The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-24

would send bad men to the hospitals We say
that some of them have sent bad men to the
hospital and that you know it; that some of
these bad men have been discharged for immor
atty. drunkenness and incompetency, and you
know 1t.
You have not denied the allegations in our re-
port that many of these appointees have beer
found grossly incompetent that they have
been obliged to leave
You have not denied that for the responsible
position of physicians men have been chosen
without special qualifications previous expe-
rience to fit them for the place.
You have not denied that some of the en-
ployes are active political workers. and that
funds have been raised among them for cam
pagn purposes, even to prosecute the Demo
cratic campaign in your own county, that the
politics OF Wayne township are controlled by
these employees; that many were recently dele
gates at Democratic convention; that an active
agitation was maintained among them respect
Ing the Bynum and Bailey controversy; that on
the day OF the first Democratic congressional
convention the hospital was almost deserted.
You have no. denied that some of these en-
ployes have been candidates for Democratic
nominations.
You have not denied that additional places
have been made for political workers
You have not denied that prominent politi-
clans of your party, Messrs. Landers, Cooper,
Sullivan, and Others are prominent in furnish
ing supplies.
You have not denied that Mr.. Gapen, one Of
your co-trustees, has been regularly receiving
his salary, although he Is managing saw-mill
in Arkansas, and has not been present at more
than one meeting between October, 1885, and
July 1886.
You have not denied that you failed to adopt
code of bylaws for nearly three years, al
though the superintendent states it was impos-
sible to manage the institution without them
You have not denied that wholesale discharges
OF employees are frequent According to your
own admission, the average term of service is
only two years and one month. We would re-
I'D - A.. I.-:a hx.
means proves that our statement as to the num-
Der of changes which have taken place is false.
You have not denied the discord among the
trustees which the minutes OF the board dis.
close.
You have not denied that the system under
which contracts are let is defective and that
higher prices are paid than necessary. You have
not denied that contracts are sometimes given to
one who is not the lowest bidder; and that Mr..
hall makes purchases without calling for c0mpe-
tition, in violation of law
You have not denied that the butter furnished
by Mr.. Sullivan was found by the former board
to BE oleomargarine; that the former board dis
allowed his claim of $476 25 on that account;
that he then made open war upon Mr.. Fishback
and lobbied for the passage of the Brown bill,
giving dinner in honor of the event.
You have not denied his refusal to furnish but
ter on his contracts, and that you forbade Capt.
Stansbury to charge to Sullivan the difference
between the price of butter, which he agreed TO
furnish, and the price which was afterwards
paid.
You have not denied that Sullivan is your in
6uential POLITICAL supporter. You have not de-
MED that you have let contracts to him when he
was not the lowest bidder. You have not denied
that he furnished very common kind of country
butter under a contract for furnishing creamery
butter at rs cents pound You have not de-
MED that he furnished butterne under such con-
tracts. You have not denied the conclusive facts
stated in the report of your superintendent for
MAY 1885, where Dr. Fletcher states that he
fNnlx 10 da1o Hruith Hov ri duffy nf
lumbus. Ind. at nearly one-half less than the
lowest offer here, that the eggs and poultry were
better than any used in the hospital. and the
butter gave about the same satisfaction as the
best creamery, so-called, for which you paid
twenty eight cents. And you have nos denied
that subsequently John Sullivan was given the
contract and that he was paid for his butter at
his own price.
You have not denied that on the very morning
that the committee were at the asylum, butter
infested with maggots had been concealed in the
sewer beneath the storeroom to avoid our in
specton.
You have not denied the Irregularities in the
purchase of oil, mustard, prunes, rice coffee and
other articles.
You have not denied that Dr. Tarleton re-
fused to continue any longer as treasurer OF the
asylum because Mr.. Hall, whom he regarded as
incompetent, was appointed book-keeper and
steward.
You have not denied that Mr.. Gapen received
the missing discount, nor have you explained
You have not denied that 2, 6SS pounds of bread
were wasted in month, as shown by the re-
port of thessuperintendent.
You have not denied that the entire ironing
for $50 patients is accomplished In two days and
that it takes three and half days to do the iron
ing for $50 employees, selected under your system
of partisan management.
You have not denied that large carpenter
shop is maintained at useless expense, and that
FIVE carpenters are employed to do the work of
two
You have not explained the reduction of Mr..
Roths salary. You have not denied the wide
spread distrust among business men of Indian
apols. which keeps many of them from submit
ting bids.
You have not denied the allegations of Mr..
Thayer as to the character of hog meat furnished
to the patients. You have not denied that be-
tween December 8, 1884, and July 80, 1885, a.
2l3 pounds of dead hogs were sold by the asylum
for fertilzing purposes.
You have not denied that of over six hundred
hogs purchased moro than one half died, and
you cannot deny that killing for the table went
on out of the dying drove. You ask how we
know that the subsistence furnished is poor? We
know 1t from your own reports of officers of the
day. which We published and which you have not
controverted, as follows:
June 3.-Meat tainted. Coffee not good.
June Some complaint of quality and preparation
of meat Ut seems they have always boiled beef in.
stead of roast)
June 13.-Tea very weak Butter not good
June I6.-Butter not fit to
June 19.-Butter not good. Coffee for breakfast
very weak. Subsistence otherwise moderately good
June 22.-Not enough meat for breakfast. Cab
bage for dinner and apple sauce for supper not we'll
cooked.
June 25:-Not enough potatoes for dinner and not
enough milk for supper.
June 2e.-some complaint about the coffee.
In July, mems department.:
July 12-Butter in south dining room reported very
bad
July s:-Womens department.: Butter strong.
july lZ-Butter strong Bread sour.
You have not denied single act of cruelty to
the patients in the asylum. You have not de-
MED that Mrs. Anglemeyer saw one of the at
PENDANTS, in last May. strike an insane patient
eight or tan times in the face, till the patient
threw up her hands in agony, nor that Mr.. Meri-
thew saw one insane patient kick another Sc
verely in the side, and that attendant stood
by and looked on. and did not interfare