Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14
CLARKE SAYS GREAT AMERICAN
SIN is DlsREsPEcT AND Dis
REGARD or Law.
ADDRESSES QUARTERLY
INSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE
Points 10 Splendid Accomplishments Of
Board Of Control Law-Hsad Of In
sbriats Hospital Tells Of Bad Effects
81 Alcohol on Nervous System
Other Problems Discussed.
Special to Times Repu blican. (


dress today at the quarterly conference
Of the superintendents of state insti-
tutions held in the offices Of the state
board OF control, Governor Clarke de-
cIared that the great American sin is
disregard and disrespect for law. He
said by our conduct we have taught
the youth OF America that whatever
one can get out Of the state or the
public is legitimate and just so much
gain.
~ ANY man who has anything Of thac
kind in his blood has just so much
anarchy in him. declared the governor.
ANY man who harbors the thought
well, 1t Is the state anyhow, and the
state Is rich and can Stand a little
graft and strictness Is not necessary Is
I a menace to good citizenship, Is a cor
rupter of public morals and personal
honesty and it doesn't make any diff
ference whether he Is taking some ad-
vantage in selling carloads Of beef or
flour or potatoes to dowa's Institutions
or buying them or whether he may be
one who Is taking a trifling rake off or
Sinking his service to the state In a
great or moderately responsible posi-
tion." S..
Il The governors subject was the
board Of control law and Its admins
tration. He pointed out that this law
was most wisely framed. 1t Is now
almost eighteen years since 1t went
into effect and so satisfactory has bee.'
its operation that every year has been
Il demonstration of the clear grasp
and conscientious work Of its trainers,
he said. The governors address. how
ever was mostly along the line Of the
high requirements Of public service and
Of the spirit and highmindedness.w which
should actuate every person in pub
lie position. $a
Dangers Of Alcoholism. -
DR.. M. C.. Mackin, superintendent or
the inebriate hospital at Knoxville.
spoke on the subject, THE Effects o.
Alcohol on the Physical and Nervous
System" He declared the nervous
system Of the inebriate is diseased and
that alcohol is markedly poisonous to
the brain and tissues
'isince the beginning of history
church and state have had to combat
alcoholism" he said. Men dripk
alcohol for its supposed stimulate eff
fects. There Is scientifc testimony that
for one half hour it may increase mus
cular activity. The after effects are
stupefytng. S,&ss IS. ut ssa4g-sss.- ~ p
Men work at high nervous tension.
They are oppressed by cares and the
sense OF failure. For the time alcohot
4 releases the load at an expensive cost
to the mental, moral and physical life.
Self -control Is gradually decreased and
the individual becomes shlftless AMI
unstable citizen. The alcoholic inebri-
ate lacks the element Of continuity of
effort. He works spasmodically.-
.AThe nervous system Of the inebri-
ate is diseased. Alcohol IL markedly
poisonous to the brain. The action of
the alcoholic poison is quick and
transitory, and the different phases OF
temporary mental disorder are COM
pressed into a short period of time.
when the poisonous action is spread
over years we get q chronic and en-
during insanity. 1t has been estimated
that 40, 900 Of the nearly 100000 patients
in hospitals for the Insane In the
United States are the disease victims
OF alcohol. = -
The part that alcohol plays In
bringing patients to the general hos
pital for internal diseases Is receiving
Increased attention. DR.. Carpenter
found in the Indian army service dur
Ing a six months period that out OF
81. 1854 alcohol users, little more than
every seventh man was admitted to the
hospital. while out of 9,43o abstainers,
only one out Of every fourteen was ad-
mitted. .M ~.
Drunken parents often transmit
their habits to their offspring and ner-
vous disorders clearly traceable to a
deterioration of the brain structure
caused by long indulgence in the use Of
alcoholic liquors.
MANY admitted to the Knoxville
hospital II their mental condition were
legally determined would no doubt be
committed to the hospital for the In
sane. The excessive drinking in these
cases was an expression &c the!- d.sor-
der. @&.
alcoholics are VIGOROUSLY bad sub
,ects for surgical operations. Twelve
per cent have enlarged heart: 10 per
!. cent exhibit valvular murmur; 1858 per
cent have weak pulse. Derangement OF
q the liver IL in evidence In nearly every
drinking man. Twenty three and fve-
3 tenths per cent of all drinkers. have
tenderness Of the stomach; s.9 per cent
4 have enlarged spleen. II the drink
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