Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-10

should have an impartial investigation. let
in the light. and get at the facts. Those
who make the charges should be called to
testify under oath. and the hearings should
be open, and not behind closed doors IL
is farcical and travesty on Justice 10 per-
nit these officials to investigate themselves
and whitewash themselves. This House or
committee from IL should conduct the in
vestigation-no star chamber proceedings, no
whitewashing, no faYoritiSm. We want ali
the facts. and sooner later We will get
them. and when We do believe they VIII
bring the blush of shame to every humane
man In our country. Let us have publicity
regarding the control and management OF
st. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum" applause
Mr.. Suffers Closing.
Representative Sulzer closed the discus
sion of this phase of the matter with the
following utterance:
Il said, and / repeat, that the people who
make these charges are among the most
reputable citizens in the Distrfct-some OF
them leading doctors-and they want to
come before a committee OF the Congress
and testify under oath to the horrible
cruelties and barbarities which have been
going on for several years In st. Eliza
beth's. What did the committee state to
these gentlemen who came here asking for
this Investigation?
'.The committee turned them over to the
officials of the institution and these OFF,
Gals. l am informed are now investigating
themselves. What farce! What a spectacle
Is presented by these officials charged with
these barbarities, these inhumauities. these
cr,xelties-what a spectacle, l say, Is pre-
scented to the country-when the Congress
allows them to investigate themselves.
just think of that. 1t IS TO laugh. 1t is
exactly like the investigation which went
on under the trustees of the great insur-
ance companies in the city of New York.
Under the management of the directors or
the trustees of these insurance companies
from year to year they investigated them
selves. and then issued the reports to the
policy holders and the public generally tell
ing what honest men they were how they
had conserved the interests OF the policy
hoaders, and how safely and honestly every
thing was done and managed. At the next
meeting of the board of directors some
member would rise up and move to have
the officials salaries increased ten, twenty.
thirty, forty, OF fifty thousand dollars more
a year II was ridiculous, but IL went on.
$50 / have no doubt that after these on
Gals, or trustees. or directors. OF st. Eliza
beth's Insane Asylum get through inyestl-
eating themselves they VIII send US their
report on the same basis and along the
same lines. and then the gentleman from
Minnesota will make up the sundry civil
bill and make an appropriation increasing
their salaries a little more | say, again,
that we should bring these officers before
a committee of the House, put them under
oath and confront them with their ac-
cusers and get at the truth; and II We DO
that. we will show. in my opinion, con-
dition of affairs existing In that institution
that will bring the blush OF shame TO the
face of every humane member In Con-
gress and cause the immediate enactment
Of laws that will forever prevent repeti-
zion OF these disgraceful barbaritles." Zap
plause.)