The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-14
THE NEW SCHOOL REACHES ITS
GOAL THROUGH THE DICTRICT
COURT.
WE'RE AFTER BOARD OF CONTROL.
The Recognized Physicians VIII
Meet Today and Select the Doc
tors to Represent Them.

long pull ana pull altogether Tor
the homeopathic, but they have won
out, and the consequent joy among the
twenty-eight local members of that
school last evening when the news be-
came generally known was AT it's full
For more than twenty years the hon.
eopathic physicians have been de-
handing a representation on the hos
pital staff, and for an equal length of
time they have been successfully OPP
posed by the allopathic school. Until
recently the efforts of the homeopaths
have not been as persistent as they
might have been, but last fall it was
decided by the Society of Homeopathic
Physicians and Surgeons that the
lesser school had been deprived of it's
rights long enough, and a concentrat-
ed move was begun looking to a salts
factory adjustment of the existing diff
ferences.
A meeting Of the homeopathic med
ical society was called, and a special
committee of three appointed to for
mally present demand for a certain
proportion of the patients admitted to
the hospital. The committe, consisting
| of Drs. Higbee, Eastman and Donald,
appeared before the board of control,
and with their request were promptly
and painfully turned down. DR.. Ancker
was opposed to the admission Of the
homeopathic to the hospital, and it was
stated that no representative of that
school could practice in the inStitu-
ton while he was its superintendent.
The grounds of the board of controls
refusal to comply with the request of
the homeopaths was not stated to
have been because they were homeo-
| paths but for the reason of public ex-
| pediency.
There was considerable feeling
among the members of the rejected
school at that time and various means
were considered by which they might
secure what they claimed were their
| just rights in the premises At one
| time mandamus proceedings were con-
templated, but were finally abandoned,
and what has proven a more efficient
plan of aggression decided upon
The homeopathic stated that they
were contending for their rights and a.
| matter of principle. They paid taxes
which went towards the support of the
hospital as did many citizens who pre-
ferred the treatment of the homeOpath-
| ic to the allopathic school and as O.
matter of equity and justice they, with
| these citizens, were entitled to recogni-
ton. Dr. Ancker had declared that the
! homeopathic could not practice in the
/ hospital while he occupied the superin-
tendency, and the rejected school finally
came to the conclusion that the only
way to obtain the desired recognition
was to work for the appointment Of
superintendent who was not so hostile
! to their members. DR.. Ancker was
waited upon and informed of the de-
cision Of the homeopathic to work to
! Dust him from his position unless he
would listen to reason, but he still re-
manned obdurate, and it is said, simply
! reiterated his former statement that
the institution would not be opened to
them while he remained in charge.
Then the homea paths went to work in
earnest. The district judges, with
whom rests the appointment of the
! members of the board of control were
called upon and advised of the situa-
ton and the claims of the homeopathic.
/ The term of one member of the board
was about to expire in a few months
and they wanted a citizen appointed
| In his place who was favorable to the
| homeopathic. Each of the Judges ex-
pressed the opinion that the claims of
| the homeopaths were founded upon
| absolute justice and when, last month
the term of Adam Finck expired,
! Theodore M. Henk was appointed to
! HI the vacancy, upon the recommended
| ton of the homeopathic physicians
| This action of the judges practically
! pledged them to the support of the
! homeopathS as matter of principle
| and the allopaths with an acute sense
of vision discerned and, without the
aid of Daniel, deciphered the hand
! writing on the wall. In another year
the term of a second member of the
| present board would expire and an APP
pointment favorable to the homeopaths
would be made. This would give the
| school seeking recognition a majority
! on the board, and in addition to mere
| recognition, would make it possible for
its members to secure the removal of a
superintendent who gould not practice
| III common with homeopathic
| That settled it, and it come about
since the first of July that homeopathic
are not considered in some quarters to
be half as inferior to physicians of the
ailopathlc school as they formerly were
In fact it began to be rumored about
the hospital that they ought to be ac-
corded recognition and in order that a
concensuS of opinion on the subject
might be obtained there was a meet
ing of the physicians comprising the
hospital staff held at the Windsor hotel
Wednesday evening. The meeting as
told in the 6 0 b e lasted three hours
and at its close each of those in at
tendance approached stated that moth
ing but the merest routine matters had
been disposed of. The question of
coming to the terms of the homeopathic
physicians might have been considered
a matter of routine in view of the
number of times it had been turned over
in the minds of those present during
the previous thirty days. but, however,
that may be, when the G o b yes
terday morning published an account
of what did in reality take place at the
| meeting. the homeopathic called the
| special committee OF last fall together
and delegated one of it's number to
wait upon DR. Ancker.
The gentleman so delegated wendell
his way to the office of the city physi-
clan and superintendent of the hospital
and informed that functiOnary that he
called. as the official representative of
| the homeopathic physicians to learn
! what, If any, decision had been reached
| IN the matter Of SO much interest to
| each of them the night before. Then
| 1T was that the homeopathic were offici,
! ally informed that the recognition.
| desired had been accorded them. A
supplementary request was also made
| that the ST. Paul Society of Homeo-
| pathic Physicians and Surgeons call
a meeting of their organization i'm
mediately and nominate a staff of
| physicians to represent it on the gener-
al staff of the city and county hospital.
The recipient of this pleasing inform
alton and request at once hurried back
TO his waiting conferees and apprised
them of the happy outcome of his visit
he nad gone on mission expected to