Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-05-24
Tne AddiLIon 10 tle AssInm.

Do lS hard 10 see now any person, not
governed by inveterate prejudice, can
examine our insane asylum and all mat
tiers connected with it. and not favor the
Improvements necessary to render all
its accommodations fully available.
While in some parts of the building the
accommodations are good, yes, superior,
for nearly one hundred patients, in other
parts they are wretchedly defective for
even forty. It must be remembered
that when that building was planned
the county asylum business was an eX-
pertinent and the planners were not
guided by the light Of previous expert
ence. and under such circumstances it is
inevitable that the work Of human beings
shall be in some parts detective,
The readers Of the semi-weckly HER
AID. especially those into whose charge
The county has mtIusted its business,
ought to read carefully the statements Of
the three members Of the state board,
published on the first page Of this issue
These gentlemen are evidently actuated
by motives of sincere and deep philan-
thropy-it is impossible to see any rea-
sonable grounds for attributing to them
sinister or selfish motives, and they have
made this subject a Study for many
years and have much experience and
wide observation to guide them. 1t is
true their impatience with those with
whom they come in contact who, lack
ing their wide experience and knowledge
of the subject, cannot see as they do,
sometimes renders their manner toward
county boards peremptory, dogmatic
and somewhat offensive, thus stirringup
stubborn and unreasoning antagonism;
but men who have been trusted with the
public business of forty thousand people
and the welfare of a very helpless and
unfortunate class, ought to be able to
rise above these feelings.
1t seems indisputable that if the mem
bers of the county board will carefully
look over the asylum and the figures
which have been presented in this ease
| Figures which may easily be verifed)
they viii be fully convinced that to re.
fuse to make the addition will be false
and short-sighted economy-saying at
the spigot to waste at the bung.
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Prairie du Chen Union: Last week
Tuesday, the President returned mum.
Der of pension bills passed by both
houses of Congress in April, among
them the special bill for the increase Of
n. S. Bulls pension, they having be-
come laws on account of detention
without his approval. Had the Presi
dent had backbone enough he woulC
have undoubtedly vetoed all the specia
pension bills. No doubt all the veter
ans whom Congress enacted for are as
worthy as our townsman, N. S. Bull
who served ID months after having hi;
upper jaw shot away and lived or
'mush" until he had the honor of com
handing the company that received the
contraband of war at Lees surrender
The bill reported last Wednesday
from the House Committee ON Electora
Count, proposinga constitutional amend
ment and defining the office of SeconC
Vice President, provides that in case o
removal from office, death, resignation
or constitutional disability of both thu
President and Vice President, the offic,
of President shall devolve on the SECOND
Vice President of the United States
who shall be voted for on distinct ballots
at the same time, in like manner anC
for the same term as President ant
Vice President by the electors of tn,
several states.
The surprising information come
that the House special labor COMMITTEE
has a surplus of 81, 900 after the round
up. That is certainly the most extra
ordinarily virtuous committee whicl
ever wheeled out of Washington on pub
lie business.
The Senate committee virtually kille,
the House Mexican pension bill by post
poning it indefinitely and agreeing to re
port the old Senate measure, which tn
house will not pass The Mexican pen
sion bill provides for the distribution G
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