Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-27

are on duty and subject to call all the
time.
with the intimate knowledge have Of
the workings of the state sanitarium, !
am satisfied that the administration is
humane and beyond reproach, and as ef-
ficient as the limited means allowed It
by the state will permit. With this con-
viction there is a feeling of profound
sympathy with those public servants of
this great institution, who. in spite of in
dustry and fidelity worthy of the highest
praise, are yet subject to what firmly be-
lieve to be unjust censure and persecu-
ton.
More than once have expressed the
wish, should I ever be so unfortunate as
to suffer a mental breakdown, that
be placed in the Georgia state sanitarium.
Such is my confidence in this truly SPLEEN
did institution"
President William E. Reynolds. OF the
Georgia Military college, VINO has lived
In Milledgeville 20 years and always ia
touch with the public institutions here.
gave the following statement to be used
in connection with this article:
1T is the fate Of all men who I'LL pub
lie positions of honor and trust, or who
administer the public institutions of a
state, to become sooner or later, targets
for the shafts of Enthusiastically based
upon information or lack of information,
and too often carrying the sting of disap-
pointed ambition. So true is this that
many good men of shrinking. timid ma
lures are 10th to accept such positions
even though their wisdom and integrity
single them out as safe administrators Of
such institutions.
A NOBLE INSTITUTION.
The gentlemen who are trustees and
officials of the State sanitarium offer no
exception to the rule. Periodically, for
wears. this noble institution-admittedly
end proudly Georgia's greatest charity
has been used by men who have been
d1ouped or dismissed from its service. and
by politicians who catch at the sensation
al to bring their names into public notice,
for exploiting baseless and cruel charges
against the management. Instance AFTER
instance can be recalled, in which the Of
ficials have had their work Tor the state
interferred with. the time of the legisla-
ture taken up for weeks-and the PUBIC
mind distracted by these Investigations
into it's affairs. In every case not sem
tilla of evidence could be found 10 sustain
the charges. Through every sucn lnVesl-
cation the institution has come with over
S,,haIvoire vtndication as TO une integrity
the Justice and the humanity OF It's man
aSArnent Not a dollar has been found 10
have been stolen. Graft has never oeen
shown. Brutality has never been proven
Rad MANAGEMENT has never been reVeaIeo-
"Rut ALI this is soon forgotten Inc
long record of splendid service TO the
states helpless class the NUMBERS VINO
under skilled and humane treatment nave
been restored to family and friends the
wears of consecrated persons for the state
and for humanity; the unexampled record
If achievement in enlargement ana IN
crease of modern scientific facilities for
the treatment of the insane; the results
OF original pathological research work
and the boon IL has conferred upon the
world; the wise, prudent, and economic
administration year by year OF great
sums of money appropriated from the
state treasury, without the loss or misap-
nronristion of a single dollar-all this Is
forgot the moment some insane person, or
some good woman with more sentiment
than reason, raises the cry of inhumane
treatment. The public mind becomes ex-
cited by the exaggerated statements
spread broadcast over the state. The end
less chain is again set in motion. Inves-
tigation trsads fast upon the wheels OF
Investigation. Men as able, as honest
and as upright as live in Georgia must
give the time they owe to the state and
to the states unfortunates in answering
charges that have no foundation in fact,
and can result only in hurt to the institu-
ton their authors are pretending to serve.
LIKE CAESARS WIFE.
Il have lived in Milledgeville 20 years.
1 know the character of the men who d.
Iectly administer the state sanitarium.
and 1 know the men who supervise the
work of these officials. The superintend-
ct and his staff of physicians are the
peers of the officers of such institutions
anywhere. They have given, and are CIV
ing, the best years of their lives to the