Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-03

Mems League, because he was di-
rector in the Philadelphia Museum,
and he was notified that he must not
oppose Quay or his institution would
lose an appropriation that upon its
merits alone it is entitled to receive"
1t is not generally understood, but
should be, that the state does not sup
port the penitentiaries and reformato-
ries. The state provides the buildings
and pays the salaries, but the counties
pay for maintenance. OF the state ap-
propriations to the penitentiaries for
1896, $4,000 of the $4,000 went for sala-
ries in the Eastern and 100000 of the
ser, 900 in the Western. These well paid
officials are, of course. another contin-
gent of the machines active election
eering forces.
More than half of the cost of main
tanning the INDECENT insane patient is
paid by the counties, and from a third
tc half of the total income of the in
sane hospitals from all sources goes
for salaries. Here, again, the machine
finds profit and support. In the fur
nishing of supplies it is the same thing,
and 1t is notorious that the cost of feed
ing the patients is much in excess of
what 1t should and would be under
phia speech, June 27, DIR. Swallow
said: Though the average charity in
mate of cur asylums gets service,
clothing and food that costs less than
so cents a day. the expense to the state
is greater than though they Wee board
ed at a first-class hotel" This, like
nearly all of the reverend doctors allie
cations, is a haphazard statement
demonstrating the impractical charac-
ter of the man and the unwisdom of
depending upon his Statistics" and
yet 1t Is approximately true.
The weekly per capita cost for main
tenance of patients in the five state
hospitals for insane for 1896 is set down
in the official report of the committee
on lunacy of the board of charities (see
report 1896, page 2D as follows:
Harrisburg ............ ...$3.I5
DanVllle .......... ....... 800
NorrlstoWn .'.... ..... ........ 5l5 3-5
Warren ..... .... ............ S.61
DlXmont .......... ........ 3.S9
Average ..... ....... ......... SO 60 3-5
1t has already been stated that the
cost of the insane to the state of Wis
consin, where they are cared for in the
counties, etc, is $1.75, and the quality
of care is excellent" says our board of
public charities, and the board further
says (See report 1896, page 5j I'm
Pennsylvania there now is some excel
lent county and municipal care OF the
insane. at far less per capita cost than
that charged in the state hospitals"
A board of charities, whose officials
would give less of their time to moving
about the state doing the work of the
roachina 10 tu ,sfl,i
lrols, would see to 1t that naked main-
tenance OF at least as good a quality
as is now furnished, was provided
wherever money is specifically appro-
priated by the state for maintenance.
at considerably less cost.
The educational, penal, correctional
and charitable institutions of the state,
whether supported in whole or only in
part by the state, are, as will fully ap-
pear from the foregoing revelations vir-
tually all industrously exploited for the
support of the Republican machine Ev-
cry dollar of money voted TO them in
one way or another, directly or Indirect
ly, pays tribute to it. A great liber-
ality is indecently and defiantly uti-
ized to assist the basest of political as
pirations The mere money outgo is
not nearly so large as Senator PEN
rose tried to make the people believe,
and is far from covering the difference
between the cost of honest government
and the cost of Republican machine
government. but it is a great sum
nevertheless, fully sufficient to inspire
successful revolution against the ma
chine and the men who are responsible
for Its cruel and wicked maladminis-
tration.