Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-01-05

allies, are advocating Senator OGorman
for the Democratic nomination for presi
dent. This is an effort to encourage the
"favorite son" movement Associated with
Senator Watson are Senators Chiffon, OF
his own State; Senator Smith, the Demo-
cratic boss of Maryland Senator Martin,
the Democratic boss Of Virginia Senator
Simmons, of North Carolina, and one or two
other conservative Senators.
Part Of the Watson plan is to have
States that instruct for favorite sons to
also instruct for Clark or Underwood for
second choice. If this scheme is adopted
and carried out, the Watson group cannot
only prevent the nomination of Woodrow
Wilson, but can name its man. The favorite
son movement is growing. There are Mar
shall, of Indiana; Underwood, of Alabama :;
Champ Clark, of Missouri: Burke. of Mort h
Dakota. and OGorman. of New York.
The men who selected Senator Watson
to conduct the fight against Woodrow Will
son know that Senator Watson has a
talent for organization and keeping his
own counsel and that he had been lauded
by Colonel Bryan as a Progressive. This
expression is being used to good effect in
the present campaign.
INSANITY SHOWS BIG INCREASE
A special census Of the insane confined
in institutions in 1910 in continental United
States was taken by the Bureau of the
Census. Department of Commerce and La
Dor, and preliminary comparative sum-
mary for 1904 and 1910 has been issued
by Director Durand.
The number of institutions canvassed
was 372 the number of insane persons in
the institutions January |, 1910, was 1877
454; the number admitted during 1910
was 60,603. and the number discharged
in that year was $3.50. At the last
special United States census of the insane
the population in insane asylums January
1. 1904, numbered 15015l, and the num-
Der of persons committed to insane asylums
during the year was 1892. Therefore
in the six years from 1904 to 1910 there
was an increase of 37,303, or 24.8 per
cent, in the number of patients confined
in insane asylums, and an increase of TO-
981, or 22.1 per cent, in the number an
nually committed to such asylums. An
increase of 37,303 in the population in
insane asylums taking place in six years
is an annual increase of 5000.
While the population of the United States
increased about II per cent. in the interval
between 1904 and 1910, the population in |
insane asylums increased about rs per
cent. The number of insane asylums per
100000 population increased from 1862 |
in 1904 to 203.8 in 1910. The number of
persons annually committed to hospitals |
for the insane per 100000 population in !
creased from 6l.5 in 1904 to $50 in 1910.
The State which, in proportion to its
population, had the largest number of in
sane reported in institutions on January /.
1910, was Massachusetts with 344.6 per
100000 population. New York, however.
had almost the same proportion namely,
343.l per 100000 population.
In general the number of insane in hos
pitfalls in proportion to population is much
smaller in the West than in the East The
'atios are also smaller in the South than
IN the North.
In 81 out of the 40 States and Terrific
res, including the District of Columbia,
the ratio of insane in institutions to total
population was larger in 1910 than in 1904. |
Most Of the States in which the ratio was
smaller lie west of the Mississippi, the
number including all the Pacific Coast |
States and all but three of the Mountain |
States. This section of the country has
undergone very rapid development in
recent years, and it is possible that the
new population coming from other sections
Of the United States represents class in |
which insanity is less prevalent than !
among the stay-at-homes. But the de-
crease in the ratio may also indicate that
the provisions for the care of the insane in !
institutions have not kept pace with the |
rapidly increasing population.