The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
BOARD OF CONTROL.
System AS Established In 1901 Is Practi'
SO caliy Unchanged ~.

caIly Unchanged f.
The board Of control was the rock
around which many of the storms of the
session broke, but the storm is over and
the rock is still there, not a. bit the worse.
All material amendments to the law were
defeated, whether desired by the friends
or the enemies of the SYSTEM. It's friends
were strong enough ir the house to- pre-
vent mutilation Of the law, and its enemies
We're strong enough in the senate to- defeat
that wereDwanted by the
board itself. H. &. : +..E:-7s..-t RI, a-
Governor Van SAINT recommended In his
message that the university and normal
schools be taken out from under board
OF control management, but he also recon-
mended that the local boards at OWatonna
and Faribault be abolished, leaving these
institutions entirely under the board. The
friends Of these three Institutions, which
particularly resent the board of control
rule, began their campaign at the begin
ming OF the session. OWatonna's two
members, Senator Peachey and Repre-
sentative Morley, put in bills removing the
university, normal schools. schools for the
blind and the deaf at Faribault, and the
Owatonna school, from the. board of con-
troll. This was regarded as a direct at
tack on the board of control, but the uni
versity and normal school members were
forced into a combination with the others.
and the Peachey bill was passed in the
senate. The house committee was against
I 1t, and tho it was strong enough to get
could get only tifty-fve votes. Mean
while Senator Buck of Faribault had in
troduced bill dropping the Owatonna
school and taking outaallg the others. The
senate passed this als0x and: the matter
was fought ;over' in the house, the anti
| administration forces working hard for the
bill. This also failed, nby practically the
&C of ho crr 1ofi ho o1r ri,,c
it had rejected an amendment striking the
Faribault schools out Of the bill
The board of control considered itself
| vindicated. New bills We're introduced, in
the senate by Senator oComstock, and in
the house by Mr.. Perles; ;1rernoying only the
| university and normal schools: The gov
ernor lent his influence to these bills, and
| the regents, normal school. :: board and
| board Of control finally got together on an
F, amendment, by which the, board Of con-
troll should have charge Of the erection OF
buildings. There was a. great change OF
front in. the house, which passed i, the
Amended Perley bill, 79.to is. There was
a corresponding change jim the senate.
where the enemies Of the board of control
were strong. They defeated the Comstock
! bill when it came up on general. orders, by
vote of IS to 49,, and this settled the
/ fate of the Perley bill before it was
reached. It could muster only twenty
| nlne votes yesterday ~ :.'atn,.
! The outcome is in one sense a victory
for the board of control, but it is far from
satisfactory, as all intelligent friends OF
the system realize the impracticability OF
combining the purely educational with the
penal, correctional and charitable insti-
tutions. It will result In more friction
during the next two: years. and another
battle in the legislature in 1905.
l Several Recommendations Of the board
were presented in the erform of bills, bul
Hike all reforms they did not take hold
lat first One materialized in the passage
/ Of the Grandrud bill, which provides that
harmless insane who cannot be benefited
by treatment shall not be kept at the in
sane hospitals. --,-s.