St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-26
AFTER HOYT'S SCALP.
The Reform Administration
Again on the Trail Of the
Health Officer.
This Time 1t Is Impeachment
That Is Hung Above His
Head.
The Murphy License Revoea-
ton to Be Fought Ont in
Court.
Winners Of Pistol Shooting
Medals Honored. Out at
). Fort Keogh.

FORT keOgn.
For several months :. the would-be
leaders of the Republican party, and
more especially those directly RESPONSE
bic for the reform administration, have
been insisting that Dr.. Hoyt. the pres
ent health commissioner, be discharged.
The mayor is reported as having init
mated that the doctors resignation
would be accepted, but the doctor didn't
seem to heed the intimatiOn. AT the
meeting of the council last night the
scheme put up to Gust the commissioner
by impeachment was brought to light.
The matter came up by the following
communication, addressed to the cOun
Gil:
Aug "a. 1892
have the honor to transmit affidavit and
correspondence relative to the health COM
missioner, DR.. Hoyt for such action as your
honorable body may deem proper. These
papers have come into my possession in COLI
nectlon with complaints made.
f. P. WRIGHT, Mayor.
The papers mentioned included CORE
spondence between the mayor and
comptroller, dated July Is, 1892. This
stated that M. l.. Gould, who died May
6, 1871, had been placed Oh the pay roll
of the health department for six days in
May and afterward put on the June
pay roll for the balance of the month of
May. The first payment for six days
was S13.22 and the second S56.7S. Both
pay rolls were certified as correct by
DR.. Hoyt.
Under date of Aug. % the comptroller
Informs the mayor chat in February.
1892, bills amounting to S6,250 i'm favor
of the Azotine company were presented
and referred to the city attorney. On
March s, 1892. the attorney reported
that III his opinion the claim for S6.250
was one which could hot be enforced in
a legal action against the city. The
bills were for 81. $50 per month for Au-
gust to December, 1891 inclusive, and
all with the exception of August
bear the Endorsement: 'Approved,
Henry t. Hoyt. health commissioner"
Bills for January and February, $3.50
each month, bear the same approval.
All the bills read for destruction of
garbage and dead animals for the
months mentioned. There are also bills
for collection of garbage for months of
January and February, 1892, for S916.G6,
each bearing same approval. These
items, says the comptroller. are taken
from bills on file in the city clerks
Office. | have no information as to
when the AZotine company's plant was
burned.
Then comes deposition by John B.
Green, who says: During the year 1891
he was in the employ of the city as
health officer, and that during the time
Health Commissioner Hoyt was acting
as health commissioner. That on or
about March II, 1891, the AZotine plant
was destroyed by fire. thus making said
AZotine company unable to destroy gar
bage by the Merz system. That during
the summer and fall of 1891 the AZOtine
company, which was under the contract
to destroy garbage by the MeFZ system
process, did not destroy the same, but,
on the contrary, deposited the same III
piles at various points mxthe city and
county, among which areethe following :,
CroSby'S farm 'iD the Fifth ward.
Moneys farm in the Eleventh ward,
Moriarty'S in the Sixth ward, Radant's
pigry in South st. Paul. In various
conversations with DR.. Hoyt during the
year 1891 L told him Of these facts. and
he said he knew the AZotine company
were not destroying the garbage and
that lie should not approve the bills of
the company for the pretended work i'll
so doing, and that if the company did
not do better in collecting he would
not approve the bills for the work. He
also wrote all official letter to the COM
mon council, Informing them that the
AZOtine plant was destroyed and that
the company was not diSpoSing of the
garbage in accordance with the con-
tract with the city.
Notwithstanding, this DR.. Hoyt ap-
proved bills of the Azotine company to
the amount of S., $50 for destruction of
garbage during the months of August,
September, October, November and
December. 1891, and January and Feb
ruary. 1892, knowing that the garbage
had not been destroyed by the MerZ
system OF in accordance with the con-
tract with the city or in any manner.
During the spring of 1891. one M. l..
Gould was IN the health department as
an employee. Gould died May 6, 1891
pay was allowed him for the month Of
May to the amount of 1892. His name
was again placed on the June pay roll
by order of DR.. Hoyt, and the sum of
S56.7S drawn on the June pay FOIL by a
representative of Gould'S estate.
Mr.. Van Slyke wanted the matter re-
ferred to a special joint committee of
three from each branch of the council
Mr.. DAILY wanted the corporation at
torney added to the committee TO pre-
pare articles of Impeachment.
Mr.. Van Slvke said he was not law
yer, but he thought there should first
be an Investigation before any impeach-
ment proceeding were commenced.
Mr.. Reardon seconded the motion of
Mr.. DAILY, and said it was time to get
rid of DR.. Hoyt. Mr.. Pike said they
had no right TO appoint the city attorney
as member of this or any committee.
| Mr.. Doran said the proper thing to do
! was to have an investigation, and then
| call in the city attorney.
Mr.. Johnson wanted to go at the
| thing, not heels over head. but to have
| an investigation, and then if the charges
were found correct To commence i'm
parchment proceedings. The president
appointed as such committee MeSsrs.
| Doran, Pike and Daily.