Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-26
TEHhSBURY.
An Amusing 0nfrariety In the Ma
jorify and Minority Reports on the
ass.

RosroN, July 20 The Tewksbury
committee reports We're submitted to the
House to-day. All the Republican mem
hers signed the majority report and all
the Democrats the minority report. The
majority report pronounces the main
charges OF the Governor groundless and
cruel. The question of infant mortality,
the majority says, was an old one, we'll
settled, rs everybody knew. "The de-
livery of dead bodies, under the law, was
under the control of the trustees and the
superintendent, and any irregularity
should have been remedied by them
without publicity, If proof thereof had
been furnished them, and the people of
this proud Commonwealth would have
been saved from the shame and humilia-
tion 80 recklessly and needlessly brought
upon them. Surely the truth should
have been asoertained before making such
awful charges.
sour order WAS to investigate the other
institutions, but we heard no cause OF
complaint and had no time to devote to
tlem. We made an ordinary tour of
inspection and found them in good con-
dition. We commend to the Legislature
and people all our public charitable insti-
tutions az still worthy of this ancient
Commonwealth, although in the language
of one of his Excellency's distinguish, d
predecessors, they are constantly requir-
ing changes to meet recurring exigeucies
and the demands of progressive philap-
thropy.'
"Your committee desire to place on
record their strong disspprohation OF
some things said and done by the Gov
ernor during the course of this hearing.
We pass by the insults TO the committee
and their chairman who presided at this
hearing by invitation Of the regular
chairman with the consent of the COM
mittee also the reference in his arsu-
| ment to the cleaning out OF this state
house, by his veteran comrades ana con-
| slider graver things. His Rxoellency an
nounced on the first evening of the hear
| ing that he had not come into the case
with backing brush, but in conuaven
| ton of this assertion the COMMITTEES quote
| all the indelicacies which were
given utteranoe to during the in
vestgation, and say in retro
| spection Your committee blushed for
the Commonwealth, and turned away in
amazement.' But worse than these was
|
the French Rev olution. Can it be posi-
BILE that the people of this Commonw cal h
are slumbering upon such volcano as
burst upon the people OF France in 17S9,
whose fears are to be kindled because a
few reckless medical students have caused
to be tanned for their own purposes a few
| pieces Of human skin Is this what his
Excellency meant when he says We must
see that the wheel does not go round once
again We have examined the 5000
| pages of testimony in this case with sole.
| itude to be just to the management of the
Tewksbury Almshouse, just to his Excel
leney, who made the charges aud con.
Quoted the prosecution, and, above all,
inst to the Commonwealth whose servants
we are -
To report of the minority claims that
Ivy the technical rules of law adopted hy
tue committee of Investigation much i'm
, portrait testimony was excluded, but that
thu evidence submitted leads the com.
Iuittss to believe that three OF the trus-
tees, honrss, Elliott aud Spauldiug, had
been untIithtul to their trust that the
rstsusluu Of Marsh all these years has
b4er crime for which thss. trustees are
mainly rrsp0isibls. The minority also
thiuks this h sr,l of Health, Lunacy and
tharity cannot evads responsibility in
the matter. The System uf bt ok -keepin
10 strongly condemEsi A. luhusnesBIikt
and dangerous. Tue grasarst abul ca. TIT
report says, have beeu practical under
the management and the superirtendancy
Of the almsLouse il deserving Of pub
lie ceusur-. The officers have heeu
guilty Of most wIlful neglect, p.culations
without parallel, abandoned deb4uchery
and wantOn cruelty, the evidence Il
which cannot fail to convince unbiased
Ininds TIese uutrRges merit punishment
no lsss than for felony. The testimony
is cumulative that Misunderstanding
and those OF patients-were purpasrly
poisoned and wilfuly neglected in g
starving condition until death ensued
The death rata of infants at Tewksbnry
compared with that Of any other like
institution, il in itself conclusive ev idenet
of blacklist gnilt. With such trightfn
mortality, without p.stleuc- or plague
those in charge are indiotable for intanti
eide. The report makes numerous re.
concentrations for future management
Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewei
never fails in restoring gray hair to its youth
| tu color, lustre and vitality. Dr.A. A. Hayes
| State Assayer oi Massachusetts, endorses it
aud all who give 1t 4 fair trial unite in grateful
testimony to Its many virtues
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