The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-07

conscientious officer. she has fully
" ~"~-7-"d up to the requirements of
the place.
-. .afe of the hospital and the pa
tients therein has always elected the
patients and their friends and by our
always faithful and excellent Ladies'
Aid Society, who are always in close
touch with the institution, and We re-
specially dissent from the conclusions
of your committee in this regard.
We have complied with the recon-
mendation of your committee in pro-
curing an Office assistant to have
charge of the books and to assist the
her work.
We would have taken this step be-
fore such recommendation was made
except for the reason that it involved
an added regular expense which We
felt we could not afford to incur.
Defense of The Board.
The principal recommendations of
your committee and those which alone
have excited controversy relate to the
our articles of Incorporation which
provide for its governing body as a
self perpetuating board. There never
was any design or purpose in this plan
except that the board should be COM
posed of reputable citizens who were
sufficiently interested in the benevo-
lent work to make them willing to de-
vote their time and ability to the work
without other compensation than the
public benefit and to keep the institu-
ton forever free from sectarian or
political influence.
Since the city has been aiding us in
the maintenance of the hospital there
has been no objection on our part to
the city's having any fair representa-
ton on the board of trustees which
it might think fair and just.
We realize the entire propriety, when
the city is contributing money for the
support of the institution, that it
should have representation on the
board to see and know how and for
what purposes the money is expended,
and we are entirely willing and we will
be glad to provide that the city shall
have two representatives on our board
as representatives of the city as rec
commended by the committees report
Some years ago upon suggestion of
your honorable body Mr.. Henry Deu-
ker, who was chairman of your COM
mittee on finance, was elected as a
member of our board and continued
as such and as direct representative
of the city until his time as member
of council expired, when we elected
Mr. Engelbert who succeeded Mr.. Deu-
ker as chairman of your committee on
finance to succeed Mr.. Deuker on our
board and he has ever since been and
is now such member, as we under
stand, as the representative of the
city.
The report of your committee leaves
two material matters undetermined
and which must be determined before
the recommendation can be carried
out. First, how the members of the
board to represent the city shall be
chosen and, second, when they should
be elected
Under our articles of incorporation
it will be necessary that our board ell
ect these trustees. This, however, is
not a material matter as the members
chosen will Of course be elected.
We feel assured that the members
of your honorable body feel as we do
genuine interest in the welfare of
the hospital and that you have no
purpose to do anything in affecting
new organization which will effect or
in anywise interfere with it's effective
work
1t will be manifest to you gentlemen
upon the mere suggestion that the
men selected to represent the city
should be men not antagonistic but
who could work in harmony with the
remaining members. We are not ad-
vised whether the two members of
our board to represent the city will
be chosen from members of council,
city officers or citizens not connected
with the city administration.
Asks Prompt Action.
If your selection shall be from your
own members or from the officers of
the city we shall be pleased to elect
any such you shall be pleased to nomi-
nate to us.
In case, however, council shall de-