Evening journal., 1901-01-02


for feeble minded children, there was
due on December l., 1900 100000.
In view of the deficiency OF the APP
preparation for the years 1899 and 1900.
! have declined to issue warrants Tor
admission of other pupils TO these In
stitutions 1t has been condition
humlltating to me as well as to the
State Treasurer and l recommend that
an appropriation ba made at once to
cover the deficiency and that a suff-
cient appropriation be provided in the
General Appropriation Bill to cover
further expenses herewith transmit
the report of DR.. John j., Black, Pres
ident OF the Board Of Trustees of the
Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst {,
relating to his annual visit 10 these IN
stitutions and recommend 10 you the
careful consideration OF the valuable
suggestions contained in such report
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
There is no other public iltere t
that appeals 10 all the people OF the
State SO forcibly as that OF the public
schools Here is the foundation OF
good citizenship. intelligent maLhccd
and moral growth. The public school
system in Delaware has been OF slow
growth. Ignorance. selfishness and a
lack OF appreciation OF the great benz
eiits derived from higher education,
have retarded its progress and crippled
It's usefulness. The lack OF ogtnus o.
asm for education peculiar % most ag-
ricumral communities has made the
Efforts OF teachers and educators alike
less effective The State, cons .dering
/ g. ratnpnsa hos laff most ltlarnI fhn
dividend from that source amounting
,his year to $l34 2963O but the people
OF tho districts have not done the r
share raising by taxation less than
| throe-fourths of that amount The
great need of our schools Is more mon
ey Last year many schools We're un-
able to keep open the required one
hundred and forty days without rum
ming i'm debt or raising extra money
by contribution This is q decided
drawback IN two important particular s..
Seven months of school rs not slifl-
cient TO give the children the necessary
advantages and is too short time TO
permit teachers to earn a living salary.
The result Is that many children re-
main at home at that season of the
year when they could most easily at
tend school and good teachers are un-
able TO earn livelihood In their pro-
fession in SO short a school year and
are driven from our State or COM
PEELED TO seek other means of liveli-
hood. Under the present most excel
lent law and efficient school manage
ment the text books published and the
| standard of teachers has been raised
SO that our scholars with adequate
salaries can be supplied with we,l
trained and progressive teachers
/ would recommend tlgt the appro-
priation for schools be increased, but
that the amount requires to be raised
by taxation In each district be proper
ionately increased The States fiber
ality sprlnging from a desire to in
crease the Intelligence OF her citizens
| shtuld not relieve the districts from
their share of the burden, making
them less 1eenly interested in the
careful management of their schools
Under the act passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature authorizing the
Farmers Bank to reduce its capital
stock there was paid to the State
treasurer, for stock held as q part q
the investment of the school fund $22,.
035. This sum has not been rein.
vested for the benefit OF the schco
]
Invested.
/ herewith submit the report OF ,h,
State Beard OF Education. which yot
viii find most interesting. The staus
tics thereto appended are the frs
complete and accurate statistics of on
schools that have ever been obtained
and form a baslsof informal on Of grea.
value i'm dealing with the school Ques
ton
1 heartily concur in the bolvd's rec
u,nDlendation of a different system o
distribution of the State dividend j.
: my Judgment you will have before yOl
no more important measure than tn
bill To carry out such recommendation
3 ELECTIONS.
d Purity of the ballot and fire dom O
8 the voter to cast his ballet withou
r influence by money or intimidation
D has been the aim Of coed citizens u
e Delaware for a generation, and whe
! the constitutional provision coatainln
q the most stringent safeguards wer
adopted it was sincerely hoped an
IA confidently believed that elections 8
Delaware would be again the grce an
- uniniiUenced expression Of the wishl
Z, Of the voters. Such is not the casl
= Bribery, corruption and intimidatio
= walked brazenly through our State 9
y the last election, and the only barrie
= In the way OF the shameless and ops
y violation of law and decency was OF
!. present system Of voting. / am awal
"a that the present ballot law is crit
y cised by many voters, and a few cart
lul changes may be beneficial, nut
= wish to waru you against the clamC
l. Of the vote buyer and corruptor of n
= franchise Tor its repeal Il is the mos
successful guarantee of good order an
- decency at the polls, and gives ever
voter chance to go aloI
u and undisturbed and lr
q pare his ballot and deposit Il withol
!. the surging mob at his back. or n
y prying eye or interfering hand Of Il
N corruptor or intimidator. The syste
Is now familiar 20 the voters and eve
=. slight changes would puzzle more tha
~ aid them. The ascBrtainment CT u
~ qualifications of voters by registratiC
N and the present ballot law mako OF
~ elections at least orderly, and we mil
y, await a qulckenang OF the public CO
- science and a higher intelligence
al frr-f- ffa. fatrs n,l ere,rrfs, the frs,a q