Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-25

THE ST. PAUL DAHL
p.nTIEr1 ToTm CoMMlrTEE.
ST.. PETER, MINI, March %.
To the Hon. n. Doran, Chairman Of the Senate
Committee Of Investigation of tie Hcspita
for Insane:
DEAR Sn: Your COMMUNICATION Of Marcel
22d, 1878, in relation to my action at the hos
pital and before the committee at the Eicole1
Ho,,. :. 2, :. hand. In reply,I desire to cal
your attention to certain at.crs l.- erred % =
such communication. It is claimed that ]
attempted to forestall public opinion BY
sending to the press copy of my letter Of ex
PLANTATION. de5irs I'd saT, in reference to this
matter, that after addressing STICK commurica.
ton to you left the original draft of such let;
ter in the hands Of Mr. Kerr, the secretary Of
the board of trustees; that I gave no dlrec-
ton to send such committees to the press
and had no knowledge or intimation lhss The
same had been sent till after the dispatch was
forwarded hence am not responsible ZOE 1tE
appearance.
In relation to my action at the hospita., Wae
instructed by the chairman of the board OF
trustees several days before the arrival Of your
committee, that when your cCm1ittee came to
the hospital for the purpose Of investigating
it's affairs, that should Immediately notify the
local committee Of the board of trustees, SO
that they might meet your committee before
you commenced the investigation, and ascertain
proposed to conduct such investigation and what
privileges would be accorded to such local COM
mittee by your committee. That when your
committee appeared at the hospital on the Goth
inst, I informed you Of such instructions, and
requested you to delay the examination until
the local committee could be sent for; that /
would send for them Immediately, and that !
thought1such committee would be present in
about ten minutes. then left you for the pur-
pose of sending telegram to such committee,
and on my return, and without any intlmation
from you of such intention, I found that you
had taken your departure.
7 had no conversation prior to your visit with
either Mr.. Schimmel or Mr.. Kerr, relative to
the matter, and from my instructions from the
chairman of the board of trustees, inferred
tnat it was my duty to ask your committee to
delay investigation until tho arrival of the
local committee, SO that such committee could
in conference with your committee settle all
preliminary questions in reference to your ex-
animation.
In reference to your information that you
were to be denied admittance, l have to say that
no such information was received through mo
and that am not at all responsible for rumors
to that effect.
In relation to the conversation at the Nioollet
house, it seems that the committee must have
! had no intention Of denying the right of the
Legislature to investigate any State institu-
ton, or the right or authority of your COM
mittee to make such investigation. I might as
well have denied the right of tho Legislature to
create an asylum as to deny that it had the
right to investigate such institution after it
had been created by that body.
tween your committee and the trustees at the
Nicollct House, and in general and desultory
conversation with some Of the members of the
committee in discussion in relation to the
rights and powers of the Governor and Legls-
lature, and concerning their legal authority to
night. without knowledge or consent Of the
trustees or officers, did state that it was my
private opinion, based on the constitution and
the organic act establishing the hospital, that
the Governor had no authority to allow any
person to visit the hospital without the consent
saying that If at any time should find per-
son drunk and disorderly in any ward Of the
institution, and that in attempting to eject
him he should show an order from the Gov
ernor allowing him admittance, that / should
consider that had full authority to put him
out, and that if I did not have such authority
would resign my position.
certainly did not mean to accuse your COM
mittee with being drunk and disorderly, and
had no intention Of denying your right to visit
the institution, and if in the heat Of q ram
bling conversation following q prolonged and
discussion, where extreme prop
ositions were used FOR illustrations. I said
anything to lead your committee to believe
that took the position claimed, can only say
that I did inland tn 9nch M
PRESTON and certainly did not allude to your
committee as being drunk and disorderly.
In relation to the matter Of denying the COM
mittee admission to the hospital, in reply to a
question of Senator Rice whether or not if the
committee should appear at the hospital the
they would be refused, l answered
that | would refer the matter to the
trustees, some Of whom were present, and that
had no objection. Mr.. Kerr then
stated on behalf of the trustees that you could
have admittance at any time, and ! considered
the matter suited them. I would also say that
the question of integrity and honor depends
upon the proper construction Of Language and
position. need scarcely add that I much re-
greet that any misunderstanding between US
has arisen. Respectfully yours,
[Signedl @. K. BARTLETT.
In reference to those letters it should be
stated that DR.. Bartlett's letter was telegraphed
to the press before the letter Of Hon. NJ. Doran
was drawn up, and the committee knew Of its
being 80 sent before their letter waa written,
at least your correspondent is SO informed by
the members Of tho committee.
Third Dispatch.
Especial Telegram to THE GLOBE.
MASKAro, March 23.-During tho day the
trustees have had several conferences with their
legal adviser, County Attorney Ives. The sub
stance-of Hon. NJ. Doran letter to Or. Bart
lett has been one Of the topics of the conven-