The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-13
fHE INSANE ASYLUM.

The appropriation asked for in the
House Monday BY Mr.. Pipes, OF East
0sliclanA, for the Insane Asylum at
jackson, ought 10 be granted as prompt
81 = possible. The inmates Of that In
4lttuttoh are the most unfortunate class
I of our fellow beings, and their condition
1teongly, aye, irresistibly, commends
chem 10 our sincerest sympathy and
!. lnrgeet charity. Yet, II the report
speaks truly. these helpless and
most unhappy creatures have been
subjected " cruel privations. and the
moneys appropriated for the mainte-
nance, protection and comfort have
ooen tho spoil OF rapacious iascals to
whose hands Radical administration
conslgned tho management Of the in
oGltution. We believe that an investi-
I notion Into the condition Of the patients
ID the Insane Asylum since this State
lelI into the hands OF the Radical bum
mers who control II, up 10 the
time the present Board of Dr.
roctors took charge Of IL, would show
that the unfortunate patients have been
bndly provided for. badly fed and badly
&lothed, and that q large portion of the
money appropriated for their benefit
has been stolen aud gone to enrich
Radical politicians. There are rumors
afoot In relation to these things which
!; 6emand Investigation, and which, II
they arU true, will show the blacklist
apot Ia the record Of isadicalism In Lou
IBlana.
It n gratifying, however, to know
That, ct this time, the Asylum Is In the
\ hands Of honest officials, and humane
men, and that whatever the State may
appropriate for Its wretched inmates
4 viii be properly administered. There
~ q present In the Asylum between
10 aud 800 patients. Until within the
LIST ninety days these had been nearly
\ naked, hut their necessities were finally,
/ . measure, relieved with 5000. a por-
\ olon d the appropriation which had
boen enjoined by Attorney General
1ield, and which was finally obtained.
1he attendants have not been
raid for upwards OF twelve months,
and there IL now due them considerably
more than $1,000. Many OF the cooks,
walters, etc. very poor persons having
small properties In the town OF Jack.
\ eon. have not, owing to their not being
paid TOR their services, been able to pay
their taxes, and their homes have been
placed on the delinquent tax list. The
4 appropriations made BY the State have
Icon exhausted; the credit OF the insti.
4 tl1ejon has been pushed TO its utmost
4 limit. and but small supply even Of
prOvisions Is now on hand. The scan.
dAlous manner In which this institution
has been managed cries out aloud
against the party which has mis-.
governed this State, and the condition
~ IL inmates most piteously appeals
~ us Tor prompt and liberal aid.
The management Of the institution is,
- We have said, now In the hands Of d
competent and proper board, and any
appropriation made will be devoted to
Tho benefit Of the miserable beings 10,
whom It Is designed Let an appropri
ation then be made without delay and a
eommittee appointed by the House te
1nquire fully into the management Of
ede Insane Asylum during the las,
esven yeers. We think the report 81
eooh committee will be extremely In
sestlng reading and h may explain
~ Y - ehat, While Radical ofYiciala
80 grown Och, the poor, helpless ant
nlesep SIGNATURES who AN inmates o
~ Insane sAsylum Of kdnisiana hay,
l1ged Tor proper food sud clcthing.