The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-16
MORE ON HOSPITAL.
James Mulch Stands by His Former
Position.


ticle in your issue Of Saturday, on the
hospital question, By Mr.. P. +. McCar-
thy, in which he endorses the present
infringement and the manner In which
they are conducting the Emergency hos
pital, and also that the suggestions by
our mayor that the Ladies' Aid, fra
ternai societies, churches and labor un-
ions take hold and do what they can for
the hospital, seeing that it Is run by
honest and efficient men.
! would like TO ask, through your
columns, the mayor, Mr.. Mccarthy, or
any other person, ii this Is what they
would call business propositions
Would the mayor believe III conducting
his business on that principle! can
not remember OF any instance, during
his administration as mayor, where he
has used or allowed to be used any such
loose system as that in our city af-
fairs. What would the members of
Mr.. McCarthy's union think if he could
not show vouchers for every cent OF
money he had spent, even though every
cent had been used for the benefit Of
his union? Both these gentlemen admit
that there II i great need for a city
hospital, but instead of devising any
means whereby that could Be accom-
plished they make the suggestion that
we all chip in and help the management
Iof the hospital to make it n success.
Az | have already said, Ii any indi.
vidnal wishes OF donate any sum toward
the maintenance OF this hospital, well
and good; but before our mayor and
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best for any purpose It would be well
70 give MS an idea OF to what purpose
this money is'going to be put TO-. Both
these gentlemen mention the good that
this hospital has been to our community
in the past. Now | for one have never
heard Of one instance whereby anyone
has been assisted by the hospital. and
| have no doubt that there il 4 great
number Of your readers in the same POI
sition As the management Of the Ener-
gency hospital has never "a my knowl-
edge stated publicly what they intended
to do in our city. nor have they asked
for any subscriptions. have always
had the idea that it was hospital run
by these two doctors for their own pri.
waite benefit. and | have never heard of
one case where they have treated anyone
free Of charge.
| Am aware that some OF orr fra
tefnal s6tieties' have interviewed the
management on the subject of attend
ing To their members when in need Of
hospital treatment, and the result of
their consultation was not satisfactory
To the members of the fraternal orders
Some Of the labor unions have expert
ence1 the same. Taking all this into
consideration, ! think ii would be well
for the management of the hospital to
STATE what they have done. That would
entitle them to any subscriptions from
the public as a body OF in the event
Of subscriptions being made on their
behalf what they would do for the pub
lie in return. As i think il is but
right that we know what we are sub
scribing for.
There is one thing certain--that the
two patients that our mayor referred
to on our city farm did not get any
invitation TO that hospital. that GER
tsinly docs not speak well for the
philanthropie work OF that institution,
as both these doctors attend to our city
poor, therefore must have known of the
condition of these patients,
| ann fully aware that it would take
considerable money to equip city hos
pital, also the maintenance Of same
would amount 10 considerable. That
was one reason ] recommended the may.
on to appoint a committee to find out
these particulars and make recommended
tions for our guidance | am still Of
the opinion that would be the wisest
plan to follow. Even supposing we
make a contract with the present man
agement OF the Emergency hospital to
attend to the needful cases in our city,
we may rest assured that the manage
ment will be able 10 attend to the pri-
waite cases without any assistance from
outside whatsoever.
Mr.. Mccarthy asks what is TO become
''of the people in our midst who are
in need Of the services Of flrst.cass
institution until the city hospital is
installed" In reply would say that
the hospital win attend TO those who
ard able to pay for il without our as.
sistanee, and recommendation made
TO the mayor provides for the others,
.Sass the committee Is asked 10 devise
some plan whereby we could get the
benefits OF such an institution, and be
able to report Mt future meeting To
be called By the mayor"
| understand that the city OF Mont
pelier makes contract with the man
agement Of the hospital there for the
care of the needy cases OF their city.
Some such plan could be followed here
If the committee found it would be in
advisable to equip a hospital for our
own benefit, on in the event Of the city
fayoring any such suggestion. But I
cannot see why we could not maintain
"a hospital for the public good just as
well as we can maintain our other pub
lie Institutions.
Mr.. Mccarthy called attention TO an
error he believes ] made in my last
remarks on this hospital subject by
stating "Right here let me say that /
believe Mr.. AIutch is in error when
he says that the cost OF maintenance
would not be large, as most patients
would be able TO pay for their treat
ment.' Sometimes IL Is not SO much
what one says as it Is what is left nm
said that does tho most harm. Now il
MFR. Mccarthy had quoted still further
it would have had different appear.
hnce, as what did say was after the
hospital was established IL would not be
all expense, as most OF the patients
would be able to pay for their treat
ment, whereas at present these patients
are carried out Of town, which means ex-
ira expense to that family or families
and loss of money to our city"
Ii we take into consideration that
every one of these patients taken out
Of town is the patient that can pay
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