The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-05

VeSugatlng committee. Ihey were Charles f.
Flandrau, b. F. Farmer and Alexander NJ
Harrison. Their report Is complete yindi-
cation of the individuals against whom COM
plants were made.
Some of the expenses of this investigation
paid out of the contingent fund Of my Of
fce The state of the fund did not permit
OF the payment of the three Investigators
who rendered bills for services amounting to
$l,5GO or 5000 for each Investigator. l REQ
onmend that your honorable bodies make ap-
preparation for the payment OF the same.
CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.
The state board of charities and corrections
has been an important factor in bringing the
management of our various penal and chari-
table Institutions into harmony with one an
other; in developing more successful methods
OF reform work. and in bringing our hospitals
and kindred institutions of charity to their
high level of efficiency and economy of admin
fstration
g BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Minnesota board of health has been
a most important agent. the labor of but
one other similar board IN the nation, that
of Massachusetts, taking precedence in the
respect which it has won in the medical
world in the United States and in Europe.
The state game and fish commission has
done admirable work in bringing before the
public the great economic value of the fish
and game within our borders and in devising
and wisely administering laws for the preser-
Yaton OF the same. The board of steam
boiler inspectors has led the way in prevent
ing accidents from boiler explosions and tho
exemption of Minnesota from these accidents,
while they occur in great numbers in all
our adjoining states. is at once testimony
to the value of our law and the general wise
administration of the same.
The various boards of examiners in med
icine. dentistry and pharmacy, and the allied
boards and commissions, including those
which have supervision over the erection of
the new state capitol and the management
of the soldiers home, have made commend
able records for usefulness and also for
wise and honest administration.
OUR CIVIL SERVICE.
The tenth report of the trustees of the
Minnesota state hospitals for the insane
makes splendid exhibit. At each of the in
sane hospitals there Is in operation train
ing school which is conducted and taught
by members of the medical staff.
This insures the employment of proper per-
sons and places the civil service of these
institutions upon the basis of merit alone.
The application of this merit system is Of
necessity different in the selection Of teach
ers for the state university and the normal
schools and the various other educational in
situations and in the agencies for the reforma-
ton and punishment of delinquents and
criminals.
OMAHA EXPOSITION.
During the past year an exposition of the
arts, industries and commerce of the ma
ton has been held in the city Of Omaha.
The last legislature had neglected, omitted,
to grant an appropriation for this object.
The business men, moved by their conviction
Of it's Importance. raised by subscription a
fund of 900 with which to make a fit
ting exhibit. The exhibit of Minnesota. pro-
vided by the public spirit of our citizens,
was one of the best presented by any state
there represented. It will unquestionably
Prove of much lasting good to our people.
OF the $50, 900 raised by the citizens, 81, 900
remains unexpended. The amount actually
t,,4 H.
half of the state was therefore $4,000. I
recommend that appropriation be made to
reimburse them for this amount.
STATE FINANCES.
Statements in detail showing the estimated
receipts and disbursements of the state reve-
nue. fund for the next two years are else
where presented. These estimates will d3ubt-
less closely approximate the actual revenue
receipts on the basis of tax levy of / 5
mills, which has been in force during a num-
Der of years. On the Both day of November
1898, the state treasury had to the credit of
the several funds the following sums, to wit:
Revenue Iunu $lU5, 9ol Il
Soldiers relief fund ................. 27,678 50
Funding tax fund NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1882 80
Permanent school fund .............. 316,213 Oh
General school fund ................ 81, G62 30
Permanent university fund ......... 67,573 81
General university fund ............ "a 94S 20
Internal improvement fund ......... 123 3S
Internal improvement land fund.-. So, 5S5 SO
Internal improvement land fund in
toreStc 60 At
State institutions fund .............. sc, 656 26
Swamp land fund OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10, i70 S8
Reform school fund ................. 1859 IA
Grain inspection fund .............. 6,6lS 81
OF the above total Of ss72,54. So, the sum m
OF $119, G59 SO had been deposited, prior to
their suspension. with some of the banks
OF the state that, since 1893, have gone into
bankruptcy. The total amount that was in
these banks at the time of their suspension
was $4S6, S67 .49. OF that sum the state has re-
ceived $2,912.01 as interest and 1869 625. 81 as
part liquidation of the principal leaving the
balance Nov. 80, 1885, as above stated OF
that balance it is estimated that at least so
per cent will ultimately be paid out of the as
sets of the banks In which the money was de-
posted. That will leave Sc, 900 to $50 900
still unpaid, to be collected if possible from
the bonds of the banks. IT, however, those
bonds should prove worthless the state will
lose the amount stated. If it does 1t will
faulting state officers since the admission of
Minnesota into the Union During the period
Of time from that admission to the close of
the fiscal year ending July 81, 1898, the state
treasury of Minnesota had received total Of
So, 809, 294. Sc. and to the present time some
thing over eighty-two million dollars.
My successor brings to this office the ex-
perience of many years in the service of the
state and nation and a high reputation for
character, ability and sound judgment. For
these qualifications he deserves, and I am
sure he will receive from all his associates in
Office and from the general public that same
consideration which has been accorded to me
in such generous proportions.