The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-11
Under the circumstances IL wns
the best 7 could do.
aWILsOy LOCKHlRT.v
IOUCH. AUGUSTINE &
ei5-el7 first Ave.

Under the circumstances II wns
the best could do.
"wILsoy LOCKHl1r.-
Here Is another OF the same kind:
"May 10. 1898.
~Izon. Ernest Lister, Commits
sfoner of Public Institutions, Ia
coma, wash.-Dear sirf I shall
look for the Inundrymnn to re-
port for duty on the morning Of
June 4. Send the womnn you
have indicated. 1 am trying TO
get the woman Or. Jordan recon-
mended from spokane. ! diamiss-
ed the head warden this morning.
IL may he we are to have another
strike ~ the result. II we do
shall get men from Medical Lake
or spokane nj once. VIII write
whether I have or not. and mem
tior additional number wanted,
male and female. Very truly
yours,
"wILsON LoCKHART."
Evidently by this time superintendent
Lockhart was well organized by the
board.
THE GOVERNORS OWN PART.
hq8FF9
for the many scandals that arose at the
Medical lake asylum is proven conclus-
lively by letter written by Superintend-
ent Lockhart 70 the governor. IN which u
lis shown that Rogers wrote TO the SUPER
intendent, asking him for n report con-
corning the political attitude of the en-
ployes toward himself. DR.. Lockhart's
reply throws an x-ray on the inside poll
itics of the asylum and Of the disgraceful
political methods which the governor
himself insisted should he nut into effect.
Following is copy Of the Lockhart let
ter 70 the governor, which was n'ed by
the house committee as evidence and part
OF It's report TO the legislature of 1899 on
concluding Its investigation at Medical
lake.
"Deccmbev n. 1897.
ITO the Hon. John II. Rogers.
Governor of the state Of wash
ington. Ouympta--siri Yours re-
aucsttnG certain information re-
c~tved. In answer will say that
the task IL delicate and dfnacult.
have heard that there were Re-
pubIicans here, Int they arc hard
To locate. I nm only sure of one,
and ! had determined to remove
him the last Of this month.
"Thcre are parties In Spokane
who want places that they are
not qualified ia fll-that of head
warden and farmer. The present
farmer II All right. both - to po-
1itical saith and ability. He Inns
been = Farmers Alliance man
and = Popultst even before COM
ing 10 this state. The others al
lowed Semple - believe that they
voted for Sullivan. bwt ! am reli-
ably Informed that they did not.
at am informed by the men
Trustworthy and cye-witnesses-
that there II only one man here
who did not vote for you. sup
pose our friends In Spokane will
elamor more or less for that
what seems 20 them q chance 10
mn = place.
"Mr. Fellows IL n fair phnrma-
ctat. knows the hospital from top
to bottom and the name and
character Of every patient I'm II.
His removal would be = d~tri-
meat To the service. n we must
remove him 90 satisfy our friends
Z would suagest thiss select n
young man that Won wouid like
90 promote as q pharmacist and
let him do that work alone, maxi
tna all the tinctures. etc. Take
nm attendant that we know he
yand aQy doabt, familiar with the
run OF The hospital. aud make him
head warden. I think that with
two coed men Ina ward. we
could get niang. tn that way we
would not add fo our current ex-
p~ase. of running the hospital
aud probably ada 10 It's efficiency.
some OF the men from spokane
L..
literally knows nothing of phar-
macy or the management of the
tnsanr. aud when here for three
days was constantly in whisky.
Very truty sour..
"NItsoN LogkHsRT"
LOYALTY TO ROGERS THE TEST.
Fellows who had served six years a.
attendant aEd BEAD warden q, the asylum
and who was indgraed IN the most cn-
pkatic manner ~ nr. tockhart was not
suffered 20 hold his position long after the
foregoing letter was written There we're
too many faithful followers 81 the qal-~
usr-rteEsrs combination ciamarinx Tor
sroil- 70 allow any considerations regard.
iuK the welfar. ~ tho institution tA Deter
the governor or his hnard W aaas ana
eon,rol N making wholesale removals.
without cause
When she flslantsts assumed cha,ye
Fellows resiEred, hus nr. tockhart
hiu THIS was befoFe he HAD has apr
dealings With lister. Snivcsy 81 AL on
Nav "a tel.ewH was DISCHARGED He SAID
under his cata % TIE Investigating eor,-
r4itfNes
"i,r rt~eShavf never found sAaif WITH
we. nor ever serr,manAed ffte while I wAs
th~re /"
IN answer % the Question, what re-.
syn tia he give for ths tlseharza - ~.
90 employees. Mav. iNSt Ftiiaps ans
awcret.
"tte neekharo said a. was the
wish Of thu heard OF aaait nna
eon,roi. Ne Instructed me 20 ear
~ cent the wfsh of the hoard and