The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-10-01

pecting to act, net only as medical su-
perintendent, but also to have entire
control of the construction of the
building. Here we have the key to the
whole matter. Here We have the first
indications of the movement which has
eliminated in the present proposal.
Here we have the motive that lays at
the root of Mr.. Blarnforth's address. To
put it in plain English, this is simply
an attempt on the part of DIR. Bills to
monOpolize all the power and all the
profits connected with the Asylum, and
imagining that he weuld find no diff.
Guilty in bullying or persuading the
Board to comply with his wishes, he
has gone the length of appointing the
officials necessary in the event of his
obtaining the coveted Office.
| Mr.. Tinckler-a hungry and disap-
pointed office hunter, who is too lazy to
do an honest days work, who has been
all his. life, sponging upon the public;
whose latest exploit was bleeding a
social reform society of its last dollar.
Mr.. Tinckler, l say, has been appointed
prospective clerk and tlmekeeper on the
Asylum work. Now if a man may be
judged by the company he keeps, or, if
the nature of proposal be indicated
by the character of its supporters, then
is this but 4 miserable attempt to divert
the public money from a humane and
necessary purpose into the pockets of a
few individuals. DR.. Bills has already
unlimited and exclusive control over a
large amount of the public money, and
in my humble opinion, he has not
shown that economy in its manage
ment which should entitie him to
further authority. On consulting his
report, for the year 1866, which,
owing to the new arrangements made
by the Legislature, consisted of nine
months only, / find that an average of
about fifty patients cost the State the
enormous sum of over pinty-three hun
dred dollars, besides the produce of a
large farm and payments made by the
patients themselves. Now, when we
bear in mind the comparative cheapness
of food in this part of the country, and
the poor quality of that supplied to the
patients, it is difficult to reconcile Mr..
BlarnfGrth's proposal with sincere de-
sire for the economical management of
the public money. / have no wish to
criticise further on the administration
of DIR. Bills, but | could not sit silent
and hear the humane and philan-
thropic purposes of the State strangled
in their very birth to satisfy the av-
arice, the caprice, or the ambition OF
few individuals. DIR. Bills at present
occupies an important position, and en-
joys large salary-about three thou
sand dollars a year-fOr himself and
two of his relations, over and above
their board and any hospitalities they
NAV choose to extend to their friends.
Let him be satisfied with this, and not
aspire to a position for which he is fitted
neither by nature or education.
Considerable excitement was mani
tested by DR.. Bills and Mr.. Blarnforth
several times during the delivery of the
above remarks, and no sooner had Mr..
Gale taken his seat than Mr.. Blarnforth
jumped to his feet, and shifting the
table with his clenched fist, spoke, or
rather roared, as follows: ..
Mr.. President:-Gale has insulted me.
He has hurt my feelings. My esteemed
friend, DIR. Bills, has also shared in his
vile vituperation. | demand satisfac-
ton on this very spot, sir. I'll cow
hide him. III pugilize him. I'll pound
him within an inch of his life. Who, l
ask, is this Gale, that he should pre-
sume to criticise the designs of me or
my digniiied friend. PH give you his
true character. He is not gentleman.
He has 10 connection with the +. +. VS..
He has had to work for living all his
lifetime. He belongs to the lower class
make our railroads and our canals; who
build our houses and our ships; who
till the soil; who bring forth the hidden
mysteries of the mine to enrich the
world; who in few short years have
spread the civilization of the nine
teenth century, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, where but yesterday there was
nothing but the painted savage and the
virgin forest. In a word, Gale is no.
body; he has never enjoyed the dignified
position of public bloodsucker, and
yet he presumes to contradict and ex-
pose the proposals of gentlemen. | de-
fy him; spit upon him; I'll give it to
him.
Here the gentleman laid aside his coat,
and rolling up his shirt sleeves, put
himself in the admired attitude OF Hee-
nan, the pugilist, while DR.. Bills strok-
ed his fat paunch and scoWled unutter-
able things. AS Mr.. Gale continued to
occupy his seat, apparently unmuffied,
the wrath of DR.. Bills and Mr.. Blaru-
forth visibly increased, and such epithets
as coward, rufflan, liar, &C., echoed
from their lips, in tones of thunder and
with the most ferocious expression OF
The entire meeting now becomes one
scene of uproar and confusion. Chairs,
hats, books, umbrell as, overcoats and
otheri missiles were flying in all direc-
tions. Teeth, nails, feet and hands
were all doing execution in the general
melee black eyes, bloody noses and
torn garments swelling the horrors of
the scene. Just at this juncture, a
large inkstand, aimed by some unknown
hand, struck the Doctor on his bald
pate, and, bursting, splattered its black
all over his face and also that of
Mr.. .Blarnforth, who was close beside him,
to their features the most
hideous and grotesque expression, Their
howlings, finally, attracted
the attention of the attendants, who,
that the patients had broke
loose, and were tearing down tho build
ing and killing one another, bnrst into
the room, and not recognizing the Doc
tor and Mr.. Blarnforth in their inky
faces, seized them and conveyed them
to the patients quarters. we'll secured
with strait jackets and handouts. So
ended the last meeting of the Board OF
Directors.
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