The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-10-06

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S1s 90 having been paid :.
mother.
You thus zee Why the Democrats 10.
troduced the bill, forced its passage BY
means Of "select" Committee in the
House, with Samuels a. Chairman, aud
in the Senate, where they then had the
majority, voted down the efforts Of she
Republicans to amend the Bill when its
effect was discovered.
For portion Of the money paid to .
Republican State Printer (Moriarty)
under that Democratic Act, Rcpubli
can ton has brought suit
against him, which is now pending in
the Courts. e
We need state no other facts on this
point to arouse your indignatien against
the men, and party leaders, who thus
falsify the record Of the State, and at
tempt to impose their falsehood. and
Misrepresentation upon people who
have not access to the official documents
to correct them.
But we proceed to give you further
proof Of their duplicity and violations Of
truth, candor and honesty.
THE INSANE ASYLUM.
FALSE CHARGE NO. 5.
"The State has already appropriated
to the erection and construction Of this
| Asylum about $2e5, 900, and its naked
walls arc yet scarcely completed"
"Under the present management, this
Asylum, before completed and ready for
occupation, will cost the people Of this
State moro than $500, 900. One wing
Of that institution, | Et,coodl] have no
doubt, would meet the wants of the In.
sare Of this State for more than SO years
to COME
THE TRUTH.
Mr.. Winslow, the Superintendent Of
the building, and 1 thorough going
Dcmacrat; under the date Of Aug. l4th,
1889, certi6es as follows
Mt. Pleaaapt, Aug, II, 1859.
DEAR SIR =: answer to your in
quiries Of this date, I will say that am
acquainted with all Of the Insane Ary
luq rth Of the Potomac and Chic
rive their cost. size, p ans, accommo,
dations, &C., and am we'll satisfied that
no one Of them is 50 thoroughly con.
structed As the Iowa Asylum, no one OF
them has been built for SO little money
in proportion to its accommoda tions Z nd
no one Of them contains 20 many i'm
provements upon older Asylums. The
Northampton (Mass.) Asylum built on
the same general plan with this, Of the
same size, and At the same time cost
more than this will when completed, and
this will certainly be worth SIS, 900
more than that. Dr. L. v. Bell, 50 long
connected With the McLane Asylum Of
Massachusetts,, as its Superintendent,
visited this last week, and after thor.
ouehly examining it, pronounced it to
be incomparably better than the North
ampton institution.
The Asylum will accommodate when
completed, about three hundred and six.
y patients. The amount already Ok.
pended upon it for al purposes what.
ever, Including barn, out buildings, ma.
chiuery, cattle, horses, &c., &C., il e25l,
600. The building is naarly completed
The rear part, including al that part
designed for domestic purposee, is On.
tirely finished. The east half Of the
building Is finished, and al the doors
and windows ready to 80 up. The 9th
er half is ready for the plas,ersrs. The
entire Asylum building, aside from the
heating appara tus and iron pipes for the
water closets, can bs thoroughly com.
pleted, according to tho original plans,
for $4,000. =
According 80 my informotion, and my
means for correct information on this
subject are very good, there are qnite
enough lssans people in the Stats to
hll tho Asylum to it, utmost capacity.
There hare been nearly ono hundred ap-
plications for admission al,eady made 70