The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-30

be expressed, would be Overwhelmingly
in favor of change in the manage
ment
The name Of DR.. D. G. Jones has been
mentioned as one of the candidates for
the office, and the personal friends Of
the gentleman say that a determined
effort will be made to secure his cleo
ton. To the statement that nearly
all the medical men in the city are
IN favor of the reelection Of Dr. An
cker, the friends of DR.. Jones enter a
denial If such is the fact, the adher-
ents of DR.. Jones' candidacy want to
know why the resolutions which were
to have been presented at the last meet
ing of the Ramsey County Medical as
ISOLATION were not brought up and
passed. These resolutions were in eff
feet that the association recommends
the reelection Of Dr. Ancker as super
intendent at the, hospital. The friends
Of DR.. Jones claim that the resolutions
were not brought up for the. reason
that a counting of noses at the meet
ing gave rise to a doubt as to whether
they could be put through.
A physician who advocates a change
seen yesterday afternoon, said he had
no personal feeling in the matter either
one way or another. He thought q
change advisable for the reason that
it would, in his opinion, reduce the run
ming expenses of the institution at
least one-third and this would result
in saving of $4,000 to the tax payers
of the city, of which he was
enc. His idea was that there
cases sent to the city hospital which
should be taken care of at other in
stitutions. He cited numerous cases
where persons injured on railroads
were taken to the city hospital for
treatment, and the expense of their
care paid by the tax payers, when it
should have been settled for by the
railroad companies. This was, he said,
not only an injustice to the citizens,
but also to other hospitals in the city
which should have had the care of the
patients and received money for doing
so. AS he expressed it, there were too
many cases treated at the city hospital,
where the patients were able to pay
for service in other hospitals The city
hospital was for the purpose of caring
for those who had not money to pay
and on the strength of this proposition
was supported by the public funds
None other than those who came under
this head should be received there, and
all persons injured who were in the
employ of railroads and other corpora
tions when so injured should be taken
to private hospitals for treatment and
the cost. paid by the corporations in
stead of the city A change in this
method would also, he Thought, give
members of the profession who were
not on the staff at the city hospital
more opportunities
Another physician, who did not want
his name mentioned, said he was in
favor Of a change in the management
Of the hospital, for the reason that it
was for the best interests Of all pub
lie institutions to have a change after
a certain number Of years. He was in
terested in nos particular candidate,
and said it mattered little to him who
the superintendent was. So far as he
had noticed, there seemed to have been
a simultaneous. expression of opinion
in all the papers as to the retention OF
the present official. Another thing he
had observed WIS that all the published
interviews in favor of there being no
change made came from those con-
nected in one way or another with the
hospital. There was, he said, another
side to the question, but he supposed
ali those who favored the change We're
like himself adverse to coming out
publicly and mixing up in the affair
1t is therefore certain that a fight Is
being waged under cover against DR..
Ancker, especially among the friends
of DIR. Jones.
A meeting OF the city hospital staff
will be held this evening at the Wind
sor hotel, and while the exact nature
Of the business to be considered is not
announced. it is stated that series
of resolutions will be drafted and for
warded to the board Of control urging