New-York tribune., 1879-12-17
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
cnr,rpp c.pr FOR THE INSANE.
1 GkEAIEn OAhE IOh iAH
ANxRTIXo TO BE HELD AT COOPER uNioN-oD
rvcrs ron WHICH 1T Is CALLED.

XxrxprrSo TO BE HELD AT COOPER UNioN-oB-
yrcrs ron WHICH 1T is CALLED.
The meeting to be held at Cooper Union to-mor-
INV evening to consider the evils alleged to exist n
the care Of the insane In this city ana e'a'e'
rrom,.es TO be most interesting. The committee
having the matter in charge has among It's MEM
hers Chef-Justice Noah Davis. DR.. Willard Parker
w. F. Dodge. Dr. c. r. Agnew. DIR. w. II. Draper
the Rev. Dr. w. NJ Taylor. DR.. j. Marion Sims.
Elizabeth Thompson, W. p. Garrison, W. +. Dodge
ir. Orange Judd. George III. Putnam, George l.
Sency. T.. H. Ludlow. A. A. Low. George .. ,oe'
Thomas C.. Acton. John Jay Cisco. Francis L. Bar
low Peter II. Olncy and many other of Ncw-f"rhS
well-known residents. The committee hns lnNi,S" w
Georgc William Curtis. the Rev. Ut. llchry w
Bellows Dr. T.. {. Scguin, the Rev. Dr. kichan III;
Storrs DR.. stephen Smith, Dr. +. {. Sp izka ana
the Rev. r. lleer Newton 10 speak on the occasioh'
cirsnlar has been issued containng general
suggestions for the protection of tue insane ~ as
scrts that throughout the United states me halol'N
of insane prIsous do not receive the care the teui-
cal treatment thesympathy. ana the proper hui iS,s
which it is the duty OF the community 20 & H.
The manner Oi appointment oi OiEeials ana '.e
management Of asyums are declared To be open 10
the gTavtSt objections Some of tls results oi ,uo
pr,Scnf system mentioned the alliance Oi po'-
icn-iiedical influences; resistance 10 The advance
men: uf medical science IN the treatment oi hir"-
tal diseases; the exclusion Ot the medical professor
from the proceedings of the ASSOCIATION Oh suP'iW-
temdcnts; d.priyimg The medical profession ~ c'etN
clinical advantage which every hospital lOr we
psflcnis ia lunatic hospitals ~ tie ADVANTAGE o'
eonsultn. piysic'ans which rs Afforded patients III
every other hospital; keeping the pubic IA 'gno-
rance of the true stare O alairs; inducing the Log
ISatnrcs tu make enormous APPROPRIATIONS, Whlch
have been used i'm the erection Oi buildings better
adapted 20 crafty the riido oil coinnSloncfs ail',
sipSrinten,rnts than for the comfort ana care "i
insane pliirnt~ :" the needless and Increasing eN-
rense OF caring Tor insane persons. ana cnshl"iuhs
insane aSylums in such secrecy that Ciih,S oI
almost any grade might be coinuiittcu Milhin t'vn %
walls without coming 20 the knowledge o' 'hc
public. hume tI.
object is declared 10 be. hIst. the formation Oi a
National Lunacy Reform Assnciaiion ior lic lnp,rc
ton of the insane, whose moral influence VIII SUI
tain all efforts throughout The cOuniiN III Tie 'iVc
ton If an economic, scientific and huiahc iIeAiaen
of these poor persons; second, 20 secure IN c H'5'e
and sifV III New York p Oicr ACCOMMODATIONS l"T
the insane. and the appointment ana payment ol
r,rdical sraiis m an the insane asylums hv the
state Il l.. asked that the people should insist t'
the law shouid make II more difficult than IL now i
tn imcarccratc sane people IN these aSynns lha'
there should lee temporary PROVISION iol nc de'eh-
ton Of patients apparently ~ I''uS aC"''N s'N,''
that only such physicians as have been cAal,lhl"
hy the LunacN Commission shall nave tho tish' 10
sign certificates ior IA" commitment 1i ltsN"V
persons that there should hc "a more enlsulchYu
medical and humane treatment oi those already
within the walls that there shall bc !cnialc phNs',
cans for the female wards and that all inechanicSl
instruments loI tic'IcStraint OF patents wNch
cause torture shall be abolished. lt Is to discuss
these Questions and many klhdIcd ones That the
meeting has been called,
GREAT CHANGES IN THE POLICE FORCE.
SUGGESTIONS FOR EEoEGANizArIoN ~ IRON CoNMis-
SIONER vOORHIS-uIs REASONS.
Swecping changes looking, in tact. to little less
than "A complete reorganization of the police force
Of tb.s CITY, were proposed at yesterdays meetingof
the Police Board II was decided to transfer Captain
McElvain from the Ihiriy-hIst Precinct whittier
hc WAS sent the day before, TO the Sixteenth and
Captain Ryan, OF that precinct. to tie Thirty -irst
Commissioner Noorlis read series ol resolutions
which the Board referred to the Committee on Rules
and Discipline, without comment.
In these resolutions il was moved tat Tic Com
mittee on Rules and Discipline consider and Ie-
port in regard to the establishment OF three
Police Inspection Districts with offices M the Cen
tral once also IN regard TO the abolition of the
Steamboat Squad aud fOr the transfer OF the patrol
men attached to IL To the several precincts in which
they are now performing duty the abOli-
tun of the Broadway Squad and the transfer
of the patIolmen attached to II to the several pre-
rincts in which they are now performing duty, and
10 the transfer of that specia force The public in
trrc.ts may require; and finally IN regard 10 the
transfer to patrol duty IN the several precincts
where a deficiency exists III the patrol loIcc oil
ratrolmen now acting rOundsmen or who are act
ir as members of the force and assigned TO detailed
positions where they are unnecessary for the eiii-
cheney of the force, not required tor the promo
ton of the public welfare.
Co,nrnissioner Vcorhis, when subsequently dis
,ussiug the measures proposed by him. sad that he
had still another resolution, providing Tor the 3boll-
tiun of the Mounted Squad rs Il separate command.
ana Tor the trausicl "l the Wvh nviscs anu SP,lP-
lnent to the IhIty-thrd and Thirty fourth Pre-
,iucts The changes. lac thought, would result in a
great saving Of money and men. AT present the
force Is short ls3 men of It's fu'l number and IN
many parts of the city posts are doubled III night.
lV sheer necessity, when they most need watching.
Inc abolition of the three commands named would
tuppy the deficiency at no extra cost, and no risk
The bringing together at Headquarters OF the pro
posed three Inspection district Offices would not
necessarily abolish the fourth Inspector IL was his
plan 20 havo one inspector always on duty as an
resistant superintendent, leaving the supcrinten-
dent free look after the force better than now 10y
personal communication with the captains.