The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-03-08

Last January the contract for taking care of the Alaskan insane was renewed by the United States government with the Morningside asylum The contract signed with Dr. Coe is for another four years.
 For four moro yeers, therefore. Alaskan insane will be compelled to endure confinement in an asylum which has provided scandal of na tional dimensions that has the most informal penitentiary holes backed off tho map.
 It has been condemned by those who lived therein; 1t has boon do. nounced by those who visited to in- terview patients, and by legislators who went themselves to discover at first hand how werc conditions Even the Governor of Alaska has presented facts to the Federal Gov ernment which should have been sufficient to warrant at lccct an in vestigation, and at least some hesi- tation in renewing this disgraceful contract.
 For it is Q disgraceful contract It is a contract which is alleged to bo carried out by reason of the political influence of those in charge with Oregon politicians, who, in turn, hcve influence direct at Wash ington.
 Here is a plain case where it is not question of serving the people of Alaska, of taking into considera- ton any humane sentiment, but cold bloodod political favoritism against all the facts which have been garnered and published in the way Of exposures of this foul sani- tGrium.
 Any one thct believes in this ele- Vated bunk about the democrats ris- ing to better heights than any other party, and being unaffected in the administration of governmental things by purely political reasons however base, certcinly can con sidcr this disgracoful Morningside contract with chastened feelings. The fact of the m2ttor Is that it is stated that Coe and those with him have big influence with Oregon po- liticians, end these in turn have too much influence at Washington to be ignored.
 In what other way can this con tract be explcinCG2 All wfn have gone to the asylum without duo no- tice of their advent being heralded those also who were therein con. fined, Ill aGmit that it is . d;rgracc to humanity to ccnfine any persons there If no political reasons are at the back of this contract what other reasoas, except even baser one, can be adduced to its support
 Tho entire Territory hIs been op posed to this contract system. The entire Territory has repeatedly de mandcd that tho people of Alaska Do taken care of in Alaskc if men tally infirm. Tho officials of the ie- gislaturs, the Governor and many others have voiced that appeal.
 The inmates who escaped or re- covered, all unanimously give the institution name that is synonim- vous with Holl. The Industrial Worker has repeatedly published accounts that wore well calculated to rouse public Indignation. But all these things are ignored. and the men who have been making money housing tho Alaskan inscne are confirmed for another four years h their ghoulish business.
 Wo boast about civilization, about independence, about representative government. In what wcy in this contract is civilization represented? In what way arc the people of Al. aska allowed cn independent say in the core of their own stricken on S? In what way has the feeling os loathing. disgust and horror for this damnable institution beon consider cd and the wishes of AlaSkans re- spected by this uplifting administra- tion that confirms the incarceration Of Alaskan insane in a profit mak- ing institution which coins its diff ty dollars from the infrmitics. the miseries and the wretchodncos of thoso unfortunates whose lives have