Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-03-26

county, also endorsed the statements OF
ths preceding speakers. he referred TO
the admirable location Of the new bnild.
ing under consideration, Its healthy sur
rouudings, hpe views OF the river and
surrounding country, Offering varying
scenes Of ships aud oArs, and hue pastoral
pioturea-A divertemsnt the insane
needed to dstrAot thsir minds from their
mslsdy. II was q great shame and
humiliation that Delaware has not
already such an Institution, and he hoped
that the Legislature would not further
withhold from the States unfortunate
wards the Justice and hnmAne treatment
they demanded,
Harry NOwlsnd earnestly advocated the
establishment Of State insane asylum,
and fully believed he was in as full
aooord with the ntiment Of all the
thinking people Of the State.
Z. r. Cochran, In an impAssioned sd-
dress, heartily advocated the projset,
and hoped that Delaware, IL ouGh small
as she 10 and sovereign State, would be
. sovereign State in the true sense Of the
term. Her citizens could not call
themselves intelligent, progressive,
and humane with consistency until they
had provided place for the proper care
Of her insane wards. The people should
stand up as q man and say to the Lsgis.
lature, sit is q duty you owe to your own
State, and you must pafform It," II can
never be said In Kent and Sussex county
that this Ia q New Castle county job, for
Il ie project 80 Just and deserving In Its
intents and purposes that q feeling Of
seotionslism can mot enter. Upon this
subject the State must be considered the
parent with the three counties
as sons, all In full sympathy
and aocord. The money expended
in Delaware by each county, and with
the amount required to sustain those out
side the State, will more than cover the
expenses OF the institution. In further
advocsoy Of the project Mr.. Cochran
held that no member OF the Legislature
could afford to vote against such just,
proper and humane measure. Governor
Ssockley intsri. otsd the remark that any
man can afford to do right. Mr.. Cochran
laid especial stress upon the fact that the |
proposed plan was in no sense New
Castle county job.
In the course Of some informal remarks |
Governor S.ockley stated that the State |
expended about S1 900 for the maintain.
ence Of Its insane and feeble minded in |
PennsylvAnis institutions, and that the |
appropriation In each case was not in |
excess Of e250 each, sum insufficient 10
pay for the care OF . patient, and in con
sequence II was not available to those
who could not make up the difference,
about $l2b, no matter how deserving the
case or how great the patients nsed was
al hattaW than Nt-anNIA haI
received In the county Institutions. The
governor also endorsed the location Of the
building under consideration, and
thought that II was in every way de
sirAble, and the structure itself finely
adapted for the purpose.
DR.. Draper suggested that the levy
courts and poor trustees Of the lower
counties send COMMITTEES TO NEE, with
delegates from the same bodies from this
county and the whole to confer with the
legislative committee. The latter com
mittee took the matter into consideration.
The new building 10 offered to the State
for $116, 900, the cost Of Its erection, bu
the price was not broaohed st the meet
Ing. There was . general aoquiesoenoe
In the feeling shat there should be por
tion Of 8 or 10 acres Of land set aside
with the building.
II ia not known how the members from
the lower counties aooept the proposition,
as none expressed their views upon the
matter. They oame, It is said, to have the
presented and not to give voice
to any opinion nor in any way commit
The legislative committee will further
inves gate the matter and, after . meet
lrg with the committee named above,
will make a report upon the matter to
the General Assembly.