New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-24

Insanity is now universally recognized as a
disease and to claim that its victims should
have the benefit of methOdiCal and skillful
medical treatment with a view to their recOy-
cry, is to ask nothing more than simple justice
for one of the most afflicted classes OF our
fellow men. In stating the grounds OF TINS
appeal DR.. Parigot draws evidence from MS
abundant experience of the management OF
the insane in Europe. where he had the super
vision of what IL called Gheel-an open-air
asylum, or rather village-in which the un-
fortunates are placed TO board among tamliics'
As the curiously complicated West Virginia
election cases have come up In the House
of REPRESENTATIVES for settlement, the exposl-
ton of the questions involved, winch Is pun
lished on the fourth page of THE TRIBUNE, VIII
he found interesting. Two elections were
held in 1915, one in August and one III Octo-
ber The State i'd entitled to three members
in Congress; consequently there are two sets
of claimants to seats one from each election;
but Mr. Frank Hereford. from the Hid DIS
trict, happens to have been chosen at both
elections The validity of the claims OF the
other contestants must be decided by tho
House. which must pass upon the validity OF
the two elections The adoption OF new
Constitution has thrown the election laws Oh
West Virginia into confusion for some time
1t il interesting to note the progress III
England of what may be called the American
view respecting intoxicating liquors. Few
here are found to deny their injurious effects !;
there, not long ago, eminent members OF the
medical profession sided with the opponents
of restricting the sale of liquor by law. To-day
we print an important paper by DIR. Dickin-
son from The London MedicO- Chirurg'cdt Trans
actions, in which tho tests of statistical and
medical science are applied to the question
whether the free use of alcoholic stmulants
induces disease and shOrtens life. The notion
of applying these researches specially to the
class that deals i'll liquors, ia certainly ingcn-
ions. Nothing could be more definite than
the results attained by this investigation,
which will furnish a powerful weapon to the
friends of Temperance throughout the world.
On our third and fourth pages to-day we pub
lish some interesting correspondence from En-
gland, France and Cuba. Our London CORE
spondent shows very clearly that RadIcallsm
is slowly gaining ground in England. An III
dication of this may DO found in the fact that
some Of the London journals. which affected
TO disregard the agitations OF radical lead
ers, have at last been obliged to de-
vote to their speeches the same space
given to cabinet ministers. The claims of
the ex-Empress Eugene upon France have
given our Paris correspondent occasion to de-
scribe how a law may be construed to mean
one thing in the ease of ono dynasty anu
something else in the case of another dynasty.
The financial embarrassments of the Govern
ment in Cuba are explained by Havana cor
respondent in way to suggest very strongly
that the commercial interests Of the country
will be subjected to almost ruin0us burdens.
In a letter from Mr. Welch. one Of the orig
inal Indian Commission, addressed to the
President and quoted by The TRIBUNE, seri-
Gus charges were made against the financial
management of the Indian service. 1t was
particularly noted by Mr.. Wech that tho so
called bills Tor incidentals" were sometimes of
very doubtful character. The Indian Bureau
is now before Congress with another deficiency
| of more than half million dollars. Congress
has always responded to the calls OF the
Bureau, which have neither been light nor in
! FREQUENT. There is or should be, limit to
the cost of the Indian service; but these def
eiencies come in regularly for relief; and the
most considerable item in these is the incl
dental expense account to which ex-COm-
missioner Welch has called attention. Con-
gressmen are looking after the small leaks
with an honest intention of stopping them.
we are told. Here is chance to dry M one
stream through which the public cash is wasted.