The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-15

In done quite right because he Is not ''rsaf-
mig" a.
Now ecr.es q repetition Of former asser-
Tiers assazss Dr.. f<eessaart and Ds. NC
Lean rass.szg wssaoat speaking. uow mott
fed 60 reas not cordial That s1e saTsey-
insen11nt sas net been allowed ag tfzs
beard 80 make sseEs appointments and dis
ss.ssais as in afs judgment were necessary
for the welfare Of fhs. sEsf21asson" II this
Is trae Il proves too nueh- II untrue
rs nsen * - ss pEGTes nothing.
That ! have Eent hessne eGc patient tina;
! knew snTggea 70 sse Rifn his uI0iizsr iu his
last iIaress Is true That many people are
sent here eTHilept.cs. dement's parasyttcs.
that eEgsst 10 ae with their mothers. IL
a@sE tTz.@
THAT 1 have discharged old ard ex-
pssissceg attendants and given places 10
Others less experienced" Some az thG old
attendants were too hardened and cruel 30
relasn. Besides many Of them could not or
would not work IL harmony With the PREF
egt management.
Two Systems.
THAT iaere are rot sufficient attendants
n the Institution for their GYM safety and
the eA.e ard WEI being Of tlse patients
Inier the former kaock-sown and drag
osa ssfsseEn- this was e.Ta.Tenfly true In
Ger che better ard rz2ore humane manage
r.e8s which we row have. Il Is r0t true
The beef supply has been reduced one
fer WHAT are the facts' Amount OF
h@ef used from January. 1885. 10 January.
1896. - 80 pounds Amount usea from
January, Is9T 10 January, lsS,, 3s.--i
pounds. Mutton was Used to more than
equal the beef in the former years, and
W. did not board the local trustee nor ms
family.
aAt one time $50 pounds Of oatmeal were
ordered" ard by the addition or one cipher
- go pounds were sent ~ mistake, bnf
never Has there any order or instructions
sent 10 use freely. That is where the fa-ss.-
hood comes In. TIE excess was sold with
trifflng loss.
Tne statements made about wood and
coal. and wood contracts; the committee
tried hard 50 make point out OK, gas
made a miserable failure.
That the superintendent and steward
q the institution have been Instructed ny
the hoard Of audit end control that they,
the s@aid board. would decide on what
amount OF drugs to be purchased. Tas
Is an infamous hlseaood.
The Merit system.
THE merit system. formerly in force in
this institution. has been entirely Ignored
and party affiliations and political inca
attons have become the chief Qualifications
required for appointments 10 the various
posiis ions II, the iflss' tuition Tats hobby
Of Or Sc mp.efs he impressed upon tae com
faittee. and they were led INTO an adoption
of his views. as IN everything ea-e Ihe
merit system Is not always merltorioGs
The grading OF the pay for the several
attendants from s25 up 10 $40, as has petn
our custom. IL based upon this idea II Is
arbitrary and may help some attendants 10
sitinfss others just as much emitted 30 pro-
notion For the last T. months i have
hired the help for this institution. ana no
mensoer OF the board has ever asked me
% employ political favorites. ] have never
asked man yet, taking position mere,
what his political affiliations were. We
have no imported help.
During the last campaign political as
ssusEaents were made" Not in this .nsti-
tuition. Voluntary contributions were made
~ some, no. hy all.
Political Influences.
Political leaders not connected with the
hospital have actively interfered with the
management and control OF the hospital.
10. any more than the dominant party al
ways does when in power. We have not
suffered from such influences.
There IL but one engineer employed al
the institution" l find this assertion al
heress 10 in the committees report; Mr.
Riley. the acting engineer testified over
and over again that the two ASSISTANT en-
gineers. although called 'hremen' on the
nay rob. are both competent engineers
We have three engineers, and when one of
them - OF duty. as now. from sickness
a'e employ fourth man. and competent
one, too AZ least, none Of them have ever
gone 10 sleep and bet the boilers blow up,
as under the merit system.
The man at the pump station is In the
llanit Of leaving his work without. the
knowisage Of the suRerin'enden, or engin-
the during DR. Semple's time We
have ie.ephone ,tput N by the board) by
liis aus vi WHlfsl ne the tfFEiTtfT. always
knows when 20 come or 90.
The charges made as 10 too many pa
nents for the number OF attendants and
patents being moved OF the wards bsfore
hrt fast. which they all are. are too silly
and absurd TO demand notice
The statement about the temperature
being from - 10 GO degrees may be taken
with many grains Of allowance
He Fought DIR. Semple.
'''rhs SUPERINTENDENT Is not conversart
With many things connected herewith.
and appears "a have no knowledge OF mat
tiers with which ne should be familiar"
What matterss What reason fer sata
matierse Who said So The public x not
lutsr,sssd In the iase aixii Of DIR. Senlpe
or Or. Sstter. / gave DIR. Sempie his first
lesson IN the management of this instiiu-
tirn AMI my opinion IS % much inter
est tn the pubic as his. Personal opinions
as 10 the ability Of a rival come with bad
grace from my would be Judges. rival doe
tiers
"A reduction Of salaries and wages and
limiting and decreasing the number OF en-
siloyes haa reduced the cost OF maintaining
said Institution hIt not At the c0St AZ
ne 81 cheney of the service Ms opinion
= worth ~ much a. my iraagcers, /
know whereof affirm
Friends q the inmates complain that
sarir ie;sefs Of inquiry are not answered"
This c0fnpaslnt attaches 10 all pubic mss
letters Of his kind I.eia complaints were
snsi.s wAsn pr S.Inpse vas the incumbent.
Araopg caTrez noTtients numbering many
rs E