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j Statmem t-'rS-xOf H* ; Fowxdt, 3q*rijifcadbitflf rt* JW •/Svfwtom::; In taatlea it ©yidf. toy tru and to the public . which you zv^re«efitt I ft*J h admy incumbent opud mo to present to the board a brief etatc* turn* of facta in rdalion to the broad cast denunciations which appeared in the Stulintl of ;the 28th September, under the head of '* pre* wnlment of ibe Grand Jury99 that the board to whom the Superintendents are officially accountable may take such action io the premises as to them frbal.I appear proper.Before, however, noticing the remarks contained in that! document, I will call the attention of tbe; board to some oat door inquiries, how ,f Yankee Smith M Could have fuiind hU way into the poor houseat the county farm a* its overseer, and present to the board the testimonials of three gentlemen of this city, who I %ru sure are better known to aome of the member* of the board_pi least than tome, upuu-which recommendations the .appointment was based:Ah to his mimagemcm, I shall nutnttempt to justify any rm»nianAgement or want of alien* don of which he may seem to have been guil-iy, but will lay before the board a plain stale meut of factsla* they exist, thtt they may arrive at conclusions natisfaciory loihenntlve*.It is well known by idl who have made themselves familiar with poor house* and hospitala that there are few who are peculiarly constituted for the management of such institution*, and if to be found none should be employed for uch purposes except tho^e who have had some training or experience; from actual service or from observation.And to secure the services of such, if at all to be found, would require a liberal compeunation. And whfle 1 aw^ unwilling to excuM- rei officer for any dereliction or neglect of official duty, 1 arii *1 off to Condemn wit bout fim weighing all the circumstance* cod uec ted there* 'with; and perhaps if the gentlemen computing the majority had taken s little pains to ascertain *11 the facta and circurmtauces, they would baye come to somewhat different conclusions.In regard to ;the lunaiic* and idiots, now nuiubermg twenty-four, (the ruu*l of whom ihe ei7iberax»f this Board have seen) the *raie ol ! their imudtv^ud the narrow and not sufficient- j ly ventilated Cell*, would suggest to ihe board j (he improbability that their cells could at all « times and at every^nwoviiL bo found in a very i Clean condition ’ particularly, a* is the ca»v j itere, that there are several who take their own filth a* it passes from their, bodies, aud cast it fiver their person and spread it upon the walls j within their cells.
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Milwaukee Daily News
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Oct 20, 1855
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