New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-19

'arer- no had better MOI. Dr.. Hsisel-
der explained that a post-mortem ex-
..u E....Ju naG been performed.
m @ corner OF the operating room
the tiny body that had stirred and
meweG plaintively yesterday lay in a
little heap. Doctors had taken away
the brain and other organs Of the
mite, over which scores % women had
wept yesterday in vain pleas for its
lire. The post-mortem had been
thorough.
The father turned away. He is q
short man. slightly built. ard with
dark hair and pointed features. His
eyes are large and black and his com
plexion healthy, except for the pallor
that weeping and grief had brought.
WHAT do you think now?" he was
asked. "Do you regret it,
He shook his head. 81 don't know"
he said. Il don't want 20 say"
The father walked out OF the hos
pital. biting his lips. He boarded a
street car and went TO work.
DR.. Haiselden's Defence.
In a signed statement to-day Or.
! Haiselder presented his case as fol-
lows:
~ say again ttit it is our duty to
defend ourselves and the future gener-
ations against the mentally defective
we allow to grow and suffer among US.
and add to our burden and our prob
lem. All conscience says II is our
duty.
Farmers select the best stock for
reproduction, tn. best seed. without
rust or other disease, for sowing.
Poor humans rely only Upon chance
and detectives arc as welcome as any
to enlarge families Think Of it'll
"And only the mother will look after
the idiot child. If the mother is taken
the father and tiothers and sisters
will not care for II. 1t is pitched into
an institution fJrchwith and there the
burden of the Coor unfortunate 8
weighted down ever more.
Constitutions arc an abominatlon. 10
herd the insane tr the lesser defec-
tives like cattle, as is done. is crime
and sin. And to ma ke matters
worse. this unfortunate class has no
attraction that J. going 10 draw the
keeper. the guard. the nurse or who
ever takes care Of it, to greater kind
illness. Those Who take care OF the
insane, many of them, grow unfeellng'
unkind, neglected. and indifferent,
"And yet | am asked to allow this
child to live, knowing what / know.
feel toward some Of nv critics as
would toward one who would willingly
allow a hydrophobic dog Il run in n
flock of sheep md do as impulse di-
rected. because Il is one shrank from
hurting OF crossing the dog.
1f children Of some OF my critics
we're killed or injured by a defective
they would see a good reason for check
ing the supply of the latter in the
world.
Saws Mothers Feel as He Does.
IL have talked 70 too many mothers
of detectives to be swayed in my ludg-
ment in this case. Many Of the tales
are pitiable.
Zone woman know has son who is
quite subnormal. He is an excellent
Swimmer. and delights in the exercise.
Once ! said to her: But suppose some
time he should drown And the
mother, with promptness, answered:
Wouldn't that be blessing
"The mother, knew, did not pray or
ask for the boys drowning. But, at
least, she did not hope against 1t.
so, let us be sensible. Let US APP
prove the sterilization of the insane
and the defective and Of the children
of habitual drunkards. when both IA
Their and mother are so.
"Let US reproduce ourselves In 100
per cent fashion, 40 that by the weed
ing out of our undesirables we decrease
their burden and ours and lay the
foundation for a normal race, which
would result four generations from
now. Let US venerate standard with
soul and sense, instead of Decorating
il with crumbling tradition and mind
less sentimentality."
DR.. Haiselden, who had been almost
without sleep during the forty-.eight
hours preceding the infants death, at
tended TO his regular duties at the hos.
pital to-day, confident that the jury OF
medical experts would exonerate him
a Conclusion now generally shared.