Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-22
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Lincoln Ncws: Cleaning the Auscln stables
at the asylum was not very revolving task
after ALL although accomplished at the cN.
rcnsc " considerable Cnort Nh that was
necessary was to pitch out 'hc ll1y,
Platte Ccntcr Signal Dr. Hay has been
forced out OF the asylum and into the cruel
world where he win be compelled to care
for himself the remainder Of his natural oN-
istcnCe. lie has gained an unpnNiaHlr rcpu.
taton by holding on till h. was forced by
the supreme court to let 80,
Fremont Leader; nr Abbott after wait
ing patiently for several months, was given
tho Lincoln asylum, and Or. Hay went out
after compelling The governor to expose his
mis.rcatment Of patients. II would have
been better fer DR.. Hays professional repu-
tation II he had retired quietly.
Nebraska city Press: The supreme court
in uustug Dr. Hay has confirmed the popu-
lar opinion Of great majority Of Nehrasl,a's
citizens handed down through the public
press some time ago, Dr Hay gives cyi-
icnce Of having come in contact with ouc OF
the malades peculiar to the patients he has
had charge of for thc ras; two years.
Oakland Republican; republican STU
prcmo court has decided that Dr. Hay must
bale himself out of the position of superin-
tendcnt of the insane asylum at Lincoln and
make way for Dr. Abbott dcmo-pop re-
comfy appointed by Governor Uulcomb 1t
was the proper CapCr for Hay 10 make way
FOR the governors appointe' but whd, cN-
cusc can the populsts make for the action
of the republican members OF the supreme
court.
Papilion Times: The supreme court has at
last bounced the obnoxious Dr. Hay from the
management of the Lincoln insane asylum.
The going of this dospot will be hailed with
delight, especially by those who have rela-
tives or friends within the walls Of the
state hospital, and generally by all men
who desire that the unfortunate insane shall
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the petty tyrant should be dismissed in dis
grace.
Central City Democrat: Abbott gets there
and Hay gets left. The latter held on to
the insane asylum as long as possible and
was finally kicked out Not a graceful way
of leaving office all the same, but it was
the one selected by Dr. Hay as well as Gov
ernor Thayer. The supreme court of the
state on Tuesday decided that Hay was a
fraud and that Abbott was a superintendent.
Governor Holcomb is vindicated, political
humbug has been exposed and the supreme
court has astOnished the world by making a
nonpartiSan decision.
Kearney Hub. The supreme court has
sustained the action of Governor Hocomb in
removing DR.. Hay from the head of the
State Insane hospital at Lincoln. Aside
from the governors prerogative in the mat
ter, there has not been discovered to date
any great amount Of sympathy for DR.. Hay,
1t is not doubted. perhaps. that he has made
a good superintendent, but leaving that en-
trely out of the question. the public takes
little stock in the cause of the oiiceholder
who holds on and on and never retres until
knocked down and dragged out.
York Times: At last DR.. Hay has been
pried loose from the insane hospital. 1t has
been a more than herculean task. Old Her
cules would hardly have had the perse-
verance and grit that were required to re-
| move him. If 1t had to be done over again
the hospital would be removed and the doc
tor left on the grounds. The supreme court
did what the governor had been unable to dc
for 10 these many months. 1t is not true
that they chloroformed the doctor to loosen
his tentaCles They just took him by the
hook of his nose and the slack of his pants
and showed him over the transom, figura
| lively speaking, and put DR.. Abbott in
| Hereafter when they give the insane pa
| tients hay it will be tame hay, and baled
| for convenience in handling.