Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-25
SENATE
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DerS WIN tle eACepIlOH VI OAc Welc
present. Following the report cor.
recting and revising the journal a
message was received from the house
announcing that the senate resolution
providing for memorial services to
commemorate the late Chief Justice
y. E. Morgan, and that the house had
appointed Messrs. Buck, Doyle and
Campbell to act with q similar COM
mittee Of the senate to arrange for
these services to be held In q joint
session. The president Of the senate
appointed senators Bronson, Hyland
and Cashel as the committee for the
senate.
Senator Porterfield filed q petition
from the grain growers association re-
questing that the legislature appro-
pirate 100000 for the announcement
and support of rural schools. $4,000
for consolidated schools and $4,000.
| Tor extension work at the agricultural
| college.
Senator Hoyerson filed a petition
from Beach with % signers, names
attached, asking that there be no bur.
| densome' legislation enacted in the
way of a high license for wagon sales
men of stock foods as it would shut
| out competition and tend to create a
monopoly. :.
Senator Plain, chairman Of the SEN
| ate committee on appropriations sub
mitted the report of the joint commit.
tee on appropriations regarding the
%insnection the joint committee had
made of the state hospital for the In
sane at jamestown. The report is as
follows:
! TO the House Of Representatives and
Senate of the Thirteenth Legislative
Assembly OF the State OF North Daio-
Report Of Il visit made by tho commit
! tee on appropriations Of both houses. to
the asylum FOR the insane, at James
town, on the 21st day Of January. 1913.
AT 4 joint meeting Of tho Appropria-
ton committee Of the house and senate.
! held on Saturday, January 18th, 1913, the
matter 'of appropriation for the asylum
| for the insane was thoroughly discussed
| by the two committees, and from our
understanding at that time, 1t was ap-
parent that the needs Of this institution
were very imperative; and from the fact
that IL large amount Of money was to be
| asked for new buildings for this institu-
| ton, It was deemed wise that the two
| committees visit. personally. the institu-
ton to inspect the same thoroughly so
| that they might thoroughly understand
| the necessary improvements to proper
~ care for the needs Of the patients dur
ing the next iennial period. The COM
mittee felt the necessity at this time Of
| making a thorough investigation of the
institution, for the reason that 1t was
| given to understand that large appropria-
tions would. be asked for some other
sources, and from the further fact that
| the appropriation contemplated for the
sylum was greatly in excess Of the Gus
tomary appropriations made in the past
for that institution. and the amount
available. I7f ~ t,>. ss a7 So ~
Your committee left Bismarck the
| evening of January goth. : arriving at
jamestown at 1900 o'clock. The next
| morning we were taken to the institu-
! ton by ~conveyances furnished by the
officers. and Immediately began a thor
! oUSh inspection Of all the buildings on
| the grounds. There was no special en-
| tertainment provided, nor any prominent
| citizens of the city Of jamestown pres
ent to specify the particular needs OF
| the institutions, and the matter was left
entirely to the visiting committee. Pr
loted by DR.. Hotchkiss. superintendent,
and Mr.. NJ. d. Williams. steward, the
committee went through the different
wards, the sleeping quarters, and thor
ouShly inspected every building. From
the first building to the last, the over
crowded condition was very apparent.
at the beginning Of the last biennial
| period, the population Of the institution
was two hundred twenty-five in excess
Of the capacity to properly care of.tDur-
ing this last biennial period there has
been =: gain In population Of one hundred
scventy-cighi. Of which one hundred
| have been tahcn care Of by the erection
Of II now building, which leaves seventy
five, at the beginning Of the period. 50
that ut this time there are threc hun
drcd three patients more thar the in
| stitution can properly take care Of.
''rhe committee found conditions in
this institution that they little dreamch
cor,d exist IN a state institution. finding
twenty to twenty-five men sleeping In
tho basement. in poorly ventilated rooms,
with low ceilings, often times two in a
! led, and in one particular room there
| was only Two hundred twenty-seven cub
ic feet of air available. for each patient,
willie the proper amount Of air under
healthful conditions should be at least
| two thousand cubic feet for each person.
| Under these conditions, 1t Is absolutely
impossible to secure ventilation. and to
have the best sanitary conditions.
In one ward that your committee Wis
| tied, tho beds were SO close together
j! that it was necessary for tho women pa
| tients to climb over the foot Of the bcds
to retire. t.-s' E
"One Of the matters which was called
very wildly to the attention Of the COM
mfttee was the inability Of the hospital
authorities to properly segregate the pa
| tients according to the different varieties
| OF dementia. We are informed that in
order to treat insane patients, 1t is nee
essary that they be classified and sepa.
rated Into wards where there will be less
cause for disturbance. n where they
can best be cared for.
The lack of room necessitates the
placing Of patients, many times. in
| wards Of the hospital where they inn
properly belong. because there is no place
where patients, upon their arrival. can
be kept by themselves and their especial