Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-02-13

I picheu up announcer club, and run after
the eSweede." So making two men uithai
sticks IN their handssI Ifollewing eestsAsnss
OF unsonnd mind and badly frightened. Z:
Shurely this is strange way to control,
and quiet the irritability Of an unsotndM
In.regard to making complaint to oiheos
Inspector. The Medical Society, prs.s,.
ferred to lay the matter before those 3
whom they supposed we're higher .nl-
thofity than the inspectors, as thtsfU
was some reason to fear that the latter
were either in the contractors interest, 81
or to much occupied in their own ,nf-,,s
fairs, to give this matter the attention
required. 1'~ ~ 'tsfs
The commissioners state that saHls
will appear that the offences chargedloiB
are alleged to have been scgmmittedlge
from one to three years ago, all Of them !,
during the term Of Dr.. Hemenway at
tendance upon the Asylum, &C. &ccis' hThe1oh
| go on with a tirade against that gentle 10
man, and utterly ignore,l and pass overad
the afidavits of the Stewart FbrotEsrs,n,
which was or ought have been, in, their
hands at that time. The history Of
these afidavits is something like fhisiiya
| Il quote from memory that last Sepssb
temher, after one of the brothers who sr
was a patient in the Hospital had reyao
covered, the other came to take him
home, arriving Saturday night, they'li
remained in the Asylum until MoHdAyyd
morning On Sunday theypsaw thsew
maltreatment of one of the patients by,.T
Hustled ian attendant who has since n
fed the country which consisted Of
beating chokeing' kicking &c. These
afidavits were made before Justice of
the Peace in Yamhill Co., Oregon, andss
beyond the influence Of any one con II
neeted with the Asylum. There are
copies of these affidavits In the hands
of the Judge Of the I'd Judicial Disc
trict, which will (if possibls) beomadeza
public Butt why were they entrelE1b
| passed by? was it because the Stew
arts were in Oregon, and SO could not
be cross questioned by Harmons law
yers and their testimony perverted, as
in the case of Kellogg? The conn Z
mite complain, that the Med Society,"
was not there to act as prosecutor
| The Med Society, were not invited TO
be present at the examination by either
| the Governor or Auditor = nor rewefe
| they informed of the time when the IA
commission would meet. And had any
member of the Society gone to Stella
COON under the circumstances, they
would probably have been notified that
the commission was competent to at-la
tend to the matter without their help,
Indeed 80 determined were the COM
mission to find fault with the profession
in some form, that they went out OF
their way to procure testimony against
DIR. Wilson, that was not before them,
and animadyerted upon a private letter, .
published without his knowledge las e
stated by the Dispatch IN tae next days
issue.) That, Mr.. Harmon fead and
clothed the patients reasonably well, we'o
fully believeao That hegaye orders that
they shall be kicked, choked or beaten,
was never charged-but it was done.
almost under his very eyes, has not
been 7disproven by the report OF the
committe. And Mr. Harmon Is, under
existing laws, at the head Of the Insti-6
tuition, and as such, is responsible for
the discipline, and every act that takes
place within its walls ~
Whether the Committe was formed
to cover up the affairs of the Asylum III
cannot say; but g straws show which
way the wind blows" often with more.
certainty than the rusty vane on the
church steaplc. They accepted the
hospitality Of Mr.. Harmonic Theysal-
lowed his lawyers to crossauestion the
witnesses without limit, when they,
knew there was no lawyer totprosecute
or object to an improper mode OF exarii-
ination. They refused to interogatet
the patients in the Asylum, meny of
whom are capable of making correct
| statements, and, might throw much
! light Oh the affairs OF the institution.
| They took no pains to obtain testimony
bearing against the rule of the Gems
| tractor. but used extraordinary meapso
| to; sst.ehunt up" matter against the ATT
/ tending physician, and finally, they,
| pass. over. two Of the most direct ana
concIusive afidavits without mention
MY own idea of the duty OF thac0rnAb
| mite was this. o They should have,
/ carefully examined the afiidayits placed
\ In their hands, summoned the witEesses
| as best they might, and carefully exard1
| inc them, one by one, In private, that
| no coercion Qor intimidation might bel
| suspected, and without the aid or inter-
| ference of any lawyer, avoiding any ap
pearance of collnsion with Mr. Harmon
] OF any other person, and finally pub
! lished their conclusions Ia anEopenaAnd
digniiea manner, aud 80 Tree from ip1t
yective. or personality thai, which AyeYs
side il necessarily favored, il would
carry CONVICTION to all men. -. s''s
Tf tl,If hslis ss1TissF's;f ss,.s.is A.stHs B. ID
| Isa4is aSi.a .E4-.aS -ss,-t--.-rr44--4ssIuri adt
i E A little canal Of tEentysthrea
miles was wanted. in Chipe IL 1872.
Time 8 must must be pteeious there Though
Ilife is IS cheap. Ouly SIX weekswbsg
eisen IN (which to did at thoughithsss
fhrduoh rraakt fer4eta. md over nxtAn4