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Show tempera tend to harden the souls ot their keepern. There should be some one In authority from the outside to occasionally Inquire as to whether tne keepers of tho Insane are not also Insane In-sane or so accustomed to according rough treatment as to have become brutalized. These Investigations should carry with them no reflection on the head of tho Institution unless abuses are discovered. dis-covered. There have been mental hospitals whero fearful crimes have been committed by Inhuman masterB. An occasional assurance that Utah's home for the mentally afflicted Is free from all such crimes would be a source of satisfaction. THE INSANE ASYLUM. "Without intending to reflect on tho management of the State asylum, we approingy reproduce the following from the Salt Lake Tribune: With respect to the pitiful letter written to the legislature by Frederick Freder-ick Blake, who claims to have been held in confinement for twenty years in the State insane asylum, we are far from assuming that his dreadful charges are true. On the contrary, the presumption must be that they are grossly exaggerated, and in most, II r.ot all respects the creation of his demented de-mented fancy. At the same time, wo believe that tho public of this state would bo better satisfied if the legislature legis-lature would provide for a quiet investigation in-vestigation of tbe asylum, both paBi and present, and Insure that the actual ac-tual facts in the case should be made public. Necessarily, in Buch an institution as that, the physician immediately in charge must be practically an absolute abso-lute dictator, particularly in case of emergency. It is always a question in such cases whether the natural characteristics char-acteristics of the superintendent are such as to prevent abuse, or whether the superintendent's ternic-r Is hasty, rash, and disposed to a harsh arbitrariness. arbi-trariness. We do not allege anything of this khid against any superintendent superinten-dent of the asylum. At the same time, the charges made by Mr. Blake are such as to cause disquiet to tho public pub-lic mind In this state; and they ngnt-ly ngnt-ly do so, because the state la Jealous of Its good name and fame, aud of tno proper management of its public institutions. in-stitutions. We suggest, therefore, In order that no talut of suspicion may rest auywhere, that the legislature provide for such qult and uiorougn examination as will entirely clear the management of the asylum from such shocking charges as are made by Mr. Blake. . Tho lnsano asylum Is one Institution Institu-tion which cannot be too closely investigated. inves-tigated. The insane are dUJlcult to control. Their antics and rebellious |