Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-22
Superintendent of the Knox
Vile Institution to Be
Head Of Cunning
A POST OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
The Big Illinois Asylum to be in Charge
of an Iowa Man-E'eetion Expected
to be Announced Within Few Days
white is Graduate of a Chicago
Institution.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Chicago. June 22.-An Iowan, DR.. o.
G. Willhite superintendent of the state
hospital for inebriates at Knoxville
Iowa, will be appointed to succeed Dr.
Naclav II. Podstata recently appointed
superintendent of the Northern Hos
pital for the Insane at Elgin. That DR..
Willhite would get the appointment.
was learned last night from member
of the consulting staff of the Cook
County hospital. 1t is expected that Dr.
Willhite will assume the duties of his
new position within q fortnight.
DIR. Willhite's appointment will cause
some surprise. as he is an Iowa man and
was matched against a strong field of
local competitors. However, he is said
to be well equipped for the position
and comes highly recommended
DIR. Willhite Is a graduate of Rush
Medical college, Chicago. and for three
years was connected with the Eastern
Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee.
After leaving kankakee, Dr. Willhite
became connected with the Iowa insti-
tuition for the feeble minded and also
spent three years as superintendent of
the State Hospital for the Insane at
Cherokee, Iowa. 1t is probable meet
ing OF the consulting staff of the Cook
County hospital will be held early mex.
week to pass formally on the Willhite
appointment, but there is said to be
no doubt as to its action
Four Others SOUGHT Place.
Among the candidates for DIR. Pods
tata's place at Dunning We're DR.. Ed
ward A. Foley. former assistant sup
erintendent of the Elg!n hospital: DR..
Charles f. Sanborn, assistant superin-
tendent of the Cheroke.e State hospital,
and DR.. Warren H. Hunter, former
n. G. Hart of the Elgin institution.
also was candidate for the place.
Question has been raised as to the
authority of the county to appoint to
civil position in Illinois a person
not citizen of this state. Those who
argue against the legality of foreign
appointments cite article Z, section 6,
of the state constitution which reads:
No person shall be elected or APP
pointed to any office in this state, civil
or military, who is not citizen of
the United States, and who shall not
have resided in this state one year
next preceding the election or appoint
ment."
1t is commended, however. that this
provision relates only to the elective
franchise and does not apply to APP
pointments such as that of DR.. Will
hite. Article Z of the constitution is
under the caption OF suffrage" and
doubtless it is the view of county au-
thorities that it does not cover APP
pointments in the ordinary accepta-
ton Of the term.
Makes Favorable Impression.
DR.. Willhite was in the city yester-
day and is said to have made a favor
able impression upon officials with
whom he conferred. Dr. Podstata,
who will leave the Dunning institutions
July !, is regarded as one of the best
alienists in the country. He is not
politician. however, and it is for this
reason. according to political gossip,
that he was sent to the Elgin instead
Of the Kanlakee hospital which all
ways has been patronage institu-
ton