Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-02-19

, o. standing in compact" that TO
some extent exists among the at
. tendants.
charge 2d-The charge o. M
. healthy food was in cooking and
, serving or the wards spoiled neat
! aud fish, and other articles unfit for
, use, and in picking pieos- = bread
and meat from the siop h1-ket or
. their return from tie uarG dining
rooms, aud iD serving thefn T. tbe
patients p hash and Stew - g.
the cooking aud serving - spllsd
meat aud fish, se 1nd .iat Is ,ras
contrary To- tiir orders ~ the -1Ier-
intendeDl. aecyr1iuctp piiuied rU3es
and regulations. A. regard- tbe
picking from the slop buckets ard
plates Of patients, the evidence =
very strong that such has been tbs
case, while the supenuieDdsUi
very positively denies knowing any
thing about it.. and tbst his ode-S
were to save all provisions that had
not been s.ryed and return them 10
the kitchen.
I While we commend the ri-.C
economy of The super attend lG Ia
conducting the asg Jun va wouIl
suggest that more att-u.iuu na u.vel
10 looking after the -1Diu- amt
serving Of food.
Charge 3rd-Ip Reference tr ms
charge, all the employee ~ 90
amined that are now euussgru al tlt.
asylum state that such s. uU .I-
case at present.
Charge 4lh The serving OF . r'at-
ter grade II food o. iAe eHgi0re-
than to the pltients. We find tti1
the superintendent Is following iu
I tn tracks OF all his Predecessors since
ohe foundation of the asylum, and
[ freely cJnfesses that ia some thiucs
the employees are provided with a
better class Of provisions and served
with more dclicacies than the
patients, which the cUmmi-sary ex-
plains by saying it would be very
expensive to the state and very TO-
convenient 10 prepare and serve ol
the wards such as are -.rvet T..
the employees dining room
We recognize the fact that the
asylum Is a state institution, under
control Of the state board. CONSISTING
Of the governor, secretary Of state
and the state treasurer, but under
he Immediate supervision Of the
superintendent, whose will j. imp
riOus - far a. the employees are con-
ceruei, aud that the attendants will
Is iMp-riHl- - fiT a. the patients on
the wards are concerned. and in Obe-
lienr- ~ the printed rules furnished.
All that "a tuy thing iranspife Of
which th- superintendent J., or
may te. ignorant, all thas the
5OmiOrt % discomfort II the
.IatieuJs largely depends on the at
lendaut-, who have the power and
@omeiimes the desire 10 appropriate
% themselves many things intended
Tor the patients. II this grand jury
nave any suggestions 10 make il l..
that the asylum was built and l.
supported by the state for the care
II the poor unfortuna.es who are the
patients, and not for the employees.
While the superintendent is fol-
lpwing in the old aud established
custom without any thought Of
wrong, We would suggest that the
Inference in provisions be narrowed
Town instead OF widened out: that
The grade Of the patients food be
uised or that OF the empl1yes be .
owered, aud thereby have greater
'aving to the state. We are aware
that attendants are In need of
stronger diet than the patients, who
are always on the ward, aud it Is
also true that the conyalescent-
might enjoy some of the delicacies
- well as the employcs.
The other charges of shortage Of
and bedding are truceable
iirectlS TO the employees in charge,
and were never reported TO the
The institution Is an immense af
'Iir, where nearly seven hundred
persons are frd aud cared for, and il
you'd be "A strange thing indeed it
some complaints were not made,
~ Il the wonder Is that more have
lot been east loose on the public.
We thank all the court officials
ur the many cOurtesies extended 10
IS during the term of court aud sub
nit this as our report.
:. \. JoNEs, Foreman.
=. Il. 4. JoNEs.
J.. Y. EHLEN.
JESSE " LooNEY.
G.. Nj. FRY.
ID. nURHIN,
J W. CRAWFORD.
tIEA. NOtg FACT.