Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-10-27
wErMoRE VS. WETMoRE.


said nice things of this administra-
ton Til the campaign got hot, and
now nothing Is too mean for them to
vomit out. They have scratched and
dug for scandal material to no pur-
pose till they hired a superintendent
OF an asylum to say some nasty
things. We say "hlred," OF course
we have no other than the published
evidence, but that Is sufficient to con-
vince the average man. The testi-
mony of the hackman who hauled
Wetmore and the manager of the
Topeka Capital on their clandestine
trips, and to and from their appoint
ments, is quite convincing, But this
Ia not all. Wetmore Is his own prose-
cutting witness In his open letter q
few days ago, he told tales of horror
concerning the health Of the patients
and the ineiIiciency and carelessness
of the physicians Of the institution,
and claimed II had been such all
along. In bis report to the governor
last June, he said;
1.-THE health Of our population dur
Ing this period has been uniformly
good, no epidemic diseases having oc-
cured amoug the inmates Of the insti-
tdtion. Material Diseases in a very
mild form, have occasionally occurred,
but have ALWAYS been easily controlled.
All deaths that have occurred in this
institution during the biennial period
have resulted from diseases consequent
upon chronic insanity or from extreme
age, with one or two exceptions, which
we're suicides"
In his open letter, he charged Sena-
tor Jumper, chairman Of the board,
with being on debauch for the last
fifteen months, and the physicians
with immoral practices, The closing
remarks Of his report were as follows:
III am happy to have the opportunity
to acknowledge my gratitude and ap-
probation for the cordial support and
encouragement given me by your hon
orabe board In the discharge Of the
duties connected with my position. |
also desire to express my appreciation
Of the very efficient assistance have
received from officers in the institu-
tion take great pleasure in stating
that the employees of the institution
have generally discharged the duties
that were assigned them in a credit
able and satisfactory manner, that
their conduct has been uniformly rep
utable and praiseworthy,
@. II. WETMoRE, Supt."
Ills conscience was not hurting him
any In June. Is it not singular it did
not hurt him any TIL October? But
the invigorating breezes Of October
has peculiar effects on the conscience
of some people. Just a short time be-
fore election that still, small voice
speaks so loud that it won't down
till they have made confession-and
we might add got a promise Of a job
or something else more tangible.
This plan Of campaign is however
nothing more than was expected
Several months ago the GAZETTE de-
clare1 that toward the close of the
campaign, scandal after scandal,
Pitcher scandals, so to speak, would
be sprung and stuck to with h tenacity
made to resemble truth The re-
publican campaign fund, twisted out
Of postmasters and lovingly contrib
uted by the insurance, stock yards
and book companies, will produce any
scandal desired. We have been sur
prised that we have not had more of
them, Perhaps the managers saw
that the Wetmore scandal didn't have
the desired effect.