Lucius Hubbard

Title: Biennial Message From Governor Hubbard
Type: Document
Date: 1883
Source: Minnesota Historical Society

Description: Hubbard discussed the status of the Minnesota Board of Health in his biennial message to the legislature.
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1. In this part of his speech, Hubbard discusses the Minnesota State Board of Health, which was actually begun by a Red Wing doctor years earlier. How might this affect his attitude toward the Board in the speech?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: Hubbard might have known the man who started the Board and wanted to support him. Since at this time, it is possible that Hubbard wanted to compliment their work and encourage legislators to support them in the future.
2. What does Hubbard request for the Board of Health?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: He asks the legislators to pay attention to the recommendations of the Board of Health and to take their requests seriously. As governor, this support might be very helpful for the board in getting the money and support they would need for their programs.
3. What current speech of the governor does this speech resemble?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: Current Minnesota governors make a yearly speech called the "State of the State" that outlines many of the same issues and topics as Hubbard's biennial speeches of years ago. These speeches provide citizens and lawmakers with a summary of information about the state and its work over the preceding year.
4. Since this information was presented as a speech to legislators, why might it be necessary to publish the speech in a book form like this one?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: Since not all citizens would be able to attend the speech and recording equipment was not in use, the only way for many citizens to get the informationin the speech was to read it in a publication.