The autobiography of a Pennsylvanian . the most capable and in many respects the most popularexecutive since the days of Andrew G. Curtin. The session of the legislature ended on the 13th of Department of Health had been created, to which hadbeen given very great authority and a power which extendedto the person of the individual citizen and might even beregarded as an infringement of his personal liberty. Thevalue and permanence of the legislation would dependmainly upon the manner in which the department should beorganized. It was at first suggested to me that it shouldbe placed in c
The autobiography of a Pennsylvanian . the most capable and in many respects the most popularexecutive since the days of Andrew G. Curtin. The session of the legislature ended on the 13th of Department of Health had been created, to which hadbeen given very great authority and a power which extendedto the person of the individual citizen and might even beregarded as an infringement of his personal liberty. Thevalue and permanence of the legislation would dependmainly upon the manner in which the department should beorganized. It was at first suggested to me that it shouldbe placed in charge of Dr. B. H. Warren, but that thoughtI instantly dismissed. I then had an interview with B. Penrose, who had been very much interested inthe matter, and he named to me a gentleman connected withone of the schools in the western part of the state. I had atalk with this gentleman, but was still not satisfied. ThenDr. Penrose told me he thought Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,president of the Academy of Natural Sciences, would be380. Group of Governor Pennypackers Pennsylvania Constabulary GOVERNOR, 1905 willing to undertake the task. That suggestion suited meexactly. Dixon consented and I made the his direction it has come to be accepted as the mostimportant and efficient organization for this line of workin the United States. There is good ground for hope thatmany of the inflammatory diseases due to specific poisons,such as typhoid fever, smallpox, diphtheria and tuberculosis,may be in time stamped out of existence. The legislature also, upon my urgency, provided for astate police or constabulary, and here the same kind ofquestion arose. Such a body, if oi^anized upon politicallines, would have tremendous power over the state and wouldbe correspondingly dangerous. After talking over a numberof persons, some of them connected with the Guard, andconsulting with several persons, I tendered the position toJohn C. Groome, captain of the City Troop, who accepted
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