The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-28
New Institution Will Stand as
Monument to Republican
Administration of Financial
Affairs.
WILL REMOVE GREAT
BURDEN TO COUNTIES
Will Relieve Them of the Care
of Hundreds of Insane Peo-
pie - Accommodations for
1000 Furnished.
Palladium Specially

Indianapolis, July 2S-The new
Southeastern Indiana Hospital for In
sane at Madison will be opened on the
first day Of August, and it will stand
as one of the monuments to repub-
lican administration of the financial
affairs of the state. This magnificent
new institution has cost 81 ,527 ,69S 81;
The last legislature made an appro-
priation for its maintenance, the mon
ey to be available as soon as the hospi-
tai was completed and ready for occu-
pancy. This money will now be
| ready for use.
While the price which the state is
paying for the construction of the hos
pital appears to be large, the institu-
ton is fine one, in keeping with the
Importance and dignity of the state.
And it will mean that the various
counties of the state will be relieved
of the burden of taking care OF hun
dreds of insane persons who are now
confined in the county poor houses be-
cause of a lack of room for them in
the insane hospitals. 1t is said that
there is not a county in the state but
what has insane persons on its hands,
The opening of the new institution
will afford accommodations for at
least thousand insane persons.
| Relieves Great Expense.
Many inmates of other insane hos
pitals will be sent to the new place
and the places thus made vacant Will
be filled with those unfortunates who
are now in the poor houses and jai!s
/ where they are a constant expense to
the tax payers.
| Thus the new institution will be a
big saving to the taxpayers of tho
counties. +.
In addition to the new insane hos
pital. costing a million and a half, the
q, state has erected the new deaf and
dumb institute which will cost wher
completed about a million dollars: tho
new tuberculosis hospital at Rock
vile at cost of $13O,OOO. and is fin
ishing the village for epileptics a,
New Castle. And the gratifying fea
ture of all Of this is that these great
institutions have been built by the
state under republican administra
| SAOA "AIuoul ASSulA6 d uOll0l Will
of bonds and without making any in
crease in the state tax levy Here il
| a total of nearly $3,OOO,COO spent i,
the erection of these institutions FOL
the care of the unfortunates OF thu
state and every dollar Of the cost pait
out of the ordinary revenues of the
state. All of these institutions wer.
badly needed and il was the theory o
the administration that while tho
state was building them it should built
them right.
| Governors Vacation.
Governor Marshall is planning or
j leaving next week for hisVacation, bu
it is a question whether he will bt
able to get away at that time because
of the South Bend strike situation ane
some other matters which are OF
hand. During all Of this week tn.
governor and one stenographer have
been running the Office and taking
care of all of the business. Col. MARI
Thistlethwaitc, the goyerpr's pri
vate secretary. has been a1 " on hi!
vacation; Burt New, the gooernor's lc
gal clerk. is i'll with quinsy, and tht
chief stenographer also is i'll. This ha.
caused the governor to put in /:
strenuous week, and he is anxious To-
the day when some of the ''hiret
hands" return.