St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-06
PEOPLE DON'T LIKEIT.
The Scheme to Legislate
Health officer Kilvington
Out of Office
Is Denounced by All Classes
of Citizens, Regardless
Of Politics.
For the First Time Minneapo-
lis Has a Health De- /
partment.
Kilvington Organized 1t, and
Kilvington Organized 1t, and
Should Be Given a Fair
Trial.

AS the general public becomes aware
that the attempt now being made by
members of the legislature to GUST
Health Officer Kllvington from his posi-
ton is simply because he is Demo
crat, and has incurred the enmity of
few men who practically hold the whip
hand, there is an almost unanimous
feeling cropping out that the whole
| thing is wrong. Republicans and DEM
| ocrats alike denounce the attempt to
| legiSlate DR.. Kilvngton ont of Office for
no cause whatever, and if the attempt
is successful it is not wholly improbable
that the Republicans in the city coun-
| Gil will rebuke the move by re-electing
| him to the place. When DR.. Kilvipg-
| ton took the office, there was really no
health department. only in name. No
| reliable records were kept, and no SyS-
| TEN was followed. Now that he has be-
| gun work of true reform. and has
placed the department on sound foot
| ing, it is proposed to legiSlate him out
! of Office and put i'll some political pet.
| In years gone by the inspectors were
appointed on purely political grounds,
| and the position of health officer was
| really sinacure. Now all that is
| changed, and the attempt to kill DR..
Kilvington's work, which he has as
yet ouly outlined, is generally
| regarded as one of the most outrageous
things yet attempted in partisan poll
| tics, simply to work out personal
| spite and for political reasons. Follow
| ing are number of hap-hazard inter-
views. mainly from Republicans, which
| ter in Minneapolis. The statements
| here made do not bear out the state
ment made by a Republican legislator
| that all Minneapolis is opposed to DR..
| KilvingtOn and his method of conduct
ing the health department.:
POPULAR OPINIONS.
J. W. Arctanaer-While | am ferinst
! the government / must say that the
| health department has been run in first
| class shape and has done a good work.
| It's far superior to anything we ever
had before. Of that am sure.
! w. A. Plummer-SO far as | have no
ticed things have been managed in the
best possible way. | am in favor of DR..
kilvington, every time.
| Capt. c. B. Tirrell-From all that,eI
can learn am we'll pleased with the
department and think that the health
| officer has been active and vigilant. [
| don't believe iii legislating man out of
| office.
Frank Carleton-I must say that DR..
| Kilvington has made a brave, vigorous
| officer, and | believe in him and in his
methods.
Judge Lochrcn-The health depart
ment is being run all right. So far las
/ know am satisfied.
! L. X. Gray don't know as there is
anything to find fault with. DR.. Kill
vington has managed the department
very carefully and judiciously.
EX-Ald. A. c. Haugen-Dr. Kilvipg-
ton has proved himself and has taken
more interest in it than any other man
ever did. He has made good record,
| bnt might have been little more
economical. | do not believe in the
| attempt now being made to legislate
! him out of office.
| Judge j. 2. Real have no fault to
| find with the department.
Mark Haynes think the depart
ment is run in the best possible shape,
and DR.. Kilvington has done all that
could be done. He is efficient and ca
pablc.
Ben Davenport-W never knew that
we had a health department before, and
we can thank DR.. Kilvington for max
ing it what it is. If we can keep him
in his present position we are all right.
| Aid. Ellingson-l am in position to
know something about the health de-
partment. and / will say that DR.. Kill
vington'S system is good one, and that
things have been done in admirable
| shape. |, for one, am opposed to legiS-
lating man, even if he be Democrat,
out Of Office. It's all wrong.
| DR.. 9. t. Allen-Dr. Kilvingt0n has
made an excellent health officer in ev-
cry respect. and has done his work
| theron u1IT ann 1pntl n O,Nir,inn -pn
one has any reason to find fault with
the department, and he should not be
| legislated out of Office.
II. o. PetersOn-Dr. KilvingtOn has
fought hard to get the department in
its present good condition, and the only
trouble is that the council has not
backed him up as it should. The at
tempt TO legislate him out of Office is
| simply political scheme.
| j. 2. GilmOre-As far as my knowl-
edge goes, the health department, under
DIR. KilvingtOn, has been most excel
lent thing in all respects. The health
officer may have made few minor mis-
takes. but they are nothing compared to
| the good he has accomplished.
| Capt. Ness-The sanitary inspection
| in South Minneapolis under Health In
| Spector KilvingtOn has been good.
E. II. MOultOn-l never have heard of
any complaint in regard to the health
department. 1t suits me now.
DR.. E. L. Gibson-It is self-evident
that the health department, under DR..
| kilvington. is entirely different from
what it was before he took it. We
now have health department which
means business. DR.. KilvingtOn is
peculiarly adapted to the position of
| health officer. However, he is Demo
| crat, and that makes big difference,
you know.
P. K. Kierce-I am we Ill pleased with
| the administration of DR.. KilvingtOn,
and do not think it could be improved
upon. The department was never in
better shape, and the scheme to knock
the doctor out of office is only a political
trick.
+. A. Campbell-The department is
being run better now than ever before.
John ii. Steele have never heard
any complaint in regard to the depart
ment. and l do not know of any man
who would have taken more interest i'll
it than DR.. Kilvington has. 2
E. A. Taylor-Since DR.. Kilvington
assumed command of the health depart
ment the work has been carried on
more Systematically than ever before.
1t is & health department now and not
an empty name. l do not think much
of the scheme to legislate DR.. Kilving-
ton out. 1t is not sound or honest.
W. d. Dibb-Dr. Kilvington has made
a good health officer. and under his
management of the department. :the
Northeast side has not suffered. The
scheme to GUST him by act of legislature
is a cowardly trick of political pirates.
DR.. j. ID. Alger-I am not disposed
to find fault with a man when he is
doing good work, as our health officer
is. We have as good board of health
as there is anywhere, and it should be
sustained. 1t contains some of the
best men in Minneapolis, and the at
tempt to legislate the president out of
office is simply wrong and fraud.