The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-10-06


treasury of the Government? How differ
enly people look at things at different
times and places.
Although have no love for Ben Butler
and would not vote for him, think he
would make good President. He is smart
and has fine executive ability. He under
stands the ways of Satan so well, his reia-
tionship to him not being very far removed,
that he would catch the erring every time
and would bring abont reform such as here
all his faults he is thorough and means
business when he undertakes to do thing.
Blame him as they may about the TeWkes-
bury invest CATION, call it scandal and all
like that, it nevertheless did good. lie
walked up Boards of Directors everywhere
and set them peering aron1ld Asylams un-
der their charge and caused mucn wrong
doing to be revealed and corrected. There
| is nothing. it seems to me, moro farcical
than the proceedings Of Directors of
Banks, Asylums and public institutions
generally. What do they do2 Sit down,
half the time without quorum listen to a
report of secretary and treasurer, talk q lit
tie and adjourn. Actually know nothing
about the real condition Of affairs, don't
examine books, officials or departments
and are stunned with surprise when the
bank fails they perhaps having vowed the
day before that it was sound or when they
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being robbed or that the poor inmates have
been i'll treated. It is shame for man to
give his name for show, for the influence,
| the weight it will carry, as it is so often
put. If q man signs paper, let him know
and realize what it means and be willing to
stand squarely up to all it's requirements,
and if he consent to serve on a committee
or us director, let him honestly and faith
fully perform his duty, skim over nothing,
whitewash nothing.
Several times lately, thanks, believe, to
Gen. Butler, Investigations have been
made in our Asylums and not in vain. Re
form was needed. Perhaps the most fire.
uuent offenses are neglect and cruelty, par
ticularly toward the insane. A good nurse
or keeper for the insane is difficult to find.
Patience and genuine good heart are
requisites. 1t is not pleasant duty to care
for those who are not only silly and moody
but oftentimes obstreperous and unruly
and no doubt the poor, reason wrecked
creatures receive many shOyeS, marsh words
and hard blows that the Superintendent
either knows not OF or passes over in
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trial would be useless as there were ra---a
q nesses except the insfne man.
The Pennsylvan1a Hospital IL one Of the
oldest and largest institutions i'll the whole
toun.ry anu ~ ~, d. ieast, we nave right
so. Brutal outrases have l,aor, contnitted mn, lad
there ,pon the uoor charity nat;enfs h., tba
Young pIpysicia1,s. clinicai asziStants ,uho
have charge of waraa. One man n,ant tI'ere
with broken arm md was forced to wait
over nn hour in the receivino ward 81 snfferl Terl
ing great agony. before one of the aristo-
cratic young pI1ysicians did nnv thino for
him. He SAYS thoy treated him harsblv
abused him and finally dismissed I,i,., ,r;il,
his arm badly set and disabled for further
use Again, he went there with his arms
and hands badly burned He bod nnI.Iv
saved his employers building from h1r,,.
ing. He was made to wait 4 lone fine
before any notice was taken of him md
what attention he did eet was very semi
and very poor. Then he had to s:1ffer the
indianit7 of BEING shoyed and Isnockad ho
a drunken nurse. and finally was ] f1ismisscaa a
half cured, his woundg sfiIl raw and of
| course in no condition to work And tha+
is charity! That, fra.si I'll Institution that
brides itself on its efficiency ond AZ. tino
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