The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-23
DIR. GLASS MAY BE
SUCCESSOR TO
STEWART
SUPERINTENDENT OF MISSISSIPPI
INSANE HOSPITAL RESIGNED
SATURDAY EVENING.
FRICTION is ALLEGED
CAUSE OF RESIGNATION
Trouble Began at Inception of Brew
er's Administration and a Series of
Unpleasant Incidents Have Widened
Breach Between Gov. and supt.
Special to The Neios.

Special to The Netcs.
Jackson, Miss, Dec 23.-The resig-
nation of DR.. Nolan Stewart, superin-
tendent of the Mississippi Insane Hos
pital, rendered at the Governors office
late Saturday evening, is the subject
of lively comment in political circles.
Governor Brewer has not yet named
DR.. Stewards successor 1t is rumored
that the appointment NAV go to DR..
S. W. Glass, of Coahoma county, mem
Der of the lower house Of the legisla-
ture, chairman of the public health
and quarantine committee in that
body, and president of the Mississippi
Medical Association. Dr. Glass and
Gov. Brewer are intimate personal
friends, and it was largely due to the
energetic work of the former in the
last legislative session that the new
medical practice act, the vital stats
tics law, and more liberal appropria-
tion for the state board of health
work were enacted
Although it is rumored that rather
| acrimonious conversation over the
telephone between Gov Brewer and
DR.. Stewart took place shortly. before
the resignation was written, Governor
Rrnvy0r dfofoc fbat ho
acquainted with DR.. Stewards motive
for resigning; that the resignation was
brought to his office and submitted
without explanation.
1t is known, however, that the resig-
nation is merely the elimination of a
series of incidents that have engen-
dered friction between the executive
office and the hospital superintendent.
DR.. Stewart has been connected with
the institution for the past twenty
years. He served for many years
as assistant superintendent, and when
the late DIR. T. J. Mitchell, who had
been the head of the institution for
more than thirty years, retired about
three years ago, DR.. Stewart was
named as his successor, no other name
being even suggested to Gov. Noel In
connection with the office.
At the inception of Gov. Brewers
administration the friction started. |
The new board of trustees appointed !
by Gov. Brewer did not seem friendly |
disposed toward him, and a number of |
subordinate employees were chosen by |
the body who were personally objec-
to the superintendent. They
have hampered him in carrying out |
his administration policy and few
days since a personal combat occurred
between Dr. Stewart and the hospital
steward, Mr.. T. H. Turley.
While the Governors criticism of
DR.. Stewart in permitting the dis
charge of John Clark, of Clarksdale,
a noted patient, who seriously wound
ed two prominent citizens of Gov.
DIoWeTS HOule lOWn ABOUT nine |
months ago, is said to have provoked
the resignation, it has been generally
believed for some time that Gov. Brew
Or had made up his mind not to re-
appoint DR.. Stewart when his term
expires about sixteen months hence.
Governor Brewer manifested a very
/
keen interest in the John Clark Case.
N fact, he was in his old home town, I,
Jlarksdale, several days prior to the
shooting of J. w. Cutrer and ]. H. I
Johnson by the demented man, and I
to several persons that
Clark was crazy, and, ought to be
ockeds up. He did not know that ,
Clark had been discharged from the ]
insane hospital until informed by I
newspaper reporters Saturday after !
loon, and Immediately called up DR..
Stewart to learn If it was true.
While. pr, Stewart. testified before ,
ha oi44cellor thai Clark had been ,
e.[of11 {o norm !. u188|.t eondition n .