The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-02
HAVEN FOR THE SICK.
Seattle General Hospital Is
Formally Opened.
NATIONAL FLAG WAVES OVER IT..
The Good Work Begun by Woman
Carried 20 Successful Completion
Officers and Managers.

ing Of the Institution 800 voices from the
streer below sang a hymn written for the
occasion to the tune OF America" by Belle
w Cooke.
Hon. Roger s. Greene. president OF the
association. then stepped forward and
spoke as follows.
God bless our nation. our state OF
Washington. our Seattle, and our Seattle
General hospital. The hoisting Of this flag
is most fitting and suspicious first feat-
ure OF this important and happy occasion
We open our hospital with an act OF
gratitude and patriotism. We are thank
fuf and glad TO be under the constitution
and laws Of he United States We exalt
sfs flag as an emblem OF those fundamen-
tai principles OF freedom and humanity
with which we are IN hearty accord ana
by which we hope and pray that our new
institution may long live, prosper ana e1-
pand.
"By the things here associated-the flag
and the building-T am reminded that the
Tinted states itself has done and is doing
a great deal OF strictly hospital service.
nv mind runs back more than thirty years
to the only personal experiences / myself
ever had as a patient in hospital First
as sick and afterwards as wounded, and
under the flag and authority OF the United
States. I was by it's physicians and sur
Seons-not without the tender auxiliary
back TO health and strength. But my case
was only one of hundreds of thousands.
Those old-time cases. many of them. have
followed us down TO the present day. ana
the pensions paid upon our vast nationai
pension roll are largely expenditures in
lieu of actual hospital treatment.
'fBut recollection carries me back past
early manhood TO boyhood, TO the patriot
sufferers OF the wars OF 1876 and 1872. and
.magdnaaion takes a further flight 10 the
war of the Revolution IL may seem ike
comparing very great taing with one
,onYparattvely very small. yet II Is true
that on the conclusion OF that war our
nation entered upon its life work under
c.sssl instances In many respects parallel
to those under which this enterprise now
energies from It's first struggle for
fee1ahoad That was an era for our coun-
try az this is an era for US here, 1Tnes
were then greatly depressed. as we know
and feel them to he now. Few IN num-
hers and financially weak ard straitened,
our nation was strong then. as We trust
we are now. In a favorfng Providence.
sn the love and righteousness OF its
cause, and IN the loyalty and character
Of the friends who had The heart and the
courage TO undertake In Its behalf. This
institution VIII doubtless have It's vtcis-
sxita,des for everything human has them.
LIP hill and continued toll awaits US. for
life TO uortals nothing gives without
same labor great 1t is we'll that We
should understand The future we face.
But with clear heads to plan for az, will
sng hands 10 do for us and a right and
s4nuovae,lss purpose at heart. we surely
may reasonably expect permanent and
satisfactory success
.sThinking of these things, I am inn
pressed that one common principle I'M
deri,es the life of the nation ana that
of this institution. II Is the principle
In. 10 al fhnmlnF'
exist as citizens not for ourselves. but
Tor humanity For humanity this hos
pital Is founded. If now we conduct II
on the line OF those motives and sym
pathies which governed the founding OF
our great republic, we shall nave not
only an institution we'll managed, but one
in which there will be nothing In prin-
chile or practice which the flag OF our
country may rot shelter and one over
which always that flag shall with pc
GUITAR propriety float"
William u. Wood said that the flag OF
our country had been mainly significant
for protecting the broad needs OF human
itv. and that the hospital was directly in
the line of the thoughts OF freedom. The
flag had freed the black man and the suf-
ferlng and il was the purpose Of this asso-
citation 10 exempllfy the purposes in free
institution
Josenh shipper said that the work of
building up the institution reminded him
OF the Seattle spirit. when. at the time OF
the Johnstown Hood. We here had raised
N large fund for the flood sufferers and iia
not keep hack a cent of II on account OF
the great fire. hut sent Il on 10 Jamestown.
The crowd then fled into the building.
and the dining.room and every room down
stairs were crowded. A programme last
iag an hour. opened by prayer by Rev.
Daniel Bagley followed. The audience
sang ~ Need Thee Every Hour" snd 30
reph shipper. as master of ceremonies, an
nounced the speakers.
The Plan OF Organization.
Hon Roger :. Greene gave history OF
the institution from its frat inception. ard
remarked that u was absolutely non sec
tartan and non-partlsan. and that any one
could he member and was eligible so the
Office N trustee and all would receive the
same benefits OF treatment rs patients. 1t
n not a stock company and can never be
como such and nll its profits viii go 10
afford gratuitous treatment 80 poor pa
tients and 10 enlarge the service.
Tie said '~I'he principal society is GOV
ernei by "A board OF governors consisting
OF twenty five persons. namely. the chair
man Of the board Of county commission
crz the mayor Of the city. the president
Of the Chamber Of Commerce thc pres.-
dent OF the Y NJ 4 A six pastors OF
tom ele~te3 annually nv the board and
fif.ecn other persons classified and elect
eti fAr terms of three years cga-h. \ Nrcsl-
dent two Vieo presidents. n secretary, 2
treasurer ard an executive committee Of
I'VE attend 70 the details of management
are8tCal interests Of the institution arc
committed 20 a medical stan IF eminent
practitioners. divided into three classes,
holding three wears each. except that as
have said every patient may be at
tended and treated exclusively by tho
physician o. surgeon % l3s choice The
auxiliary society IS STYLED MomAu's Aux
ilarv Of Seattle General IicSpltal % has
for ia special province the matter q fur
nish'nCs and supplies ana general cen
fort az patients It's membership - di-
Nided into life anal annual II has its own
presi lent. VICE presidents. secretary a8G
treasurer its hoard Of raaca-s-icnt Of
about twenty-five. SIS executive commit
tee 81 about Hftcu and various standing
committees. The present condition ~
This building as regards fur1i,urc IS larEe-
y ar mainly tue % thc quick. economical
and efficient Rcgk e tire Uc-aan's auNn-
iary."
\ Woman Deserves the 11,~iit.
Tao nfxS speaker was Atrs W Thomas
Of the Womsn's Auxiliary. Vho made 9
very appropriate address frequently fu-
terraptcd bY applause SD. sat5 that it
Wss pleasure IN state .ha. fhc trs-
shaueht % the present completed hos
peal VAS Ia the heart - s. uor1.u. an8
she toil Il - smother woman ara taa
latter had. woTaan-ltAe. tod tt IN an -
Ner friends. sui then it spread, Ua.il 81 "a
we could behold abe saccessFul resal-
They Na3 AL sorts ~ 6isagnai r,-teHts.
fatsegcd So sae air ana taken root aui
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