The record-union., 1897-01-06
GOVERNOR BUDD'S MESSAGE
TO TIE LEGISLATURE
Continued from Fourth Page.)

ceT, ana ne approve the sentence. And
i commend to your consideration, In
anls behalf, the words of DR.. Lndley,
as approved by Superintendent Coffin,
page IL of report. In all cases the
evidence ON which the child was con-
Wetsd or committed should be reduced
10 writing, and copy thereof trans
Hluted to the Governor, so as to become
record Of his office, and this evidence
should be taken by deposition; not by
hiilng in printed blank, by which the
parity testifies to conclusions only, and
not to the facts on which they are
based.
PARENTS should be compelled to re-
form their children at home. Eighty
nve per cent. of tine children committed
TO our reform school have one or both
parents living. Proof should be re-
qudred of attempts to reform the child
py its parents or guardian, If he has
such. before he is committed to the
State reforTnaltory. 1t should be made
punishable offense on the part OF the
parent to fail to make such an attempt.
"Truant schools ought to be organized
In counties as part of our educational
sytem. The reformatories should be
the last resort toward the reformation
Of children
''The industrial and mechanical ap-
pliances at these reform schools should
be greatly increased. Within the past
year steps have been taken at Whit
tier toward constructing an industrial
building and power-house, with brick
made by the boys themselves-a large
quantity of which is now on hand there.
made at cost of So per thousand.
THE State Reform School at Whittier
should never have been established
where it now stands. In confirmation
of this I point to the report of the
Preston School as to its needs, and
the reasons given why it's possessions
should be extended also, to the re-
pert of Superintendent Coffin of Whit
tier. In setting forth the needs Of his
IL stitution he shows that it needs more
land for vegetables, hay, grain, pasture
and dairy supplies, and that it should
have a section of costly land to pro-
duce what is needed. Besides this,
Whittier must purchase its water for
irrigation; and whatever power it has
mechanical and industrial portion of
the education is most essential in re-
form school, and the school should be
thoroughly equipped with the best
of approved machinery and appliances
in all the branches that 1t contean
plates teaching, in order that, when
the pupil leaves the school he should
go forth theoretically and practically
an expert in his chosen calling. But
more important even than physical
skill and mental developed to be de-
rived from the requirement of a, trade
are the knowledge and industrious hab-
its thus gained as the morale of the
child. Idleness is the parent of vice
Superintendent Coffin's last report)
For these purposes cheap power is
needed, and large quantities of land.
The school at lone has a magnificent
water-power. a much larger quantity
of land than that at Whittier, and has
bonded, for a very small sum of mon
ey, a few hundred acres adjoining it's
present site, land in its vicinity being
to-day remarkably cheap.
AT Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, the
State possesses a more suitable site for
a school of the character Of the State
reformatory at Whittier together with
all the advantages recommended in the
reports of the Superintendents Of our
two reform schools, and with water
from springs sufficient to develop $50
horsepower. The land is well suited
for dairy, fruit, vegetable, Industrial,
and other purposes; the institution has
two competing lines Of railroad through
it's grounds, and it is away from the
turmoil of a large city. 1t is an ideal
spot for a reformatory. / had hoped
that the trustees of these institutions
might be agreeable to a transfer Of the
school at Glen Ellen to Whittier, and
Of that of Whittier to Glen Ellen No
harmonious action can be secured, as
each locality prefers it's own institution.
DR. Osborne of Glen Ellen objects to
Whittier as not proper for his tnstitu-
ton, on grounds which, If correct, con-
denim it as a reformatory. Unless this
change be had, which I believe advis-
able, after providing for the chronic
idiots at Glen Ellen elsewhere, I rec
ommend that the boys at Whittier. who
need the industrial habits set out by
Superintendent Coffin, be transferred
to the industrial school at lone, and
that the institution at Whittier be
turned into a school for the reforna-i
ticn of girls.
Il would recommend that a bill, such
as that suggested by Superintendent
Bank, with amendments changing the
appointment from the Governor to the
Judges of each county, receive your
careful consideration. Its purpose Is
virtually approved by superintendent
Coffin in his communications.
Il again strongly urge consideration
of the reform schools into one for boys
at Preston, unless the changes between
Glen Ellen and Whittier be made"
STATE ASYLUMS.
While commencing the efficiency of
officers Of the State Asylunls, the Gov
ernor deplores the looeness of the laws
regarding them. The maintenance of
the asylums costs nearly S2, 100000 an
rually ard elaborate tables Of expenses.
number Of attendants, patients, etc,
follow TO show the need for reforma-
tif,n of cur expense system. There is
reed also for reform in the law relative
TO admission Of patients. Many are
now in the asylurns who are not enti-
tied to a home there. Had the law
been compiled with fourth asylum
for the insane would not have been
needed. A change in the system viii
relieve the State of many now classed
rs dependents who should be paid for
by individuals
Requiring In case of reformatories
4bat the counties pay half the expenses
of committing resulted in decrease
of inmates, and 8t would work well in
the case of the insane asylums and
other institutions" He asserts that in
the Home for the Feeble Minded one
half the inmates should never have
been committed to that institution.