DR. WASHBURN: This resolution does not apply at all to the conditions in Boston, where they have a most excellent police ambulance service. If there is any city outside of New York, or if there are several cities besides New York that would be helped by the passage of this resolution, I think it would be proper for this Association to pass it. If it applies only to New York I do not think a continental association such as ours should pass the resolution. REV. W. S. STEEN: A word of correction in regard to a statement made by one of the recent speakers that almost all the ambulance service in Philadelphia was rendered by the police patrol. I beg to differ from that statement. I know for a fact that most of the large hospitals there have their own ambulances. REV. DR. KAVANAGH: I said Chicago. REV. MR. STEEN: I move to lay this resolution on the table. DR. HURDS I would ask you to withdraw that motion. I would suggest that the resolution be referred to a committee for consideration, to report at the next meeting of the Association. (Motion seconded.) MR. TOWNLEY: I do hope that motion will not prevail. I came here almost especially to get this step taken in order to bring it before our Board of Trustees. I had to include other cities in order to get any action by this convention. I do not think it commits us to anything at all except in those cities that might be benefited by police and through the patrol wagon. What I would like to see is some ordinance passed in New York to compel police aid. We have to get down on our knees and beg the officer in charge of the precinct to take an insane patient to Bellevue. I cannot see any objection to taking immediate action on this resolution. PRESIDENT: The motion is on the reference of the resolution to a committee. DR. BROWN: I do not see any need of deferring action on this simple question. In Toronto here we have a friend who not only builds us hospitals, but gives us ambulances as well. I refer to our First Vice-Presi dent, whom you all know so well, who has every department of hospital work so much at heart. The police drive the ambulances and give us a good service. I think this whole matter could be rectified by Mr. Townley putting a preamble to his resolution something to this effect: "Inasmuch as in Philadelphia, Toronto and other cities, the hospitals receive ambulance assistance from the police, therefore be it resolved, that the system be recommended to other cities." REV. DR. KAVANAGH: I move that the motion to refer this resolution to a committee be laid on the table. DR. HURD: I would be very willing to withdraw the motion with the consent of my seconder. PRESIDENT: Does the seconder consent to withdraw the motion? There is general consent to withdraw. The motion has been withdrawn. The original resolution is before you. Is there any further discussion on the resolution? (Motion put and resolution carried). SECRETARY BABCOCK: I take great pleasure, and I am sure it will meet with the approbation of the members of the Association, in proposing the name of Dr. Daniel Mackintosh, of the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, for honorary membership in our Association. DR. ROSS: I second that motion. The motion was carried unanimously by a rising vote. PRESIDENT: I am very happy to declare that Dr. Mackintosh is now a member of the Association. REV. W. S. STEEN: I would like to move that this Association extend to Mr. J. Ross Robertson and those associated with him a vote of thanks for the pleasant reception given to the delegates at the Children's Hospital last evening. PRESIDENT: The Chair would like to say that not only has this motion the Chair's hearty endorsement, but the Chair is under very peculiar obligations to Mr. Robertson and his associates, Dr. Bruce Smith and Dr. Brown, of the local committee of arrangements, for their painstaking work in connection with this convention throughout the entire year. PRESIDENT: We have to receive this morning the report of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws cn certain amendments proposed yesterday. MISS M. E. SMITH: The Committee on Constitution. and By-Laws recommends the adoption of the amendments introduced yesterday afternoon as follows: Amend Section 3, Article III, "Duties of Officers," by adding the following: "The Secretary shall be allowed not to exceed the sum of $360 per annum to defray the cost of clerical assistance." Amend Section 5, Article III, "Duties of Officers," by adding: "The Treasurer shall be allowed not to exceed the sum of $120 per annum to defray the cost of clerical assistance." PRESIDENT: What is your pleasure in regard to the report of the committee? On motion of Rev. Mr. Steen, seconded by Mr. Webster, the report of the committee was accepted. THE PRESIDENT then put the amendments which were carried separately without discussion. PRESIDENT: The next business in order is the report of the committee on time and place of meeting. Is the committee prepared to report? REV. W. S. STEEN: Mr. President, unfortunately two members of the committee, Mr. O'Brien and Dr. Peters, have had to leave the meeting unexpectedly. In consultation with Dr. Peters before leaving there was a report prepared which I shall read to you. I do not know what Mr. O'Brien's opinion would have been because I did not hear from him. This report is therefore presented by two members for the commtitee. I deem it my duty in this connection to read a letter which has come from Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia, since this report was written. To the President, American Hospital Association: DEAR SIR-On behalf of the City of Philadelphia, I desire to embrace this opportunity to extend to you and all the members of the American Hospital Association a most cordial invitation to hold your coming nineteen hundred and nine convention in our fair city. Philadelphia is pre-eminently the convention city and offers many and varied attractions to her visitors. Our people know the work of your Association, and I know that your visit will not only be a benefit to us, but I feel confident would be a value to your organization. I cherish the hope that you may be with us during the coming year, and I extend my best wsihes to you and all the members for the success of your present convention. Yours very truly, JOHN E. REYBURN, Mayor. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. To the American Hospital Association. Formal invitations have been received from only two placesi. e., Philadelphia, Pa., and Providence, R. I., the invitation in the case of Philadelphia being extended through a telegram from Mayor Reyburn and letters from Dr. Joseph S. Neff, Director of the Department of Public Health and Charities; Dr. W. M. L. Coplin, Medical Director of the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, and Mr. Daniel D. Test, Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Hospital. In the case of Providence, R. I., the invitation comes from Dr. John M. Peters, Superintendent of the Rhode Island Hospital. Your committee recommend: FIRST That the Eleventh Annual Conference be held in Providence, R. I., from Tuesday, September 21, 1909, to Friday, September 24, 1909, inclusive. SECOND-That the Secretary be instructed to send, on behalf of the Association, letters of thanks to Mayor Reyburn, Driector Dr. Jos. S. Neff, Dr. W. L. M. Coplin, and Mr. Daniel D. Test, for the cordial invitation to meet next year in Philadelphia, explaining that having met there but a few years ago, and deeming it well not to confine the meetings too much to any one locality, the Association could not see the way clear to accept at this time the invitation to meet in Philadelphia in 1909. Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. PETERS. REV. DR. KAVANAGH: I Would like to see the convention held in New England. I would like to see it held in the far west. I would like to see it held in the South. We ought to touch all those places at different times as well as Canada. It takes a long time to make an all-round trip. I think next year we ought to hold our convention in the center of the widest possible constituency. I am afraid that that would not be the case if we should hold it in Providence, Rhode Island. Therefore I would suggest that the convention be held at either Richmond or Washington. In order to get a motion before the house I would move as a substitute that Washington be named instead of Providence. I would move that as an amendment to the report. PRESIDENT: No action has been taken in regard to the report. Is Dr. Kavanagh's motion seconded? Motion seconded, It is moved that the Association meet in 1909, from Tuesday to Friday, Sept. 21 to 24, at Washington. Is there any discussion on the motion? Dr. E. B. ELDER, Macon, Ga.: We would like you to come nearer South so that you may see our Southern hospitals. On the membership committee I worked very hard to bring in the South. I have been to Buffalo, Chicago, Toronto, and it looks each time as though the convention were going away from the South still farther. PRESIDENT: Whatever action the convention may take, I trust the Committee on Time and Place will understand that we appreciate its efforts. DR. FISHER: I quite approve of going to Washington, and feel that going to New England again now would be a mistake. MR. TOWNLEY: place of Providence. I desire to endorse Washington in REV. W. S. STEEN: In regard to the committee's work I wish to say there is no disposition on the part of the committee as far as I know to urge anything contrary to what might be the wish of the majority. The motion to meet in Washington was put and carried unanimously. PRESIDENT: The report of the nominating committee is in order. DR. Ross read the report of the committee as follows. PRESIDENT Dr. John M. Peters, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, R. I. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Dr. Arthur B. Ancker, City and County Hospital, St. Paul, Minn. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Dr. J. N. E. Brown, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont. |