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ASVLll PROBERS
START ON REPORT
FINAL SESSION OF COMMITTEE
WITHOUT FEATURES
Strenuous Work Necessary for lie
port liefore Legislature
Adjourns
W. IF. Caldwell in News and Courier.
Columbia, Feb . 20.?Investigation
into the affairs of the State Hospital
for t'ae Insane, precipitated some
weeks ago by a message from Governor
Blease to the legislature, in which
he transmitted a copy of a letter from
Senator Tillman to a native of this
State, ended this afternoon witn iwo
short statements by Dr. Ernest Cooper
and Dr. H. H. Griffin, neither of which
was of material importance. The committee
then went into executive session
and at once began work on its
report to the general assembly.
Tiie resolution creating the committee
calls for a report the present session,
which means that tie members
of the committee will be worked off
their feet if an extensive report is presented
before adjournment, which will
likely take place Wednesday.
Speculation is rife here as to what
recommendations will be emoudied in
the report. From all indications some
change in the present system of management,
generally spoken of as the
"dual government'' of the asylum, will
be urged upon the legislature.
Dr. H. H. Griffin made the following
statement before the asylum investigating
committe this afternoon:
Dr. Griffin's Statement.
"Mr. Chairman, I desire to trespass
upon year time for a few moments and
I'ask your earnest consideration as a
matter of justice to myself.
"There appeared the following in a
newspaper of February 14th:
" 'That Dr. H. H. Griffin, a medical
officer at the State Hospital for the
Insane, in charge of the colored male
ward, and regarded as one of the principal
complaints aginst Dr. Eleanora
B. Saunder^, a woman physician
at the hospital, had passively
listened to insulting remarks and
criticisms from negro attendants
against her, was the principal devol
opment at the session.
"Now, Mr. Chairman, I desire to
most truly state that from my testimony
delivered at the time and from
my feelings in the matter, that I think
a wrong fbas been committed upon* me
be this publication.
"I would not intentionally allow any
incnltincr remartc maHo ahrmt anv
lady in my presence, and I have never
done, nor I hope I can never be so low
as to submit to such a disgusting report
spread abroad without my most
vehement protest.
Referred to Worses.
"The statements to which my testimony
referred were simply those of
some nurses, many of whom had been
are employed those who employ the
u'hn felt f/vr roocnn that tVi ov <r ono
" "V J.V4V i VUIWVU tuv/
whether good or bad, that Dr. Saunders
did not treat them in the way they
thought they shouild he treated as
nurses of the hospital.
"All over the South where negroes
are employed, those who employ the
negro of today may hear them say
some word of praise or of censure
about former employers or those wfhom
they had worked for the day before.
"I never for a moment believed nor
heard from them that any insulting
remark was made or suggested or
meant, and neither for a moment
would I have tolerated such a remark
by them or by any one else. All those
who know me know this."
IVants It in Record.
The Chairman, Senator Mauldin:
You want to file this as your testi0
mony.
The Witness, Dr. Griffin: I want to
file this, yes.
The Chairman, Senator Mauldin.
Mr. Stenographer, will you take charge
of it?
The Witness, Dr. Griffin: Mr. Chairman,
ther is another little matter
that I want to?that I feel incumbent
upuja mc iui tiit- uiu u. time lu uia.a.e
some explanation of it. I will just read
from the stenographic notes taken at
the meeting at the institution on Deccember
12. The question was this:
"Dr. Saunders is a single day?" My
answer was: "I suppose that she is."
Now, gentlemen, I did not say that
she was supposed to be. Now, those
two statements carry a different meaning,
and, furthermore, I am in the
habit of usinsr iust this exDression T
think that probably in my testimony I
may have used it many times. My
frierds all know that; they have come
to me and said that they knew and
understood; but for some of those I
. don't say this.
Says Don't Xean Insult
Now, when Dr. Saunders evidently
misconstrued the meaning of that an
swer, my reply was this: "I did not
mean it that way, if you so understood
it. I did not mean it as an in
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suit at all. i certainly ha e no re- i ??
| flection. I must say. on Dr. Saunders' j
j character-?most emphatically?and ij
i most humblv beg your pardon if you ;
took it that way. 1 certainly meant j
nothing of the sort. Gentlemen, I
would like for that go on the record.
Now, 1 wish to also state that I was
! not present at the lirst part of that j
! mnotino- whpTi dnvprnor B1 ease's let- '
iters were read. I had 110 knowledge |
whatever of them and they were not a j
sequel to t.iat, as the impression probably
has gone out.
i i
And I wish to make that statement.
11 just feel that, in justice to myself, I
! should make these two statements.
The Chairman, Senator Mauldin: i
| Anything further you desire to state?
The Chairman, Senator Mauldin:
Any question from the committee?
Anybody interested desire to ask the
witness any questions? Anyone else
care to ask a question of the doctor?
Does any witness who has been examined
and testified desire to go on tne
j stand again?v
Has anybody present anything to of;
fer that would enlighten this ccmmit|tee
on the subject in issue?
Senator Young: Mr. Chairman, we
have gone into the hospital matter out ;
i here in the city pretty thoroughly; but j
as far as the response to your inter- '
, rogatory is concerned, there is nothing j
further. Now, we have not possibly mQ
gone far enough into the park matter. aa^
Now, under that resolution, I do not al
know whether we should examine any
witnesses along that line or not. *
of
Thursday's Session. of t
Columbia, Feb. 19.?"I am contend- i bef
' ^ 4-Virt aIao ^inor n f mir nornA on/^ Wit
j lllg lui Liic Licanug ui iii.* uaiu^ anu. |
my reputation and not for the reten- Pla
tion of my position," declared Dr. ;
Eleanora B. Saunders, woman physi- oi
i
cian at tfae State Hospital for the In-janc
sane, before the Asylum investigating at
committee of the general assembly *
this afternoon. j ^ac
"I considered the letters of Gover- jotl1
| nor Blease and the remark of Dr. t0 1
| Griffin a slander," said Dr. Saunders, dei
in a statement simple in its narrative. ?
Every listener bent closer as Dr. the
! Saunders told of the executive meet- 1 Sai
. C f il. A A A V O VI 1 O 'tTlll
nig ui t lie uu i/c^cniuci j.~,
1 when she was condemnd on charges j
! of interfering with other members of; c^12
the medical staff, and neither her j am
j father nor attorney was allowed to be we]
; present. Not in a spirit of denuncia- the
j tion, but with womanly dignity, Dr. s^e
1 Saunders impiessed her hearers with j ate
I the fact tftat the position is not what! the
I
i she is-, trying to retailn it is her good Pec
! name and her reputation which she difi
wants cleared of charges which, she in
says, are unfair, unjust and untrue. ma
In telling of the executive meeting otn
of the regerts (:i December 12, when tn(
j she suddeuly confronted with com- ^ie
plaints from other members of the m?
medical staff with 110 previous knowl- p*e
edge, and when alone with her ac- iier
, cusers, .she said this afternoon that
i she tried -vainly to tell them her work mt<
in
at the asylum nai been only for the
best intends or ths institution and bee
in an effort to build up the hospital eve
and advance the cc-iifort and well be- sbe
ing of the poor unfortunates there, and
f)pi
of how Dr. Griffin insulted her and she
left the room in tears. ^?a
Considers Charges Slander. clia
Dr. Saunders said that if Governor C0E
Blease intended to slander her, it was
unfair that he should say it was best *
for her that the matter be closed. "It ''0
was unfair that the governor should Dur
i act both as my prosecutor and my inS
j judge," she said. In that meeting, she cila
isaid, her professional integrity and wei
her personal conduct were assailed, s^e
;and the charges made by Governor her
{Blease and others we'e unjust, unfair tor^
| and untrue, and she considered tlhem a
! slander. ian
"I saw no reason why I should ac- Put
j cept the accusation," she said, referr- nur
j ing to the alleged unfairness of her ^er
treatment before the executive session ^er
of the regents and of her declination aws
to accept the suggestion to end the a^?
j matter, "as it was best for the young bel]
I lady," as stated by Governor Blease Pita
; and the regents in their resolution re- notJ
fusing the request of her father, Rep?
? ? - . woe
resentative u. jl. saunaers, to reopen na*
I the investigation. ^or
Dr. Saunders said she reused to al- D
| low the matter to be Shushed up and
! the evil tongue of silent suspicion be firs
! noised abroad and its poisonous influ- ern'
ence get at work. She wanted the ing
full light turned on and the whole sov
matter threshed out in the open, she wei
said. All she asked was for a fair trial s^e
and this was refused her by Governor
j Blease and the board of regents, she re?
| stated. cm^
How without social life, continuous- 5lov
ly on duty, and with no outside practice,
she had labored for seven years ^us
to upbuild and uplift the State Hos- ger
j pital for -tfiie Insane, and that what ^eE
. ? - r>7e>!
j work: she did in otner departments was ?
in the spirit of cooperation and with ^ur
no knowledge that there was objection tiie
from the heads of those departments, I
was told this afternoon by Dr. Saunders,
the woman physician, whose re
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Surprised at Complaints.
)r. Saunders said she knew nothing
any objaction from otaer members
;he medical staff until she was haled
ore the regents on December 12,
hout previous notice, and the comints
made there. Everything she
, slie stated, was wiui me approval
Dr. Babcock, the superintendent,
I none of the other heads protested
the time, and not until December
Sne said that up to that time' she
I no knowledge that her work was
er than satisfactory to the regents,
G-overnor Blease, to the superintenit
and to the public.
Jeginning with her appointment to
medical staff in May, 1907, Dr.
mders rapidly sketched the many
ags she had done to bring the
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irge up to a high state of efficiency 1
1 how the interests of cadh patient
re looked after. Her interest in ,
patients, the many kindly things {
! did for the families of unfortun- j
s, how she always tried to make
patient feel at home and the home
>ple satisfied, how she examined the
'erent cases and tested for causes
an effort to cure the patients, the
ny improvements in sanitary and
er ways ana now eacn year sue naa |
?d to get more knowledge to fur- j
r help her in the work sjie is dowas
easily gleaned from the simway
in which Dr. Saunders gave
' side of the case to the committee.
Without any idea of trespassing or
erfering, she said, she often helped
other departments and there had
in Che most cordial relations with j
:ry one, as she thought, and wnat j
s did was in a generous and dooper- |
sre spirit, she said, and suddenlj', in
member, she was dragged before the
ird and the "unjust and unfair"
irges made against her, and she was
tdemned unfairly and untruly.
Talked With the Governor.
)r. Saunders told of how she went {
}
Governor Blease with her head
se the Saturday prior to the meetof
tine regents last July, when the
nges of subordinates at the asylum
:.e made. She said she had stated
would not apply for reelection if
work was not thoroughly satisfac- i
Y to every one. She. told of having !
nked the governor for his assis
ce in getting the hospital nurses
on an equal footing with other
ses and said that the governor told
he would use his influence to have
retained. She stated she went
ty, and after the reelection, went
ut her duties, and in her efforts to
d the patients and upbuild the hosil,
thought no more of it, knew
tiing of any complaints against
, until on December 11, when she
; served with a notice to appear bei
the regents the following day.
t. Saunders cnoked with emotion
;n she related having seen for the
t time ihe letter written by Govor
Blease to Dr. Babcock demandher
removal, and she said the
ernor's charges she considered J
e against her character and they,
stated, were untrue, and unfair.
! termed her experience before the
ents an1 Governor Blease on Deber
12 "harrowing," and reiterated
v in vain she trie! to tell them she
I done no i rong, and how she re
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eu to acut-pt iut^ d^uuu ui cut; jc- i
its to hush up the natter, for she
aanded that her good name be \
ared and she wanted the full light 1
ned on, and let everything stand in
open.
)r SaUi.ders answered effectively!
le statements about nurses' funds, i
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ich she had handled, by presenting
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