St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-15
CITY PHYSICIAN WESTON.
The Board of Corrections and
Charities Get Down to Business

The Board of Corrections and
Charities Get Down to Business.
The meeting of the board of correc-
lions and charities yesterday afternoon
resulted in the breaking of the dead
lock and the election of DR.. G. e. Wes-
ton to the position of city physician. DR..
Weston was the first assistant under
Dr.. Chase, and the election was COM
plete surprise to him.
When the meeting of the board was
called to order Mayor Eustis was alb
sent. After tranSacting the routine
business, the matter of city physician
was taken up. President ClOutier and
Commissioner Hove endeavored to per-
suade Commissioner Martin to fall into
line and vote for some one else than Dr..
Chase. He would not agree to it, how
ever, and when the name of DR.. Bell
was suggested as compromise he
stated thai the doctor had Informed him
he would not accept the position under
any circumstances. Several ballots
were taken, Cloutier and Hove voting
for DR.. Bell, and Martin for Chase.
Commissioner Hove offered a resolu-
ton declaring the office of city physi-
clan vacant and appointing Dr.. Wood
ward, who is chairman of the committee
on hospitals, to the position of Supelin-
tendent of the city hospitals, to act I'M
til the election of city physician.
this resolution by Commissioner Martin,
and the result was that both Cloutier
and Hove broke over the traces. They
declared they were willing to vote with
the mayor and Commissioner Wood
ward. They had dallied with the matter
long enough, and if the right man was
put up they would vote for him to be
elected to office to serve until
July l. A messenger was dispatched
for Mayor EustiS, and III short time he
put in an appearance at the meeting.
President CIoutier informed him how
matters stood, and that he was willing
to vote with him provided some other
candidate than DR.. Chase was nom
mated. He did not think DR.. Chase
capable of filling the position. The
mayor, however declined to make any
promises as to candidates. The ballot
ing then commenced, and after the
fourth ballot DR.. Weston was elected.
The ballots were as follows:
FirSt-Weston. l; Chase, l; Kimball,
1; Bell, 2. Second-We ston. /; Chase,
l; Bell, 2; Fairbairn, l. ThIrd-Chase,
q. DSll, - 1llls l. IOuI I'LL w CSlOli1 y :
Chase, l; Leonard, l.
DR.. Woodward was the man who be-
gan voting for Dr. Weston, and on the
fourth ballot President ClOutier and
Commissioner Hove, fearful that DR..
Chase might be the man chosen, took
advantage of the chance and cast votes
for DR.. Weston, thus giving him a
majority and surprising everybody.
Commissioner Martin, who Had fought
for Chase ever since the deadlock be-
gan, looked chagrihed and beaten when
the result of the fourth ballot was an
nounced. The mayors resolution, fix
ing the duties of attending to the
patients at the quarantine hospital upon
the city physicians department, was
laid over until the next meeting. Here
tofore this WORK has fallen to the lot of
the health department.
The January report of the poor de-
partment was submitted by Supt Sny-
der. 1t showed that during the month
there had been 6lS applications at the
office for aid and 66 visits by the super
intendent Assistance had been granted
to 800 individuals, including 30S adults
and sol children. SiXly-seven patients
had been sent to the city hospital, and
and the poorhouse contained tifty-nine
inmates.