Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1877 — Page 12

SUPPLEMENT

HENDRICKS'S LAST.

The Houses Meet Ik Joint Convention to Listen to Executive Eloquence. The Governor Addresses His Final Mcs sage to the Legislature. An Exhaustive Review of State Matters and Brief Reference to National Affairs. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning the two houses of the h-glslature met in Joint session In the hull of the house of representatives. The room was crowd.-d with spectators, tunny ladle being present. Governor William oc cupied a seat at the speaker's desk. Oovernor Hendricks was escorted to the hall hy the committee appointed for the purpose, anil read hin message as follows: Gentlemen of the Senate and IIou.se of Ileprc-sentatlv-: In this communication I wish to put you in possession, n fully and clearly as I cnn. of the present financial condition of the state, and of Hie nianagciuoni 01 me suvie liisiiiuiious, aim of the several state office during tue past two year. For detailed Information, I must refer you to the several report! herewith Huhmlttcd HTATK REVENUES. The assessed vidua of the taxable lands and improvements in the Mate In 1ST' was SL'l.lli, 73; of railroads, f-CS.Wlt; of other corjxiratlons, $ 1,015,503; of telegraph eompnnles, $173,'Ml, and of personal property, Ji't't.WiT.l 7, mäkln a total of the taxable property of the state, $tfC,7.ß.783. This shows a decrease in value of J.7,ll7,ti:. The appraisement or real estate made in l75wlll remain unclniiiK.il for five years, under the act of February 11, 1875. The assessment of r rsoii-il jroperty and corporate f rope rty mode In 187B shows a decrease since S75.The returns made in 1875 show t wo h u nd red and eighty-two thousand three hundred and ninety-one persons in the state who are subject toa personal or poll tax of fifty centseach. The assessments of property amounting to $85t7,73H.7S3, and the personal or mII tax constitute our lmpt "tant sources or revenue. UECEIPTS AND K-TfENDITURK. Trier was In the treaanry, Octoter 31, 171, r.llU.j.7. During me year ending October öi, 1875. there was received for stat purposes lis revenue Jlßtt.O'jy.TS. 1 urLng the year ending October .HI, 1ST, there was received for state purjses $1.277 .tf78.73. During the same years, then? was received on account of the benevo lent institutions $mjM'2Ji. This sum was real lased rrom tiny lalor of the inmates and from individuals and counties pursuant to law. The payments from the treasury during the two years ending October öl, 187, for reve nue reruiideu, lor ordinary exveudlture and for lienevolent, educational and penal institu tions amounted to fJ,ls,7IS.'ij. lurinp; the aame two years, pursuant to the act of Ilecein Der 1-, tsiz, mxiy-nve nonis with their coupons have been -surrendend and paid. amounting to T7U).SMW. Twenty-nine are yet outstanding, some not having become due and others not presented for payment. For a more particular description ot the bonds and cou pons, w hich have been paid, I refer you to the detailed lists thereof, which tecompanv the reports of the auditor of state for 1873 and 176. For a statement of the receipt and expenditures on account of the several trust funds, I refer you to the same reports. STATE PEBT. The rtate Is indebted as follows: Five per cent, certificates, state stock J1G,W9 9!) Two and one-half per cent, certillcates, state stock .- 3,285 13 fit per cent, war loan bonds, due lsl - 131,000 00 Twenty-nine old bonds required to be paid by the act of December 12. lsTi 23.OU0 00 The accumulated Interest upon the twenty-nine old bouds should be Added, but I have no means of accurately ascertaining the amount. The sum will not be large. Seven per cent, temporary loan bonds due April 1, 187 200,0(10 00 . l ue temporary loans at seven and eight per cent, made under the act f March 10, 1873, which became due April 28, 1878, and December 1, 1ST, amounting to $710,000 have been discharged, and six per cent, bonds in lieu thereof have been issued under authority Vf the act of March 12, 1875, HSfoiToflTS: r?lx per cent, temporary loan bonds dne April I, 1879. $510,000 000 Six per cent, temporary - loan bonds due December 1. 1879 3)0.900 00 8710,000 00 Total indebtedness of the state ...fl.ICT.T 12 . The indebtedness of the state to the school lund is evinced by five non-negotiable bonds payable by the state and amounting to j.i.wn 783,21. That is known as the domestic debt and represents that much of the school fund wnieli was n sea by tue state authorities am for which the state is responsible to that fund under the constitution. For a particular de scrtption of the bonds, iheirdatesand amounts, I refer you to the report of the auditor of mate. In obedience, to the requirement of section four of an act entitled "An act to provide for tne Issums oertincatos in cases of the casual destruction of outstanding state bonds and of duplicates In coses of the casual destruction of " ... S. .. . i.V. V . ...... n , .rvVS. 1 . . , ls55, I have to report that, on the 21st day of jpm, iffo, me governor, auditor and treasurer of state authorized, payment to be made to A Goettel fcCo. In the sum of J10.000 In discharge of original certificate No. 958 of Indiana state stock shown to have been destroyed while outeianuiDg. PUBLIC PRIXTINO. Under the act of March 13, 1875, the bureau of public printing waaorganlzed, with Charles Jt . Hatchlnson, tL., an Its clerk. During the 16 months after its organization, the cost of pub lic printing uranuniwi ro iixjt&ijjl, and tne stationery for the public offices to $1,2x7.4, making the total for printing and stationery $lö,löö.05. The report of the secretary of state Rives a detailed statement of the expendftnrefl or printing and stationery. His statement and estimate for the balance of the year, as compared with the expenditures for eleven f ears preceding, shows a saving to the state in wo years of over seventy thousand dollars. I call your attention to the statements and recommendations of the secretary of state In relation to the proceedings for the sale of certain state lands ander the act of March 11. 1875; In relation to obtaining the original records, or copies, of the patents made by the trustee of the Wabash and Krie canal of the lands con veyed to them by the state and by them sold to citizens; In relation to Indexing and supervising the printing of the senate and house Journals by his offlc s; and in relation to the establishment In bis oflioe of a bureau of statistics. His recommendations should receive your careful consideration. Your attention Is also called to the financial statements carefully and accurately made by the treasurer of state in his able rejtorts. The report of the attorney general give elaborate and satisfactory statements of the proceedings of his offle and of the moneys collected through 1U instrumentality. There are many duties devolved upon the state librarian. His report show that they have been carefully and etliclently discharged. THR SCHOOLS. I ask your careful examination of the report made by the superintendent of public Instruction and your consideration of the suggest long and recommendations made by him. The oondiMon of the schools and of the revenues by which they are sustained is clearly and accurately giaUd. Original tables, the result of much and careful laLor, present lit succinct form the result of our system of common education In every locality of the state, fcnd add greatly to the interest and usefulness of the report. The enumeration of 187H shows the total number of white chl'dren 6tX,tW, and of colore children 10At, making a total of t79,2.i0, being an increase since last year of 11,401. The number of wi.it children enrolled in tiie schools isiu7, and of colored children C,Ji3, making in all-jlJ. There are ,4.14 school houses in th stau, and their aggregate value la $ll.ti.ß7. There are 13,317 white teachers and 91 colored now employed, making in II 13,UL Of the teachers T&l arc males and

.".( are females. Th school fund of the statu

is as follows: Common school fund lu ld by c iuuties, June, levi i.,)-.ii Noii-im vUAt)H- bomb 3,'.HH,7tCl 11 t. oiigrewiouul township school lUil'l 2,112,100 K) Total permanent fund.... fs7i72 I I Tlds statement shows an increase during th past two years of Jl.')!l,.VJ.M. 1 in revenue reiill7.ed dining the yesr ending Juiih lsTti, to lie usetl in the support of the scho ils is distinct from the foregoing permanent fuud, and is ha follows: Amount derived from state tax for the year t ndlng NovciiiImt 1. 187j..Jlj77'53 IS Amount derived from interest on common school fund hfld by count lc to November 15, 17.'. lfJ,271 52 The interest paid by the Mato on noti-iu'vot luble bonds 2.'iip7 00 Amount deiivel trout unclaimed f.t s, tc 3.200 8o AniouLt of cong regional township sciiool revenue rejKirted by county auditor 181,1V SO Amount of local tuition tux collcted to November 15, 17 7tjS,ll2 II Amount of proceeds of liquor 11censisreportid....:. 217yli. 2S Total amount of tuition nue - reve,.3,17.,l.Vi 77 This Is probably the last messiige which will address to the legtlat ure, and 1 leg to reMat wh vt I said in my inaugural address font jearsjigo: 4,I need not tltge you to extend M protc-ting and fosti-ring hand over our 1're sclKMils, and fo guard with anxious care the funds that support thun. Coining, as you do, from amoug the people, you can not be 1 rid literent to an Influence so important to their welfare and to the true dignity and strength of the state." I would not now abate anything from any sentiment which I then expressed, but my observation since coming into olllce convinces in that the danger to our policy and system of common school education is not to bo apprehended from any want of popular Interest therein, nor from any reluctance ou the part of the eople or their representatives to linnet the necessiry expenses thereof, but from n discontent which is sure to arise ahould there ba carelessness and extravagance in t lie expenditure of the money provided for its support. The permanence and prosperity of ihn common school require economy and tlllclency in Uieir management. STATE NO K. MAL SCHOOL. The appropriation made by the. la t legislature for the completion of the normal school building lias leen carefully and economically axpended, and the work well done. For a lull statement of the expenditures of the instltu t Ion I refer you to the report of Judgi Hcott, the treasurer of the )oard. Of an Indebtedness con tract d by the former management tin; sum of 41,513.25 remains unpaid. 1 recommend that rrovlfdon be made tor its payment. The grounds upon which the building stands rliüuld be ft iiccil, nnd n appropriation suffi cient for that uroe should be made. INDIANA VNIVEItMTY. For a statement of the management and condition of the state university, and of the expenditures in us suj'ikiit, j reier you to tue reiort oi the trustees ana omcers oi tue insu tuiion. rt'KDt'K UNIVKKSITV. Ina statement so brief as I would be com pelled to make, the history, organization and present condition of Purdue university could not be given. In each of these particulars the report made by President White is very full and exact, and I refer you to it fr the infor mation necessary to guide your action in respect to that institution. I will repeat what I said to the last legislature: "I nave taken much interest in tills institution and have given to it management all the attention I could bttitow. .hh1 faith and policy require that It be maue suecesuiu auu to accomplish the lienertcent puriose of the grant. In the language of the grant, it is intended to 'promote the liberal and practical education oi the ludtibt rial classes In the several pursuits and professions of life.' It is the tropic's nnivertiy ami I commend it to your wutchiui aud lus tering care." HOSriTAL KOK THE INSANE. The last two reports of the commissioners and superintendent cover a icrlod of two years, 1 rot a November 1, 1874, to November 1, 176. At the commencement of that period there were t..' patients in the institution, and at the close ouo. During that period v.nj patients were discharged and !27 admitted. During the nrst year mere were i aeatus and during tiie last 7J. Of those discharited during the two years 516 were discharged as recovered, 50 as Improved, 105 as not lmprovet and two a not insane. The espervlltures during the two years for maintenance. Including clothing, salariea and wages, amounted to Jf''O.d.ttj'l. I call your attention to the recommendation of the superintendent for an appropriation to construct a telegraph line connecting the Institution with the lire department of this city. ii is imporiani io prevent serious loss uy nre. Under the act of March 11. 1875. providing for the construction upon the hospital farm of additional buildings, 1 appointed Dr. James . Anion as one oi tne commissioners of the provisional board. His great experience in the management of the hospital enabled him to render valuable service to the state, eslecialiy in deciding upon the plan for the UCW building. Upon Iiis death, which occurred October 25, 1875, 1 appointed Dr. Kobert N. Todd, of Indianapolis, as his successor. The provisional board has given close attention to the duties Imposed by the law. All the plans, propositions and contracts were carefully considered and scrutinized. The plan adopted was presented by Dr. Everts, and la of a building of six distinct hospitals of ishaped sections connected one with another by means of towers. Ventilation and light in every part of the structure and security from fire are carefully provided for. The walls are nearly completed. Ihe work is well done, of crnorl material and nt economical rot.. a Tho expenditure amount to S5i3s.5i. For the de tails tu the progress or tne work, and for the amount necessary to complete the bullding, I refer you to the reports of the superintendent and architect, and I recommend thatvou pro vide for its completion during this year. This is called tor Dy tue wants or tne unfortunate class for whom it is Intended to provide. TIIK IN.STITrTK FOR TIIE BLIND. The entire nnmber of pupils enrolled at this institute during the year ending October 31, 1875, was one hundred and sixteen ; and during the year ending October 31, 187, one hundred and six. The report do not enable me to say with accuracy what has been the average attendance, but It has probably been about one hundred. It is stated in the trustees' report of 1875, that an attendance of one hundred and three "fully exhausts the proper capacity of the institute with It present building accommodation." The expenditure lor the years 1875 and 1876, each year closing October 31, amount to Stöh;5ö, of -which $1,971.31 was for const ruction and repairs. Assuming that the average attendance has been one hundred and three, the expenditures have been equal to hree hundred and eight dollars per annum, ana nearly six dollars per week lor each puplL INSTITUTION FOR KDVCATtNG TUE DEAF AND DUMB. The average number of pupils la attendance during tiie past two years has been two hundred and ninety-nine. The expenditures during that period amounted to 5121,028.27. The report or the superintendent for 1874 stated the fact that the increase of deaf mutes in the state was in a ratio exceeding that of the Increase of the population. The number of applicants for admission to the Institution, as shown by the report for 1S75 and 1876, Justify the opinion that such Increase does not continue. The malignant sickness to which he attributed the increase, has been less prevalent for a few years post, and we may indulge the hope that the number of deaf mute entitled to an education from the state will not increase, but for a while may decrease. TUE SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' HOME. This institution is an asylum for he orphan children of decased soldiers. It is alsq a school for their education. It also seeks to provide for them permanent and good homes among the people. It is an object of permanent interest, and I am gratified at being able to say that daring the t o years ending October 31, 1878, its general management has been admirable, and Its school now compare well with the better class of school throughout tiie state. During that period the number of children provided for in the institution has averaged two hundred and ninety-four. About fifty havebeen admitted each year and a like number discharged, making In all for each year three hundred and fifty. The judgment, skill and kindness in taking care ofthat number of children for a period of two years are shown . in the fact that but three deaths have occurred at the Institution. The expenditure I regulated by permanent lawrilxlng it at two dollars per week for each child. The salaries of the officers, amounting to $2,110 per annum, are paid under authority of the permanent appropriation in the law establishing the home. 1 call your particular attention to tne

recommendation of the auditor of stab In resix-ct to the management of the ts-nevoleiit institutions. 1 ngreti With htm that they should be nun h more t conomleiilly administered. The t'X)Miis-H should be reduced at least in prnMrt loti to the reihic-d cost ol the supplies and to correspond somewhat to the habits of close economy v hifh the people have been cnniM-ll'd to adopt in their private ex-M-nditures. Then" lnstlt ut loiN should lie main'.ali.f d in the spirit of the const itut lonal requirement and with no abatement of care and expenditure that would impair their usefulness or lessen the MibMiUit itil comfort of th unfoitunalo chissi for kIiumi they are provided. The hospital for the Insane and the schools for the blind and the deaf mutes me the three great benevolent institutions oftliu statt. The projs-r mamigi ne-nt of the insane requir.-s theconstanl care of a large iiiimbi rof faithful attendants and the miihtvImoii of physician ol ;ood professional i.ttuhiuu iits. I he Inmates are to be car.il for as disci, msI person under treatment for their recovery, and the food must not only be nutritious t,ut sttlt-'d to each particular case. A hospital 'or the cure of the insane is !ieee-arlly an expetlsive Institution, and 1 am not prepared to say that Dr. Kvert's estimate of llt i r week for each pn t lent is too hhrh. Hut 1 will Ivethe. duty of your appropriate committees to make a 'thorough examination and ascertain whet her any proper reduet Ion can he made, any sus-riiiou expenditure struck oil". This is now the more im h: taut because ol the (act that before the next, legislature will meet the new hospital building will have been completed, and, probably, six or eight hundred tiddtsl to the bittnber or patient, and Increasing the annual expenditures SI.si.txt. The iastitutlons for the blind and for deaf, mutes an schools for their education and for teaching thctn some useful trade or business that may make them independent of the ' cliartti- of society in future lire. The education of the blind andthedcafisdlfllci.lt, because they are each lacking in an impottunt a use. Tin y require greater care, because they are less aide to tnkü care of themselves than any other children, and more teachers are required than in ordinary schools. I take these facts Into consideration, and yet the expenditures apjtear extravu triu it. The children are at the Institute but forty wiH'lts each year. During the twelve weeks of men ion in the summer t liev nre at home. The

f state. Is at no charge for clothing or transport ation. For these expenses, provision Is mado by the parents or the counties. Hy reference to the report of the superintendent of the Institute for the bliud you will see that tho cost of the cure and ehicatloii of blind children, for .the forta weeks of attendance is about f7.M) per week about S-l per person more than the expenses of the lnsan, and three times greater than the care, education and clothing of the soldiers' children at the soldiers' orphans' home. It is proper to suggest that the number of pupils is much less than that of those provided for In other institute, being but an average of one hundred and three, and thattlie exp rise, pf rcapita must necessarily be somewhat greater. Mr. Maclntlrc, the superintendent of the institution for the education of deaf mutes, estimates that your appropriation should be $21!, for each pupil, that isat the rate of 85.37 per week for the forty weeks of attendance. That is largely above the estimate for the insane hospital, and more than two and a half times greater than the ist capita expenses at the soldiers' orphans' home. The boards of trustees in charge of the benevolent lnstitutlons tlo not give that protection to the state which was intended. They make stattsl visits, hastily examine the vouchers and accounts, and look through the wards and rooms, but gtiienUly receive tlioir view and opinions from the sufverlntem tents. There is not that thorough investigation and rigid control which should prevail. I had thought of recommending that the Institutions in the immediate neighborhood of this city should bo placed l n charge of the state officers", but it has iss-n suggested thtU such a control might introduce party politics into their management, which I would regard as an Intolerable vice. Ity some change a more direct control and resjioiksibillty for the economical and proper management of these institutions should be placed upon the governor and state otliccrs. Ttiey are state institutions, supported directly from the state treasury .and should be under state? control. I rhaps it will be sufficient to place Uiem under one board, to be appointed by the governor with the approval of the senate, forbidding any partisan organliatlou ot the bjird. ft has been find is the praf tico for the superintendents and assistants to maintain their families in the institutions. I suppose it may be necessary in the hospital for the insane, but not in the other institutions. The expenses of private establishments should not be minghd with the public expenditures. Like other public officers, the superintendents and assistants should provide their homes and expenses en tirely separate irom ana outsiae lite fiubllc expenditures. That would result n a. large reduction, as I believe, in tlK expenditures, and would also allow a large increase of the number of children to be educated, by converting tiie apartments used for family purposes into rooms for the inmates. It can not be necesary that it shall cost $;so,ijuo more to take care of and educate two hundred and ninety-nine children in the institution for the deaf and dumb for forty wet ks. without any charge for clothing, than to clothe, educate and take care of two hundred and ninety-four children in the soldiers' orphans' home for fifty-two week. It is due the commissioners and trustees to say that their expenditures have not been In excees of tne appropriations. THE 8TATE PRISON NORTH. On the 15th day of December, 1875, there were five hundred atid eleven convicts in the northern prison, and on the 15tli day of De-unbor, 1S7Ü, there were six hundred and three, being an increaise during the year of ninety-two. During the two years ending Decenfler 15, 187t, the revenues of the prison amounted to 81 lö,7l2..'A no part of which was from the ytate Treasury. During tiie same period the expendituren for current and ordinary expenses amounted to 8130,(."!U. The revenues of the prison nave exceeded the ordinary expenses in the sum of f 15.U53.43. Home expenditures have been made out of that sum in payment of a former Indebtedness, and in making some necessary permanent improvements. For a statement of the expenditure out of the appropriation made by the hist legislature, for the construction of a new work-uhop and an additional cell house, I refer you to the reports of the directors. The work ha been well done and at economical rates. I call your attention to the recommendations made by the directors for the early completion of the cell-house, and the construction of another work-shop. The appropriation necessary for the completion of the cell-house should be m:wie at ouoe, so that the house mav be ready for use early in tha spring. The directors estimate to at by the close of the spring terms of the courts t he number of convicts to be provided for will reach seven hundred. With but three hundred and eighty-five cells. It 1 impossible suitably to provide for that number. I repeat what I said to the last legislature that "it is hurtful to health and discipline to confine more than one prisoner In a single cell." I repeat, also, that "there are constantly insane convicts in both prisons. They should not be kept with the other prisoners. I concur In the recommendations of the wardens and directors that provisions should be made for their separate confinement." The contractors for the prison lalor have been paying prices varying from 50 to cents ierday for enchraan. In November last they gave the directors written notice that they could not continue their employment at those prices, and that they would abandon their contract. On the 17th of that montli, with thelleutenaiitgovernerand state officers, I attended the meeting of the board of directors, at the prison, and I concurred witll the directors in the opinion that It was necessary to consent to a modification of the contracts. The depressed condition of the business of the country had diminished the value of products of the labor and decreased the demand for the same. For an abandonment of the contracts, suits upon the bonds, or against the contractors personally, would furnish a wholly Inadequate remedy. I was satisfied that It would be Impossible to find employment for the labor at nearly the same prices, and whilst the prisoners remained unemployed it is impossible to maintain prison discipline cr promoto their reformation. The experience at our southern prison had shown mat employment rortiie men coma not oe oof ained at prices above forty-five cents par day. The contracts were modified and the prices reduced to forty-five cents per day, but an additional numtier of men was taken by the contractors, so that the loss of revenue is not so great as it otherwise would have been, and the number of unemployed men was decreased. I call your attention to the recommendation of the directors that the law giving the prisoners the benefit of good conduct In the reduction of their terms be amended so as to give still greater encouragement to good conduct. Good discipline has been maintained, and tha health of the prisoners has been good. But eight deaths have occurred in the two years.

TATE I'M HON SOUTH. The average number of prisoner In this Institution iui tug the year ls75 was four hundred and Ti Ity-tl ve, ami during Ihe year 187 live hundred and thirty-one. On the 1 5th of June, IS7'i, (Lionel sbu.'er, warden. Captain I. uke, deputy wnnU-11, and Dr. lillpln, clerk, nsL'iied their several oft lees and wt re succeeded by Captain Andrew J. Howard as warden, John 'rnlg as deputy w itrdeii, and 11. T. K-wre its clerk. The prison was at that time in many n jH-ct in a bad condition, ssapl ars by the report of the directors aad pre, nt warden. Improvements and repair hinl to be miete and the prison supplies were exhausted. The convict lsbor of the prison was then employed under contracts with the Southwestern car company at Ixty cents jcr day. That company was then Insolvent and In arrtar with 1 lie state in the sum ot S22,-7-M.5S. That Indebtedness has since been contested upod the giound that the discipline of the prison had not ien maintained as the contract required, and that therefore the labor wa levs valuable. The quest Ion of linbi dty I pending in the Clark circuit court, (subsequently the company made further defaults in payment lor the labor, and by virtue of a provision in the contracts they were, on the loth of January, l7ii, declared canceled. Tne car company lias gone Into bar.krut.tcv. The attorneys lor the Mate claim that if a judgment be r-coveril for the balances Uhu the labnr it may be collected as a preferred claim under the bankrupt law. The failure of that company ten the entire labor of the prison unemployed Kvery effort wnmade by tle directors and warden to obtain employ hit nt. On the 21M of March, 187Ü, a contract, was made under which twenty men have been employtd. The residue of the prisoners remained unemployed tltilti the 10th of June, Isto, at which time a contract was made for the eniployniebt of four hundred men, at fortyfive eent per day, in the building of five hundred cars. That work required about three mouths for Its completion. 1'erln, (.air A Company have since contracted for the labor as follows: One hundred men from November 1, 17; one hundred 1-oni Ie.ember 1, 187; one hundred from January 15, 1877, for five years at forty-five cents per day, all to be employed In the manufacture of sheif hard ware. These are ad van tagcous contracts on the part of the suite, because they ure tn idewith parties of ample menus and established character, and because the business will not come in conflict with outside labor. The shops used in the manufacture of cars were not suited to the new work nor adapted to the complicated aud costly machinery Isdng erected for its prom-cut ion. The machinery will represent nearly one-half million dollars. The greatcoat of" preparation for the new work is an assurance to the state of permanent emfdoyment for the prisoners. More than one inndrid men fit for work yet remain idle. Could all be employed at forty-five cents per day the institution would meet its ordinary exjs-nses at a reduced cost of supplies. F.xpenslve repair were made and additional shop room provided for the new machinery. Tnat work required a large expenditure by the directors. The indebtedness of the prison at the time of (Vilonel Shuler's resignation wa $07,277.14. The present warden has paid thereon f 1.1.2.M.21. The indebtedness whicn has since accrued in consequence of improvements made and want of work for primmer 1 S la7 .t8. For further details I refer you to the reports and ask your attention to the recommendations made by the directors and warden. UOCSE OF RF.FruK. I concur in the recommendation of the commissioner tor the purchase of additional farm lauds. It is necessary to give employment to the boys and to provide supplies for the institution. 1 understand that the purchase can now be made upon favorable terms. I also concur in the recommendation that an appropriation le made utiiclent for the construction of a chajiel and hospital. The commissioner estimate that it will require Jo.auo to construct the chacl and hospital and make improvements in the other building necessary to give proper ventilation. I p.m gratified to state that the estimates for current exlienses for the next two years are upon a reduction of 25 per cent. I call your attention to the report of tho superintendent, which gives a most satisfactory statement of the general management of the institution, and also of the details of in management and exixmdltures. THE REFORMATORY INSTITITION FOR WOMEN AD GIULH.

The repairs and improvements upon the building and grounds contemplated by the appropriation of March 12, 1875, have been completed. The work has cost more than was estimated, and the excess over the appropriation has been paid out of the appropriation for expenses. The managers believed themselves Justified in going beyond the special appropriation because the improvements upon the adjoining streets and the construction of a portion of the fence required the grading or a part or tne ground, and they found that the symmetry of the work, as well as economy in its prosecution, required that the whole atiould be prosecuted and comfdeted together. The greater part of the work nside the building, providing adequate drain age, sewerage and an improved mode of heating, may be classed among the necessary expenses of the Institution, because they were required to preserve the health of the Inmates. For a full statement and description of the improvements made and the cont thereof, I refer you to the reports of the managers. The management of the institution under the charge of Mrs. Smith, As superintendent, has Ihhhi in a high degree successful, its innuence is seen in the improvement In the character and conduct of the inmates of both the penal and reformatory departments. The expendi tures ror the ordinary expenses nave been carefully and economically made. 8TATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. I call your attention specially to the financial report of the secretary of the board, and to a communication by the president, secretary and trea-eurer to myself, touching the condition of Its financial affairs, which I lay befewe you. I need not say to you that tiie board of agriculture Is an institution in which the people take great interest. It is intended to promote their welfare by the encouragement of t lie most Important interests of the state. It should be sustained, If possible. I do not favor making it a burtnen upon the state treasury, or encouraging its manage ment to look to appropriations for its support. The fairs and exhibitions are useful, mainly because they are maintained by the voluntary efforts of te people. The present embarrassment of the board is the resnlt of causes nt likely again to occur, and the relief required is temporary. Tne board estimates It property at 2S0,U00. Its Indebtedness is $89500. lean not say that mistake, or mismanagement, may not have contrlbuU-d somewhat to this Indebtedness, but in the greater part It is attributable to causes which the board could not control. In 1873 the board undertook the construction upon the fair grounds of a spacious structure for a state exposition. Responsible citizens of Indianapolis gave their guaranty for 1100,000 agaiust loss. It was not supposed that its construction would cost more than that sum. In my message to the last legislature I said of that enterprise: "The most important movement of the board during that period (1S73) hius been the erection upon the state fair grounds of a beautiful and spacious structure for a state exposition. To induce the board to enter upon that work four hundred and twenty of the businsss men of the city of Indianapolis gave their guaranty In the sum of $iu0.ot0 against loss. The guarantors have paid a lante sum upon tho cost of construction. The exposition tins added grewtly to the Importance and attractiveness of the state fair. Together they constitute an attractive and useful institution, dedicated to the exhibition promotion and improvement of the agricuituia', mechanica , mineral and productive industries of tho stite." I thought the board did its duty in Its efforts to nnite in one state exhibition tho products of the mechanical skill and the agricultural enterprise of our state. Agriculture and the mechanic arts are mutually supporting. They should stand side by side in our exhibitions. That was the policy in the state and national legislation under which agricultural colleges have been established. Provision was equally made for the promotion of the mechanic arts and the encouragement of Hgricu'ture. It did seem that the board of agriculture could not possibly sustain a loss in the exposition enterprise after the guarantee of $10,Oii had been made, but causes tending to produce failure have attended every state fair and exhibition since that time. The first exposition in connection with the state fair was in 1873. Koon after its open'ng the financial panic swept over the country and the board sustained a heavy loss. The financial and business depression which ha since prevailed lis contributed to defeat th effort of the board for success. Tlje disastrous flood which prevailed during the growing and harvesting eaons of 1875, carrying away immense agricultural wealth, and the absorbing interest in ihe po litical contest of 1570, In connection with tho 1

prevailing hinilnes depression, made the fairs and exhibition of those two vear a failure, and greatly added to. the i-mbarrassment or the board. 1 have made t hi some hat full statement, ix-cause the interest is an imisirtHtit one, lucause it misfortune could not have been wholly, or in any large degree, avoided, and l-caiise for them- consideration 1 thought it your duty, and that it would Isyour pleasure to give the application for tcm-l-orary help your careful consideration. INDIANA HOKTICU LTCUAL KOCIKTY. For the financial condition of the Indiana horticultural societyrlncludlng the exeudlture of the annual appropriation of f-'iiii ffim the state treasury, I refer you to the reiort of the secretary. STATE ItOL'NDAt. Y LINK. Hy the net of Kehn ry 27, 1S7.1, 1 wa empowered and directed to select a commissioner, resident of this state, and a practica: surveyor, who should act M ith a similar commlysiom r to be appointed by the poverwor of Kentucky, to make a surveyor the line dividing the states of Indiana and Kentucky, so far as the samo 1 opposite to Oreen l.lvcr Island. In pursuance of" that requirement, I appointtd August I'fafllln, who was the county surveyor of Vanderburgh county, as sncli commissioner and surveyor on the part of this state, ity said act, it was provided that the commissioner should consult and be governed bv the surveys onginslly made by the government of the United states, and that their survey should be established and marked by proper monument along the line. It was further provided that a written description of such survey should be recorded in theolllcesof the recorder of the counties of VansViburgh and Warrick. and that tue original should Ih tiled in the office of the secretary of Mate, and that the same should be conclusive evidence, in any of the court of thl state, of the boundary line iietwecn said state rptoite to said island. During tho progress of "the survey, I learned that the commissioners had adopted as the only surveys made by the United Mates, the Hues commonly known as meander line, and that such llnesuld not, in fact, conform to the true boundary line of the state. Ilecause of its Importance,! felt it my duty to make a personal examination of tne survey, and for that purose, in company with the secretary of state, the auditor ol state, ihe treasurer of state, nnd the attorney general. I visited the locality and carefully examined the survey. Oreen Klver island lies a few miles above the city of Kvansvl lie, near the Indiana shore, nnd opposite to the counties of Vanderburgh and Warrick. The survey wa made In conformity with the meander lines of the United Htate survey, and is for much of the distance upon the Indiana bank, and Is in many places a numlver of rods above low water mark. Could the boundary line become thus established, the etlect would be to throw a narrow strip throughout tiie greater distance of the survey Into the state of Kentucky, and at one point a number of acres, and to disturb the right ot individual priprietors. The low water mark of the Ohio river i the established southern boundary of the state, and can not, as I believe, be changed by state legislation, even if both .states concur therein. But I thought such a survey so made might become the occasion of a conflict of state Jurisdiction, and bring confusion Into the claim and rights of individual, and therefore, with the concurrence ofthesUate officer,I directed the commissioner on our part to proceed no further. The survey had, in fact, been made and marked, but no record thereof had been made, nor has any record yet been made In the counties of Warrick anil Vanderburgh, as I understand, nor has the original survey been filed in the office of the secretary of state. I tini satisfied that the boundary line at that locality should be surveyed and mark"d,but it slioul.l be In acordance with the established rights of tiie state, at low-water mark. I recommend that the law be so amended as to provide for a survey in accordance with the true boundary of the state, and that the survev already made be declared null and void. I will refer to J'our bodies a communication addressed to me by citizens of this state, who claim that they are likely to become involved in expensive litigation because of the survey. They are owners of lands, the boundary of which in part is the same with the state boundary. I ask your consideration of their petition, and should it be found that the action of the state in authorizing the survey has contused their rights and involved them in litigation, it i but equitable and Just that the state should be at the expense of employing couusel to represent them in that liti

gation. A NEW STATE HOUSE. The legislature of 1873 directed that steps be taken for the construction of a new state house. Many plans aud specifications were accordingly presented to the legislature of 1875, but no action was taken thereon. The question Is now for your consideration whether provision shall at once be made for the prosecution of the work. Upon timt sub-. Ject, I repeat what I said to the legislature of 1:5: 'It can hardly be questioned that a new state house should be built. This house is neither suitable nor safe for the transaction of the public business. It does not correspond with the ere atuess of the state. It is not creditable. No other state In the northwest has such a house. These halls are not fit for your sessions. Your constituents when they visit the city can neither see nor near your proceedings. They are much better provided for in yoar court houses. You have no suitable committee rooms. You are dependent upon rented rooms over the city. You are thereby hindered in that personal consultation among yourselves which is so important in legislation. The people do not desire tins. But they will ex pect you to avoid that prevalent fault in public buildingsof extravagant ornaments. The building should be plain, tasteful, substantial and permanent, adapted to Its purposes, and sufficient for the growing demands of the public service. Several years will be required in its construction, and a small special tax annually will be sufficient." INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. In my message to tho last legislature, in respect to the Centennial exposition. 1 said: "The act of congress hits committed our country and the people to the celebration. A failure would cause us national humiliation. Success will gratify our national pride, and, at the same time, promote our prosperity by attracting the people and wealth of other countries. I recommend that you make such provision as will secure to the people of Indiana and their interests a full and advantageous representation." In accordance with that recommendation, an appropriation of $5,0U0 wa made, to be expended under tue direction and advice of the governor, and with the assistance of the state geologist, for the purpose of paying the expenses of collecting, forwarding and arranging the specimens of the manufacturing, chemical ana inechsnlcal industries of this state, and also of the coals, ores, clays, woods, stones, agricultural, horticultural and floral and other products of this state, to the Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia. Prof. Cox gave great attention to and bestowed much care upon 5he discharge of the duty thus devolved upon him. The appropriation was not sufficient to secure to the varied Interests of our state a full and proper representation at the exposition, and our display was not as diversified or extensive as was desirable, but in most respects, it was creditable. A number of enterprising citizens contributed their time and means to promote the success of our display at the exposition, and I can not too highly appreciate the value and importance oftheirefJorts. The display made by the superintendent of public instruction of the progress and achievements of our schools was in the highest degree successful, and the occasion of gratincatioii to all tiie eople of the state. The expense of that display was borne by the schools. In respect to the exhibit of a h jgh attainment in common school education, I think it proper to sav that no state surpassed Indiana, with all the pople. of the United states, we have occasion tobe gra'ifled at the greatness of our Centennial exposition, and to rejoice nt the honorable position our countiy was able to take and maintain in the comparison of ..nr natural resources and of our pro gress In those arts which benefit mankind, with those or older nations. TUX ELECTIONS. In my inaugural iressage I said: "The laws regulating our elections require your special attention. They do not restrain the corrupt, nor protect the votes of the people. Our election must not become a reproach. Their result must express the will of the people. Our system must be made so efficient as to guarantee purity in the conduct and management of the elections, and also to Inspire and establish public confidence. When the people know that a political result has been fairly brought atiout, all discontent dinappears; they cheerfully acquiesce and yield entire obedience to the authority thereby es tablished. I can not now attempt to suggest all the provisions that may be essential to an efficient system, but without the following no system wilt prolably prove efficient: I. A lair ana real represcntaiion upon tue

Ismrd of election officers of all political partim! having candidates to Im voted lor. "2. Voting places so ntinn-rou, and the precinct so sin. ill. In res-ct to the voting imputation, that 11 who otler to vote may be known by the -ople of the neighborhood uu well a by the officer. '. A reasonable erlod of residence in the election precinct a n qualification to vote, so that persons uiny not pretend a residence hot real, in fraud of the law. You will find mi amendment of the second article of the constitution necessnry to enable the legislature to prescribe such jerlod of residence. The constitution wisely provide for Itnowu amendment, by it convenient and economical pri"-diiig. which render it unnecessary to throw upon the people the expensonf a convention, and avoids the possibility of chHnges not ill sired by them. "4. The exclusion of money, us an Influence and txiwer from t elections. If in the contests for Kiwer money shall b"cotne stronger thaw the eople. we will have the worst government possible. It will be a reproach to u all, when wealth can buy what the loftiest tslent and the purest virtue can not attain. Most of the states have now adopted the Tuesday next after the first Monday in Nov in her as the time for their general election. Our general election should take place at tiie same time. I need not give the reason. They are obvious. I recommend that, without any delay, you take steps for the amendment of the constitution so that our -lectioiis t-!.aUl occur at the same time as in the other nates, and so us to require a residence of at least sixt y day in the election precinct as a qualification to vote. STATE IIOAIU) OF HEALTH. I h-ave Ix-en asked hy a large number of the most eminent men of the medical profession of this state to call your attention to the Importance of providing by law for the establishment, of a state board of health. For the present the cost n-ed not be considerable, per.un not exceeding fl.om per annum, whilst the benefits may be made very great. The object of sucn a board would be to mak intelligent Inquiry Into the cause affecting the health of the people In the different localities of the state, and to collect and utilize information on that subject, and to collect, arrange and preserve statistical information, in relation to the effects of particular employments, conditions, habits, circumstances and local influences upon the general health. Manv of the state have established sucli boards, and M ith good results. The legislation In the state of Michigan and the reports made by the IxMird of that state give sasisfactory information in relation both to the plan and the advantages of the organization. I ask your attention to this subject. INSURANCE. In Reptemla r, 187., and again m Septemlier, 187n, I appointed John A. Finch, F.sq., as special commissioner to represent this state in the National Convention of Insurance Commissioner. He accepted the appointment without any compensation from the state and I am gratified to be able to say that he occupied n conspteuoiiM iioKltlon in both conventions 1 tie people of this state are srs-clallv lTit,:.i

,1h such legislative measure as will 'make them more secure uent r tneir policies. The extent of helr interest is shown in the fact that during the two year from July 1, 1874. to July 1. 187, the premiums paid to companies outside this state amounted to SJ,010,t.).h9, a sum exceeding three1 dollars for every person in the state -and that t lie sum recelvi-d froiii the same companies during thnt period upon their ptlicles amounted to J.'l,07!i,!'17.S. In tiie conventions Mr. Finch gave special attention to the preposition that insurance policies should be made more reliable and valuable to the insured and I ask your attention to his report as an intelligent examination of the question and your consideration of the legislative measures which he ri commends. The business In the supreme court hks so increased tluit it is impossible for the Judges to meet the constitutional reoulrement that Justice shall be administered "spedily and without delay." The enormous labor performed by the Judge Is shown in the fact that the decisions made during the post six years fill twenty volumes of the reports. "The first twenty volume of reports cover a period of forty-three years. If a remedy can be pro Vided it sli ould be done. TJie long delay of justice is often worse than its denial. I think the court might provide a remedy in part by a modification of its rules so as to strip the let-al ?uestionsof the voluminous records of facts, n many cases, erhaps In most cases. It would' le quite sufficient If the record present the questions of law that aros? on the trials and tiie ruling of the court thereon, with a statement thattlie evidence made the same material. 8 uch a provision by law, or by rule of court, would greatly relieve the court. I asic your attention to this suliject. I herewith report all cases of reprieve, commutation and pardon which I have granted during the past two vears.and all cases of fines and forfeitures which I have remitted, with a statement of the facta and considerations which have governed me in eacli case. The increase in the number of prisoner has increased the number to whom it was my duty to extend executive clemency. In my message two years ago it was my duty to refer to the invasion by military force, of free representative government In the state of Louisiana. 1 asked your predecessors "to protest against and denounce the usurpation as a crime to be detested and not a precedent to be respected." An outraged public opinion com pelled a partial correction of that wrong. It is my duty now to refer to a similar outrage in the state of South Carolina. Although it was the constitutional right of each branch of the legislature of that slate, without hindrance, to meet and tojudge of the qualifications and election of its own members, yet, in the recent attempted organization of the legislature, members were required to enter the statehouse between armed men, and were admitted or refused at the pleasure of those who had no legal right or authority to interfere, but who were supported by the troops of the United States. Memtxrs duly chosen were refused admission, whilst others not members were admitted. Not even the pretext of domestic violence can be urged as an apology for the outrage. It was the attempted overthrow of civil authority by military power and anunmitigated wrong against the people of that stale and of the whole country. Accompanying that transaction and form I ntr a pert of it was the interposition by a federal Judge, supported by the military, to overawe the state judiciary and deleat it Judgment upon question resting wholly upon local and state law. The constitutional and' Independent authority of state courts and legislatures is endangered, If not now supported by a patriotic and liberty loving sentiment so strong among t he people that party and partisans dare not defy it. During the four years of my administration our state has n-t been wh' Uy free J pom domestic troubles. The public peace on more than one occasion has been threatened. Strong bodies of men, moved by some real or supposed wrongs, have threatened to assert and vindicate their rights, wholly Independent of the remedies and proceedings provided by law. In no instance has the authority and power of the United States been Invoked against them. But in every Instance have the people preserved the public peace and maintained the authority oi the state and the supremacy of her laws. A people so careful of their own institutions, and so capable f preserving them and ol maintaining the constitutional rights and prerogatives of their own state government, can not be Indifferent when other"states are threatened with overthrow, or tv.e destruction of right and privileges, without which no free state can exist. In the summer of 1875 disastrous and unprecedented floods destroyed property In our state of Immense value, and left behind them, causes of very general sickness. These calamities seriously checked our prosperity, but nature ha returned to her ordinary häbits; the people are again blessed with general heaiai and with eneonragtng crops. For these returning blessings we should thank Heaven, and invoke the continuance of a kind l'rovidenoe. I trust that your proceedings will be harmonious, and that the lawn yon may enact will prove a blessing to the people whom you represent. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, Oovernor of Indiana. Executive Department, Jan. 4, 1877. A Gocd Resolution Paaaed. Nashajille, Ten n., Jan. 8. The house today adopted, by a vote of 61 to 17, the joint resolution offered by Mr. Htoke, characterUing the use of troops In South Carolina and Iiiis!ana as an extraordinary exercise of arbitrary power, meriting the hearty condemnation of the liberty loving people throughout the country: also deprecating all federal executive interferencein state elections for political purposes, and invoking the law abiding spirit of the American people to correct this evil, and effectuate tho will of the people as expressed in the late elections. The senate had adjourned when the resolutions were adopted, bat there Is no question as to their adoptiou by that body.