St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-11
A SINGULAR JURY
Is the Special Committee to
Investigate the Health
officer.
It's Object Seems to Be to Try
How Much 1t Can
Prove.
The Public Invited to Trot
Out It's Little Tale Of
Woe.
Next Wednesday the Partisan
Grand Jury Will
Gather.

The special joint council committee
appointed to investigate the alleged
charges made against Health Commits
sioner Hoyt held its first meeting yes
terday afternoon. Messrs. Doran, Pike
and DAILY, from the assembly. and Aid.
Hickman and Franklin, from the board
of aldermen, were present, the only
absent member being Aid. Warren.
His absence was explained by Aid.
Fran kiln on the theory that the Eighth
ward alderman has missed car. AS
semblyman DOran was chosen chair
man, ard Aid. Franklin secretary, this
giving the Sixth warders, as Mr.. Doran
suggested, considerably the best of it.
The communication from the mayor, the
correspondence between the mayor and
comptroller, together with the affidavit
of John b. Green, which have been pub
llshed in full, were read by the secre-
tary. AS often as the commissioner
name appeared the secretary called it
Emery 'Oyt, but the members let it go
at that.
Mr.. Pike said the committee was
something like the fifth wheel of a
wagon, and wanted 1t first determined
what the intentions of the body were.
If he said the committee heard the
evidence i'm the case with a view to
impeachment, 1t was quite possible the
thing would have to be gone over again
before the council as body. Mr..
Doran thought the testimony could be
taken, and then the conclusions arrived
at submitted to the council.
MIR. Daily suggested the corporation
attorney be called in, and there being
no objection Assistant Attorney Mich
ael was summoned. Mr.. Franklin said
the only thing to do was t0ask r..HOyt
If had any explanation to offer. 1t was
clear, he said, from the correspondence
between the comptroller and mayor,
which had just been read, that the facts
in the affidavit of John B. Green had
been proven. The only thing left was
for Dr.. HOyt to say whether he adj
mitted the charges.
More Of SEM.
Mr.. DAILY said the mayor bad informed
him additional charges had been made
against the commissioner and in all
probability the mayor would like to lay
these complaints before them.
Mr.. Franklin said some of his con-
Stituents were willing TO be heard in
case other charges were considered aside
from those just read. 49, -.
Mr.. Doran said he had been waited
on by man who would testify he had
written Dr.. HOyt about the AZotine
company not dispOsihg of the garbage
according to contract. 50
Mr.. Hickman said the first thing was
to give DIR. Hoyta chance to deny the
charges. If the doctor did not
deny them there was nothing to
do but make report that the
charges were true. Mr.. Franklin moved
that DR.. Hoyt be notified OF the charges
and requested to make an explanation
to the committee. Mr.. Doran thought
before anything further was done the
balance of the charges from the mayor
ought to be considered. MI. ke.wanted
to he certain as to the Jurisdiction of the
matter. The assistant city attorney
pointed out the charter section of 1884,
and Mr.. Pike read as follows:
Every person appointed to any Office by
the common council, or elected to any office
hy The people, may be removed by a two
thirds vote of all the aldermen authorized TO
vote.
This section, Mr. Pike said, raised
the question whether the council could
expel an officer appointed by the mayor.
| Mr.. Michael said Mr.. Phillips, first as
| siStant corporation attorney, had been
asked by the mayor to give
| an opinion on this point, and
| now had it under consideration.
| He was of the opinion that ii tine COM
| mittee was going to take evidence with
| a view of Impeachment proceedings it
| must proceed as laid down by the law.
| 1t would be much safer, be thought, if
this step were to be taken to hear the
evidence before the whole council. If
it were simply the desire of the COM
mittee
| To Formulate Charges
| against the commissioner no great at
tention to the law need be given. Mr..
Doran said the action of the commits
siOner i'll approving the aZCtine bills
was grave matter, and should be care
fully examined into. Mr.. Michael Gre
aIed some surprise by saying he had
been informed there was nothing inthe
contract with the aZotine company
which required the health commissioner
| to approve the bills of the company be-
| fore they could be paid. This he did
not state officially, but thought it ought
to be looked up before any particular
thine OF attention had been expended in
| an investigation. Mr.. Pike thought
| the committee should not con
fine its Investigations only to
the matter mentioned in the ommuni-
cations and affidavitS. The committee
hcection with the department and make
a report to the council either eXOperat-
ing DR.. Hoyt or formulating charges
against him. This would be a good
plan, because it would give sthe public
a chance to come in and tell all they
knew about The department. Mr.
Doran thought perhaps the committee
could not take notice of the additional
charges which the mayor had gathered
| in the last two weeks. This view was
not taken by the other members, and. in
order to let anything which would give
them light on tine department, Mr.
Pike drew up the following resolution.
That this committee proceed to investigate
Dr. Hoyt's administration of the health de-
| partment, with view of ascertaining the
| correctness or uncorrectness of the state
| ments referred to this committee, with a
view further to determining whether
or not specific charges should be pre-
ferred against the health com
Hoyt be instructed to attend the sessions of
the committee, and to lay before it such
statements as he desires. That the COM
mittee will receive further Information rela-
tive to the subject under inquiry from any
proper source.
The resolution was adopted. and Mr..
Daily, who had been absent consulting
the mayor about other charges. agreed
to them on his return. Mr.. Daily said
the charges now in possession of the
mayor would be ready for the commit
tee at their next meeting.
A resolution requesting DR.. Hoyt and
the corporation attorney to be present
at the next meeting was adopted, and
the members adjourned to meet Wednes-
day afternoon at O'Clock.
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