Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1913-01-09
MESSAGE OF THE
new EXECUTIVE
6eveTnor Byrne Makes Recon-
InendaiiOns to SoIons.
CONDEMNS PRESENT SYSTEM
Advocates Change In Employment Of
Prisoners at State Penitentiary--Fa-
vors Board Of Control for Penal and
Charitable institutions.

Prisoners at State Penitentiary--Fa-
vors Board Of Control for Penal and
Charitable institutions.
In pursuance OF a constitutional
provision ! address you now at the
beginning of your legislative session.
and OF my Official term. on the general
condition OF affairs in the state, and to
recommend some measures deem inn
portant and expedient.
We meet today under suspicious cir.
cumstances. The state is in a gen.
orally fourishing and prosperous con-
dition; our people are patriotic, law
abiding. thrifty and satisfied; the har-
vests OF the past year In most parts
of cur state have been bounteous, and
We have much to be thankful for.
The condition of the state finances
may be said to be good; the public
debt Is being reduced; our per capita
expenditures are low compared with
other nearby states, and altogether 1t
may be said that the financial affairs
of the state have been prudently and
efficiently managed.
Charitable and Penal Institutions.
The charitable and penal institu.
tions OF the state are generally well
managed and believe fully up to the
standard of average institutions Of
the kind in other states. l recently
visited the hospital for the insane,
tho deaf mute school and the peniten-
tiary, and made as thorough an inspec-
kion az possible In the brief time at
my disposal. The hospital for the In
sane at Yankton Is model institu-
ton OF It's kind and. believe, gener-
ally considered so, not only In South
Dakota but by those acquainted with
the facts In other states as well. The
population of the Yankton hospital Is
now between nine and ten hundred.
understand 1t to be the judgment of
alienists and those In charge OF In
sane that such a hospital should never
reach In population more than twelve
or fourteen hundred. With the in
crease In population in the state, I'M
fortunately We may look forward to
an added increase In this institution
and, In this connection, call your
especial attention to the recommends
ton Of DE- Mead In regard to begin
ming. now, preparation Of the site for
another similar institution at some
other point in the state. Some years
ago the legislature located second
institution ct this kind near the city
of WATERFOWL, ! believe on land
owned BY the state. II an institution
q TO be built there It Ia high time that
We set about preparing for 1t. My
judgment Is that no great amount of
money need be expended at the pres
emit time. but general plan OF the
grcundss Including building sites,
should be prepared, landscape garden
ing considered. trees planted and a
general. comprehensive policy for the
building Of an institution adopted.
The report Of the 50 called Northern
Hospital for the insane (which. BY the
way, 10 . serious missioner. - II 10
net hospital for the insane. but .
home or school for feeble minded. and
NE name should BE- changed accord.
1nGly). gives AL necessary Information
n regard 10 the Institution. suggest
ehat you give Il carsfni attention.
! agree with the rscommendation Of
~. Kutnewsky that additional land
Should Be purchased. The time viii
eocn b here when such additional