The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-01

Helena. Mont. June %, 1916.
Dr. J. NJ sc,nhand. s"pt~
nu no. Warm Springs Montana ( -j t>"'4n
weh;c 1e ei %d, IL" n; my ~ ma" si., today s.: a letter which purports to quote Mrs F: p:
Clubs of Montana. at Helena. wherein the statement was made in advocacy of
state " vdf t Sseh idssoe A:, %Go'' s, p,,,.n,.,x ,, r,.,,. ,un,., x,,o. =,
Boulder and the Orphan Asylum at Twin Bridges and yu will LEARN the same
ry-h story OF me is thu story of all. Drink is solely responsible for their
NY personal knowledge are unfair. and out of line with the facts. but do not
barnssins to on or you associates However. if it is not Incompatible with
You 50 ably ~st eG1 ~oa ap b y p1e ssG' to rseeve to hr fe :nna'9 fr pu SSs %n%f ii
20" wi" IL permit rhe at a reply .o these tn questions:
s Sss9g tS!' majority of the i"e''eerado"s at the State Insane Asylum at Warm
treat i i. It di irss tS n. q S%y t e, he e eassss%s .% # the 5e ,; f2%s p" IRE called upon to
In $ far as your records show, will you please State what percentage 0 the
patients in your institution arec confined there as the direct or indirect result
noh RsfGs gis%e. the fa%heal character Off man. Of the prominent advocates of
tate to max make themselves targets for the inevitable Misrepresentation and abuse
courage the theory that prohibition is the pan a~ :f%s all % human ana" ai iT"os 50 ,~ wis
efa1 see' to ~' %si aee no Statement s% T fr n"t isb :" t Sh ~n As i a public e%hs.s official, or as a
H. H. however, owe, yn can in Justice to the State of Montana and in conformity with
S S%e {h} it Gt m R19 se , '%ps@andf; ne Give eo IN h for n prsIf' 10; the exact exact facts assure
Montana. With great respect sm .S y "'S" Out 0y many thousands :"
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MONTANA STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
Warm Springs, Montana.
Dr. J NJ Scanland. Supt - ~"
Hon !. M. Kennedy, 9.t
Helena, Montana. -
Ny Dear Senator:
Un my return home day before yesterday found your letter of June 23d
report for this institution. In the report you will find under the list of causes of
insanity, that O alcohol in the number of about ) per cct OF the total at this
lnsttuhon In former reports of this institution this proportion of insanity
caused by the excessive use ofa alcohol hasb been about the same, and this has
been rue so far as this institution is concerned for a great many years.
Indeed the general public think that greater percentage of insanitv is
caused by reason OF the use of alcohol. and in this here is no question in nv
mind thatth they are very much mistaken. have tho report in M files of
nearly all of the institutions of the United States. and some from other our
tries. and by referring to then find that the cause of insanity through alcohol
is just about the sam as in this state
have studied these reports with a good deal of interest and find that in
the estates where prohibition has prevailed for a number of ycars- such as Kan
sas. for instance. that ten number of insane in tho state institutions. with m-
hol as a cause, is of about the sam percentage.
a few days ago read in a journal devoted to the subject of insantv, a
comprehensive article written by physician connected with m of the hospi-
tails for the insane in New York State, and this physician agrees with me that
alcohol is responsible for a very small proportion of the cases of insanity, and
that lot only are the public nisaken,b but that physicians are in man yintances
under the same impression
Therefore. answering the question: SIS the excessive ue of ;ntoxH,tno
liquor responsible. directly orr indirectly for a majority Of the ncarceratons at
the State Insane Hospital at Warm Springs?"
Answer: "No"
"slt true that a very large percentage of the patients o. are called upon to
treat are directly traceablet to The excessive uc. Of alcohol?'
Answer: "No"
Personally am no in favor of prohibition or perhaps should saw i'm the
handling of the question as it hash been done in this country. On The other hand
lcertalny d. lot beieVe in the xceSNeu use OF alcohol, and on The contrary
think the question could be better handled by a standardization of the saloons
other countries, believe. and it seems to me that there is n reason II the
Doodle OF the United States cannot handle fe nnoiooy. Will, uo -,o ;,4n;