"feaH M m -'-'"V '""A m m s x lir tJL 1 swkc Veluni" XIX Xe 103. LANCASTER, iA. WEDNESDAY. JANUABY 3, 1883 Priiv Twe iuitlM mtYuueim, A1 W anb maker's. Silk novelties innumerable and indescribable. Everything that ladies or dressmakers have occasion for in matching, deco rating, combining. What we are remarkable for, mere than for anything else in silks, is va riety ; or, at least, we are re puted se. Yeu hear it said by everybedy: "li you want te match anything, or find a rare silk, even an unexpectable one, go te Wanamaker's." The ether peculiarity that everybody expects te find here is less pleasant te speak of; lower prices. We put it second, because there are people who don't credit us with lower prices. Still, we imagine that if one should assert the con trary, almost everybody in Phil adelphia would believe it. Oftener we speak of ether aspects of our trade ; aspects less obvious or less recognized. It is well occasionally te give old news. Next-euter circle, south in.iance te main building. Warm skirts for ladies, and leggings for ladies, girls and lit tle girls. The warm skirts are satin, satin-and-cloth, satin-and-felt, satin-and-Italian -cloth, and Italian, all quilted ; cloth, flannel and felt prettily trimmed, net quilted, warm enough without. The leggings are all sorts ; one very useful and fairly pretty sort, woven, at two-thirds value, 25 te 65 cents. West of south entrance te main building. Furs have te be thought of. We're busy enough as te mak ing. If we advertise at all, we ought te say what will net op press us with tee much making. Perhaps this it is. A great many seal coats and fur-lined circu lars are ready-made. Mere sizes are ready-made here than anybody expects; especially the unexpected sizes. Ready-made work we can make in July. Why shouldn't we make all the shapes and sizes ready-made ? 1303 Chestnut. Black satin rhademaes and satin de Lyens, 25 te 35 cents below our own recent prices, of all grades from 1 te $2 ; and we guess our prices haven't been very high ; have they? Xost-eiitor circle, south entrance te main building. Weel scne embroidered with sitk dots that ought te sell for $1.50 no that isn't the way te put it; it ought te sell according te our theory, for just as little as we can afierd ; and that is 75 cents. Loek out for such new. It's time for ever-buying and all sorts of mistakes te show them selves. We try te keep ready te turn ether folk's mistakes te account for ourselves and for you. Third circle, southeast Irem centre. JOHN WANAMAKER. Chestnut. Thirteenth and Market streets ami City-hall squiire, riiiladelphla. MUSICAL IXBTKUJIJiXrS. iusiu Bexes. C. GAUTSCHI & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Music Bexes, STE. CROIX and GENEVE, SWITZERLAND. Salesrooms, 1018 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. We offer during the holidays a large Importation of the finest Quality High Class Musical Bexes, at our Swiss factory price, with only advance of freicht and import duty. Circular aud Prk-e List en application. An early call will jjive time Mr geed uclee lien. nl5-tid HEAD2UAKTKHSlrOK A FUI.LASSOICT ment of lSuchre, l'eker ami oilier relay ing cards at UABXMAN'5 YELLOW F CtGAU I H(f -"I IKON HiTTKKS- Ne Whisky! Bkewn's Iiiu.n IJittkus is one of the very Tcv,' tonic medicines that are net composed mostly of alcohol or whisky, thus becoming a fruit fill .source of iutempcraucc by promoting a desiic for rum. IIkewn's Iken IJittkus is guaran teed te be a non-intoxicating stiinu lanl, ami it will, in nearly every case, take the pluc? of all liquor, aud at the same time absolutely kill the de sire for whisky aud ether intoxicating beverages. Rev. 0. W. Hick, editor of the American ChrUt'um llcviac, Fays of Brown's Iren Bitters : CI11..0., Nev. Hi, issi. Gents : The foolish wasting el vital lerec in business, pleas ure, and vicious Indulgence et our people, makes your prepara tion a necessity; and it applied, will save hundreds who re-ert te saloons ler temporary recu peration. BnewVs Iken Bitters has becu thoroughly tosted for dyspepsia, indi gestion, biliousness, weakness, debil ity, overwork, rheumatism, neuralgia, consumption, liver complaints, kidney troubles, &c, and it never fails te render speedy aud pcrmaueut lelief. Fer sale wholesale and retail by II. li. COUll KAN, Druggist, 137 and 139 North Queen street. Lancaster ihS-lwil&w H r HIKE V-YruilT Fer Iho Permanent Cure of CONSTIPATION. .Ne oilier disease is se prevalent In this coun try as Constipation, and no remedy has ever equalled the celebrated Kidnoy-Vert as a cure. Whatever the cause, however obstinate the case, this remedy will overcome it. Acts at the same time en Kidneys, Liver and IJewcls. "Pllea Tliisdlstrcfsinn complaint, is very JTlltO. apt te be complicated with consti pation. Kidney-Wert strengthens the weak ened parts and quickly cures all kindset Piles even when physicians and medicines have ue ue lerc tailed. S3- If you have either et these troubles use KIDN i:-WOUT. Druggists sell il. scpliVlyd&wMW&F 42 w INTItV 1SL.AST3. Wintry Blasts. WINTHY BLASTS UKlKti COUGHS COLDS CONSUMPTION BRONCHITIS RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA Perry Davis' Pain Killer CUKES COUGHS COLDS CONSUMPTION BRONCHITIS RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA Provide against the evil effects of Win try lilawts by procuring Terry Davis' Tain Killeu. GVEltY (J001) rKl;;iST KEEL'S IT. Jl-lmd.tw I.ANVASTEK WATVUVa. I un: FOR ALL GRADES OF THE Lancaster Watch IS Steadily Grewing Uy this " Heme Demand " la meant the In creased Sales of the Lancaster Watches in Lan caster City anl lu Lancaster County. HIE HUD tul: message. (iuv. iiuvt's last 111:1.1 vickam:k. lCcvleuiiiK ami l'ltciipiUiii; liiu Inl.irtn!-, Ilcceiirccs ai:d XicipilreinciitK et tlic Slate An InUrPHiinj; ami Valua- ble Document. (iiiitlciitennf the Senate will Hint., i. of Jiij- iuttdttves: In the inteival since the lass bi-cnnial session of the general Assembly, the com menwcuitu nas gene sunnily lerwaru in orderly and healthy growth. .New sources of wealth have heen opened with in her borders new enterprises of great moment have been inaugurated, and ical progress seems te be the weid, all along our lines. We must crate fully receiir::c the Providence which has maintained ihebe conditions by which we aie sur rounded. All geed citizens apprehend tiioe bread underlying principles of intelligence, virtue and industiy, upon which this .'u perstructure has been raised. In lue main, the constructive icMilts of these principles arc contrellod, neither in their origin nor their tendency, by legislative or executive acts. Yeu are assembled, in pursuance of the mandate of the constitu tion, as the soveieign power in the stale, te enact such ordinances as shall maintain these influences at their best ; te sce that no destructive iniericienccs arise ; te mi pose the nils- of even-handed justice and fair play upon the collisions between dif ferent men and communities and interest. It is my duty te suggest some of the topics which may engage your attention, and te take a survey f some of these gov ernmental depart : ;s ever which the state must have 1 Is. ..'i-.elute contiel, and of some of the u tutiuns ever which it extends its fe.-'i ; . .,; care. The variety and the scepa of i lit elements of our ttate life, and the expciihes of regulation, will require seme detail in statement. If the inventory grows lengthy, it is because the wealth aud agencies involved well aud sig nally illustrate the activities of a great people. Yeu have deliuite action te take, and it is your right te require precise in formation, but the constituencies behind us may justly feel great pride and gratifi cation at the summary. .STATU F1NANCKS. Four yeais age our people had net emerged from the effects of the long and disastrous prostration of business ; and their ability te respond te the demands of the treasury te meet expenses was serious ly impaired. The financial officers of the stale, at that time, found large failmcs in the sources of revenue confronting them. They wisely counted en the recuperative power of our iudustiie.1-', and effectively tided ever the situation without the im position of any added burthen upon ihc taxpayers : At that date tin: state lchL wa-i. At this ilale Hie .ilale tlcljt is R (lectien (itilelit in I j-eai,...$l,(iJi,."37 M Frem this total of state clclil is te he (ietlueti'il assets in binliiii'r Itiml a:niuniiiLr te.. 7.'.'J-,0-'.; !- The net stale iiiilchliMiiin Wecem- herl.lvJ, Irf $!-.Vi:-.,lW u; In 1.ST0, duiiiig the adiuuiiilru4 ion ei" State Ticnsuier A. (J. Necs, Ihere v. :is refunded an eiitstandiug debt.'. f $2,000,001) bearing six per cent, inte.c .', by a ln.ta of a like ametiul, bearing four pe: s-'iit.. in terest, the -: pi'u'iis en .yhicii Vii u1 ?"0, 002.S:). In iyS2, during the administi alien of Slate Treasurer Samuel Ijiitie!', st ste le,.na of ev-r 10,000,000, beaiiiig in the main six per cent, interest, were rcfundd i leans of $9,-130,000, beaiinic iuN-ivst. at tlucc, thiccantl one ball aiid 5'.ui percent, perauhum. Tiie preniiiim e-i lhsel-ius amounted te 110,302.00. The result of these operations, has been te reduce the annual inteicst, which the state pays upon its i!itrc.st-b.:aving debt from $l,"2:J3,(J2:j.72 in lb7 te $871. JtU) in 18b2, an annual saving e. fojO.lde.T'J mi this account. Theio is at jux'si'itt, under i!:e admin:.-.-tiatien of State Tre.'.su!'.'!-S. .M. Hadny, i'i the sinking innO., 2,077,071) 0') ctsh. As none of tin- state h.visaie ;t present rj imbtirjsabJs', the ticasuicr Ji -.s no Jnfl'r.l autheiily t apply this firad te rediiciieu of the debt, eve: pi. by g-'in into the m.u kct and buy.iii'r the bends !' the state :u. a )remium, ban-1'-! !';.., indcrd, and credit able te the state, Vil :i,il,!rrass:ng te a linar.cial oilie.n- el' irge with :u:coituta';ii :u:ceituta';ii ity. Tin se bends, .it market liitcs, new bear premiums about ,i folio vs : The thvci, ami one h..li p.r cent-, arc . . .'- iuat ;i''i' The lour per cents. aie -eilli:t::it I '.". Tii'i live p r cents, are -elliiij;at 1.!' Before assuming hiich ruspeusibibty, the treasurer i.-. fairly jus i id i.t a wailing a legislative c.inui.!iii. The skill aud integrity which have woik weik ed these lesults, are eutiued te the higlu est approval of the people of the state. Te vigilance and elli'jicujy en the part of the btate treasurers, ths amiiter gcnerahJ, and thoattenioygenrr.il dining tiiese je..rs, are due Huse hopeful figures--, and reeo,"; reee,"; reeo,"; nilien for high publii'. tru.is, honestly fulfilled, will be e'.ccrfuHy awarded them. While the liuauui s of ihe state were in this tvitisf.iet'.-ri coiiditieo, they, and the system of taxation upt;;i which they are based, must be considered al.-e in refer ence te local taxation for city, county, school, pecr,andn:;u p-i.peia-s. l)i course, it is a truiau that tli.st; tas.-.t.en sheuh.l bcuvqually ujwu :;11 classes of prejierty. It is further legitimate te iiupose the proper bin dens upon corperatiousdciiving valuable uauehiscs from the state, and for liccities and ether grants for speuia! privneges. It will be important te note the seuiccs of revenue te the. stale i' or the last year they v.tig as fellow.; : Lands f e,'JJ" 17 'I'v.x en cerj erati(iusti.Llv ami iiniH- ed partnersliip l,fi7"i,.,:cS SO Tax en inns receipts ImS,i'i7'J ill Ta en coal companies !M,7 Si Tax en ban!; stock ... ;;."),171 r.U Tax en net earning nr'nwi -n- 71 Jl'i ir Tax en press premiums :;--,0'7 s Tax en leans (.,i'.u.i Tax en iiersciml i''iert v 1.7,770 G! Tax en wilt, wills, ileeN. R- Iii'i.ldl 'J.S 'J':ix en collateral inlii'i-itanv-s 17!,.'v.2 0J Tuxeiifaie el teilili;:i-rs ;,7S0 00 Foreign insurr.iieeceiiianics -;i,!i.';'J 10 Tavern liemites I'.IJ,SI2 ?,i lielallers' license-. .'KIT),!).!! it! Katinjj-lieiis-. lu-en-ee 7'.MI- -' r.rewers liien-c? :i,iS 12 llillianl licenses r li,."i:ii CO I'.rekcrs' licenses ,... 1),3-(J 34 Anulteiieuis' licenses tct (",r3S CI Liiiuer licenses 'i,07ij SO Peddlers' lieen-cs IfiW, lu Patent medicine licenses 1,5 -3 SO Theatie, circus, Ac., licen-es t;,010 SO llenus en Chanel's 1.",TO1 !U OUice license lees ni.ISi mi Accrued interest .Vj,:t'C. 3'.l I'enalues f.7S 17 Fmnphlet laws 27." 41 Notaries pnlillccouiui's-ieiis 1(,'J7." 03 Allcfilieny Valley railroad company j:;u,w.i 41 United Stales pevernnient :H,.v;i 5 (Commutation of tonnage tax (,. e ivi Annuity ler right et' w.i.- IO.mk) hi Kscheats :;,i)73 s7 Fccselpublie clliccrs ."U.17- DO llelundeil caf Is '.'7-7 Diviilemls en stock ewneil Ijy I In: coiumemvi-a'.iii si) te Censi-ielli-t: money k; (in Mi c-l!.ii!-e's 1,531 i!7 $7.. i ;-,f in i;e The total expenditures for the same time wcre $5.024, 7C0.41. Ol this aggregata, mere than four mil lions were derived from taxes en corpora tions. The only item which, iu auy true sense, is a direct tnx e:i the people, is that of i:J7,77G.i51. "tax en personal property." I'his tax isdetived from money at inter c:t, watches and carnages. IfitisUesira !!e te retain the tixes en the national hanks, which yield the state nearly three bundled and fifty thousand dollars a-i nually, this " tax en personal property ' cannot be abolished, as the acts of (Jen .'.ties--, eicating the national banks, forbid their being subject te any greater tax than i:-: imposed up.m " ether moneyed capital " in the state. Thcie is no tax for state pur pases en real estate. Except certain cor porate bendK aud stocks, and the read beds ai.d shops aud mechanical devices of lailre-.ids, all properly in the slate is liable te local taxes, ler city, county, school, peer ami read purposes, llie laws ler their levy and clleoJien ate substantially uniform, sufficiently itale.srirl by t'n people, and tbsir full x-icutien depends en the liilelity and nerve of the lee il olli elli eer and the temper of the taxpayeis. In i his distribution of buitbens between the "tate and the lee il subdivisions,! am i ware of no instance in which any com munity or inter -st s.uiiers any lelative in justice, amieui.'!i ludeiimte claims are made te that cflVcf. I cannot conceive hew ' horizontal equality " of taxation is te be secured txcept by details se minute, i.npiisiterial and vexatious, as te be dis dis listefulte the jiteple, ineflieacieus, and i ut of all proportion re the result0- accom accem jilished. If all the taxis of all the people, ler all purpesi'.s in the whole siate. were accumulated into I'm siate trea U"y, no scheme of rcdis'ribtitiuii cm be devised which cniilii reacn the glowing needs, tiie eenflicting claims and changing equities of (liferent localities. It. will be a datigc:e.is departure 'iem the habits and customs of the people ti ilet.ey the autonomy of local government in this nmnicip.tl .subdi visions. Tii at pi the single ease of the public schools, the state takes out of its lira; ii... .u ry an. l hands, school di.-jtri'.;ls, (net back, but), te one million deilars annually, and has se fixed is uiialter..b,y in the e isiiin'i jn,;:s te tcstuy its ueicrnvti.i lien thaMh.-re shall be no shortcomings iu duty te an interest, vita! te the districts and the state as a win !e. Tiieie :i'e no serious lubehicl's iu th. system te ces root, and no violent remedies need te be : ji plied. Adjustments and adap atieus will be Fiiggcsied by cxpeiicnce irem time te time. This is the theory upon which the revenue bills, te be submitted te you by the commission, 'provided for in lbSl, have been constructed. There is, however, a safe and practica ble scheme by which iheru might, new be a partial redistribution of the burthens of taxatiea. Under the present and prospje prespje t ive levcnues of the state, larger sunu go annually into the sinking luud than can bu availably used. There are requiiid fiem it, the interest en the state debt and the extinguishment each year of at least two hundred aud lifty thousand dollars of the principal of the public debt, according te the previsions of the censtitutieu. Un der existing statutes the fund is swelled by t-.'xes largely in excels of thrae de mauds. Opinions differ as te the greater cr less rapidity with which the state debt ;iit,hl te be paid off. We have no debt maturiu!: until 1S92, except an an.mal ;ra: unit of two hundred find liffcy thcu.i.uid dollar?. If tin. money in the sinking fund i-; te be employed iu buying the bends of the United" States or this stale te any great"r extent, it cm eny be lene new by going into t lie open market aud puich.is iug th'.-in at lUe laige iirt-miums relenr 1 te 1 .reuld recommend, therefore, adive---l.'ii of lumls which corae into the state s.raa sury from the sinking fund te the gener al fund, except only the sums demanded for payment of interest ami the constitu tional requirement, as -te prir.cipil, te etiiei with such additional reserve as prudence anil the contemplation of fuither moderate reduction of the debt might in dicate. A ftcr subserving all these pur poses the state treasury would still, if es timatfd revenues held out, be in such a pjsitien of sti-jugLh as te dispvi-e ivieh t,iie taxes derived from some or all el the following sources : Tavern licenses, letaii ers' license.-:, etti tig-heuse lireus-s and bilii.ml licenses. The revemi-s derived from these licenses, whic'i new gees Inte the state treasury, cjiiltl be left, in th'5 lieasuiics of the various iwunt'e wh: i3e it coaies, and would, te that extent, .e .e lijve the p.:ople from le.-al taxes f-.- th" sujipert of their ceuits, and for ether county uses. lam pcrsiuided that the ii n.inccs of the state will, with nit inc eive nience, permit these taxes te !e divited fi em the state treasury te the tieismies of the i cspective counties. I'LIILIU SCHOOLS. The reports of Dr. E. E. Iligb v. i up-n-i.iteudcnt of public instruction, deal in a full, clear and Kitisfactery manner, with our great system of common schools. Yeu will fi'd much gratification in his ellieial piepontatien of the maguitude anil pre giess of the weik in this department. It may stimulate our coulidcuce and our prida in the system te glance at senu of the statistics which it presents : The animal expenditures of all kinds v.creS,2ti,J,2M.54. Thovalueof school property 28J:UG,OGO. Appropiiatien uylhe3tale te the common schools Nermal .-vlioe's Soldiers' orphan Schools .$1,0 m,e m in .. S2.II 11,111 .. :;si,7tii.i. $l,!C3,7t;i l.'i The number of school directors is Hi teen thousand ; there are nearly twenty-two thousand teachers, and the number of pupils enrolled is nine hundred and lifty thousand. Te these extensive agencies, we may add the numerous academies, cel- and universities, which are su: puled by voluntary contributions and private patronage, in which ether thous ands of young men and women are making preparations for the various callings and professions of our social life. As the, superintendent welisajn: "This work :; 'eiug en without p'-mp or glitter, in the small houses that dot our hills and valleys, unseen and unheeded by the gad ding world ; yet it is felt at every heartb heartb heartb stone of the commonwealth, and holds quiet possession of thchome-heaits ofeiu communities, and, if rightly directed and sanctified by the truth, its beniseu there must be ila best recognition and reward." It is happily made te appear that the common school and high school, pievidcii ir by state anil local taxation, are in tended, in no" sense, te exclude, or ceme into antagonist with, the academic cul ture provided by the voluntary educational tendencies cf the people The state com pels a certain amount of elementary train ing, and, in the flexibility of the system, permits school directors te carry their high scltoe's te any grade of scholarship de. mauded, or assented te, by their local taxpayers. They are, iu these regards, entirely in the discretion of the people of the several districts. Upen this basis, extensions of the work are te be niade by private enterprise. But nowhere are these agencies in conflict. The bend of con- neotieu between them, while net a le'al one, is a vital one, and comes thr..ugh the popular impulse towards education. The estate of learning throughout the whole commonwealth thus comes te have organic wholeness, and te be pervaded by one common life. I concur in the recommendation of the superintendent that the minimum time during which the public schools should be e. --J each year, rlieuld le enlarged te six months ; as also, that the appropriation maue by the state te each district should be distributed en the basis of the average number of children iu attendance, rather than en the basis of taxab'.cs in the re sprctive districts, as is new the law. The state normal schools will doubtless be constrained te present their condition and their claims te the Legislature. Seme of them are badly involved in debt, and e: hers which have contracted no serious indebtedness are without adequate equip ment. These schools are an important and valuable part of the educational work of the ctate. During tha past four yca-s tiie appropriations te Ihcse schools, by the state, have been distributed te them en the apparent equity of each case. The payments thus made have net been abso lute, but for their amounts, liens have eceu taken, in iaver et the state, against ihe property of the schools. L think this policy should b'; continued until all the tchoeis are relieved of any indebtedness, net imprevidcully contracted, and their equipment (airly equalized. In that event, these normal schools should be brought, te a greater extent, under the ujutrel of the state. Thereafter they should be welt sustaining, and net expect thai the state should come te their aid in definitely. The soldiers' orphan schools are new. by law, under the superintendency of the department of public iustiuctien. The reports show them in a healthy condition, physically, intellectually aud morally. Theie are new two thousand nine hundred and sixt-tJiee children in these schools. 15y existing law it is provided that they shall be finally closed en June 1, 18S5. It is estimated that, at that date, there will be en their rolls, seventeen hundred an 1 seventy children. Whatever action this, or ether general assemblies may take in enlarging the classes who may receive this form of the state bounty, some pre vision ought new te be made for the chil dren who will be actually in the charge of the stale in 1S85. It can s- irecly be eon een temp!,tud that they are te be dismissed sutnit.arily without homes or help, and the sehe-.Is closed abruptly. Such response te ih grateful iiiut humane instincts which inspired this maguiliceut form of the stale's beneficence, would make its ending unworthy of the years of effort and expenuilure which have been se grandly sustained, without regret, by the people. IKDUSTKIAIi KUt'OKMATOKY AT HUNTIXU DON. I5y ivu act of the general Atsmibly, ap proved en the Sth day of June, 1881, it, was directed that a state industrial rc rc rc foimatery should be constructed and erected en the properly of the state at Huntingdon, and which had been pur chased for the purpese of a penitentiary. In carrying out the terms of this act, a beard of eotumssiencrs has been appointed, which has determined upon and adopted suitable plans for the necessary buildings and has made contracts for seme of them. When completed, they will embrace about ten acres of the premises enclosed by a guard wall, four wards for the dormitories for llve hundred inmates, chapel, school rooms, and the various buildings and structures in which different industiial anil mecii iiiiual pursuits are te be carried en. Of these, the foundations of the walls have been laid. The cxtorier walls of one ward and one school building have been nearly completed. The water supply and l!,e main culverts draining the prcimse into the Juniata river have been pro vided. All this work is of the most com plete description, and has becu faithfully and honestly done. The details of the plans have bejn adopted in view of the special uses of the reformatory. They have been agreed upon, after the most thorough examina tion of the whole subject, both by the oemrsisiouers and their architects, and have becu the result of visits te like insti tutions in ether states. I am persuaded they embody the latest and wisest ex ex pcricuce in its relation te the scheme. f he statute referred te enacts, that when completed, " the beard of managers shall receive and take into said reformatory all male criminals between the a,;e of fifteen and twenty-live, aud net known te hava b.-en previously sentenced te a peniten tial y or state prison in this or any ether state, who shall ba legally sentancad te said icforinatery ou conviction of any ci iinina! offense in any court having juris diction thereof." " The said industrial reformatory shall be constructed te ac commodate at least live hundred prisoners and in such a way as te admit of their classification and their instruction and employment in useful l.ibnr." This in struotieii will include mental, moral, and industrial education, which, combined in an orderly and systematic course, under lies the whole theory. I deem it unneces sary te urge again the vibws upon this subject embraced iu my bi-enuial message of 1881. Their soundness and practica bility have, siiice that date, bceu strongly justified by further examination, and by practical experience which reaches us from many ether states aud countries. Ne serious doubt has been suggested affecting, unfavorably, the vahn of fie undertaking. The act itself was passed upon the unanimous report of a join; com- mittee et the bcuate anil ilouse el Uepre sentatives at the last session ; and it secured the cordial indorsement of both Houses. The construction and mainten ance el such an institution may be regard ed as part of the settled policy et" the state. The details of the work, done and contemplated, will mere fully appear iu the leperL of the commission submitted te you. It is the only public building new being elected by the state. The Eastern aud Western pouiteutiaries will, upeu its completion, be largely lclicvcd of inmates wiie are new crowding their capacity. It will be a wise and true economy te pro vide for the complele erection and equip, ni-iit of this institution, and te make the necessary appropriations therefer net for present expenditure but te be applied te buildings, the designs of which must new be settled upeu ; the uses of which are te be new contemplated, and the parts of which are te be treated, at last, as a whele, with a uuilicd purpose miming through it. The commission in charge of the undertaking have been unwearied in their efforts te carry out the oxpresscd iu tcnt of the Lsislature, and se devoted te its successful accomplishment, that in very virtue of their wise and faithful man agement hitherto, their recommendations will attract your approval. l'ESITESTIARIES. There are two penitentiaries iu the state one iti Allegheny and ene in Philadel phia. The Western penitentiary has been in process of rebuilding for several years, at a cost of several hundred thousand dol lars. The ceurse of treatment pursued there is that known as the cengregate syfctem. Its official direction is complete and satisfactory, and upon its entire re organization in its new buildings, it may safely be committed te the continued sup ervision of its present management. The Eastern penitentiary has reached about its limit of cell capacity. It is con ducted en the separate conlincment or in dividual treatment system. It has net met with the uniform approval of th m.-.c who claim te be specialists iu this branch of political economy, and social science I nenirrnsscs occasionally assume te cau- I demn its mode of dealing with its inmates, s. for mero than fifty years, held consistently te the statute creating it. Much as the system has been controvert ed, I deem it just, as ene who has given some atteutieu te this subject, te say, that for convicts who have deliberately joined the criminal class for thesn whose age or repeated conviction render them amenable te puuitive rather than reformatory methods and ter theso against whose violent passions or confirmed habits society can liuil no protection but in in carceratien, me separate system auenis the most complete opportunities of treat ment, and yields the best attainable re sults. There is no occasion te enter into the controversy which has long been car ried en between the advocates of the congrcgate and the separate svstems of prison discipline. But te the Hen. Richard Vaux, who for forty years has continuous ly exercised the olhee et inspector, aud te his associates, is due the credit of demon strating that the system of "solitary ceutinemenr," as practiced in the Eastern penitentiary, is net only a reproach te the civilization of Pennsylvania, but that as a penitentiary, and for certain classes of criminals, it is as wise, as humane, and as effective as auy yet devised. Iu neither of the penitentiaries in this state has there ever been an attempt yet made te administer them en the vulgar, wicked, unworthy consideration of mak ing thum sen sustaining, in nciciier el them has it been forgotten that even the convict is a human bciug, and that his body aud soul are net se the preperty of the state, that both may hi crushed out in tiie effort te reimburse the state the cost of his scanty feed, and at the cud of his term, what then is left of him, be dis missed, an enemy of humau society, KEi.'UKM SCHOOLS. Tiicic are 'two institutions iu the state for the iv form of juvenile offenders the state refeim school at Morgan.".;!, Wash ington county, and t'm house of icfuge at Philadelphia. The latter is a private cor poration, te which tha slate gives liuaucial aid and ellieial inspection, but in which it has no administrative control. It is ful lilling the purpese of its erection with substantial success. The reform ."choel at Mergauza was originally a local institution, but its prop erty and its control are new in the bauds of the state. The property consists of a valuable farm of several hundred acres, in a high state of cultivation, well construct ed brick buildings, containing family rooms, dormitories and work shops, capa b!e of aoce'ifii tdaling about live hundred boys aud .:U. In addition te labor ou the farm, i npleyntiut is given en the premises in many forms of trades indus try. Schools are open daily for all the inmates. The discipiine was found te be linn and parental. It is a pleasure te as sure you, that after making, in company with a number of gentlemen qitalilied te judge, an ellieial inspection of similar in stitutions in several of the states, which had received judicious approval from per sons familiar with the appliances needed in siuh schools, we found our own school at Mergauza easily and decidedly the su perior in discipline, comfort and etlieieucy te any we had seen. The directors and superintendent of this institution deserve commendation for restoring it te a condi tion of the greatest usefulness. STATE l UAIUTIKS. The state has in operatiou five hospitals for the care of the insaue at Norristewu, llarrisburg, Danville, Warren and Dix Dix meut. Tire latter is net strictly a state institution, but receives liberal aid Irem the state. Iu them are accommodations for nearly four thousand patients. The buildings have cost, several millions of dellais, and arc constructed in view of the largest experience In all of them certain Slims are required of the state for annual maintenance Fer the indigent iusane, the proper county or peer district re imburses a certain portion of the expense, lu general, the state receives in return something mere than half the cost of sup port. Some of the hospitals are over crowded, ethers have a paucity of inmates dispropertioned te their capacity for treatment. It i- evident tint the state has made a much broader prevision for this class than will be actually required in many years. The beard of public charities have been, year after year, iayiug their reports, miiiute anil caieful in their facts aud recommendations, before the Legisla Legisla tuie, but they have rce -ived no adequate attention. Ne criticism is intended of the management of any one of these institu tions. Still it is admitted thai iu se vast a sehonie of charity, these is a want of sys eom and uuity iu administration which needs legislative action, 'i'lieie ought te be uniform char; s mad.' against town ship and county authorities by all the hospitals, te prevent what the beard justly call " a pernicious spirit of rivalry and underbidding, ending in lowering the staudard of institutional care, and linally bringing it down te the level of the ordin ary almshouse." Previsions should be made for transferring patients from the overcrowded institutions, and, if need be, the whole system of " districts " broken up. Abeve all, the Legislature should hit upeu seme general principle upon which appropriations are te be made te them for maintenance Othcrwise, the uudue ur gency of seme ene institution, or the com bined ingenuity and persistence et all together, may lead either te an inequita ble distribution of your bounty, ou the ene baud, or an utterly extravagant ene en tle ether. Such a uniform rule it will net le hard te discover. As there is, at disposal of the beard of pubic charities, no fund with which te carry their inquiries beyond the range of state institutions, I requested a commis sion of gentlemen, expeits in medicine, law aud technical treatment and manage ment, who proposed te de se at their own expense, '-te examine into the present systems, aud inquire into the legislation and cxpjriouee of ether states and coun tries, aud te make report of their investi gations, conclusions and rcKbmmcndalieus, for the further protection of the insane." These investigations extended te " the care, mode of introduction into public and private asylums, general scope of ticat- ..nf ,rtlf. rif cnnnruininn "nil ri,livir " Their report, iu the form of " a bill," I transmit te you. It has involved a vast unniint nf rnsfiarnb. labor, and exii!nsr which the gentlemen of the commission have voluntarily uuuergeue. It is accom panied with a transcript of the laws of every state and territory iu tne union, and with translations of the French and Ger man laws. The English laws have been fully studied. The information which has been thu5 gained, aud by great familiarity with institutions for the insane in many of the states of Europe, has been availed of, in order te give excellence te the scheme of legislation en this question. I commend it te you as legislation suited te the civilization under which we live. In 1870, the Legislature directed the erection of a state hospital for injured persons of the anthracite coal region, for the counties of H.-huy Ikill, Carben, North umberland, Celuti :.'. and Dauphin. This institutiju is iiffi complete. The buildings are well arrauged, the site is au cligible"ene, and the puipese3 of the act seem likely te be successfully reached. The trustees took possession of the prem ises iu A pi il last. Deeming it impeitaut that t!;e hospital should be promptly It h opened, and the buildings leiiig uuprevi ded with the necessary furniture and appliancea, they have advauced the funds required. In the situation of affairs,thou, this was a discreet and judicious exercise of their functions, and its propriety will be recognized. Iu the incomplete eon ditien of the hospital grounds, further appropriations must be made iu this be half. Besides these state institutions, very liberal appropriations have been made in the interests of the detective clxsses iu i li st ut ions net under state control. These are pure charities, aud have, in the main, been made en the basis of the number of the wards which the statu has placed iu them. In this work, the state has only undertaken te supplement the work of private charity and benevolence. These institutions are the " Pennsylvania Working Heme for Blind Men," tha " Pennsylvania Institution for Instruction of Blind," both in Philadelphia ; " Train ing Scheel for Feeble Minded Children." at Media oue of the most interesting and beneficent of all the charities in the state ; ' Pennsylvania Institution for Instruction of Deaf aud Dumb," at Philadel phia ; " Wcsteru Pennsylvania In stitution for Instruction of Deaf and Dumb," at Pittsburgh. At the best, the state undertakes te previde for only a very insiguilicaut proportion of our fellow citizens stricken withthesa dis abilities. It will scarcely occur te us th it any consideration should weaken the bu bu maue impulses under which we have hith erte lent aid te cheerless lives. Some thousands of dollars were, also, apprepri ated te purely private hospitals, iu whic'i were no state patients, iu the different cities of the state Pittsburgh, Williams Williams pert, Wilkesbarre, Scrauten, Yerk and II trrisburg. pcnr.u; iieaiids. Among the me-it important agencies of the state is the bjard of pu'ilie eharitie-.. 1 is their duty, at all times, te leek into and examine the condition of all charit able, reformatory, or correctional institu tions within the state, financially and eti.erMse, te inquire aud examine into their uu-theds of instruction, the govern ment and management of their inmates, the ellieial conduct of trustees, directors and ether eflicers and employees of the same, the condition of the buildings, gieuuds and ether prepcity connected therewith, and into all ether matters pertaining te their uso use fuhifH'S and geed management. They are the eyes and ears of the people who, themselves, rarely venture into for bidding precincts or behind prison walls. The.-.e am very important functions. They are, te be performed without pay. Se far as is possible with the means placed a', their disposal, they have been done with a full measure of diligence, thoroughness, and intelligence,. This is evidenced, from time te time, by their reports laid before you. At the last session of Congress an act was passed levying a tax of fifty cents for each person net a citizeu of the United State-', who shall come from any foreign poi s te any pert within the United States. The money thus collected constitutes a fund, te be used under the direction of the seciv tary of the treasury, in defraying the ex -p-euses of the relief of immigrants arriving in disttess, and provides for the luainteu ance of any lunatic, pauper, or ether poi son unable te take care of himself without becoming a public charge The act also provides that all foreign convicts, except, theso charged with political offenses, shall, upon arrival, be sent back te the nation te which they belong. At my recemnien la la tieo the state beard of charities wasdesi-.: nated by the secretary of the treasury te execute the previsions of the act. Vain able relief will ceme te our prisons and almshouses by an effective discharge of this duty. The state beard of agriculture is quietly doing a work which mighu deservedly at tiat-t ire te public interest and attention. Ii, is a medium thr-uigh which information important, te the fanner, the fruit grower, and the stock raiser can be disseminated. As there has been occasion t'? say before, '.no papers read before its meetings ara weithy ef'.ip rmanent rceeid, and snt means for wider and mero appropriate dis tribution should be devised The ngLiifc appointed te execute the act of May 1, lv7l), " te prevent the npicad of contagious or infectious plenre pncumiinia at ig eat tic in th's state," lias effectually eradicated the disease iu the slate, ami at a much Ws expense than a like weik i-as been done, iu any of the neighboring Males. The bend of comuiissiene K of the ropeit for the mainly s coin! ecological sur l.l!0 of their work and their estimates future The unfinished survey i eeiilin d te the anthracite coat region . 11 tasens are assigned for the dii.iy and in creased cost of this portion of the work, and the letter press and mapi illustrating it. . They siy : ' I Jut such work cannot Le done within 'he time nor for the money named in our former estimate It will iu quire at least three inure yeais and fifty theuKuiid dell i:s. Whether the L-gtsI . tore vill be willing In expend that amett'i' for the benefit of an interest the most :u iiir. t. int in the stale in fact, the most in-, peitaut of tiie kiiu: in the known world, and which has contributed te thy st:te treasury, directly and indiiectly, million:, of dollars iu taxation is net for thi-i beard te say. If net, the weik will be wound up as well as pecKilde, leaving about two-thuds of the anthracite region unsurvcyed." When it is reflected tha:. the cemmere1;'! results of this survey have been te bring into thb; stale millions upon millions e; i:.eneyfir invest mnj' in anthracite and bituminous coals', iron i , and ether minerals, aud iu iclaled raiii'K.id :"-.d tran.-.pertatem enterprises, and that thi.i effect "ame fp-m confidence in tl-e scientific accuracy e: the work of this beard, I trust you w.'I Fee reasons te pro vide for the completion of this grc.t ai 1 hiti r ;-tl:ig undert-iki r. Thus, trent'emen. you have, at a single view, a history, i'i its entirety, of the i-du o-.tienal, jenal, C aritabie, and economical work carried en by the state. Te this weik was apprupiiatcd, by the Legislatuie in 1881, for annual expemii- tuie, sums as fellows Kilnca! ienal j).iia,7(;i i.i . riT.ins 7.1 . itii.ir.i .-i Penal.. j Liiarlmii.e.. t-,"'I-.'U7 Z With the exception of and iudicial depaitmcnts, the legislative, and the interest en the public debt. Ihc.v) institutions em brace all the principal objects upeu which the meney of the state is expended. The future proi-ccutien of this work is se exclusively in the control of year own judgment and wisdom, that it becomes me te offer no further suggestions. Large sums of menay are disbursed annually in these interests. It is dene by beards and trustees and inspectors appointed from the body of our fellow citizens, and rigorously free from partisan politics. They steadily give their time, their skill, and their ex ex pcrience te these public trusts, and that without compensation. Within my ktiowJedge, there has net, iu all of them, been a dollar of public meney misappro priated or lest by misconduct or improvi dence. 1 6 J3 en exhibition of rectitude and fidelity ti the cmimen weal which should stir ih te a proud and cheerful
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