St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-14
SO LONG AS THE HOSPITAL SITE
QUESTION is IN THE
COURTS
NO MONEY WILL BE PAID OUT.
PHAsIzEs HIS STATEMENT
MADE SOME TIME AGO.
GEN. CHILDS GIYEs PERMISSION
To the HastipSs People to Use His
Name I'm an Appeal to the Su-
preme Court.

There Will be no money paid for site for
the fourth insane hospital until the question
of the legality ef-the action OF the COM
mission in changing It's mind has been de-
cided by the supreme court.
When the case first went into the court the
G o b e authoritatively published the state
ment that State Treasurer Koerner would not
honor any voucher for the site until the
question was settled, beyond any possible
doubt or question. After the decision in the
Ramsey county court, some of the news
papers said that the state treasurer would
now pay the money, but that was incorrect
1t is doubtful if he would have done so had
no appeal been taken, as the possibility of its
being taken to the supreme court some time
still existed. But as this has been done away
by the determination of the Hastings people
to carry the case higher. Mr.. Koerner will
patiently wait the outcome
L VIII not pay cent Of money so long
as the case is in the court said he yester-
day. Even if the attorney general should
tell me that 1 might do SO, I prefer to wait
until the supreme court decides the matter
and believe the people of the state will in
dorse my action for doing so.''
Attorney General Childs yesterday afternoon
lndorsed the appeal of Stringer and Seymour
attorneys for the people of Hastings in the
case OF the state against the board of COM
mlssloners to locate the fourth insane hos
pital, who located it at Anoka. Mr.. Childs
position is succinctly stated in this, his let
ter 70 the attorneys, under date of yesterday:
Gentlemen: Calling attention to the case
OF State OF Minnesota rel. VS.. Bondy ct al.
you requested, on behalf of your clients the
1urther use OF the name of the attorney gen.
eral IN taking an appeal to the supreme
court from the order recently made by the
district court.
In granting your clients the use of my
official title at the time of the commencement
of said action, I felt that the legal question
involved was of sufficient gravity to justify
a compliance with the request then made
The decision of the district court, in view Of
the memorandum filed, convinces me that to
now decline the further use of that title and
thus prevent an appeal to the supreme court.
would be an act. of bad faith to your clients
and wholly incompatible with the duties of
my office. By my previous action, your
clients were justified in assuming that the
name of the attorney general would serve
them, if desired, until their rights had been
determined by the judgment of the supreme
court. Moreover, the litigation is one in
which the state is directly interested, as it
involves, not only the selection of a site for
one Of its important public institutions, but
as well the expenditure Of a large amount Of
public funds. 3 scr 80
The various interests involved demand the
speediest determination possible of the said
litigation, and l shall therefore expect you
to lake prompt action in prosecuting the ap-
peal and, if it can be SO arranged to have
it considered during the present term OF the
supreme court.
in prosecuting an appeal IN safd actlon 10
the supreme court.