The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-12

features considered, in which Mime
sofa is now clearly In the lead?" Sec
rotary Jackson was asked on his re-
turn from the convention. Here is his
answer:
THAT is a good deal of a question.
The presidents address, 1.-The Duty of
the State to the Dependent and the
Erring," developed logically the need
of such a state board of corrections
and charities as Minnesota has for
years maintained. There are twenty
such state boards of charities organ
lied under different names in the diff
ferent states The most popular form
of organization is a board of charities
serving without pay, whose chief du-
ties are advisory and supervisory, rath-
er than board of control whose duties
are administrative.
1.-THE Abuse Of Medical Charities"
was the first subject considered at the
conference. feature of this session
Bellevue Medical college, New York
which dealt with the question in it's
relation to medical education. In a
most mastery way he argued that any
loss of income which may possibly
come to practitioners through medical
charities was many times offset by the
great advantages which such cases
1cine. Almost all the great advances
in medical science are attributable Dr.
Flint said, to observations made in
hospitals where patients are treated
free of charge. Almost all medical text
books spring from this source The
student, too, has ample opportunity for
practice before he undertakes the re-
sponsibilities of his calling alone; and
no harm can come to the patient, be-
cause the most skillful physicians are
in constant attendance. The evil eff
fects Of admitting undeserving patients
to charity hospitals, Prof Flint did not
consider, except to indicate that the
good resulting from such institutions
would not be lessened by wise regula-
tons regarding admission. It appears
that the free dispensary work of St.
Paul is conducted under regulations
which secure the highest degree of
helpfulness with a minimum Of pauper-
iZation. Perhaps no other city EQUALS
st. Paurs record in these respects.
MR.. GATES ON ALIEN LAW.
The subject of 'Immigration and In
terstate Migration" received considera-
BILE attention at the hands of the con-
ference. The paper presented by Mr..
w. A. Gates, Of this board, on the
workings of the Minnesota law with
reference to alien and nonresident de-
pendents received an unusually large
amount Of space in the papers Mas
sachusetts, New York and Michigan
are the only other states having similar
laws, and the discussion following Mr.
Gates paper excited much interest
The law ELECTED general expressions OF
Endorsement from delegates, especially
| from DR.. c. S. Hoyt and Mr.. F. B.
Sanborn, both of whom have given
! this matter years of careful attention
| 1 n as az NJ RI fho%
| of operating under the law were ap-
proved even by representatives from
contiguous states. There seemed a
| general desire to understand the plan
and the result of discussion was to Sc.
cure the appointment of a committee
who should secure, If possible, national
| legislation, fixing uniform law of set.
| tlement with provision for disputes be-
tween states as relating to pauper set
tlement, or residence, as we say here
or, If such national legislation appears
to be unconstitutional, the committee