The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-28

-FOUR lawyers torty-tWo merchants, nine
teen doctors of medicine, nine bankers, six
teachers, six preachers and eight insurance
men, besides various other occupations.
GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.
1 am pleased to note the increased at
tendance at the School of Technology. The
70 students now there give
evidence that practical education
Is receiving the serious attention of our
people. The school offers scientific courses
of high grade in mechanical, electrical
and civil engineering
| Georgia, being near the center of the
! cotton-growing area of the union should
provide for the instruction of her sons
IN the manufacture of cotton goods. New
| England has taken steps in this direction
| for the protection and advancement of
| her manufactures. The textile schools
which have been established at the north
| are bound to initiate to the detriment of
! our own cotton industries unless they are
met with similar institutions in the south.
/ A department of textiles should be added
! to the School of Technology for the pur>
| pose of giving our young men the oppor-
! tunity of becoming experts in the manu-
| facture of cotton goods. 1 am assured
that such a measure would receive SUBJ
stantial aid from many prominent firms
! and citizens, and on account of the pres
ent excellent equipment of the school. the
! first cost would be reduced TO a minimum.
GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUS.
TRIAL COLLEGE.
This institution, whose curriculum EN-,
braces a literary, a normal and an in
dustrial course, is doing a great work for
/ the state by supplying its schools with
well-educated, trained teachers, develop
| ing the brain and increasing the culture
| of her daughters and rendering them
! pable of being when necessary, self-sus-
| tanning and Independent
| So great is the pOOularitV of This coll
lege that had its accommodations been adj
equate it would have in attendance 600
students.
Under existing laws the graduates of the
North Georgia Agricultural and Medical
| College at Dahlonega, State Normal
School at Athens, Middle Georgia Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College at Mil
Pdgeville, Gordon Institute at Barnes
Villes are permitted teach in the common
schools without further examination.
| l therefore recommend that the same
right be accorded the graduates of the
Georgia Normal and Industrial College.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT ATHENS
The school has become a very valu-
able part of our educational system and
is worthy of your aid and encouragement.
| In the management of various public in
| stitutions 1t has been found of great ad-
| vantage to the institutions and a relief 10
| the officers in charge to have some of
the trustees located so as to be accessi-
bic to the institution. 1t is not
advisable to change the personnel of the
present excellent board of commissioners
who are charged with the immediate con-
| troll of the institution, and as their pres
ent number, five, is rather small, recon-
mend that the governor be authorized to
| appoint, from the county of Clarke, two
! additional members to said board.
TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
The trustees of the School Of Technology.
| Academy for the Blind and school for the
deaf all hold Office for life. If by death
| or resignation there is a vacancy on the
board of commissioners of the Technology
| School, 1t is filed by the remaining men,
bers. The board is self-perpetuating.
Life terms in any position is against the
| genius of our government. 1t is certainly
not in accord with the views of the people
| of Georgia.
lions made by the state should be under
| the control of men commissioned for a
| limited term of years, and not for life, and
1 recommend that the laws be so amend
ed as to conform TO this view.
PENSIONS.
The appropriations made at your last
| session were sufficient for the payment of
| all approved pensions except those known
| as INDECENT pensions (Act 1894, page 32),
|
| rolls for 1896, there was left a balance of
| so, $4,000 Instead of paying in full each
| new claim as it was approved, 1t was
| thought advisable to pay no new appli-
cant until all pending cases had been pass
ed on by the commissioner of pensions
| When such examinations were concluded
| twice as many claims were approved as
could be paid $50 each from the unexpended
| balance, and the same was prorated, al
lowing $50 to each, just half the amount
had the appropriation been sufficient. In
! view of the increase in this class of PEN
| sioners it will be necessary for you to
make for their payment in 1898, an addi-
| tional appropriation of $4,000 which does
not take into consideration the new claims
to be passed on for that year.
I respectfully advise that no special PEN
sion be granted except the claim has been
| approved in due course of law
Many reasons may be urged
against this kind of legislation,
but it is only necessary to refer to the con-
| stitution, Art. l. Sec. 4. par. !, providing
that mo special law shall be enacted in
any case for which provision has been
made by an existing general law"
Nor should any pension be paid for any
time prior to the date of it's approval, I'M
less all are so paid, as new claims are
continually being placed on the rolls, and
If one be paid, then it seems only just to
| pay all back to the passage of the origi-
nal law, or, at least, to the time at which
the claimant may have become entitled.
The liberality with which our state has
dealt with its veterans and their widows
is a source of pride to all Georgians. sub
nit to you the following statement, show
| ing what is done this year by other
states for the soldiers of the confederacy
that you may, by making comparison
the better appreciate the generosity of the
noble people of this state:
| Paid by all states ................. S,35S,ll5
Paid by Georgia ........... $572,9S0
Paid by all other southern
states .....................7 $50 135- l, S53, rs
STATE PURCHASING AGENT.
That the state can make large saving
by advertising for bids on every purchase
and on every contract to be awarded, has
been demonstrated during my adminstra-
ton by the low prices at which the Geor-
gia reports and the code were published,
the decreased cost at which contracts were
let for improvements to the public prop
erty, and the reduction in the price at
which stationery was secured, on COMPETE
tive bids The saving upon these and
other items is ample proof that this Is
the economic method for the state TO