The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-13
EXPECT CONGRESS TO ACT
Mr.. Mckinley's Buffalo Physicians
May Present No Bills.

The Matter Delicate One for sew
craI HcasouS-Eteyys Of Drs. Mann
aud Wynter-Not Ready to Ask
for Money for Their Services.
BUFFALO. Nov. I2.-Iuteryiews have
been secured from local physicians who
attended President Mckinney in his last
illness, and are authority for the aSser-
ton that mo- doctors. Hills for services
then performed will De- presented just
now 10 WAS learned ON excellent author
ity mat Senator Hanna gave directions
To- have an bills submitted 10 him. So he
personally could pay them This it is
said, will not Toe done. as the physicians
feel that Congress would not approve.
Tn. local surgeons are undecided as 20
what should De- done None have felt like
taking the initiative. and thus far there
has been no formal dIsct ssiou of the sub
ject of bills among them. As if by mu-
tuaI consent, the physicians have decided
to await possible voluntary action 10y
Congress
The local doctors who attended the
President are Matthew u. Mann. Herman
Mynter. John Parmeuter. Roswell Park
! Charles r. Stockton. ana Eugene Wasdin.
| prs. Harvey r. Gaylord and Herman
-'-.N 3D. l''l llI'fa hllt' A.lI'f~l III
Mann. assisted by Drs. Myutcr and Par
! mcnter, performed the first operation on
/ the President, but Dr. P1rmeDter subse-
qu"utly had nothing to do with the case.
When Or. WaSdin was seen regarding
the probable action of the physicians i'm
/ the matter of submitting bills ne said.
Il have heard no discussion whatsoever
! on that subject. except that ID Is likely
no bills will be presented. Oh. no, I do
not know that this has been decided def
uiteIy / mean simply nothing has been
| said to me regarding il. At any rate, no
| bills will be presented just now, il is too
| soon after the funeral"
/ Drs- Mann and Nyuter Were not 50 re-
! served. We really do not know just now
/ what to do" said Or. Mann. The only
/ precedent for a case of this kind is the
/ Garfield case. In that instance Congress
! apuropriated SU"lo our of which the
/ physicians were paid
/ If Congress would appropriate a sim
/ liar sum i'm this case wOIid that be sat
| iSfactory2" Dr. Mann was asked
| We'll we have not discussed the que~-
! zion OF bills III any way, and, Of course
] / am unable To say what compensation
] the different physicians would consider
! adequate. ! think however. an appro-
] priatiOU by Congress would be- the most
/ satisfactory TO us Any sum Congress de
; CidCs upon. no matter what ~ rs, VIII o-
I satisfactory To All IIr thll-llb bLA- --h--lttT
/ n this were done Dc would ODVtate tho
{ rather delicate matter, IN TINS case OF
/ submitting bills which may become me
/ subject OF criticism, uo matter what the
: size NAV be-
/ You see interrupted DIT. Myutrr. who
4 WAS present If We submit small bills.
{ there are many physicians who womb
declare that We were foolish and ,-Jdp-
/ fishing bad pTecJ dent 10 put II IlllA.5
! II We submit large bills. the people OF INC
I country viii CTIJICIsa US Congress SnHu.u
I make AN appropriation Looking at ia.
| case from "a purely business view p.l.-t-
/ and eliminating all sentiment. u must De-
| apparent that tho fact that the President
/ was kept alive for more than "a week
I prevented a financial panic iu this COUn-
[ try That alone is worth considering
Neither physician, of course, would
| sneak REGARDING definite valuation OF
I services as applied 60 any of che Sresi-
] dents physicians
-Oulv one doctC-. O New York man
! has found any fault with MS br AyN-
| ter added. land we have heard from doc
| tors I'm every civilized country 'E To"
| globe through no, deal publications
| IF the report is true that senator
! Hanna viii pay these bills, will you SUD
/ init them to him. WAS asked
| 81 don't think Congress would like
! that" was Dir. Nauu's reply. and DR.
! NIvnter nodded assent TO f.
| Then as Tar as the position Of the
/ local physicians is concerned. they viii
! wait for possible action by Congress lee
| fore doing anything
/ Yes I think So That seems 20 be
the best thing TO do. said DIT Mann
THE proper thing commented DIT
| MyUter.