle, and set them
to constructing new jail; contrary 10 eN-
pectation. the men finding they would have
better quarters as a result, took kindly 70
outdoor winter work, completing the addl-
ton in Il reasonable time without lnconNe-
nience TO or interfering with such men as
could be kept at WORK III tlle nlanula 1.' 'nS
department. Only so much has been done us
was necessary for the health. employment
and safety of the prisoners, and the governor
who has taken much interest IN ana given
careful attention to the work says - am sat
isfied the state should at once take TINS 1nslltt
ton in hand and supply it with SUCH 1aclllties
as will prevent recurrence OF any OF the
evils heretofore experienced there Anu ne
adds
Asa relief from the dangers of another period
of ovcrcrowding a change in the law permit:
ting the use of the cOun jails during perous OF
emergency under the same cQnulaiols as .,,c
vice call your attention to the cost OF commit
ment to this institution Where prisoner Is sen
fenced from Il remote part OF the state lol MN
payment of fines for slight offenSes, the expense
to the state is about $50. If 1t was period OF ~
DAYS, his earnings to the state would average
less than So Would it not be better to turn the
prisoner over to the road commissioner IN the
town where the offence was committed, to work
out his fine there, or give the court auth0rlty 10
incarcerate him in the local jail? AT the bottom
of page of the Auditor s report, anu also vi
page % of the report of the superintendent or
the House of Correction, will be foun sugges-
tons relative to this subject. find an OPINION
is quite current among those who ought to know,
| that there is something wrong as to this sug-
gesting that officers fees are yet temptatllon
and play too important part IN eis amd es
canes and fees to another state there Is consul
cradle difficulty in securing his eXtraditlon. Inc
statute should make jail-breaklng or escaping
| from jail crime
I, nd in which the
new state asylum at Waterbury was con-
structed. tells how it was OvercroWded,, be-
cause not built in sections as it ought to nave
been. and how many changes at large addi-
| tional expense had to be made to finish 1t as IL
ought to be and would have been If all done at
one time: how large outlay was necessary
TO change the heating system, so that the daily
| cost is only about tWo-thlrds OF Whal IL lol
merlv was. But he says
have kept close watch of the progress OF al
! fairs and so far my approval mas peen heces
| sary to secure the furnishing ana occupahc! ol
these buildings 1t has been gwen. Anu no SUI
| | am assured has set of buildings peuer
! adapted to the use to which they are 10 nc pu.
than the series of structures now owned by the
''t There has been S13,437.O3 expended
for the care of deaf and dumb, blind and
feeble minded in institutions out OF the state.
As to the topic of growing Importance, bet
fer roads. he recommends Il continuance of
the commission authorized by the last leglsli-
ture. He says:
The laws passed at the last session were help
| full in this matter, but call for additional ;ltten
tion The general policy that has been followed
during the last generation has been simply 10
keep in tolerable repair the old roads; the Tune
has come for a change. l am satlsned tnat tne
state road tax should be used for the construc,
ton of roads in a more permanent 1orlii, AM.
that no portion of it should be used for ordinary
repairs If all the towns were to adopt polcy
| f1ax aside n certain Dercentage OF Inclr
road taxes for the building OF certain ROADS IN y
permanent form, they would, in few years, DC
able to replace their roads by durable struciurts
without increasing their expenses, ana III inc
| end would secure class of roads that Wouiu
cost only nominal sum to keep in repair.
Cattle Diseases.
The increased appropriation for the use of the
Board of Agriculture has given new impetus
to their work. The law imposing upon the
Board duties formerly performed by the BOARD
of Cattle Commissioners has also increased
their labors, and special attention Is called TO
that part of their work. 1t has Deen thought ny
| some that the state should at once adopt the pol
lev of paying for all diseased stock upon OASIS
of perfect health, and eradicate by slaughter
the various forms of disease that give occasion
for ALARM To do this would have made large
demands upon the state treasury; and lnvestiga-
ton has shown that it is not the best way. win
the supervision of disease by an lnteiilgeh'
| BOARD acting under medical advice, with au
thority to compel suitable care on the part OF the
owner il Is better and safer practice TO leave
the matter IN their MINUS nc Ia" az IL ny"
gives the Board discretionary power to make ad
| eduate recompense in meritorious cases, ana II
to the list of Infectious diseases was ADDED thiiI
of Tuberculosis, is sufficient in scope for our
present needs.
He believes that large results of good for
the militia have been obtained by the detailing
which early in his administration he secured,
from the war department, of Capt. Ii. r.
Turherly to remain with the troops for the
purpose of systematizing the drill and regua
lions strictly in accordance with the customs