The Princeton union., 1900-09-27

NO SAYING Under the Presemt Admin
III tratfOn.
s@Of the public institute ions Of the state,
which have been provided for educa-
tional, charitable and correc ctional pur
posesSd during the forty years Of Repub-
lean rule, the people OF Minnesota NJ M
have just reason to Sbe proud. Without
presenting Al mass OF figures and de-
tails which would he OF little interest
to you, 4 may say that In the past forty
years the state has expended over sS.
O00,0 900 on uildings for state institu-
tions and over $40, ,ooo. 900 in maintain
ing them. 81
The per capita cost of maintenance
steadily decreased up to the close q
1895; during the years 1899 and lSOV
there Is a slight increase. SO Tar az
the charitable and correctional instit
tions are concerned. There has been
no decrease Of cost during the present
administration, so that in this direc-A
tion, also, there has been no benefit 70
the taxpayers from q reform admisis-
tration.
The cost OF educationa fnstituti tons
will increase IN proportion to the 1n-
crease Of pupils, and the state is i. : fully
able to provide for them generously 10
the future, as 1t has done in the past.
sAIinnesota,s Charitable Institutfons
Minnesota has many noble charitable
institutions. All things considered no
state in the Union has made more
ample provision for its unfortunate and
afflicted than our own North Star State.
The three main hospitals for the in
sane, located at st. Peter, Rochester
and Fergus Falls, are ably managed
and we'll conducted, and every care is
bestowed upon the unfortunates con-
fined therein. InTthe beautiful little
city of Faribault is located the Min
neSOta institute for detectives, consist
ing Of school for the deaf, school for
the blind and a school for the feeble
minded. The inmates are well cared
for by humane and experienced officers
and Instructors. Another noble charit-
able state institution is the home for
dependent and neglected children, lo-
Gated at Owatonna. The building and
grounds cost the state $200, 900, but it
was money we'll expended. The object
Of the institution is to provide a tenn
porary home and school for the depend
/ ent and neglected children of the state.
The Minnesota state training school
Wing, while somewhat on the plan Of a
refornatoryis a necessary and benefl-
cent institution and is generously pro-
vided for by the state. All these insti-
tutions are under the care and super
vision of non-partisan boards of man
ayers. It was Republican legislatures
that provided for the establishment Of
these Institutions and it was Repub-
Hcan legislatures that wisely guarded
against partisan boards Of managers.
State Soldiers Home and State Re-
lief for Soldiers of the Civil War.
The Republican party Of the state has
always recognized the justice Of provid-
ing for the necessities of the veterans
of the Civil war and their widows and
orphans. We find that as early as 1865
the legislature established a soldiers
orphan home at Winona. This was sat-
l=isfactorily conducted for several years.
It was not, however, until 1887 that the
legislature decided to provide a perma-
nent home for all honorably discharged
soldiers, sailors and marines who
served in the army or navy OF
the United States during the War
of the Rebellion or the Mexican
war, and who had no adequate
| means of support. Beautiful buildings
have been erected near Minnehaha
Falls on the outskirts Of Minneapolis
| for that purpose, and to the present
time over $250000 has been expended on
the home. About 300 old soldiers, who
| are unable to provide themselves with
the necessaries of life, are being cared
for at the soldiers home at.,an average
expense Of $4,000 a year, a portion Of
4 which expenditure is borne by the na-,
\ tional government. Nor is it necessary
that old soldiers should go to the SOL
diers' home to obtain the benefit OF
state assistance. The same law which
Iestahlished the soldiers home tchapter
/ 49, G.. J.. $3.50 also provided that those
IaWho We're unable or unwilling to go to
this institution could receive relief at
1 their own homes, and this was made
1 permanent by a tax levy Of eone-t tenth
4 Of one mill upon all taxable property In
4 the state. Since that law was passed
Fin 1887 the generous sum of $50, ,013. %
j has heen distributed by the trustees to
old soldiers, their widows and orphans.
q at their homes. This has been done as
a a positive recognition Of the debt the
state owed the veterans Of the Civil
war and their dependents.
Assisting Fire Companies.
Nearly every Village in our state has
an organized fire department.. One-half
ITof the amount collected from the in
i sErance companies as q tax levy upon
the premiums received in the villages
a and cities of our state is PAID back to
4 the local fire departments. The law au-
thorizing this payment is found in
u chapter 1877, G.. Z. 1896. In cities where
the fire company has organized fire.
mans relief association for the benefit
Of the sick and injured fremen the state
tax is paid to them and not to the fire
companies direct. This very meritori-
a GUS law has been the means Of building
5lsup vigorous and useful fire companies
Il In nearly every Incorporated village In
\ the state, and since the passage OF the
law the sum Of $$444, 5.69 has been dis
tributed by the state treasurer for the
support OF fire companies and fremen's
Il relief associations. s5
q Fostering Agricultural Intercsts.S
Minnesota Is q state Of many diversia
Il fed interests and 1t has been the policy
Of the Republican party to foster their
Il fullest developmen The agriculturists