Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-02-24
a CRIME ulAr prqrpvr, DEATH

There ~ one crime, however, which indi.
Gates such dcpnvily " heart, such disregard
o' lie, such malice toward all mankind, that
The doing Of II should b. visited with the
swiilest and most condign punishment, I
recommend an act, in substance pfoyidinp
That whoever wiliully aud deliberately does
an act with intent 10 dcrail moving train.
propelled ny steam on any railroad. shall upon
conviction thereof suffer death. Sucb a man
Is IN his heart thousand times, il may be. a
murderer of innocent men women and chill
drcn, who have done and can do him ma ham,
u ny accident he fail in his ncflrioils uutpps.
to accomplish which he ha, done all he car, do.
thcif escape Is IN the providence 81 God and
no merit Of his.
INSANE ASYLUM ABUSES.
There Is another matter of very important
concern which commend 10 your considcr1.
non, IN relation 10 the insane establishments,
as well private as public, and that is, their
doors open altogether too easily inward. and
with too great difficulty outward, ia the rccep.
'ioh and discharge Of their inmates. An
allegation OF alteration Of mind is easily made
ana quite as easily proven by experts: and,
although 1t may amount to no cause for in.
carcefation, yet the very expert who gives his
testimony IS now allowed to adjudicate upon
1t sufficiently to sentence the accused 10 what
may be perpetual imprisonment
In no other case is the liberty Of the citi.
zen SO loosely guarded, or 50 much in danger
Nor Is his personal liberty allowed TO be in.
tcriered with in any other case without the
assistance OF counsel, and full right and on.
portunity to appeal 10 the highest court. For
the patient to get away from the hosuital
especially where it is making money by keen.
ing him, is difficult, because Of the tempta
ton to hold him where those procuring the in
carceration may be willing to pay large sum
for the care Of the prisoner.
submit that this matter ought 10 be
carefully guarded by legislation, giving every
facility for setting a, large the mbecilc and
harmless insane, whenever they become hope.
lessly incurable, and RELOCATING them, as Other
harmless people are, to the home care of
their friends and relatives, who are bound TO
support them.
IN CONCLUSION.
Legislators have presented the result of
my best thought upon the topics occurring TO
me as oil interest TO you, and the discussion
OF which would benefit the state Time has
not been possible TO me to give to them the
needed care, classification, and condensation.
II has been my endeavor to exclude therefrom
every partisan consideration. | have every
inducement and no temptation to do other
wise, for | much desire that my suggestions
shall have weight with all Of you. From my
recommendation no personal advantage can
come, for now and here declare that have
neither wish nor intention again to ask the
suffrages OF the people Of the commonwealth
for the position I hold; for which high honor
am filled with the most profound sensibility
II IS both my pleasure and duty to give one
year OF the best energies of my life to the ser
vice OF the commonwealth, thereby to pay the
earnest penny of my gratitude. --Ea5fe,n
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