The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-02-07

TALK, HIS COu6CCIOu representing ulduy
years OF study and being one of the
finest in the country. He is now in
Central America. Professor Birge is
interested in that, as in all things else.
Kindness All-Important.
The legislative committee which re-
Gently made the rounds of the charity
and penal institutions reports them in
good condition. Of course, a hurried
visit of that sort can only catch SUI
perficials facts, although even these
are significant. The best pledge the cit
liens of the state have that these in
stitutions are properly conducted is
the board of control itself and espe-
cially Judge Lyons, its chief. 1t is all
important to have a kindly spirit OF
government in these schools, hospi-
tails, etc. Nothing is more distressing
than the thought that these detectives
and dependents may be suffering cru
city or even violence The long days
and nights when officers and inmates
must live together, in a crowded, te-
dious life afford opportunities for the
exercise of temper, oppression and the
other vices of Uncontrolled human ma
ture. The protection against this sort
of thing is the character and quality
Of the superintendent, whatever inSti-
tuition it may be. Some of our state
Institutions are better than otherS-as
a whole the standard is high. Men like
Wilmarth of the Predetermined school;
Gordon of the Oshkosh insane; Nc
Claughrey of Waupun; Merica of the
Wauke$ha reformatOry and others
that might be named are the fruits
of public sentiment in Wisconsin de-
handing the best things in the way of
the care of the 5000 unfortunate
charges Of the state.
Shall u =. or the State Do 1t.
There is some difference Of opinion
as to the bill in congress for the adj
iustment of the swamp land claims Of
Wisconsin against the general gov
eminent. The bill covers the state in
demnity from over 100000 acres of,
swamp lands for the benefit of the
state school funds and would quiet
the titles of a great many lands now
occupied by settlers. Editor Peet Of
Grantsburg has made a warm fight
against it and Senator Mills of Supe
riOr takes the same ground that to
transfer these lands of the government
to the state would result in raising
their price from the government price
to So AN acre, and it was his belief
that the state would profit by allow
ing the lands to be settled under the
rules of the general government.
AS a matter of fact, if the state
wished to dispose of the grants to the
settlers as cheaply as the federal gov
eminent has done, this policy could
be enacted. The senate favOrs what
is going on in Washington and the
resolution upholding the effort to have
the lands released to Wisconsin was
passed by % to 4.
Shall a Big County Be Divided.
Not everybody is in favor of the
division of Chippewa county. Chip
pewa Falls paper reminds the legisla-
ture that the county already has a
complete set of buildings and especial
ly enjoys low taxes. 1t says if a new
county IS set up along the Omaha road
the people must build a court house
which, with roads, bridges and run
ming expenses, would make the tax
payers smart Against the petty 3d.
900 which the northern end of the
county paid last year for county eX-
penses. it would cost $4,000 to start
the new county government. AS al
ways, it is charged that the agitation
comes from a few who hope to get Of
flee However the petitions which
the legislature is receiving to divide
this bic county are making profound
impression.
Bigger Pay for Judges.
Senator Kreutzer has a bill to in
crease the compensation of the judic-
iary. The proposal is to advance cir
cult judges from $4,000 to $1,000 q
year and supreme court justices from
So. 600 to $1,000. The refusal of judi
cial hOnors by a number of lawyers OF
high rank of late years and the con-
slant sense of irritation from which
all judges must at times suffer by
reason of the dispropOrtiOn between
what they receive as Judges and what
they might be earning as lawyers,
commends this proposal of increase.
Circuit judges now receive $500 adj
ditional for expenses, so their pay may
be called 81 1000. 1t is said the SUI
preme court judges case is the most
urgent Number Of Milwaukee law
wears have incomes of from 1900 to
$4,000.
Legislation of Technical Kind.
One of the most difficult forms Ct
taxation for the legislature to deal
with is that of shipping, logging
-booms and the like, technical matters
as to which the members of the south
ern part of the state know little or
nothing. For instance, Senator Mills
has introduced a resolution which
notes that of the 81 800 which was
paid last year in license fees into the
state treasury by boom companies,
81 600 was paid from Douglas coun-
ty.
To Wipe Out Delavan School
President r. G. Spencer of Milwau
kee has measures before the legisla-
ture, one of which, if enacted, would
prove. most radical One proposes a
salaried inspector of the eighteen day
schools for the deaf, located in vari-
Gus cities. Inspector Parker Of the
high school is quoted as regard ng
these schools from a pedagogical
standpoint as the most perfect schools
in the state There is no doubt they
are doing good work.
Another bill proposes to abolish the
DeIavan school for the deaf and dumb,