Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-16

!. therefore. recommend that
YOU submit to the people of Ken
tucky. whose welfare is involved.
whose interests are at stake. the
question whether or not they de.
sire TO make such an Investment
in their business.
The States Charitable and
Penal Institution
The states charitable inStitu-I
tion> consist oi the state hosp
tal> at Lexington. Lakeland and
Hopk nSyille and the Feeble
minded Institute at Frankfort.
They have under their care
four thousand. nine hundred and.
ninet, inmates. men. women and
childrcn-thc uniortunatcs oi our
state
The penal institutions are the
two penitcuiiarics at Frankfort
and l.ddyyille; the House ol Re
form at Lexington for boy and
girls. with total of two thou
sand. one hundred and ten in
mates. These institution. must
do all that can bc done Tor the
criminal. the delinquent. the in
sane and the iecblc-mindcd.
These institutions have been
held back for wears by the patch
ing policy in the expenditure -
public money. The first Hospital
ior the Insane was built Wc~. of
the Appalachian Mountain, and
row stands nj Lexington. prac-
ticallv aS it stood when 1t was
built. one hundred and seven
wears ago. l'hc aSylums at Hop
kinsyillc and Lakeland were built
respectively in the year, 1872
and 1869. and the Predetermined
institute in 1900
These plants have not kept
pace in development either with
the growth oi the state or the
increase of it, population. Today
they are not adequate. They are
insufficient. They are over
crowded. and cannot render the
scientific and humane service Tor
which they were established. In
every one OF them proper and
scientific segregation iSlmpuS>ible
adequate facilities for sleeping.
catirg. bathing and heating do
moi exist. None OF them permit
of the proper installation OF
system for uccupational work for
their tenants. Many of the build
ings are old-ialling into decay.
and some Of them. three and iuur
stories in height. not tireprooi IN
construction - inadequatcly iur-
nished with system OF fire e>-
capeS may some day be reason
ably expected to be the scene ul
confiagration. whose horrors VII
shame the state.
The Feeble minded Institute at
Frankfort can no longer receive
4 single additional iecblc-mInded
child. It's doors are closed to the
unfortunate children OF our bro
theirs. Kentucky has no place IN
which, the feeble minded negro
children can be cared for. Worst
uf all. we have iostered for years
The miserable, .Wretched and IN
deiensible Pauper idiot System.
There are altogether approNi-
mately two thousand So-called
pauper idiots scattered all over
the state and given a pension of
seventy five dollars per year.
These pauper idiots in many IN
stances are unprotected. not
properly Saieguarded. Their
presence i'll their homes and in
their communities constitutes .
physical and moral menace. q
J der these conditions. they lave
during the past. propa%ated. and
I will. unless an end Is put 10 this
system. continue To reproduce
and propagate their kind. in
creasing thereby the burden upon
the state and lowering the stan
dard of the mental responsibility
Of its citizenship.
Something must be done where
by these dependents may be car
ed for and brought into an inSii-
tuition where they may have the
proper watchcare. and be given
the draining which they are sus-
ceptible of receiving i'll order that
I they may arrive at some degree
of usefulness. The Pauper Sys-
TEN is an open.visible and motor
iouS shame. Kentucky must have
the courage to cut this fostering
sore from its body.
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