New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-04


goods used by their departments and made in the
A very gratifying feature of the present prison
% I f 3e nrisons t 1i1on n Le
rion having shTunk from 400 in 1895 10 but little
STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.
The work Of the State Engineer and Surveyor
has been executed with signal ability and fidelity
during the last year.
There has been considerable duplication OF work
by the National and State governments in surveys
i certainly does not seem worth while that the
State should have two separate departments doing
surveying work. The Legislature last year de-
clined 10 appropriate anything further for the State
Land Survey but did not abolish IL This creates
obvious that one department should do all the
Land survey be put under the State Engineer and
Surveyor. either as 4 separate bureau other
wise. and that the work be done in his Office in
should be placed.
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Under the Regents the institutions for higher
education have continued 10 progress as in the
past.
The Superintendent Of Public Instruction reuo~+s
the public schools OF the State in prosperous
condition They have been literally maintained
= education Is steadily ncreasine T6e tdIa seresL
penditures Tor public schools during the year d.
rectly Indirectly by the Department of Public
Instruction. exceeded s29 90. eco What the State
courage professional training of teachers is bearing
good fruit in the increasing number Of profession
ally trained eachsrs in schools and in he
vsIopment of q higher professional spirit The SD
2 pedagogical department. in Cornell University
and win call attention 10 certain equities which
exist n the relations between the State and this
institution in connection with State scholarships.
4 reasonable appropriation viii be asked TO carry
1t has for long tine been the wenigb unani-
1 - ms state that the laws in reference "a ne
official oversight and superintendent of education
by rhe State Government ought TO be revised and
economy and entire harmony wherever there may
be confusion and friction resulting from the need
development as that which has come about IN the
should have been possible under the existing sys-
TEN Is o. nseiI iesIlnnony 70 me wise ana sub
foHnda lions Of our educational Organization
The University OF the State of New-York. with
its Board OF Regents Is institution peculiar 70
this Commonwealth; and one now venerable with
its one hundred and sixteen years OF history It's
exercise OF authority over higher education has
and standards have exercised wide influence for
good upon those OF other States. These facts have
70 the Constitution Of the State whereby the ami
Ve-sity Itself and its organization under Board OF
not less nine Regents. has been provided and
safegqaIdea IN he 9Tga1 ,i I IaE -, +a-
hand concerned chiefly with the supervision Of al
the number Of children Of school in the state has
70 llls5 N - ff 5--4I1s has beer in te
rain Excellent and needfui 10 be done: they are
amply worthy Of the confidence and continued sup.
port Of the people. But thar their work eould De
done better If the two systems were unified IS a
prOpOsiriDz hardly open 10 question Inc problem
has been not whether MITIGATION were desirable.
but by what means this end was 70 pc attained
is nether desirable nor practicable merely TO ex-
tend the jurisdiction OF either department over me
meeting in July, 1893 requested the Governor 10
nendins practicable plan OF utilization, and in
accordance with this suggeston me foIoEing con-
H Mcmillan Judge Joseph DAILY. William keenan,.
BoaTd Of Regents and the Assistant Superintendent
81 Public Instruction Al were men Of the highest
of
ested in the whole subject | cannot TOO nearby
feTssted labor for the public welfare -.
This Commission after cafeIuI consioeL 1lI' 20
casting statutory changes which L adopted Dy me
they - e. F4iyczpfion Including both
~ IN T21;Sarsi4v and the Department OF Public In
structiOn of which single officer. known as tne
soonsibIe executive and administrative head The
Is % 46 cover tbs sn aPe h hs5 q
eleafion- that is real authority enG ePpoT
The plan proposed simple. effective and wholly
FROM political partisan CONSIDERATIONS II ee
education and this means OF every patriotic ctzeh
It is Impossible TO exasgerate the importance OF
The interests inXoives OF he noInt Of view OF the
general welfare OF the State.
DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE
The Excise Department has apparently been most
carefully and judiciaIIy managed. and the work OF
that department commends itself TO the Legislature
rartnent IS s2 SO 24s r. OF which S2127S % goes
10 the State the balance being distributed among
the cities and towns Of the State the expense OF
this department during the fiscal year was A'4-
ST. 10 and the end OF the fiscal year there was
balance on hand over and above expense OF ISL
72s g. showing that the most careful expenditure N
the department has been the rule There has been
a decrease Of between FIVE th5usand and six thou
sand licensed places IN the State. and eaeh sue
ceeding year slight decrease IN the number
called slot machine gambling nuisance mas ereaI-y
decreased, and has been driven from places Where
liquor was sold
THE STATE COMMISSION IN LUNACY-
N this department progressive Improvement
shows that the State care system was wisely
founded and must remain the permanent policy Of
the State The care Of the insane has hettered
and the cost has Iessened- The accommodations
have been increased and improved. and the annual
Increment OF permanent cases the ultimate cost 10
has been diminished While the reduction OF cost Of
SO % IN Isss TO SIS p in the face Of general ad
in prices and contrasted with s216 before TIE
State Care satisfactory. IL is OF far more
Importance that the annual increase of patients in
n l&s i was 6S4 IN 1897 Il vas lSa Ihese nguFes
allow but one conclusiOE-better care OF the IN
6Ts patents have been discharged fully recovered
and 921 others have sufficiently improved 70 aiio"
their return 70 their homes
STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Great interests are involved in the administration
Of the State charitable institutions During the
last year a long stride forward has been taken IN
elevatng the standard Of supervision the u
boards OF managers Wherever Possible these
boards Of managers are now selected without ref
eTence 70 local demands preferences and without
reference - their politics. While there should De
should ee men and women coming rom otaer parts
q the state. who realize that the institution Is OF
I call your attention TO the desirab Ility OF
pealing Chapter 81 OF the Laws OF 1885 which per