Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-25
County 4erala
CLYDE r. SBoWALTER,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
session of1so5.


of the last session 1t has passed
some good measures and some very
unwise ones. Among the commend
able laws are the ones to establish a
home for the feeble-minded, TO in
crease the fund for Normal schools. to
create board OF immigration and the
law relating to filed cheese and butt
terine
For years philanthropic citizens
have been urging the establishment of
a school for the feeble-minded. Every
state about us has made provision
for them and il is a reproach to our
state that action was not taken be-
fore Nearly every community has
one or more chic rem Of weak intelli-
gence who can under proper guidance
become self-supporting and reason
ably happy, but if allowed tr grow
up without education suited 30 their
capacity, viii become vicious and a
burden 10 the state. The removal of
this army Of children Of weak minds
from the public schools, where they
are serious hindrance to a properly
equipped special school viii be an in
calculable benefit to the children ie-
moved and the children Of normal in
telligence left bchiud The legisla-
ture deserves credit mark for thas
law.
The old board Of Normal school re-
gents had left the schools under their
charge In Il sen iously embarrassed
condition and il is to the credit Of
this legislature that they have re-
lieved shat embarrassment aud made
liberal provision for the future use
fulness Of the schools.
The board Of immigration Is some
thing Of an experiment but promises
to be of value to the northern part OF
our state Two other laws are full of
promise and the legislature is to be
commended for their passage although
both are somewhat experimental.
They are the arbitration bill and the
law designed to prevent forest fires.
The bill that has attracted more at
tention probably than any other and
the one for which the legislature Is re-
ceiving the greatest praise is the his
torical library bill That the collec-
ton OF historical matter needs better
quarters than it now has is undcni-
able but the disposition made by the
legislature is less satisfactory 10 the
state than to leave it in the capitol
IL was the pressure brought TO bear
by the alumni and friends Of the uni
Fersity that forced the passage Of the
law.
Probably the most unwise measure
passed by this legislature was the bill
to relieve the :.-treasurers who have
not vet settled with the state That
question was supposed to he settled
aud the reopening of it at this time is
unwise and unnecessary
Happily there is question about
the constitutionality Of the act that
may nullify It's effect Attorney
General Myae viii Insist on the con-
stitutional question being settled be-
fore allowing the law 10 be carried
into effect lie is the right ma: In
thp right place and ~ his course is
making himself deseryedly popular
throughout the state,
The legislature has appropriated
large sums Of money. more than
ought to be- expended III these string
emf times. bnr Ia 3 general way il has
been wisely expended and but little
il any charge OF hoodleisln or bribery
has been made And the last admin
istr4tion left the treasury Ito such i
Bankrupt condition that unusual ex-
pendiiures were unavoidable.
The legislature has shown
wisdom in killing tho
bill tp pension Judges aud various
other measures calculated 81 work
mischief
Taken al ia a0 thi, legislature
will rank as an Industrious. eon-
seientioas fearless body made M
largely oi commonplace men, some
what prone p laundering bun whose
work was IN the main sens bile con-
sentative and patriotic
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