Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 13, 1892, Page 5

THE WEONESDAY, JANUARY ELLEY, STIGER & COMPANY, CLEARING & WINTER GOODS 20 PER GENT. FQR, THEE- NEXT 10 DRSS VWi This discount, taken from the low prices to which our stock was recently reduced, makes this the greatest opportunity to secure first-class Dry Goods at lower price' SHALL GIVE A DISCOUNT OF than ever offered in the history of Omaha. ’ . Black Wool Dress Goods. Blankets, Comfortables and Flannels Honfiestas, Carriage Lap Robes. Cashmeres, = French Twills, Cloak Department. Bedford Cords, ll:agies’ g(l,)lr TerCTet?\ .‘ljac‘k(etts. adies’ -inc o ackets. Erench Serges, Ladies’ Long Cape Newmarkets. OMAHA DAILY BEE: FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS, A Cheviots, Camel’s Hair, Diagonals, Foules, Storm Serges, Etc., Etc., Etc. Colored Wool Dress Goods. Broadcloths, Bedford Cords, Cashmeres, Cheviots, Whipcords, Diagonals, Serges, Camel’s Hairs, KELLIERY, STI1G Dress Flannels, Fancy Weaves, Plaids, Stripes, etc WINTER Winter Underw Ladies’ Wool and Cashmere Underwear, Ladies’ Union Suits. Ladies’ Equestrian Drawers. Ladies’ Combination Suits. Ladies’ Cashmere and Wool Hosiery. olo Children’s and Misses’ Cashmere and Wool Underwear. all GOODS. vear and Gloves. Children’s Union Suits. Children’s Cashmere and Wool Hosiery, Infants’ Merino and Wool Shirts. Men’s Cashmere and Wool Underwear. Boys’ Cashmere and Wool Underwear. Men’s Fur Lined Gloves and Mittens. Boys’ Fur Lined Gloves and Mittens. Ladies’ Ulsters. Ladies’ Mantels. Ladies’ Misses’ Misses’ Long Capes. Long Cape Newmarkets. Ulsters and Jackets. Children’s Cloaks, in alarge variety of styles and cloths. Fur Capes. Fur Muffs. Fur Trimmings. Dress Trimmings- Our entire line of Dress Trimmings Will be subject to this discount. DO NOT CONFOUND THIS SALE WITH OUR ANNUAL SALER —OF—— Linens, Housekeeping Goods, and Muslin Underwear, Which Still Continues. MUSLINS AND SHEETINGS, AT ATCUAL COST. CORNER FARNAM AND 15TH STS, IN PERRY ENGLES POWER. fcox ROM FOURTH PAG tions referred 1o, cost the state during the last biennial period $17,490.20, aud to this may be added the expense of tho visiting committeo to the msane hospitals aggroga- ting, with the expense of the trustees, 92 cannot conceive of any real necessity for these sepurate and independent boards of trustees. Tt seems to me thata single board, com- posed of five or six members at most, re- resenting all of these institutions and abso- utely impartial as botween them would be better prepared to wanage their affairs, so far as trustees can do so, with intelligence and économy than can separate boards for each. And such a board will be able to furnish estimates of the wants of these in- stitutions, based upon an intelligent under- ptanding of tho probablo revenues of the state and the actual necessities of the insti- tutious, that would be of practical aid to the legislature in preparing its appropriation Dbills, Edueational Institutions, 1 do not believe our educational institutions should be managed by the ssme board that ought to conduct the affairs of those of & charitable or penal character. One class should be expanded as much as possible, the other contracted s far as prac- ticable. The schools that are aided by the state should bo put upon & permancnt basis. TTheir revenues should be made reasonably certain. They should not be required to beg from year to yoar for the means of subsis- tence. It is in my judgment the plain duty of this legislature to provide for the annual levy of speciul tax, the proceeds to be devoted to be devoted to the maintenance of our state university, agricultural college and normal hool iu such proportions as is just to each ; and this being done, those in charge of each of these institutions should understand that they must conduct the same upon & plan to bring its expenditures within its revenues. Hospitals for the Insane, 1t is recommended by the visiting commit- Loo, trustees and superintendents of our hos- aitals for the insane that we immediately complete the one located st Clarinda and commence the coustruction of another in the northwest part of the state. As at present advised I cannot concur in this recommendation. It is to me a matter of gravedoubt whother pur present plan of caring for the chronic pud harmiess insane is the best that can be devised,when considered from the stanapoint of expense to the state or its effect upon the welfare of the unfortunate beings for whom It has been arranged. We now, have three large state hospitals, two comploted and the third well under way. Those that are completed have already cost the state au averago of nearly 81,000,000 each, and this legislature is asked for acditional svecial appropriations amounting to §152,500 for the two that are completed and $311,100 for that which is yet unfinished. fteckoniog lnterest on the investment in these institutions, biennial appropriations required for nacessary repairs, and the sup- port fund anuually disbursed by the state, it osts wore thau §0 a month to maintain each Inmute provided for therein over and above sverytbing that is derived from his or her T, ‘They are designed to accommodate, when completed, about 800 patients each. Of those it is estimated by those compe- tout to judge that 50 per cent, under favor- able circumstances, could be induced to earn their own support. 1t seems to mo impossible for aayone to manage such large numbers of these people, assemoled in one body and practicaily under the control of one man, so as to wake their labor of any great value to the state. That it has not been in the past is demonstrated by the fact that the amount annually required for the support fund of these institutions is more thau it would cost to maintain on pri- vate account, in any of the country distriots of this state, an equal number of adult board- ers, saying notbing of the fact that the state provides furnished buildings free of reat. If we complote the system of hospitals and Hil them as recommended it will entail an Annual expense upon the state, counting into on the vepital wvested, of not less 08,000 or more than & wmillion and & half for each biennial period, a sum equal to about one-half the entire revenues of the state, and still our work will be incompiete for we must build more of these hospitals as the number of insane increaso. If it is necessary in order to provide com- fortable support for these unfortuvates that the state should bear this burden few of our pfo‘plo will complain, and oone ought tv com- plain, But facing such a condition it is the plain duty of tho legislature to carefully inquire whether it is in fact necessary. To aid us upon this point we are happily able to avail ourselves of the lightto be gathered from twenty years of experience by our neighboring state of Wisconsin under whatis there termed ‘‘The county hospi- tal system” for the care of 1ts chronic and harmiess insane. This should not be confounded with the poor house system prevalent to some extent In our own stato, Instead thereof it is a system under the control of a state board, composed of five members, whose duty among others it is made to see that one member at least visits these hospitals as often as once in three months and as much oftener as they deem necessary, and it is clothed by law with a practical control over the management of theso hospitals, The last biennial report of this board was made at the close of 1800, twenty years alter it was created, and at time a majority of the members were the same men originally ap- pointed. ‘Pha state then had three asylums constructed, as I understand, substantially after tho plan of our own, 1 which patients were cared for, and twenty county asylums, iv which 1,710 of these chronic in- sane were provided for, It is stated in this report that the average cost of maintaining inmates in these smaller asylums is less than oue-half the cost in the state asylums, and by actual figures taken from the reports of those in charge, it is shown that the average cost per capita of their mamtenance during 1880 was $1.60 per wuek, and for 1800, §1 or about $7.00 per mouth. It 18 suid that this great economy has not been purchased at the expense of humunity, but on the contrary that patients are wiven greater liberty, are more constantly employed and more generally improved, both mentally and poysically, than ave those coufined in their state asylums. I cannot avoid the conclusion that the lag- 1slature should, if it desires further informa- tion than that furnished by the printed re- ports of their board of coutrol, at once ap- poiut & committee composed of intelligent men who have no preconceived opinions to warp their judgment, and send it to Wiscon- sin to thoroughly investigate its plan of ca g for the chronie insane, with instructions to report the facts as they'seem to them, with their conclusious as to the relative merits of the two systems of caring for this class of these unfortunates. Industrinl Schools. At the closo of the last bieunial period there were 401 boys n_the school at Eldora and 117 girls at Mitchellville. Applications for the release of children from these schools are constantly being made to the governor by the parents and guardians and often by those who are eatirely quali fled to care for their own. It was my first impression that in every caso where the cause of commitment was in- corrigibility such requests ought to be graoted. This seemod to me due the parents whose natural right it is to control their own child- ren, enjoy their society and the fruits of their labor, aud equally due the state because of the lessened oxpense that results from the discharge of any one of theso inmates. But 1 was told by those in charge of the schools that under their rules a chila, if perfect n deportment. could earn his way out in httle more thau & year from the time of commit- meat, and i they were lod to believe they oould be discharged through executive clem- ency the discipline of the schools would be greatly impaired It is sald by those in charge of these schools, that inquiry often develops the fact that inmates committed for incorrigibility and vagranoy were actually guilty of & viola- tion of erimival laws, but were committed on charges of this character to avoid the odium of the erimes of which they were in fact guilty. 1t is, bowever, s a general rule true that the offenses of which these children are guilty are of a petly nature—so slight in- deed, that if they wers adults the extreme penalty which could be imposed would be a fine of $100 and thirty days’ confinement in jail, and even this, if inflicted, to the full oxtent of the law upon mature men aund women for many of the offenses for which these children are confined would be deemed an unreasonable punishment. Itis to my mind & question of gravest doubt whether a radical change ought not to be made in the present methods of sentenc- ing these chilaren, and also In the rules of the schools providing for their rolease. I am satisfied beyond doubt that in many in many instances parents and guardians take advantago -of tho Iaw as at present administered, and send children to these institutions for the simple purpose of being relieved of the care and expense of their sup- port, often, I have no doubt, honestly believing that they are prover places in which to vear and educate a child. For this the state 1s largely responsidle. It has as much as possibie undertaken to con- ceal their real character by relieving them, even in name, of everything that would tend to characterize them as penal in their nature and by giving them the appaaent position of educational institutions maintaioed at public expense. believe this to be wrong. Parents and children alike should understaud that these are places provided for vicious children alone. That to be sent thore is a disgrace both to tbe child and his family. That while there his surroundings are necessarily bad. That barring his teachers and attend- ants his associates belong always to the vicious and often to the criminal classes. 1 do not velieve any child should be sent to these schools simply becauso he is incor- rigible. I have found as a rule upon inquiry of parents who have caused their children to be confined on this charge that the child’s real offense cousisted in his playing truaut when sent to school or that he would run awa from home and mingle, as they express it, with “bad boys" or *‘bad eirls.” They seem to have labored under the delusion that if sent to one of these FlBoDs their associates would be *'good boys'’ or ‘‘gooad girls,” while the truth s that there is nota place in all the state outside of these schools where any boy or girl could fine one-tenth as many vicious children assembled together. All familiar with the management of these institutions will readily concede the devotion of officers and teachers to the work assigoed them, and yeu in l[!".e of everything possiole to be done these places are prisons instead of schools, trom which nearly every inmate yearns to be released witn afl the intensity of childish desire. I woula change the law so that no child could be sent 10 one of these institutions until ho had violated a penal statute of the state, [ would make it the duly of the court by which he was seatenced to distinotly state 1n {ts judgment the precise offense of which be is guilty. In ull cases of first offense 1 would require the court to fix a time beyond which the child could not be confined and I would yive @ most liberal discount from this for good conavet. So far as present inmates are concerned iu avery case where they are committad for in- coreigibility I would require thoir discharge upon application of respectable parents or guardians. If it is necessary that the state shall pro- vide a place for the confinement of children who are simply disobedient or mischievious (a proposition [ am not willing to coucede) let it be aone in some way to keep them from constant intercourse with those who have already become criminals Orphans' Howe, There were on the Isuof January 420 In- mates of both sexes in the Soldiers Orpbans’ home and Home for Indizent Children at Davenport. Of these, 235 are boys, and 171 girls, Of the boys, 103 are bevween the uses of 2 and 10 years, thiity-nine botween 10 and 11, thirty-four botween 11 and 12, twenty e1ght between 12 and 13, thirty between 13 Ana 14, and twenty-two between 14 and 15 Of the girls sixty-three are botween 2 and 10 years of #ge, eleven between 10 and 11, sev- onteen between 11 and 12, tweaty-threo be tween 12 and 13, twenty-threo between and 14, eighteon’ betweon 14 aud 15, and six- teen between 15 and .10, ‘The nstitution is adwirably managed in every respect and evarything is being done for the welfare of theso children tnat can be done in such & place Penitentiaries, At the dato of 1h) last repoil of the warden ut Fort Madison there were confined in the penitentiary at that place 425 convicts. Of these 305 were employed by contractors who pay the state for their labor prices ranging from 45 cents to 50 cents a day each. ‘The state boards, clothes, furnishes work- shops and supplies guards for the convicts. ‘Ihe contractors furnish overscers and re- quire ten hours work fora day the year around. Many of the convicts are sentenced for lifo oru long term of years and bocome experts in the branches of work in which they are employed, The average ‘length of sentence approxi- mates threo years. It has occurred to me that a_better system for the welfare of the couvict than that now practiced and one equally as zood for the contractor and the state could be adopted. That these men should be required to re- pay from the auails of their labor the ex- pense of their care and maintenance all will concede. That their earnings beyond this should be- Jong to themselves or their families seems equally {llnln. That they should be given every advantage to malke this surplus as large us possible is not only due to them as individuals, but the state would be benefited iu a greater degree by the fact that they would tius be encouraged to tecome industrious members of society when released and thereby the danger that they would return to criminal ways would be diminished. Jlearn from the warden tbat much, if not all, the work 1n which these meu are om- ployed on contract could bo done by the Would it not ba well to provide that future contracts for the labor of these men, as far as it is practicable to muke them so, shall be by the piece, a sufficient sum from the avails of their labor to fully indemnity the state be- ing first exacted and tho remainder sentto the families of those who have such, and placed to the credit of those who have not, to be wuraed over to them on their discharge from prison, This system perhaps could not be applied to new men, but if 1L were known to them that as soon as they bocame sufficiently ex- part they would be put on coutracts of this character it would, 1 believe, stimulate their exertions to become good workmen, and en- courage all convicts to do more and better work than they can be induced to do under the present system, This plan of work cannot with present facilities be adopted at Ansmosa, but every practicable effort should be made to educate “the men at that prison with a view to making thera masters of at least one trade that can be taught them in the work that s being prosecuted there, =~ ‘The warden of the:prison at Fort Madison recommends an appropriation of §! for the building of now shops at that place, and the warden at Andmesa an appropriation of $67,400 for the furthier prosecution of work on the prison at that, place. The time is not distant when the legisla- ture will be comf{islled to determine what shall be done with one or the other of these penitentiaries, ‘That the state will not continue the ex- pense of maintainiig both seems to me cer- tain, 151 ‘The number of our prisoners is not suffi- cient to require Suoh Expunse, nor in an agri- cultural state like oMFbwn 1s it at all prob- uble it ever will be. The whole number confined in the two paniteutiaries is now 698, of whom thivty nrq'!?tnue and nine United States prisoners. never exceeded this oy more thin twenty-syen. 1f the largest num- ber were doubied the prisoners coula be more cheaply and just as comfortably maia- tained iu oné prison’as in two. In my judgment one of these institutions must in” time be used for some other pur- pose. Which should be retained as the peniten- tiary of the state and which devoted to an« othér purpose I do nol with my present knowledge wish to express an opinion. It seems Lo me, however, thut fa making ap- propriations for exch the situation should be kopt in mind and the probable abandonment of oue or the othier as a ponitentiary be duly consldered ent Agencles, Few of our peoplo are cognizant of the ex- pense to whioh laboring men and woman ave often subjected in seekiug employment through private intellizonce ol It is not, I am told, uausual for those securing work through these agencies to be reqoived to euter into writteu agreemeunts by which, 1o adaition to a fee paid whon they become an applicant for a position, they are requirad to pay to the agent a consider- able per cont of their earnings for a long period of time, In nothing is the state more deeply inter- ested than in the continuous employment of its laboriug classe: Any system which would furnish reliable inforimation to both employers and employes of the wants of cach in the labor markets of the state could out fail to prove of great value to both, ‘The commissioner of lapor statistics recom- mends the establishment of a free employ- ment agency in connection with his office, through which it shall be practicable tor those seeking omployment and of those in search of employes, to acquire reliable infor- mation without expense to either. 1 most heartily concur i this recommenda- tion. The expense of the oftice in connection with the bureau of labor statistics can be confined within the limits of an appropria- tion sufticient to pay for necessary stationary and salary of a single clork. In my judgmeat the system should be so extended as to allow cities of the first class to establish at their own expense, and . in their own discretion, like agencies in connec- tion with some oneof the ciy offices and give tham the right to demand of the state office, without expense, information upon any matter of record in that office which way prove of value in conducting the busiasss of these local offic Columblan Exposition, The board of commissioaers for the Colum- bian exposition recommended the appropria- tion of $330,000 for use in preparing and maintaining lowa's exhibit at the exposition. This will strike many as a large sum to be used for this purpose, but I balieve the senti- ment is almost universal with the people of Towa that whatever sum is necessary to put its resources pefore the world in as thorough and pleasing & form as that adopted by the wost eaterprisiug ot the other states should be freelv appropriated. To accomplish this to the extent recom- mended we require a substantial abandon- ment at present of special appropriations for the use of state institutions beyoud what 1s actually necessary to prevent waste of the property now on hand, or a large increase in the tax levy to be made next fall, It seems to me tho former course can be adopted for this biennial period, Few of the states of the union have been as liberal in appropriations for the use of charitable and penal institutions as our own and these have beon constructed upon a scale so_extensive that I do not think there would be any uu- usual suffering occasioned if we should pass the present period without enlarging or im- proving any of these beyond the making of necessary repairs. Private Corporations, Gevernor Larrabee, in his message to tho iegislature two years ago, recommended the establishment of & separate department for the supervision of the insurance business of the state. in my judgment such a department should be established and weiven supervision not only over the insurance business of the state but over all private corporations organized for pecuniary profit and not now under the supervision of some other department of the state. Our inccrporation laws are too loosely drawn. They authorize the formation of corporate bodies without practical restric- tions of any kind; permit the adoption of provisions exempting the private property of stockholders from lability for corporate debts, and furnish no adequate vrotection against a fraudulent use of the privileges conferred by the statutes. In my judgment these laws should be so ameuded s to require corporations her ufter formed, before entering upon the trans- action of business of any kind other than their owu organization, to subwmit their arti- cles of incorporation to some department of the state for its approval, and furnish a de- talled statement of its capital stock sub- seribed for, and by whom; what part is paid upand how paid, and if paid by the transfer of property to the corporation it should ve made the ‘duty of the department having charge of sich matter to ascertain and fix the cash value of the proverty so transferred, and thereupon, b 1he articles of incorporation and determined the amount of paid up capital stock, to issue its certificate, if in the judgment of the de partment the corporation should be author- 10 engage in the business contemplated, otting the amount of capital stock in good for, the amount actually ing approved the form of | paid in cash or its equivalent, and authoriz- ing the transaction of business frem and after tho date of such certificate. They should bo furtner amended so as to require of all corporations heretofore organ- izod or hereafter to be orgauized, wcluding foreign corporations having goncral agencies established and doing business within the state, an aunual statement, verified by tho oath of some ofticer, and made in such forn as tho department should from time Lo timo designato for the purpose of clearly and dis- tinctly showing the financial standing of such corporations, aud the department should bo authorizea on jts own motion to make exami- nations and wind up the business of any cor- poration whenover the sufoty of the public requires it. ‘A failure to make the statemont or submit to the examination required should forfeit the right of the delinquent corporation to do business within the state. A system of fees for the work of the de- partnient should be devised that will increase rather than diminish the net revonues of the state. ] Mining Industries, Among the important industries of the state, that of mining has assumed a promi- nent position. - Tinmense capital is already investod jn this pusiness and an army of men numbering at least 9,500 aro constantly employea, produc- ing an annual output of coal alone valueu at 5,500,000, and_receiving annually in wages no’. less than $4,000,000. Ttis unavoidable that in transactions of this magnitude there should not bo more or less couflict of opinion in regard to the rela- tive rizhts of each, between those who fur- nish the capital to'carry thera forward and those who perform the manual labor requisite to their successful prosecution, [n all leg lation uffecting tuis great industry the state should be absolutely fair aud just to bott of theso classes. Indeed 1t could not bo partial to the one, and consequently unjust to the othier, without inflicting irreparable injury upon both. It ls, however, undeniably true that the men who perform ' the active labor in the mines nacassary for a successful pros- eoution of this industry are engagod in hazar- dous work, and that they deserve from the state a degree of care correspondingiy groat. "Lhis has loag boen recognized by the log- islature as is evidenced by the fact thata separate department has been established thereby, and is maintained at public oxpense, chavged with the spacific duty of guarding the interests of these men and protecting them as far as practicable from the dangers incident to their callng. 1f experience develops any defect in theso laws, or if it 13 made to appear to you that other and further logisiation is necessary to carefully preserve every just right of thoso s0 employed, you should ‘willingly accord to thom everything that can be done for their protection without invading equally sub- stantial and just rights of others, National Guard, The annual inspections and tours of camp duty by the Towa National Guard indicato that the orgunized militia of the state is rap idly reaching a bigh plane of discipline and general efficiency. ‘The numerical strength of the force is 2,460 ofticers and enlisted men, organized intosix infautry regiment of eight comvanies cach. A majority of the companies are well uni formed, equipped with improved firearms and all necessary accoutrements, suppliea with blankets, tents and overcoats, with sad- dles ana bridles for oficers’ horses and pre- pared to respond prompily whenever they may be called into active service. ‘The officers are men in the prime ot life, active, intelligent, full of zeal, anxious o know their duty and apparenily willing to discharge it to the best of their ability. The rank and file s recruited from the best young meu of the stute who devolo much of their time and meaus 1o advance the fnterests of the organization from patri- oue impulses and without any adequate com pensation therefor. T can cheerfully commend the guard of the state as worthy the generous support of its people, ‘I'o offset the increased cost of transporting the membors %o ani from tho sunual en cumpments growing outof recent railroad legisiotion a deficit in the military apprc- priation for the last bienmal period could ouly boavoidad by reducing the period of the ennual camps of instruction from five to four days thus detracting from their useful ness. 1t se0ms Lo me railway tog lines within the state could companies operal properiy authorized to enter into contracts for tha transportation of ;members of the guard to and from camps of instruction, or when cailed into active service, at reauced rates without effecting charges for the transporta- tion of pussengers in other cases, and that oconomy requires that appropriations be made sufticient to onablo the Guard to re- main in camp a longer period than has hore- tofore been practicable inasmuch as the chief expeuso of these meetings is incurred in the preparation of, and getting to and from their camps, without referonce to the timo spent therein. Houack Botks. The house then adjourned until tomorrow. morning. A alebacks ns War § West Svermion, Wis, Jan, 12, MeDougall, inventor of tho whaleback is figuring on using that style of vessel for war service. He hus made anumber of photo- graphs showing the proposed war vessels and the plan of operating them. His idoa 1s to use barges for const defense servic. They aro to bo 80 constructed that by means of water ballast, they can be submerged, leav- ing only a small turret for a lookout forward, and the bow, or shot as it is termed, above water. In the bow, which is of great strength, two heavy guns will be stationed onan inoline, aud thoy will ba operated so that whilo obo is boing fired the other one may be charged below in tho vessel. — International Rifle Competition Board, Senixarienn, (1L, Jan. 12.—The following board has been selocted to have charge of the international rifle competition to be heid at Chicago during the World's faiv: Brigadior General Jasper N. Reeso, adjutunt general of Llinois; Cuptain W. W. Daugherty, Twenty- second infantry, U, S. A., nowon duty ¢t the headquarters of the 1ilinols National guards: Captain William T. Hardenbook, Secoud in- fantry, Illinois Nationsl guards; Captain Robert H. Aitken, inspector of riflo practice, Sixth infantry, Iliinois National guards, and Captain Frank D, Baldwin, Fifth infantry, SRS wl ey A very small pili, buta very good one. Witvs fittle Early' Risors. De- Decaton, 1L, Jan, 12.—At tho Christian church hore it was announced that iev. Car- roll M. Hoddy had been expoiled from church for drunkenness. He is the Christian evan- gelist who has held meetings ia Illinois and Town and became a mombar of the church here six months ago, since which tima ho contractod the habitof getting drunk regu- larly and freauently. Striking. The delicate aroma and fruit taste of articles flavored with Dr. Prices Delicious Flavor- ing Extracts as contrasted with the coarse and disagree- able taste of those flavored with the common flavoring extracts now in the market, is really one of the striking peculiarities of these famous and valuable products. The difference is so notable that any person once using Dr, Price's Flavors will never again use any other, They are valuable additions to our food, the use of wldch is cer- tain to increase as knowledge of their superior qualities spreads,