The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, January 13, 1899, Image 1
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E TABL EWITERY, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1899
THE GUYENOR'S MESSAGE
AN ELABoHATE ICvIEW OF THI
AFFAIRtS OF TH E STATE.
Finane1l Condition Unuatisfactory-Thi
Phosphate Industry has Dwindled to
Next to Nothirig-Blenjital Heonlons
of tho Legislature Rciturended.
. Itoorg-anisistion of the Judicial
hysten--Libral Appsopria
titis lrecommendel fU r
Popular and Higher Ed.
ucation-The Dispen
nary Sudtained.
Gentlemen of the General Assem
bly:
In accordance with the mandate of
the Constitution, I have the honor tc
present to you this my second An
nual Message.
FINANCES.
The finances of the State are still
in an unsatisfactory condition. Every
obligation of the State bs been
promptly met; but to this, the State
Treasurer has overdrawn, for small
amounts upon various banks in which
State funds have been deposited.
The State of South Carolina should
always be in a position to meet cur
ront expenses without the necessity
of overdrafts upon banks. To do
this, it is evident that one or two
things will have to be done: either
the appropriation must be cut down,
or the tax levy raised. I present the
following from the State Treasurer:
Old debt outstanding. Do
comber 31, 1897................$310,708 04
Amount funded during iscal
year 1898.......................... 5 00 60
Amount ontstanding Decem
ber 31st, 1898.................... 350,208 64
INTEREST-1AYING D),EBT.
Amount outstanding Decem
bei-314, 1897 ................$6,419,799 03
Paid Brown 4j per cent.
Consols, issued during
fiscal 'year 1897.............. 1,886 41
Total ..................... 6,501,685 44
Amount redeemed during
year 1898............ .. 7,027 97
Amount outstanding De
comber 31st, 1898...........$6,494,657 47
CASH.
balatice December, 31, 1897 $ 439,418 30
Amount received during ~
year 1898 on all accounts 2,407,283 88
Total ......................$2,84(S,702 27
Amount of expenditures
1898 ............................. 2,396,025 21
Cash balance Decem
ber 31, 1898 ........ $450,77 06
SUNDRY ACCOUNTS.
Cash balance, December 31, 1898.
General account..................$140,383 75
Sinking fund, for reduction
Brown 41 per cents...... 127,322 51
Commissioners Slnk'g Fund
(old account).................. .. 42,774 02
Redemption Brown Consols 4,613 86
Pilvilege iortilizer Tax...... 2.580-50
Direct Tax Fund and interest 8,065 24
Clemson 1equest................. 320 50
Morrill Fund....................... 6,898 65
Rdempt'n Defelency Bonds
and Stocks... .................... 296 36
Perma.nent State School
Fun ..... .................. 1,163 00
'Sj eclal........................ 60,000 00
Dispensary, Sout,h Carolina.. 56,258 67
$450,077 00
There are $8,005.24 in the State
Treasury to the credit of the direct
ta fu nd, which, u-ndy en Act ap
5proved 24th December~ 1891, is
available for public purposes. I rec
ommend the passage of a joint res
olution authorizing the State Treas
-ury' to transfer this account to the
genieral account.
The total value of the assets
of the cumulative Phosphate Royal
ty Sinking Fund is $290,592.04. Of
this amount, $105,050.75 is now lent
to counties at a rate of five per cent.
interest per annum. The sinking
fund has permanantly invested in
State stocka $35,728.50. Thero is
invested in temporary loans to banks,
uncl.r the Act oL Februar-y 25, 1800,
and( Fubruiry 25, 1897, $28,484.22.
This- leaves a balance, $127,822.51,
which has b)eenl deposited in banks,
andI which draws 4 per cent., payable
monthly.
PHIOSPIIATE INDUsTRY.
Only $28,522.04 have been paid
during the year into the[State Treas
sury from the phosphate mining in..
dustry. Mr. James Reid is due
the State $2,800.00 royalty on phos.
1phate rock which he has mined. The
- iAttorney General has instituted pro
,ceedings against him, and all of his
;personal and real property has been
iattached. The Phosphate Inspector
<estimates the value of the property
lhas been attached to secure this debt
at $4,000.00. Efforts are being
irhade to force the matter to a speedy
settlement, and as no disposition has
teen shown to question the State's
proceedings, if the estimato as to.the
value of the property attached is cor
rect, the State is not likely to lose
aDything.
CONFEDERATE RECORDS.
At the session of the General As.
sembly, $500 were appropriatbd for
the completion of the Confederate
rolls. Col. John P". Thomas, Con
federate Hibtorian, reports that the
rolls have been completed, but the
history has not been written. In
my last Message I made the follow
ing recommeddation:
"It is the duty of the State to pro.
pare an historical account of the part
taken by the commands from this
State in the great civil war, and to
complete the rolls. I, therefore,
urge that provision be made for car
rying on this work. To insure coin
pletion, I recommend that a sum be
appropriated suffioient for carrying
out this undertaking, and I suggest, as
an inducement to its completion,
that while sufficient money may be
allowed trionthly for current ex
penses, the major portion bo paid
only upon the completion and ac
ceptance of the work as now mapped I
Out."
If this recomniendation had been r
adopted, the entire work might havo 1:
been completed, for the Historian I
could easily have written the history 1
and collected the missing rolls, if he s
hd been authorized or required to t
do so.
ELECTION OF OFFIoER.
You will be called upon to elect
various officers to fill )ositios of em
olument or of trust in the State. A "
Superintendent of the Penitentiary, a
a Librarian of the State Library, e
and various Trustees of higher edu
cational institutions are to be chosen.
I urge the importance of at once
holding these elections and filling t
these positions; for the experience of
the past proves that while such plec
tions are pending and undecided V
public business is often made to wait 8
and made to suffer. All elections t
should be set for an early date in 11
your session. b
BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Only eight States of the Union h
hold annual sessions of their Legis- d
latures, and it seems a most desira- y
ble policy for our own State. Each i
session of our General Assembly b
costs about fifty thousand dollars. i
We have too much legislation, and H
consequently too many laws. Bien
nial sessions, limited to forty days, P
would be ample for due considera
tion of all matters portaining to leg
islativo business. I therefore re
ommend that an amendment to the 1
Constitution of the State, looking to t
the establishmnent of biennial session"st
of the General Assembly, be subimit. t
ted to the people. Members of the
Legislature would then be selectedO
for a term of four years. This very b
desirable action on the part of the r
voters would result in a saving of
twenty five thousand dollars a year, a~
and this and other good reasons will ti
commend the measure to the people y
of the State.n
THE ORDERK AN!) DUaATION OF COURTs. o
There is great n'ecessity for logis- fl
lative enactment to secure method,
uniformity and stability in the time, a
order and dur-ation of our Courts, 6
There is, at p)resent, a demoralizing g
irregularity in this -matter. Some i
counties have too much time for their i
legal sittings; other-s too little. r
Moreover, the creation of a number t
of new counties has added to the i
difficulties and complexity of the y
case, and this and1 many other con- c
siderations call imperatively for a I
readjustment of the roster of Courts. e
I offer some suggestions for the
correction of those irregularities, and j
for the establishment of eqnal andt
helpful methods in the adjustmentt
of these matters:
There should be a sufficient interval
between thie circuits to allow timeI
for writing decrees; and, in addition
to this, ',tho order of Courts in a cir
cuit should be' arranged with'regard
to railway facilities, and geographi
cal position. It would be well, too,
for Courts in the-varions circuits to
begin on the.sameo day, and continue
in each circuit without any break
between any two cnties. Cru..s
for the summer term should be
ohiefly for jail delivory, and tboso
summer term should be short; equity
mRses might be heard, but no com
non pleas jury causes during these
terms. The hist placeo on the roster
f Courts in each circuit should,
when desirable, be fixed for moro
han one county. One county might
iavo it in the spring, another in the
mmmer, and another in the fall.
[nasuinch as the General Assembly
tow sit8 in Januury and February,
t would be advisable to hold no cir
mit courts until about the middlo of
?ebruary-just as formerly they
vere not held till the middle of Do
iowbor.
Perhaps the best method to ac
omplish the desired results in this
natter would be the appointment,or
he election of a standing commis
ion, composed'of the Attorney Gen.
ral and the Circuit Judges, who
hould meet, for the direction and
nanagement of all these matters, not
4toner th-n once in five years
LYNCHING.
During the last several years thoro
tas been an apparently increasing
lisposition among us to attempt the
ighting of real or supposed wrongs
y the law-breaking practice of
vnehing. It is impossible not to see
a this tendency a serious mentance to
ociety. It means the abolition of
Le regular order of justice, and this
; simply the first stop in the do
truction of the social order. The
oed that, even in the name of law
nd order, puts the law out of office,
;as serious a crime against society
ud morality as the most vicious act,
xecrated of men and denounced of
rod. How deeply criminal, then,
inst such lawless acts of mis
iken justice become, when they are
is expression less of righteous in
ignation than of mad vindictiveness
-less of the instinct of self.preser
ation than of the instinct of von
eance, that marks our nearness to
e, brute. But this is what this
iwless practice of lynching means;
> this alone it tends.
In new - )ttlements it is sometimes
ecessary to use this method as a
eroic remedy for the ruthlessness of
esperadoes and scourges of society.
lut this is always in new commun
i0q, before the law has had time to
ecomo established and confirmed.
Ve have no such pretext for the do
ioralizing savagery that breaks out
ow and then in our State, like a
lague, and that with increasing
tonace threatens the course of law,
~henever an unusually heinous of
anse is cormmitted. We have the
iw, with all its agencies and sanc
ons, and it can alwvays be relied on
> guard and punish, if we will but
ack it with public confidence, and
ustain it by an enlighitenied public
pinion. If, however, wve suffer it to
e disregarded and dishoniored by
iotous and irresponsible mobs, we
hall find the lamp of justice become
firebrand of lawness and her pro
scting sword an assassin's dagger.
Ve should not longer permit this
surp)ation of the highest functions
f justico by the unchecked b)rute
rce of the mob.
1te(dy snggests itself; son to it,
s conservaturs of thie peace of the
tate, as makers of its laws, as the
uardiansm of its sacre,d honor, that
as lawsr are so enacted and adlmini
tered that conviction and punish
ient shall follow crime with thme cer
rinty that, links effools to causes. It
a possible, it is neces-sry, in mere
rotection of society anid vindication
if justice, that a stop be put to those
agal quibbles, those astute techini
alities, that vice-encouraging dil.
toriness in the adminis.tration of
uistice, which tendl not so much to
he protection of individual rights as
o the subversion of the rights of so
ocinety, and to utter loss of confi
hence in the staubility, and even the
ossibilit-y, of government.
The officers of the law mnuet be
rhosen for probity and for courage;
md it should becomo of itself a high
urime and misdemeanor for sherifl
>r constable to allow a prisoner to be
aken b)y violence from his hands,
avon though his own blood should
inave to be sihed to protect theo crimn
oal. That an offler oharana1 -ith
the duty of holding and of protectiu
a prisoner should suffer him to b
seized and snatched. from the hand
of the representative of the State'
power and sovereignty should consti
tuto forfeiture in itiolf of his office
for it is confession of indisposition o
of inability to perform the high dut.
committed to him. Such officers wil
never correct lawlessness, for tho;
are either in sympathy with it o
they are if raid of it.
As an additonal measure of re
straint, it would be well, and I ro
comlmend, t hat any county in whicl
the criue of lynching is ccmmitto<
shall be liable, to the heirs of th<
victim of the lynchers, in the sun
of five thousand dollars, and tha
men who shall be convicted of parti
cipation in lynching shall be deprivot
of the right to vote or to hold offici
in the State.
THE STATE'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
The colleges of the State are it
fin condition and are doing excellen
work. The oldest of them, the Soutt
Caroliia College, has 170 students
and as able a faculty as can be founi
in the South. It has fully rocoverei
from the depression of a few yeari
ago, and is now continually increns
ing its patronage, and widening itf
influonce. Its affairs are administer.
ed with judgoment and economy. It
entirely dwerves the support of our
People.
The Sout I Carolina Military Aca.
demy, as you will see from the re
port of its Board, is doing ofliciently
the work expectod of it. The severc
experience in maint aining disciplin(
through which it was forced to pass
last Ression has shown that its au.
thorities can meet and discbargc
most responsible and difficnlt dutioi
with a courage and discretion that
should commend them to their fel
low citizens.
The Stato's newer institution el
learniug, Clemson and Winthro,
Colleges, are in flourishing condition
their faculties are full, and thei
patronage is large. These collego,
are justifying the wisdom of their es
tablishments by meeting a need nol
met by other educational institutior
in the State. They are getting
practical and to some extent liberal
education to a large number of boyf
and girls who would hardly be found
in the halls of the other colleges iti
the State. Their patronage seems
to be up to their capacity of accom
modation and instruction.
The amounts asked for these va
rions colleges are reasonable, ani
are necessary for their eflicieni
operation. I th)erefore recommeni
that the approprintions asked for by
these various institutions be in eaci
case appropriated by the Genera
Assembly.
1 am informed by the State Sup
erintendant of Education that thi
public school system of our State
has shown steady growth and im
provement during the past year
There has been a marked increase ir
the professional'spirit or teachers,
deeper interest on the part of thi
public in the welfare of the schools
and a greateor activity in provi1ig~
better school accomodations. Thess
are hopeful indications.
My views as to the necesity of cor
relating all branches of our oduca
ti inal system, as expressedi in mn
Me'ssage of last session, have under
gone no change. I will therefor,
q1uote my recommnodlat ion of last yea
and urge it upon your at tention:
The State is in the field of oduca
tion to say, and that not only by os
tablishing and supporting primar
and secondary schools, but by build
ing and sustaining higher instii.u
tions of learning, colleges, univer
sities, and even professional dlepart
monte., courses and schools. But al
education is one, looking, as it doom
to the preporationis of the girls an
and boys of the State for their dutia
in the varied relations of life. Th
primary looks to the secondar
school, the secondary school to tb
college, the college to the furthti
special and p)rofessional courses
the university. All see the necessit
of uninterrupted connection betwee
the primary and the secondar
branches of our common schools syi
tem., but all have notsmened, t
equal neccessity of a like connection
B, between the secondary nud the col
1 legiato departillents of this all-em.
s bracing systom. But these all make
up the completo system, and should
, be correllated by a regular scheme
r of graduations, leading from he
r lowust grades of the primary school
I to the highobt clauses of the college
r and university. This is the principle
r help and the plan pursued in many
States of the South and Southwst
a plait that has resulted in the best or
dered and most, oflicient school syi
I tem to be found in this couitr. In
I the States where this method pro.
3 vails, the papils pass from the first
primary grade on to the highest uni
L versity degree, without break, with
out stop, without loss of oither time
or energy. "uch regularity and
and continuity are but the logical
outcome of the organization and pro
per correlation, and thee are as na
turally implied in the State's parti
cipation in and provision of general
education.
The easy attainment of such cor
relation is evident, as evident is its
desirableness, both of economy and
ofliciency; it only remains to put in
to operation the agencies and in.
fluences already at hand for the
realization of ill our educ-aionid
interests. The most ieccessarv stop
in this directiou is the co-ordinatloln
o. our collegihto inistitutions, so that
their relation 6o each other shall be
established and directed with the ut
most economy, without clash in in
terest, without reduplication of
courses, departmonts and professors,
save whoro this is found to be ab
solutely noccossary, but gith primo
reference to the needs of the public
the fostering of good citizenship and
the conservation of the highest, in
terest of the State and society.
Having thus been harmonized and
unified, the colleges of the State
should be lin.ked in bonds af miutual
dopendoned and assistance with the
preparatory grades of tile secondary
schools of the State's systom, that all
may work together for the best in
torestof each and for the ofliciency
and success of this great and helpful
agency of onlightenment and mor
ality.
I feel assured that such organiza
tion of our educational system would
give far greater efliciency, at th"
loast possible cost in money, and
the result of the greatest harmony
and success to all our schools and
colleges. It must come Pro long,
and the sooner the better. Thle con
trol of the States educautional insti
tution is now in tile charge of sixty.
two trustees. The wurk could boC
better done if thmese were reduncedto
a minimum.
(LEMISON coLLEOE.
I have bereto'oro recommendoed that
all the money collected l)y the State
from tile Privilege Tax Fertilizers he
given to Clemson College. But the
time has now come inl tile history of
the college when a st ricter economy
in the management of its affairs mauy
be inaugurated1, withbout hurt to thait.
institution, and1 with needed relief to
the burdened taxpayers of the
State. The college plaut is doubt
less the finest of its kind in the
South; its various dopjartmnents are
-well-equipped, and1 its outfit of
r buildings, apparatus, and appl iancos
- comparatively complete. The col
3 loge, then, seenis now prepared to go
r forward with its great work, without
needin~g to call upjonl the State for
-furthur outfit inl tile way of builIdings
-and other provisions for eIquipmnt.
' It now needs the nieccossary money
-for operation arid ordinary supply
-only, and I belie,ve that all the-e can
-be fully provided by the appropria
tion I no,v recommend.
1 The great stringency of tile times,
I, the steadiy (incline mi tile p)riec of our
a miost important agricultural product,
a tile necessity of p)roperly supporting
C other educational anid charit able in
Y st,itut.ions of the State, especially of
0 building tip and1( developing our lowei
r schools--all those. andl other consider.
if ations which will readily occur tz
Y you, enforce the policy of rigid eon
a omy in the exp)end1ituro of the peo
y ple's money, and of exact, justice ir
s- the division of that money among
o the eqally nnnil- nnd equ11.
worthy objects that it lieeki to foster.
1[1luenced by thoso considerations,
and desiring to aict for tho good of
the whole State, I recommend that
$30,000 of the Privilogo Tnx on
Fortilizeri bo appropriated to Clem
son College, and that $30,000 of the
balanci of said privilhgo tax fuid be
appropriatod to Vinthirop Collego;
liovided, howover, thut provision
>o matdo to supplonjent th tippro
priation to Wnthro: Collego from
the general treasury, in) ellso the
anmut received by h Sta 1o from
thi- Privilogo Tax on Fert iliz-rs ik less
than $60,mo(.
Clemson now receives annually the
following sums:
From Hatch Fmt, J . .1,000
From Land Script Fund 5>,75-1
From Morrill ii - 10,100
Frot Clemson BiquFet , 12
$34,70t0
1emlondild uppropri
lition for tho Shtt - $30,000
Tot.al - - - . $64,(60
WVinthirop Collego niow
receives from the Poa.
body Ftud - - $3,00
RO 01mn1"aded lipp.-opri
lition from the Stitto :100,000
Making i total (if - S;.,000
Ciemilson Collogo is dointg r )t
viliable work; i flil llecelit. of it im
set forth in the roport of its Presi
dont, which I earlwNtly recmmiend
to your con.siderittion. All tho do.
pilrtiment's of Illt collvgo ars, its y'oi
will loarn from thi report, in a. most
tri viiig condit ion, and the excellemt.
results accomplishod by tho collogo
there sot forth havo heon recognizod
and approciatod throughout t he
Stato.
iring the past yir tho Board of
Trustev approprialt ed $12,000 to
oroot. a building for i Textilo Train
ing Hchool. This building is similar
in defsign to i smiall mllodel cottonl
factory, and is to ho Pquippod with
spoOiman vvichiniry, for tho wotk of
all departmenti of a mil cotton fic
tory, Bosidos locturms and toxt book
study on tho manufctiro of cotton,
each st.icnt will bo required to study
the construction mid uso of tho mal
chinely used for thi purposo; and
this will bo dono uidr tho direction
of coipetent. instructors. I t is tho
purpose of tho Board not. only to
provido completa courso in textilo
instruct0ion for tih regihar stidentts
of tho college, but. to tinim special
airrangl omenOlt8, so t.hait thoso( ailready
engagod in cotton miillinig mayt) it.
tond1i t.h schiool att 81neh timo as0 ii tbhoy
cant (1ind, andu got 8pc1ia1 lls ruct iont
in th11 conistruction and use of cott.oi
millinig nmchinery anud ini the host
mot.hodis of cotton mnisufactu ring.
Moreover, and1( opport.uniity3 wvil be
given here also for t ho examjinatioln
andi deteriniatti:on of dyOstli s. It.
is thus11 intondco.l t hat the school
abaill b)e maido valuable to fill cin,-8os
connected with the manttiuacur lio f
cottont ini our Stateo-to mahini IstS,
mill han 18, an 1 o wnue r M mu fat
uirers are inivited to subi)Jtt queostionts
relating to theo mafnelrl(tnre of cotton,
whIIich the1 p)riofsr inl the tex t.i do.
palrtmenlt witll tuako p)ltnsurei in
stiudying and a nswv -ri 'g.
Next t > I ;ritnlnre, thle mantiufaic
1.11rEl of cot tont is t ho mo10. imiportat t
ind(ustry in the State. It would
scom1, thoeroforo, thait ai textilo 8schoo1
is neOxt ~l in jiortanii n to ani ag rienl.i
turanl 8schoo1. It is impo)(rtan lt furm
two points of view.: I, Becantso of
tho numflber of people1(iii alay (oln
gaged mi it, and1( beenuise of thbo pro
tinuoe to increase; 2, lE'0canso it iS
the choif occupation to wvhi -h t he
youth of our Stato may look for pro
mont of this d1opartm~ mrt att (C (omson1
hias p)rovided ai school whe(re' iho b) 5
of th is Stto c:t prepara ~ therm
sollvoS to flIl the ho-t, y -nii ontS iln thet
nlumerous cot tonr antd ot hea r'cntories
that are spruinlging~ 11 a II )ovr the~
South, and espeinhly ini Sont hI C ir
ohina. Thuis wo shll ob)vito thet
prosonit niocessity of turning to Now
England tor' tratind( anid skill ful Ia
borors anrd mnahge)rs to run our fac
tories. T1hte opportu1nity to atcquire
this knowlndge andi training a hom
vannot but bo of the greatest advan.
tage to tle people of the South.
Manu factuo rs have pro.,outed
sampit's of tht litest Jnjdel+ of cot
ton m1IhlIin)ery to tho dopar".ment to
such aII amount, as to make the value
of t he P110e ty belongilg to the
lextito Sc1ool alo01 doub!o the
11111uonuti thIt, the SJanto alls oxpm.- d d
onf it.
PEN -ioNN.
This Stato im now paying out
nually in )ens1ionls to Coifederato
soldiers the sifm of $100,000. No
a1moo untt tit t phe eop!) coult afford
woUld l10 too muht.1 to (dispenso to
worthly antfld fieody men ,vho risket
all for tilt) Ca111SO they hld,I( sacred
aid bTIecami0 by this service illpici.
(ated for st)lf support. But the
grtsit cast. ciro miuld bo taken that
-"'ih filiis he ,properly distributed,
nild that thimi StatO (10 not attempt
more in this di(reCtion thanll is a)O
lot1ely dtmauded by tlhe exigencivs of
t he cae. WO have I Dotabl)o oh
ject-lesson li thie ahob1sm of the na
tion1al System of pensmions to warn us
to uslm the utllost c. iumsoetion.
Onr own syste of ppn.4i,)nlj is ;n
11"d (if C111hnges and reforms. It i.
x)pnsivo d 11m1 brsoime, aid (co
O(Pen1i to t110i divitatfionti of intiu
once anid favorit ism (hat, itivito abuses
aO ('1nvollago vxtravagalnc. The
ysemIII H110111d simplified, aid its
regiulat.im. ald restrictions bt mace
striet. ani1d ovim rigorous. The town
Ship anlld coiuity boards should I o
abolilsled ald application for pon.
sions made to the Stato Board. The
smilli now expilded in this way,
10,000, is m1ort 11hdan the State Caln
aTford, an(d more than is required to
satisfy th) just, dellands upon this
fund. This lmy is nlow being too
idiscrimiiately dist ributod, with loss
to tho Stato ad with iljIlstice to
m01110 b0noticiaris ind favoritism to
ot hers. MAiity undosorving people
ar0 drawinig pmnsionis from.he .
and many nody and deserving vet
orans are forced to go without. The
pension lists of this Stato should be
purged aid overy ooficiary cut oft
from them who doos not show that
ho is so incpacitated to provide for
himself ind mo dependent on his own
labor ats to bo evidently a worthy ob.
ject, of this public charity.
If ivso nicessary mosures are
I(akon, $50,000 n% ill do more real good
tanu $100,00 aro nlow doiig, and
tit) Stato Will b) Have1d wast1 1n ex
pvnsti, whilo the niedy and the vor.
tby will roa p, ai they woro intended to
(d0, the benits1 Of Lthis fund.
I recommiend that thet peniMon Iist
bie piurgtoil, t.hat $50,000) only lbe ap
prop)riated1( for l)enionis the comning
yeari, and thant stepIs b)e tanker to in
More the proper dlistributioni of this'
THllE no1.'iPiI'PAi. i")ii THE I N5ANF.
Thle proper supp)lort of tis helpfli
poubl ic charity3, wvhichi looks to thle
nunxtliorat.ioni of o:ie of thet saddest of
hunm a1111Ii licjt ionis, hias liways lap
p)e1lled suiccssful1ly to the 83yrupa)1thilOS
of this Staito's reprosenttivos4, arid
sHi)ld coiit inno Ho t) do. J}iit there
~5iienod of greater rest rictionis in the
meti'hod of adm iiissioni of patients into
our1 1Ilotital for t hit Inlsanoe, and [
feel I hat you1 shoul .1 seekl to appldy
more1 econoicaiiil anid scientific moth
odiS mi iho) adm111iitrat ion of this i
stitutjin ini t his espet. The hos.
p)itlI haus recently boon enliarged( b)y
the compltetion of the Parker builId
ine., which p)rovides room for four
hiudlred paItientP4, 80 that now the
iust ituitioni has caipacity for' 1,000 in
im itesi. It now)t conitins 9($( affheted
pnersors, of wvhomn ab>)it half may be
classedl a5 :tiots, imbeoiles, and1( pa
ienits afflicted willh chronic but or
dinry and innocent formsriof mental
Undter thet laws of this State, onuly
t hose pe(rsonis whio art) So disorde'red
inii mid 11s to rndringer their own
hea11lih or thle porl o:is and( proper)ty
of othiers aire admruitted as ilnmates of
tho H ospital for Ite Insanro. Evi..
dontly no Staito can all'ordl to build
and1( support ani asylium to serve as a
refinge for ll t lie wretched weaklllinlgs,
depenrdents, imbecilos, and(I nisances
of the comunity, however rich or
philani'hropic her people may be.
Such ain instLit utioni should be, anrd
unider our laws is, for the insane. nd