The news & observer., 1905-12-13
Ne1leNS
M12EITTlTY5EI3(sk k5JJIETgTLD
GREENSBORO, n. c.

00G for 1905 except 80 per cent With
held on the construction had been
spent and that the building could not
be completed at once for lack OF 81
$50 to put IN steam heating apparatus.
SO as TO carry on the work in the
winter The Governor said the WORK
must go on and that the Council of
State would arrange for the $1,2oO,
this to come out of an equippfng fund,
and that if the building could not be
finished otherwise he would call the
Legislature together. Il am determln>
ed" he said. that no INDECENT insane
shall remain in Jail or in the poor
houses # I can prevent 1t. You hnlsh
the building and we viii take up the
part of paying for It" Continuing
the Governor held that the full needs
| for a complete building ought TO have
been presented to the Legislature. To
this DR.. Mckee said $4,000 had been
voted. while DR.. Stancill said: we
asked for $4,000" The Governor
said to this: 'It looks littl queer
that this was not attended to during
the Legislature. for that body would
not haze had wou erect an absolutely
useless building in two years time
without steam heat. that two years
should not have been taken to com
plete Il $4,000 building, and that the
second $40. 900 would be read IN
January. nine months from the closc
of the Legislature. Finally he pledged
the S1,250 out Of an equipment tuhd'
| the work 10 be finished at once.
Then Governor eileen spoke of the
| letters he had received telling of indi-
! gent insane IN jails and poor houses.
| $50 to 400 of these. He discussed
| whom should be taken that Or.
Mckee in his report, a copy of
| which h had in his hand said that
| there was only one person in the State
| HOSPITAL who was able to be sent
home as not "indigent, but that all
| who We're should be. no matter how
painful it might be, that the law must
he enforced He discussed the law.
showing that the INDECENT insane must
| be admitted first of ali, and that IN
| obedience to his oath of office this
| should be the rule, saying / don't care
| # it affected my own daughter she
would have to give place to the poor.
No man worthy of being Governor or
| of sitting as a member of your Board
| would do otherwise. Those who can
paw must go and then if we want more
| room we acn go to the Legislature
and ask for funds. but first the indi-
gent insane must be admitted as Tar
as we can go. My message to the next
Legislature shall speak in no uncertain
| terms on this question, and l want
| the facts presented to that body so
plain, clear ana specific. that they
cannot be questioned by nan, Wo-
man or child in the State.
| Discussing as to whom are INDECENT
/ the Governor held that no woman or
| child whose husband or parent was
{ able to pay was INDECENT, ana tnat
| there ought to be no dodging. The
| law was referred to and this etrlct
| was read from an opinion on the
| matter given by the Attorney
1.-The Supreme Court of our State
has already defined its meaning IN re
| Hybart 119 n. c.. 359, in the follow
ling LANGUAGE: The term INDECENT in
sane as used in section 10. article II,
| Of the Code, includes all those VINO
| have no income over and above that
| which is sufficient to support those
who may be legally dependent on the
! estate"
| Here special cases were discussed
| bv the Governor and the members OF
| the Board and then the Governor
| advised that the list of patients in
| the State Hospital be closely examined
| md that if the Board could not get
/ informa ton as to who were able T.
| Day that he would write to county Of
| icials and to people and find out him.
| self. that Clerks of Courts were some
/ times imposed on and sometimes mis-
1 taken. as were HVSlcldnS, III. "
| Hunt. of oxford, who is a physician
| md former Clerk of the Court. agree
ing that this is so. The Governor de-
| clared il he ofund that any had vii
fully misrepresented facts he would
lbave them indicted. and to this d.
J. NJ Parrott said and so would l..
Governor Glenn |then emphasized
the need of getting in the HospitalS
every INDECENT insane person possible
so as to be able to show straight fact
20 the Legislature. that those who
could pav must go. that it looked crue
land that the law was an infamou:
'aw and ought not to be on the
statute books but being there it mus
ne obeyed. He declared he was no
finding fault with the Board. bu
wanted simnlv to aid as he was di
rected specifically by law TO look int
these matters
| DR. Parrntt said he thought tn
board had been doing as the Governo
| wished and onlv one man n the Hos
pital was able to pay, that as far a
possible the INDECENT insane in jail
| and poor houses had been taken In
| The Governor asked that tho exertion
/ to do this be kent up. and that the on
CONTINUED on Page SiX)