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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, JUNE 8 1898.

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JUNE 8, love

OUR ASYLUM.

As no defence has been offered against the charges and statements that have lately been made concerning the proposed *anoex”’ and the medical superintendent of our “ Hospital for Insane Persons,” the people are left to draw their own conc)n- sions. It cannot be presumed that ihe authorities are treating these charges and questions with contempt. The hospital With ite hundred and eighty-seven patients is not a matter to be lightly regarded by the representatives and officials of the public. Members of some of the most influential families in the Province are included among its unfortunate inmates. Many of them have been as sane and intel- ligent as the savest and most intelligent nién and womén who now walk at liberty. No one knows the day or the hour that a sudden distemper of the mind may neces~ sitate his or her removal to Falconwood, In the language of mad Ophelia, “ Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be.” Surely the welfare of an institution in which all in this community are more or less interested is not to be regarded with indifference, even by the most light-minded or cold-hearted of men. We cannot believe, either, that the Gov- eroment and the Doctor count upon the inertia of the public, and are silent because they suppose that if nothing is said the subject will the be forgotten. Human syapatby has not yet ceased to be a force, even in Prince Edward Island. The people of this Province are not utterly unconcerned about that which reflects upon their generosity, their justice, and theirhumanity. So we are forced to the conclusion that the failure of the exponents of the Government to putin a defence is practically an admission that the charges and statements that have been made are substantially true.

What, then, is the present condition of our Hospital (so called) for the Insane ? So far as the improvement or cure of the meatal diseases of patients is concerned, the medical superintendence amouvtsto nothing. The crowded state of the wards, with patients mingling together in every state of idiocy and lunacy renders a cure in any difficult case improbable if not impossible. Observations made at occasional visits confirm the opinion that the Supervisor and the Matron are kiud hearted and attentive to duty. But the mere administration of such a large establishment must occupy sc much time that they can do but little in respect to the nursing, and care and personal atieadance upon the patients. the greater part of the’time the patients are necessarily deprived all care except that of the attendants. And who are the attencants? Have they received any tra ning as nurses of insane persons? Are they selected because of their aptitude in the management of mad men and women ? Not atall. They are selected as other servants are selected. Those who remain Joog atthe work naturally gain in the of time some knowledge of the

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course idioeynerasies of the patients and a rude skill in controlling them and ministering to the Those who happen to have abundant patience and good temper treat the patients who ure under them with kindness and consideration. But we can imagice that those who are

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many times constrained to acts of harsh- peas and cruelty for which the discipline of the institution affords no means of diss covery or avoidance.

In these circumstances, es!! our “ Hospital for Insane Persons ” is not a hospital at all in the sense of being a curative institution. Indeed, it can hardly be called an asylum ; for the word implies & place of protection and of security from ilisusage. It mere overcrowded keep or pound in which close upon two hundred lunatics are huddled together without regard to mental or moral condi-« tion, or age, or likelihood of recovery, or

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any consideration whatever, except that of sex. Thus, the public pays $17,000 to $20,000 a year for no other purpose than to relieve society from the danger of having lunatics at large. Surely something more than this is demanded (and might be obtained for the large amount of money paid) in an age when thejenergies and ekill of thousands of physicians are directed solely to the care of the insane persons. Are we not, then, justified in calling for a reform of the institution? The Liberal party is fond of commissions; and if ever there were a case for which a commission is needed, first to inquire into the actual condition of the asylum and then to pro- pose measures of reform,—this is one.

7-ere Eggs, cornmeal and flour are becoming more scarce in Havana, and the pr ces of , all articles of food are doubling though

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WHHL TY the Live say 1n condemnation of the Senate for reject- ing @ Government measure in the course of the present session, they are not se ready to give due credit to that body for carry~ ing out the policy of the Government against @ majority of the House of Com~ mons. A fraternal society, the Sons of England, soughtto carry on Life Insur. ance Without making the necesaary depo~ sit with the Government for the security of policy holders. The Finance Minister announced that without a provision to ‘that effect the Government could not accept the bill. On a division, every memb-~ er of the Administration voted againat the measure. But the House cof Commons refused to sustain the Goveroment, and the bill was carried in that House by a large majority. When, however, it reached the Banking aud Commerce Com- mittee of the Senate, the policy of the Gov~ ernment was sustained by a vote of 11 to 7. Conservatives on the Committee, such as

Senators Fergesop, Drummond and Wood,

Were the most promivent supporters of Mr.

Fielding’s policy and saved the administra~

tion from a humiliating defeat. The

Goverament have, under our constitutioval

system, to assume respon-ibility for all

legislation ; and had not the Senate inter-

posed Sir Wilfrid would have had to

“swallow ths leek” or resign.

The valuable amendments to the Fran-~

chise Bill which were made by the Senate

at the suggestion of Seaator Ferguson and

accepted by the Government, illustrate

the value of the Upper Chamber. bill was for over three months before the House of Commons, and yet it left that body #0 faulty that the Government were glad to accept important ts in the Senate. Yet this is a Bill affecting the constitution of the popular chamber.

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RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAR.

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THOUGH we the letter “Peace” as an expression of the opinicn of a forcible and intelligent writer, we can- not see that any good can be brought about by a discussion of the question which he raises at this juncture. The question is rather one for the future his~ torian with all the facts spread out before him than for us from whom the motives of Spanish and action are partially withheld. Though the farmed interference of the United States may seem to us unnecessary and criminal,

signed

Americana

we may rest assured that there is a Power who, in this matter, is working out his Sovereign will. In this country, every mano is at perfect liberty to think and speak as he may choose, and many may sympathise with the Spaniards and many with the Americans, it ought to be | evident to all that the position of the British this country from responsibility for the acts of

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Government, relieving

—Two additional supplementary esti- mates were brought down, vesterday, by the Finance Minister. We are not told that either of them provides for the con- struction of the Belfast-Murray Harbor Railway or the Hillsborough bridge, to which the knightly word of Sir Louis Davies is pledged.

—The following is the. announcement which appeared in the Chester Chronicle of 27th July, 1839, the double morriage having taken place on the previous dar:

“ Yesterday, at Hawarden, vy the Hon.

and Rev. G. Neville Greville, the Right Hon. Lord Lyttleton, of Hogiey, near

Stourbridge, Worcestershire, to Miss Mary Glynne; and William Ewart Gladstone, Esq., M. P., for Newark, to Miss Glynne, the ladies being the daughters of the late Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., and sisters of the present Sir S. R. Glynne, Bart, M. P., Harwarden Castle, Fiintshire.”

To Cure a2 Cold in one Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Table‘s All Druggists refand the money if it fails to cure, 25¢

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MARKED BALLOTS.

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at some length, to the amendments to the, Franchise Act proposed by Senator Ferguson, and points out that Senator Ferguson proposed to meet the difficulty of discovering illegal votes in his Province by providing a system of marked ballots for challenged voters. The S:ar remeiks:

“Frankly, we do uot like the eystem of marked ballots. They have it up io Ontario and it creates a general dietrust of the secrecy of the ballot box. Butthe Governwent, having dragged us into this difficulty with their precious proviocial franchise policy, muet find a way out. It will never do to leave the elections io Prince Edward Island exposed to capture by an army of mercenary “ telegraphers.” The fact of the matter is that the Govern- meut are trying to eaddle this couatry with a bopeless botch, and they should be grateful for improving amend nents, whether offered in the Senate or any where else,”

The Star's dislike to marked ballots in

& province in which there is secret voting is natural and proper. But in this Pro- vince we have “ open voting.” Everyone here, may know how every ove voks. Consequently the objection to a marked ballot in a Dominion election held accord- ing to our Provincial law is not valid.

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ESTEEMED EXCHANGES.

Ottawa Cr :Here are two definitions for readers of Liberal jourtals :

* Outrageous extravagance ” 690,000.

“Increased economy "—$47,°70,947.

Summerside Jovrial: If the govero~ ment is in earnest 1p its promise to con struct a breakwater in Summerside bar- bor, it is abont time the work was begun, Is it intended that the matter shall crop entirely, or is the breakwater to be used as a jever in another bye-election? And this leads up two the farther inquviry— what about the vacant Prince County Senatorship? Is it not abont time the appointment was made? The public would like very much to sve there ques- tions satisfactorily auswered in the near future,

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A TORONTO CONDUCTOR.

Saved From the Agonies of Diabetes, by Dodd's Kidney Pills.

Toronto, June 6.—The Toronto Street Railway provides another case this week to strengthen the mighty chain of proof that Dodd’s Kidney Pills are the only cure on earth for Diabetes.

Mr. H. Hogg, &1 Fuller «treet, conductor No. 207, has been completely cured of an aggray ated and Jong~standing case of Diabetes, by Dodd’s Kidney Pills after other eo called *‘cures” had utteriy failel.

Mr. Hogg sufiered for three vears with Diabetes and impure blood. He had to quit work, on account of dizziness, loss of flesh and increasing weakness. Atl otber remedies that he used kaving failed, he agreed, to please a friend, to try Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Improvement began at once, and six boxes effected a thorough cure,

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What Makes Them Mad.

The Senate stopped the Drummond Deal,and koccked half a million off the profits.

It stopved the Yu the flotation of a br “ramble” in Loadon.

It proposes, now, that any subject of her Majesty who is illegally deprived of of his franchise shall have the right to appeal to the courts of law for redress,

Crimes such as these are abhorrent the greedy elementthat is on top now.

This is why there is an outery against the Senate. —Ma:] and Empire.

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1,200 Sacks Fishery Salt.

:,200 Franklin Crant Factory fi!- led Butter Salt,

50 tons Lump Rock Salt.

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A few California Wines and Gane still in stock,

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