The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-09
OPPOSED TO CHANGE.
Chamber of Commerce Likes the
Present City Hospital.

The chamber of commerce considered
the bankruptcy law again yesterday,
informally indorsing it's previous action
in urging upon congress the necessity
Of some action. Capt. Castles resolu-
ton recommending a close supervision
by the postoff1ce department of the
matter entered as "second-class," was
adopted.
The chamber also adopted unanimous
ly the following report from the COM
mittee ON health and sanitation:
That our committee on health and SANTA
ton be requested to do all in their power to
prevent any change in the membership of
the board of control or any change in the
method of the appointment of said board.
Mr.. Woodman, fone of the delegation
from the chamber which visited the city
hospital, reported as follows:
With ITO PATIENTS which is about the num-
Der now in the hospital many other en-
ployes, besides the nurses are necessary.
But no supernumerary is visible. Every per-
son connected with the hospital is to be seen
actively performing duty Of some necessary
kind. These evidences of industry and economy
are apparent throughout the building, which
contains more than twenty wards some of
them very large. 1t would be impossible to
maintain the high sanitary condition, due to
exquisite cleanliness in all parts of so large a
building occupied by the sick, that is here
manifest, unless great deal Of labor and
care were bestowed on that object alone. Yet
there are no people standing around as if
merely waiting for their salary. It is difficult
to understand how such immaculate house
keeping can be carried on with the attendant
force.
The methodical conduct Of the business in all
its departments is as striking as in the ad-
ministration of railway.
1t is obvious on a casual glance at the neat
ness, the order, the absence of noise and
friction in the movement of the Organization
that somewhere there is a co-ordina ing and
directing power controlling it's precision and
faip ic hn MT Nov foI1
teen years q man of the right qualifications
and ambition has made it his life work to
build up this hospital. 1t Is impos-
S1ble to give too much credit to DR.. Ancker
who combines the qualifications of the pro-
fessional man with great organizing and adj
ministrative powers, and with the open nature
and broad sympathies that compel personal
admiration and the confidence of the different
schools of medicine.
Very fortunately for this institution, its
control has been taken out of politics and
bestowed on Board whose members are ap-
pointed by judges of of our courts. 1t
never could have become what is is today if 1t
had been at the mercy of the spoilsmen of
rival parties. 1t is the very last public en-
terprise not even excepting our schools which
should be subjected to this baleful influence.
1t now fifty represents our humanitarianism.
1t can only continue to do it while the same
system Of control is maintained. In other
countries, well as In our own, we see that
the power of society is being more immediate
ly applied to the administration of its affairs.
III,
necessary ones are being brought under civil
service rules, kinds of public service hereto
fore received from business corporations are
being assumed by municipalities: in short
the unmistakable spirit of the time and ten
dency of events is socialistic. We discern
two modes of socialism, the destructive and
the constructive in3ithis hospital, as 1t Is now
administered and controlled, we have an ex-
ample of constructive socialism that should
command the approval, Of patriotic citizens.
E. J. Hodgson, q resolution, which
strongly Endorsed the action recently
taken by the immigration convention
held in st. Paul and favored the es-
Enlistment of a state board Of immi-
grafton by the legislature, was adopted,
on suspension of the rules. Mr. Weed
had heard of proposition to increase
the pay of theipolfce force, and pro-
tested that the city should not increase
the pay of it's officials or employees at
this time. A resolution to that effect
passed.