Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1878 — Page 4

TILE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, 17EDNESD AX MORNING; NOVEMBER 20, 1878-

WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20.

TERMS (POSTAGE PAID)! INVARIABLY CASH IN ADVANCE. Without With Bandar Issue. Sunday Imn?, 1 Copy one year. 1 Copy tlx months 6.10 o.UO 1 COpy three months 2.60 2 00 1 Copy one month .5 1.00 ICODTDer week by carrier .20 .25 Additions to club reoeived at any tim at elab rate. WEEKLY: Flngle Copy one yearClubs of five one year--1 1X0 .. 6.00 rnhi nf fn one vpar. (and an extra copy to the getter up of the club) 10.00 Clubs of twenty-two, one year. 20.00 Agents wanted at every post office in the state, Bend ior outnt. How tm Send Honey. Remittances may be made by draft, money order, or registered letter, at our risk. Give Fostoffice address in fall, Including btate and County, ana address I!f DIANArOLIS BESTIHEL CO. COttBUPTlOX IX OCR STATE IXSTI. TUTIOXS. . We do not propose to be driven from our position regarding the benevolent institu .tions of the state by any foggy misrepresen" tations of the Journal. That paper Bays in relation to onr array of unanswerable facts acd figures: "The demand is that the be'nevolent institutions be organized in the interest of the democratic party." The demand is nothing of the kind. The demand is that other and better men can be found among the democratic party than those who now fill the positions referred to. The demand is for economy in the public expenditures, and we proved by unanswerable figures that fifteen years ago under other administrations of the insane asylum, and at a time when everything was worth double what it is today, each patient cost the state but $2.86 per week, and that under Dr. Evarts, the present incumbent, it cost for the succeeding years as follows: ForlSGo, $6.27; for 18G6, $5.30; forl8G7, $4.65; for 1863, $3 54; for 1869, $185; for 1870, $5.96; for 1871, $5.03; for 1872, $5 87; for 1873, $0.02; for 1874, $6.23; for 1875, $5.35; for 1876, $4.59; for 1877. $4.66. "Figures will not lie." We invite our cotemporary the Journal to a careful and honest consideration of these figures. The proposition is, Why should it cost the state of Indiana four, fire and six dollars per week to support an insane patient when it bas been done under more unfavorable conditions, and at a time when groceries, fuel, everything, were much higher, at less than three dollars f Face the music, gentlemen, and do not befog matters by saying that a democratic steward ranks Dr. Evarts in a position where he ought to be supreme. Politics ought to be left out of the state institutions so says the Journal, and to say we. The democratic party did keep them out Several democratic legislatures gathered and adjourned, and allowed the appointees ot previous opposition legislatures to hold their positions, fnd what was the result? How was this kindness and conservatism repaid? As a??n 43 the republicans received a majority Pfi i Athon was forced from the Insane Asylum. He Was confessedly one of the best men for the position so understood throughout the state. This was not all. Dr. Mc Workman was forced from the Blind Asylum, and all because of his politics. This has been the policy of the radical party not only in Indiana but throughout the country. In rela. tion to the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylum Governor Hendricks said in bis message: The children are at the institute but forty weeks each year. During the twelve weeks of vacation in the summer they are at home, The state Is at no charge for clothing 0T transportation. For these expenses provision is made by the parents or the counties. By reference to the report of the superintendent of the Institute for the blind yon will see that the cost of the care and education of blind children, for the forty weeks of attendance, is about 17 W) per week a bou 13 per person more than the expenses of the Insane, and three times greater than the care, education and clothing of the soldiers' children at the soldiers' orphans' Dome. It is proper to suggest that the number of pupil is lunch lens than that of those provided for in other Institutes, being but an average of lu3, and that the expense, per capita, must necessarily be somewhat greater. Mr. Maclnt Ire, ihe superintendent of the Institution for the education of deaf routes, estimates that your appropriation should be 1215 for eacn pupil that Is, at the rate of 15.37 per week for the forty weeks Of attendance. Tnat i largely above the estimate for the insane bospltal.and more than two and a half times greater than the pe capita expenses at the soldiers' orphans' home. Let the Journal take a whirl at that bit of information. As to the charge of "politics" in the management of such matters by the democratic party, one word more we quote from Governor Hendricks: I had thought of recommending that the institutions in the Immediate neighborhood of this city should be placed in charge of the state officers, but It has been suggested that such a control might introduce party politics into their management, which I would regard as an intolerable vice. And now hear Governor Williard on the proposition to remove Mr. Mclntyre from the control of the deaf and dumb asyluni on account of bis politics: No! These institutions were created for the unfortunate children or Indiana, and we must never allow politics to enter into the examination of the qualification of any of the officers selected lor their management. And his sentiments prevailed. AMERICAN WO HAN'S SUFFRAGE AM SOCIATIOJT. For a number of years, and we do not care to be particular about the date or commence xnent, a movement has been on foot looking to the confering of the right of suffrage on women. In some localities some advance ment has been made, but generally the situ ation baa not been materially changed. Unfortunately for woman suffragists there tiave appeared on the stage a class of advocates not calculated te add dignity or respectability to the movement. This however, we do not regard in any wise a disparagement of many reputable women who have been and who are still identified with the agitation. But dismissing all such con tiderations, the question that is forced upon public consideration is this: What do the woman suffsists want? It might be an wered briefly by saying that they want to vote, or that they want their rights, or that they want to be placed upon an equality with men in all matters relating to the political affairs of the country. In this way they profess to believe that they can secure their rights, and in this way only. And just here the query is likely to arise in the minds of the most thoughtful men of the country, What rights, what privileges are 4L women of America deprived of calcu

lated to widen the area of their nsefulness or the exaltation of society. We are not unmindful of the fact which history teaches, that the position of woman has not always been such as the Creator designed, but it is also true that as Christian civilization has advanced woman has been elevated to the equality of man in all matters calculated to add to her happiness or bless the world. As mother, sister, wife and teacher, her influence upon the affairs of the world is simply incalculable, and to what extent it would be augmented by conferring upon her the baLot, together with its effect upon public affairs generally are the real questions at issue. We can conceive of no greater calamity to society than the inauguration of a policy, or the adoption of measures calculated to unsex women. We mean by this such a departure from the present order of things as would take women from the homes which they beautify and bless and introduce them Into the mad whirl of political agitation. . It requires no far reaching imagination to bring to view such a series of domestic irregularities as would form throughout all the country the most repulsive tableaux. Deserted homes, with their altars broken down; children disregarded and early taught lessons, particularly the female portion, utterly incompatible with that nice perception of the beautiful so necessary to the development of their minds; women at the hustings wrangling with one another and with men over measures of public policy; women at the polls jostled and pushed by masculines intent on psrtisan supremacy can not be contemplated with any degree of composure. Nor do we see that such rights, if conferred, would elevate or refine the female sex, and if this was not accomplished, and the opposite should occur, inaugurating an era of female coarseness and masculinity, society would suffer to an extent beyond the power of expression. We know that it is satd that such things need not occur, but the lessons of experience, which ought in such cases to be regarded with special approval, lead us to conclude that women can not go beyond their appropriate sphere without incurring risks dangerous to themselves and to society. It is a matter in which the men of the country have quite as deep an interest as the women. In fact, since the women are the teachers of the boys, and since the boys are not overburdened with refinement, it is not difficult to perceive if the restraints of home which mothers can exert or in any degree relaxed, that we shall at no distant day have a race of men still less calculated than now, whatever might be constitutions and statutes, to exalt womanhood, so that women by their efforts to obtain the ballot and to mingle with the public affairs of the countrymay be laying a foundation for the debasement of men and the infelicity of women. There Is another

aspect of this woman suffrage movement well calculated to arrrest the attention of those i who are capable of reasoning from cause to effect. It will be remembered that all Ques tions that relate to the public welfare in this country are directly affected by the bal lot. It is the ballot that gives party suprem acy, And It is the party In power that molds the policy and the legislation of the country, and thus it might be, and the idea is by no means far-fetched, that women with the ballot might involve their country in war. In such a state ot affairs they would be incapable, by virtue of their physical organization, to meet in any regard the responsibilities of their own acts. While they could force their fathers, husbands, sons and brothers to the battle-field, they Could never go themselves. Or if they were to go then their suffrage prerogative would introduce into modern warfare regi ments of amazons, that are the disgrace of barbarous countries and savage tribes. As the case now stand?, the relations between men and women, women and society, seem to be as near perfection as it is porsible to adjust them by divide and human laws. We are persuaded that there are privileges which women should enjoy that have not yet been accorded them. but it is also true that the barriers are being steadily broken down, and that in all departments - of employment where w s ma en seek positions, society is becoming more favorable to their claims. Women are in all our schools. They are entering the professions ot law and of medi cine. They are among the brightest lights in our literature, and are not unknown to fame in the schools of art; and, under the full orbed noon of our Christian civilization, we are persuaded that the ballot could confer upon them no additional honor. The official vote of Pennsylvania clearly demonstrates the fact that the radical party is largely in the minority in the old Keystone state. The figures reported are as follows: Dill, dem ....... Mason, nat'l. 197,06 81,708 378.818 Hoyt, rep. .3lft69 Radical minority 69,249 These figures exhibit the victory . over which the radicals have been exulting, and they show that upon a combination of opposing forces in Pennsylvania radicalism is doomed to defeat. Manifestly the nationals drew their strength to a very great extent from the ranks ot the democratic party, for aside from the mere question of fiat money, as we have often shown in the columns of the Sentinel, the opposition of the nationals to radicalism is based upon the results of its vicious legislation relating to the business Interests of the country. There are good reasons for believing that In 1880, for the supreme good of the country, the opposing forces of radicalism will combine, and thereby relieve the country of the most hideous incubus that ever weighted down its energies. Voorlire Election Certain. I Albany Argus.1 Of course, there is no truth in the report that Mr. Voorhees is likely to be defeated for re election as senator. The people of Indiana were polled on that question and decided It in the affirmative. The Hon. Thomas F. Nelson, also of Terre Haute, Mr. Voorhees' friend and neighbor, although a republican, bluntly declares that Mr. Voorhees can not be defeated, and in a way to intimate that he ' ought not to be. Meanness In politics tetter becomes republican newspapers than elected legislatures at least in Indiana)

OUR STATE INSTITUTIONS.

Some Startling Facts and Figures for Legislative Consideration. Republican Hotbeds that Ought to be Immediately Cleaned Out Malmanagement, Incompetency. Ineffi ciency or worse Everywhere Displayed. An Article That Should bs Bead by Every Voter In Indiana. The Sentinel, immediately after the elec tion, announced that the probable policy of the democratic party would be to make an entire change in officers in the three great benevolent institutions situated in this city, the hospital for the inBane, the deaf and dumb institute and the blind asylum. We believe that this change would be for the best interests of the tax-payers. These In stitutions are all to-day officered by the re publicans, but it was not for this reason that we demanded a change. We charged that these institutions had been run in the inter est of the republican party, and in one in stance gave the facts, which remain unre lated to this day. That they have been run in the interest of the republicans, and have exerted a great influence in controlling the ?olit:cs of this county none can deny, his alone is reason sufficient tor making 'a change, but there are more and still greater reasons. Some of these republican officials have begun already to "pull the wires" and lobby in their own in (rest, and, strange to say, there are some democrats who favor their still further continuance in office. A TUB HEX. This can be easily explained, for, strange as it may 3eem to the honest democratic taxpayers of the state, there bas been in existence for lo, these many years, a tunnel between some of the republicans in official position and many democrats. It is no wonder that democrats who carry the key to one end of this secret passage, and know the password which admits them into the "way that is dark," should object to any disturbance of those in official position. These men claim, and they have a (mail following among honest democrats, that the officials referred to are better able to fill their trusts than others that can be selected. They are men, highly qualified, who have had great experience in their several departments and hence should not be removed. They say that Dr. Jameson has been connected with the benevolent institutions of this Btate in many capacities for ovr twenty-one years. He began life a poor man, and today is rich, being a director of one of the principal banks in the city. He has ever had a lucrative practice, acd receives about $590 a year from the state for his great experience. His services, no doubt, are worth much more. His experience of 21 years speaks loudly in his favor. mb. m'iktire has been superintendent of the deaf and dumb institute for about 30 years. He has reared a large family in that institution. He stands among the leaders of the education of the deaf and dumb. For this reason it is urged that he should not be removed. A correspondent, writing from Boone county, says of him: This man Mclntire was made superintendent of the deaf and dumb institute during the days of democratic administration in this state, for It was democratic doctrine that po.l tics should in no way enter into the management of the benevolent institutions of the state. But in Kw9. when the devilish meanness of radicalism began to manifest itself, the removal of Mclntire was suggested at a democratic caucus, for he was then a violent and indecent fanatic, and he would have been kicked out then, as he should have been, but for the Interference of the noblest democrat Indlina ever produced Governor Wlllard. lie said: "No! These Institutions were created for the unfortunate children of Indiana, and we most never allow politics to enter into the examination of the qualifications of any of the officers selected for their management," and his sentiments prevailed. The returns were hardly in showing the dire calamity of a republican victory before this man Mclntire was upon the streets, clamoring for the removal of lr. Athon as superintendent Of the Insane hospital, and Dr. Mc Workman as superintendent of the institution for the blind, and at the very first meeting of the radical boards of these two institutions the superintendents were summarily "bounced." And the records will show that never before or since were these institutions so economically or efficiently managed. Of course they ought to be cleared out. There Is not a radical In office In the state whose place can not be filled by a better man who is a democrat; but for goodness' sake take the meanest one first, and begin on Mclntire. lie has been a standing insult to democrats for twenty years, and tne sight of him "walking the plank" will be sweeter to them than a punpkia pie to a hungry tramp. MR. W, H. CHCECHMAK, superintendent of the blind asylum, is also a roan of great experience, standing at the head ot the educators of the blind. He Is a blind man himself, but possesses marked ability as a business man. He is the owner of a wholesale house and manufactory on the leading business street of this city. He comes from a family of business men. His brother is perhaps the leading banker in the state. He is somewhat of a politician also, although be never held office. He was heard to remark that he had controlled the appointments of the blind asylum for many years, and expected to do so for many more to come. It is not necessary to state that he is a republican. TH GOLD EX BCtI modified somewhat do unto others as others do unto you should govern in politics so loDg as the enemy follow it. The Sentinel believes that this state is democratic, and the party have it in their fower to keep it so for the next fifty years, ut as long a j republicans are favored and bard working democrats remain unrewarded the party organization is in danger. One point that should influence the legislature in their selections is that the poor unfortunates, in these different institutions, should receive the best care and the best instruction that the country can afford. Oar legislators should be influenced by still another point equally as important; men should be selected who are honest, who possess great business ability, and are willing to devote their whole attention to the trust imposed upon them; men who are capabable and will work in the Interest of the unfortunates under their control, and will not forget the interests of the state. If such men can not be procured in the ranks of the democracy, go elsewhere; but we believe there are many in the democratic fold who have every qualification required. Some say that political motives should not influence the democrats in this instance. The Sentinel tas other reasons. The people will have other reasons when they know what is here set forth. We charge that there has been extravagant and GROSS MISMANAGEMENT in these Institutions, and especially In the affairs of the Hospital for the Insane. ExGovernor Hendricks, in his last message to the legislature, deli vend on Jinuary 6, 1877, in speaking of the different benevolent institutions, said: ' I call your particular attention to the recommendation of the auditor of state la respect

to the management of the benevolent institutions. I agree with him that they should be much more economically administered. The expenses should be reduced at least in proportion to tbe reduced cost of the supplies, and to correspond somewhat to the habits of close economy which the people have been compelled to adopt in their private expenditures. These institutions shoulu be maintained In tbe spirit of the constitutional requirement, and with no abatement of care and expenditure that would Impair their uselulness or lesnen the substantial comforts of the unfortunate classes for whom they are provided. Tbe bos Eltal for the insane and the schools for the llnd and the deaf routes are the three gTe&t benevolent institutions of the state. The proper management of the insane requires the constant care of a large number oi faithful attendants and the supervision or physicians ot good professional attainments. The inmates are to be cared for as diseased persons under treatment for their recovery, and the food must not only be nutritious, but suited to eiich particular case. A hospital for the cure of the insane la n-cesearily an expensive Institution, and 1 am not prepared to say that Dr. Evarts' estimate of 940 each week: for each patient is too high. But It will be the duty of your appropriate committees to make a thorough examination, and ascertain whether any proper reduction can be made, any superfluous expenditure struck off. This is now the more Important because of the fact that before tbe next legislature will meet the new hospital building will have been completed, and, probably, six orelght hundred added to the number of patient, and increasing the annual expenditures 1150 JW0. The institutions for the blind and for deaf mutes are schools for their education and for teaching them some useful trade or business that may make them Independent of the charities of society in future life. The education of the blind and the deaf Is difficult, because they are each lacking In an Important sense. They require greater care, because they are less able to-take care of themselves than any other children, and more teachers are required than in ordinary schools. I take these fact into consideration, and yet the expenditures appear extravagant. The children are at the institute but forty weeks each year. During the tweive week of vacation in the summer they are at home. The state Is at no charge for cloihing- or transportation. For these expenses, provision is made by the parents or th counties. By reference to the report of the superintendent of the institute; for the blind you will see that the cost of the care and education of blind children, for the forty weeks of attendance, is ab ut $7.50 per week about 13 per person more than the expenses of the lnsaue, 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 tbe number of pupils Is much less than that of tbos provided for in other Institutes, being but an average of 103, and that the expense,

greater. Mr. Maclntlre, the superintendent of me institution ior tne education ol deaf mutes, estimates that your appropriation should b . S215 for each pupil tht Is, at the rate of ti.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 per capita expenses at the soldiers' orphans' home. The boards of trustees In charge ot the benevolent institutions do not give that protection to the state which was intended. They make stated visits, hastily examine the vouchers and accounts, and look through the wards and rooms, but generally receive their views and opinions from the superintendents. There Is not that thorough investigation and rigid control which should prevail. I had thought of recommending th .t the institutions in the immediate neighborhood of this city should be placed In chatge of the state oiricei-R, but it has been suggested that such a control might Introduce party politics Into their management, which I would regard as an intolerable vice. By some change a more direct control and responsibility for the economical and proper management of these Institutions should be placed upon the governor and state officers. They are stnte institutions, supported directly from the state treasury, anil should be under state control. Perhaps it will be sufficient to place them under one board, to be appointed by the governor, with the approval of the senate, !orblddlng any partisan organization of the board. it has be-m and Is the practice for the superintendent) 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 nut be mingled with the public expenditures. Like other nub ile officers, the superintendents and as 1st ants snouid provide their homes and expenses entirely separate from and outside the public expenditures. That would result In a larsre re. duction, as I believe, in the expenditures, and wouiaaiso anow a large increase oi ine number of children to be educated, by converting the apartments used for family purposes Into rooms for the inmates. It can not be necessary that it shall cost I'W.UOO more to take care of and educate 299 children in the Institution for the deaf and dumb for forty weeks, without any charge for clothing, than te clothe, educate and take care of 291 children in the soldiers' orphans' home for fifty-two weeks. It is due the commissioners and ti ustees to say that ineir expenditure nave not Deen in excess or the appropriations. Language can not be more forcible than this. Governor- Hendricks pointed out plainly to the members of the Fiftieth Legislature the extravagance in which the ofiicers of these institutions were indulging. Each member besides had a printed copy of the message on his desk. But what regard was paid to this wholesome advice? A committee was appointed, who visited these different institutions. They were dined and and wined; everything looked neat and clean. The hospital for the insane is j always clean; they spent $1,876.20 for soap last year the committee took the supenn- i tendent's word for everything and regarded i them m "jolly good fellows after their own j likin;" they returned and reported everything in apple pie order to tbe legislature. I It is the same way with the board of commissioners appointed by the state. Their visits are those ot pleasure they scan the accounts at long range, and come away feeling happy over an excellent dinner and plenty of good wine at the expense of the stale. This h.s been going on for years, and what is . ; ;. . ai ebi'ii? . , ' -, i That thousands of 'dollars are wasted on; these benevolent institutions. : The peof!e - are none tbe wiser, for nolhDg can be made from the - annual report of the superintendents. This 'is especially the case with the report of the , superintendent of the Hospital for tbe Insane. It seems as If it was gotten up with the intention of , . , MISLEADING. There are no monthly statements of receipts and expenditures, no balance sheet, no alphabetical arrangement of articles bought or sold. It does contain complete tables giving the occupation, religion, nativity, tex of the insane, but the money statement, which interests the overburdened tax-payer, is a mere jumble, a mess of figures, given without the date of week, month or year. In order to find the amount expended for clothing and dry goods, eight pages of closely written figures must be waded through and 49 rows added up before it -is found that $12,284.07 was expended last year for clothtog and dry goods. There being an average in the asylam of COO, the state has to pay $1204.75 a year to clothe each patient which Is more than the average business man expends a year for clothipg. In tbe above statement hats and caps and mending and repair are not included. This is not the worst feature. Each county pays for clothing her own patients, and most all have clothing ot their own, being furnished by friends and relatives, and also have their mending done at home. The report of the superintendent is defective in other respects. The number of employes is not given, nor the wages paid to servants, so that it is impossible to tell who receives wages, and how much each receives. It is thus possible that one could receive the wages of a dozen men, the superintendent and his whole family might be on tbe pay roll and the people of the state be none the wiser. It is impossible to find out the number of patients from each county or the cost of sending, which is a matter of great importance. The last but greatest objection is that this system of reports gives little true information in regard to the cost of a patient in tbe asylum, the figures being frequently incorrect, and there is no table showing the average number of patients in the asylum at uny one time, or either for the year. Another - . PECl'LUB tagb In the last report is that devoted to the sutler. He is not supposed to be an accurate bookkeper. He merely estimates, stating nothing positively, jie estimates the yalue of the

farm productions and the cost of producing. Every farmer in the state can te.l how much

his farm produces and the amount paid for its production. Not so the sutler of the in sane asylum. Another item on his page of the report is the INCIDENTAL JCND, which gives the amount neived . from the sale of hides, tallow, etc. Like the report of the superintendent thero Is an entire absence of dates, names, etc. Under this head the amount expended is also given, simply tbe amount and nothing more. This manner of conducting tbe farm is not only wrong but is contrary to law, which says exnresslv that all nionev ntceived and nafrl out by the state shall be through the treasurer oi state. This of itself is sufficient to condemn tbe f i resent management Below is given a very nteresting table, which has required the constant attention of an expert bookkeeper ioriour weexs to complete, it snows the expenses of the Insane . Hospital and the average cost rer n&tient tslsrion nf nffin and the clothing and farm account for all we years irom to 1877 inclusive, taken from the 1 published reports of the superin tendent. It is 6een from this table that during the year 18G3 it cost but $2.86 per week ior each patient; in 1873 It cost $6 02; in 1874. $6.23; in 1875, 15.35, and for last year 94.00: 1863. Average attendance during tbe year : for treatment...- . m 296 Expenditures. ..... Add farm products.. , f 38,3!)l 02 , 5,632 60 Total S44.123 62 Average cost 01 maintenance per week, as reported at . S2 15 fihould be 2 8ti Salaries of officials and employes Q Clothing account .. 3.600 00 1864. treatment during the Average year, for 290 Expenditures .. S J,756 87 Add farm products .. tstm 75 Total expenses $61,043 62 Average cost 01 maintenance report. ed at . fi 08 nnouiaoe . 4 04 (Salaries or officials and employes . 15,750 74 Clothing account 4,910 00 1S65. Average present, during year for f ren f mrit. 277 81,917 27 fttlUl JJIUiAl. 5,382 (X) Total expenses . S90.2W 27 Average cost per week not reported. It li.... ...... .......mrtt1 m f$ 27 Clothing account-.. 7,962 66 No itemized account ot salaries is given. It will be seen from the above that, with a less average attendance than for any ot the preceding years, the average cost per head is double the amount reported. 1866. Average attendance during year for treatment 290 Expenditures 171,153 M Add farm products....... .............. 8,660 00 Total 17,8I9 84 Average cost per patient pT week reported at.. 3 92 Shoul 1 be - . 5 30 Salaries of officers and employes.-.. 1S.79H 39 ClothiDg account-, 11,814 00 1867. Average present for treatment during the year 303 Expenditures..;...-...... aoTi 64 Add farm products.. . 5,788 25 Total expenses.... ................. . Average cost per bead per week reported at... ................ . .. Hhould be. , Ba nries of officers and emp'oyes not 173,362 89 S3 28 14 5 given Clothicg account 110.772 29 1868. Average attendance for treatment-.. 312 $68,647 32 S S4 $10,411 88 119,540 00 Xp6fi(lltyllT8aaa Average cost per head per week reported & t Mtwwn wwMttnwH Cloth in g account-.........- ....... . Salaries not given, but estimated from table showing expense for month of October 1869. Average for treatment durlr g year. Ex pend itu res ... . Average cost per head per week not reported; by calculation Is found to Ralarles, paid officers and employes 842 186,401 80 4 85 21,477 71 9,125 00 Clothing account-..., Farm products hot given. 1870. Average present for treatment during year Expenditures , 1122,73 96 Average cost per head per week not reported ; by calculation is found to HI TTT T T'-TT"" ------ 9 5 tMJ Salaries, paid officers and employes 26,001 73 Clothing account .....-.... . 12,474 91 Farm products not report d. , 1871. Avers ge present for treatment during Expenditures - 1129,483 89 Average cost per head per week not reported; is- 5 03 Salaries, paid officers and employes... 28,004 70 Clothing account . . 13,367 79 Farm products not reported. ' , 1872. '. Average attendance during year. 4 "50 Expenditures ........ 137,4 03 Average cost per head per week not reported, but it in..- . 5 87 Salaries paid officers and ere ployes. 31,851 03 Farm products not reported. Clothing not reported. 1873.Average attendance during year . 483 Expenditures-... .........1155,470 S3 Average cost per head per week not . reported, but it ls 6 02 Salaries paid officers and employes. . 35,780 00 Farm products not reported. - -Clothing not reported. .1871. Average attendance during year ... ' 483 Expenditu:es-...... ...... 1153)61 99 Average cost per head per week not reported, but It Is.. . 6 23 Salaries paid officers and employes. , 85,104 40 Farm products not report u, , . rr . - . Clothing not reported. ; ' . ' " ' Averags for treatment during theyear 666 Expenditures. - SU7,55 76 Average cost per week per head not reported is- . 5 35 Salaries paid officers and em ployes 36,601 58 Farm products not report d. Clothing not reported. , 1876. " ' ; : Average tor treatment during the year .....- . . 608 Expenditures... .. 4145,907 12 Average cost per head per week not reported is . 4 W Salaries paid officers, employes, etc.- 38,411 28 Farm products not reported. . Clothing not reported. 1877. ' - j : . . Average for treatment during the year... ...-... ..... 612 Expenditures ;f 148,468 60 Average cost per head per week not reported la. ...... 4 66 Salaries paid officers and enployes- 33,182 98 Farm products not reporUl. Clothing account not reported. In all of the years enucierated, there are large sums of money drawn for "current expenses," generally payablo to the steward or some officer of the institution, and no detailed statement furnished as to the use of the money. In a future article on the management of tbe institution tbe aggregate amount of these sums will be given. It is certainly a questionable practice to draw orders for sums varying fraoi $250 to $800 for "current expenses" when the general rule governing all the Institutions is, "that for all sums over $10, a vouchor should be made out and the money paid direct to the parties from whom the articles were purchased." The system of keeping accounts, If any, are very lax, inasmuch as they do not show how much in the aggregate has been paid for specified articles vir., groceries, dry goods, beef, etc. During the several years the various superintendents have, been in the habit of so drawing their salaries that an accurate estimate ot the amount drawn each year can not be given. The proper way is for this amount to be drawn quarterly or monthly, as the necessities of the officials

require it. In estimating the average cost per week of each patient the authorities in charge of the institution failed to include the clothing on the ground, we Buppose, that the counties to which the patients are accredited have to pay this amount The omission to do so is ingenious, but we fail to see how that lessens the average because, If the counties pay it, it does not lessen the cost of tbe institution. The general assembly should so arrange the laws governing the benevolent institutions of the state that all moneys should be paid by tbe auditor of state on certified accounts to the parties by whom the articles are furnished. By this method the public can at any time know the exact expenditures of the institutions, and to whom and on what account the money was paid. Are not these facts sufficient to convince tax-payers that there mu3t ba a change? That change will be for tbe better. The cry that old experienced officers should be retained is all "stuff." Daily exposures teach it After years of experience and the model reports from hundreds of asylums in the country, the republicans have not yet produced a report that will bear close scrutiny. The figures above cry aloud. The people will rejoice at this exposure of radical mismanagement, which has been going on for yea-s. Legislators will blush for thame when they think of the manner they have been "gulled." And the next legislature, which will be democratic, will only do their duty when a thorough investigation is made and the present radical officials are driven into political oblivion. comparison. Space will not permit the comparisons we have made with nearly one hundred institutions for the insane. We will close with but one. Dr. H. B. Wilber, of the state board of charities for the state of New York, after making an extensive examination of a large majority of the insane hospitals in Great Britain, says: In the English county asylcms which. In their mode of support and in their general scope, correspond with our state asTlums, the average weekly cost of maintenance, including clothing, is less than three dollars; in similar a-ylums in Scotland and Ireland, considerably less. In comparing the cost of maintenance In the British institutions, with those of the same grade in the United States, several facts are to be borne in mind. The salaries of officers are about the same in either esse. The wages of attendants and servants are nearly seventy percent, higher in the United States than in England. The staple articles of provisions cost ranch less 1 America. Looking at the bills of British asylums, I see that beef costs 21 cents per poundmutton, 20 cents; 'pork. 17 cents. Of course, flour and grain are higher. Fuel is about the same. One source of expense in American asylum, is the supposed necessity for the free use ol stimulants and the extra diet required. In an Inst tution, containing 600 patients, where pains had been taken to record the number of extra meals it is stated that over 17.000 were furnlshc d In a single year. The expens-J of living to-day is lefs than one-half it was in 18C3, yet the expense of the insane asylam is more than double. Further comment is unnecessary. We propose to follow this matter up to the very end, until every radical is driven from office and honest, working democrats are placed in their st?ad. The institutes for the blind and for the deaf and dumb will have their turn before many days. Enough is known already to warrant us in saying without fear that the same state of facts exist in both of them. Any legislator who will refuse to vote for the displacement of the above officials is not a true democrat, neither has be the welfare of his constituents at bpart with

these facts staring him in the face. ine lonowing umies neea no comment or explanation: EXPENDITURES OF DEAF AND DUHB IKSTITCTH: FROM 18(i5 TO 1877. 1865. Average attendance - 152 Expenses S33,8S3 90 Average cost per week not reported, but Is. ... s S7 Salaries paid officers and employes 11,804 35 Clothing account 735 51 1866. Average attendance....- '. 150 Expenses f 41 J8 67 Salaries 12,997 43 Average cost per capita per week not reponea, oui 11 is . h V7 For "incidental expenses" the steward drew the small sum of 4,300 00 1867. Average attendance.. Expenses - 155 842,378 92 Average cost per week not reported, DUl It 18... Palaries..... 6 83 14,416 98 37Uu DO Incidentals, per steward 1868. Average attendance.. 186S 12.635 70 Expenses.... Average coU per head not reported. but it is... .......... ft 73 Salaries- .. 14.728 36 Incidentally " by the ate ward . 34u0 00 1869. Average attendance.......... 195 Expenses $15,931 65 Average cost per week not reported, but H i" ,. 5 89 Salaries... 16,010 95 "Incidentals" by the steward not reported. 1870. Average attendance .. . 240 Expenses . $50,161 49 Average cost per week not reported, but It is. ... 5 22 Salaries....... 20,482 65 The "incidentals" are left out. 1871. ATeraee attendance 254 $39,697 01 5 87 19,97 38 2.151 32 ?r4 .salaiies. Average per week not reported, but it is Salaries Clothing account. 1872. Average attendance. RxrwnK"a $68,197 12 Average Der week of 40 weeks not reDorted. but it is - 6 71 Salaries... 21.0R8 86 Clothing account -....... . 20 52 1873. Average attendance.- 273 Ex pen hcs. .. $71,028 2S Average cost per week not reported ta 88 23,460 22 8,068 45 Clothing account1S74. . Average attendance 291 Expenses. .-...... $69,230 94 A veraee cost Der week not renoi ted is 5 85 Salaries 23,933 87 Clothing account - 2,350 42 1875. Average attendance.. . . 295 Expenses... . ....$ 60,233 26 Average cost per week not reported, bnt it is S 10 Bala rlea . 28,706 26 Clothing 2,7o8 6 1876. Average attendance. Expenses. C!AW 77 Average cost per week not reported. DUt It 1 . . . ... . ' O t Salaries 27.0S8 47 Clothing account- ..... 8,054 89 EXPENSES OF BLIND ASYLUM FRO it 1859 TO 1877 1859. Average attendance during year. V vnanl t n Ma vW 1$ 16.287 V AUJL. pUU 4VU1 VO Average cost per capita per week not reported, out It Is..... 6 46 Salai Its paid olllceni and employes., Pln hint n t-i n 759 56 186J. Average attendance about .. .. 72 Expenditures......-..... $18,013 07 Coft per capita per wees not reported, out It Is -........ 6 3S Salaries naid officers and emoloves 5.552 24 Clothing account tM til 1861. No report, : 1862. Average attendance about...... 88 Expenses .... . .$ 18,557 80 Average cost per capita per week not renortL hut It is.... & 27 Officers' and employes salaries... 4,733 80 doming account ...... i,u. o 1863. A veraee attendance about - 83 Expenses... ..... ..... 120,773 65 Average cost, prr head per week not reporteu, out it is......... ........ o m