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

have a rule that complaints must be
made through the superintendent to
the regents and you gentlemen of the
board do not realize, l am afraid, how
subversive it is TO good discipline to
have subordinates run TO superior Of
| ficers.
NV position is admins istrative. 1t is
utterly impossible for any man-you
physicians know that--to see 1900 to
1900 patients. The tax Of the State
Park-the tax Of this--has simply ex-
cluded my doing clinical work. The
position OF superintendent in an insti-
tuition of this sort is administrative
There are all sorts of complications
that keep one busy. I am sure DR..
| Thompson will admit at once that very
recently-he says ] have examined no
J patients with him-what about Mr..
Dorrity?-didn't 1 go down with you
and examine him and make a report to
| those people?
DR.. Thompson That is one; yes, sir.
DR.. Babcock: Yes; but the doctor
says T never did 1t.
DR.. Thompson: / said wards.
DR.. Babcock: s;o if there be a way,
Mr.. Chairman and Governor Blease, Of
getting together and taking a fresh
start out Of this, am perfectly willing
to do all in my power to keep the in
stitution on an even keel AS the gov
ernor will tell you, 1 have done all I
could to prevent any friction, and If
1t be possible I hope you will so de-
eide that we may all get together.
l thank you for your attention.
Mr. Bivens: After hearing the inves-
tigation, / offer the following resolu
ton:
In obedience to the resolution call
I.<-ak 20 l,a 1la
preferred against DR.. Saunders. and af-
ter hearing the evidence. and for the
best interests of the institution. move
that Dr. Saunders be removed"
Governor Blease: think 1t would be
for you gentlemen to consider that
matter among yourselves. / wish to
say, IL you will pardon me before
leave, one thing that I forgot a mo-
ment ago. 1 think all Of you will see
now why you didn't want any crowd In
here this morning. / ain in hopes that
you will hold this matter awhile for
consideration, and not pass on 1t right
away, and that what has happened in
this room, If 1t can be so, let 1t be kept
here. OF course If anybody wants to
make it public, you have two stenogra-
pliers here who have taken, suppose
every word But think II you could
get all parties together and just simply
say to the public that you had had
your investigation, and that everything
was satisfactory. 1t would be much
better than having great newspaper
story about q whole lot Of friction at
the asylum, and that so and so had
been done, and that charges had been
made against so and so. / am speak
ing in what believe to be the interest
Of the institution. Personally and Of
ficially I have absolutely nothing to
conceal, here or anywhere else
DR.. Taylor: Yes; I think this thing
requires consideration. think we will
have to digest all this testimony.
DR.. Babcock: can't hold these peo-
pie off unless you gentlem IN do some-
thing right now. can't l:eep it quiet
unless you gentlemen take action now,
so that I can tell them something.
DR.. Taylor: I move that the board
put itself on record as expressing con-
fidence in the ability and efficiency
and usefulness Of DR.. Saunders.
Governor Blease: Now, gentlemen,
you ought not to- let yourselves be die
tated to by anybody and you would
stultify yourselves by passing that res
olution. simply have one other thing
to say-and that is that If there are
any people here who don't want to
serve under me, would be glad to
have them resign, and to accept their
resignation right now. think it would
be better all around to have some peo-
pie out, anyway, and I suppose every
body here knows to whom I am refer
ring.
cat this point John K. Aull, who had
been taking stenographic notes Of the
meeting, retired)