Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-20

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Governor Blease: Then 1 think If
that kind of wrangling is to start.
that DR.. Saunders owes 1t to herself
as a good woman, to resign, rather
than to see a big wrangle and split
up on her account.
DR.. Babcock: You know me well
enough to know that, so far as l am
concerned, I have done everything 1
could to prevent that
Governor Blease: But 1 want to
prevent anything further.
DR.. Babcock: You have my hearty
sympathy and cooperation in that
very thing.
Governor Blease: Here Is this board
met here this morning with an array
of lawyers and stenographers as IL
they were going to be dragged into
the supreme court, or some other
court. The supreme court can't over
rule me. They decided yesterday In
one case that they couldn't, and l will
teach them in others If they try 1t.
DR.. Saunders: l am perfectly Will
ing TO leave the institution, but don
want to leave it with any darkness or
any reflection on my name. My name
is all have.
Governor Blease: So far as 1 am
concerned, there has never been any
reflection on your name.
DR.. Saunders: Excuse me; L read
your two letters.
Governor Blease: / think you made
a mistake in having DR.. Cooper here
and l think DR.. Babcock ought 10
have asked for your resignation when
l requested it, and only one thing
kept me from asking for his, and ne
knows that.
DR.. Saunders: Everybody knows
my actions out here.
Governor Blease: 1 am willing for
them to know, and / think they will
know when they do.
DR.. Babcock: 1 think 1 explained
to you why could not ask for her
resignation.
Governor Blease: 1 think we under
stand that. The board understands
it. 1 don't see why DR.. Cooper was
allowed here, and allowed to eat three
meals a day here, after he was beat.
If the board is going to be the board,
they ought to be, and If not, they
ought to retire. and when DR.. Saun-
ders Haunted the red flag in these
gentlemen's faces and had DR.. Cooper
here after he had been asked to leave,
she ought to have been asked to re-
sign then and there, and they ought
to have removed her If she did not
resign, if every nurse in the hospital
walked out. If DR.. Saunders is 60
ing to take charge Of this institution,
she ought to be superintendent and
board both. When DR.. Cooper was
beat he ought to have stayed away,
and she ought not to have brought
him here in defiance of this board, and
if 1 had not appointed this board she
would have done so. She wouldn't
have done 1t under board ap-
pointed by Governor Ansel or Cover
nor Hayward. 1t was a defiance OF
Bleases administration, and If this
board don't correct 1t l will, as soon
as l get back up street.
Chairman Carothers: The object OF
the meeting, as l understood yester-
day, was complaints being made, and
continuous complaints coming to me
from members of the medical star
three members Of the staff-one hasn't
have repeatedly made complaints to
me about DIR. Saunders, and / thought
it best to finally call those men all to-
gether. They all made similar COM
plants over at the hotel to us one
night. Then governor Blease was ap-
praised of the situation. He knew
about it. And Governor Blease then
insisted, or rather, suggested that a
meeting be called right away. l take
the responsibility for saying that l did
not exactly agree that it would be
best-did not think it the most pru-
dent course to call a meeting right
away. / thought it better to delay
little while, and did delay a little
while, until yesterday, when the gov
ernor decided that the thing should
come to a focus, and gave us orders
that we should decide the matter now,
and delay no longer.
Governor Blease: That is correct
I want those people in this institu-
ton who are against Blease's admin
istration, and are trying to keep up a
disturbance as a defiance to me, to
leave, and they are going to leave
no matter what position they hold
from the chairman Of the board down.
Chairman Carothers: The purpose
of the board has been all along to
have cooperation and harmony.
am responsible for the introduction
Of the resolution asking for the re-
election of officers, and feel more or
less responsible for the condition OF
the institution today. l have no apollo
gies to make for the resolution. Even
yet l think it was the proper course
Now it is left to DR.. Saunders as to
whether she will tender her resig-
nation or will not. That is left with
her. If she doesn't, that is matter
for the board to act upon later.
DR.. Saunders: AS 1 say, / am per-
fectly willing to resign, but l must
have some knowledge of what has
been said and who has said it.
don't think that is anything but fail
myself.
| Governor Blease: Will you permit
me to ask you why you kept DR.
Cooper here continually. and continu-
ally went into the laboratory day af.
ter day with him? That is what
| want to find out-why he was con-
| tinually here after he was beat, eat
ing three meals day at the state:
expense.
| DR.. Saunders: Since coming to the
asylum l have attempted to do my
| full duty In addition to the regular
routine l have attempted every yeal
to add some kind of ward improve
ment and scientific investigation, anC
have taken up each year some one
| Improvement on the wards. For in
| stance, one year l took up smallpox
i in the institution-vaccinat againS
| smallpoX-and got it practically out
and other institutions fell in line. Ther
took up typhoid fever, and had ev'
erybody vaccinated against typhoid
After that it was determined to take
up the question of syphilis, because al
other institutions have already done
it, and ! wanted to make regular
tests for this in my department. The
work had already begun before tn
| resolution of July l, took effect. Ar
ter DR.. Blackburn came in he asked
me several times to do these tests. HI
| told me he was not prepared to dt
| them. l can give specific patients t
whom l applied the test at his re
, quest. He told me on several occa
sions that he was not prepared to d.
these tests. AT last he told me that M
would see the superintendent. | wa
unwilling that this year should g.
over without doing what l had plan
ned to do. / had then planned t
leave the institution for time to q
away under instruction. DR.. Coope
undertook mean that DR.. Coope
offered to teach me for nothing, ant
since it would not neceSsitate my leav
ing the wards. l took it up. DR.
Cooper did come to the hospital t
teach me. but along with me ther
were two other nurses. We did tn
work in the nurses living room, TO
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