Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-06
rHr Color QUESTION AeArN.

the folloxing:
E;sss.s.e. TAAi no distncion e. race or color sASl
'. yse .rt dals .Osrs i.ssS ssess a. '''' "
naHtae ia n ahis tns sps1ks sss net siti
said he soia ac % sSeS ~ s MA es.. sss hs
aSset lie then hslsAsd ia read.as. ana va
Al The eonelus,Oh OF his remarss rf. q.
Ds.s rsd the reescns pros,s-cSi b, hsus r>lsriy,
70 the s,eiysios of the SsseFsses frc1 ,se Dr.,
@osr - rsu oos snrTR on rrr,c,. \
In reply b the resolution Of the As~ocas,,o,
eAlsae spea tAe maSerstycf the Oorn-nistss a.,
ssesaeS q 5s ne Sssss .A asy IN = ,ss .sg
ts,ment Of Hcvfd University. ssey respees.
fIhy sfafe that 0cev b nothins in the rerer,
mnc hsoh directly s.eleass deiesAiss from Tia sAld
MeS,rs, o. 2. Columbia, except the National
eons,ss nss ,ssS,.ss 2 e I'm. by the
MITE q rsst me ss.ssss sa.a With u. Con-
S.iiH hedosl society q a. p.srss - % ss. - sss
nS S'S @sss sss = y ~ ,s sss''ssss a A,s ss
delegates st tbe rresent meeting q sss ks.sc,sss1
IL viii be seen thai the only parties excludei
ron admission a. delegates st the present
cal Society. n the Medical Dspartsnens a
Howard University had chosen q send any
delegates who are not members Of that
report Sss mere rrrreps eO'a sse ssssvs .;ss n ,ss
In the papers referred 20 your committee On
Ethics were list Of charges with speciaostions
the Is Nasiosa, Mes' 'sss ss.,s the q
may be clearly stated ss fcilevS ist-Thef ssid |.
NanonAl MeaeaAs Society recognizes asd 70
ieentlates, and who are acting In open viois-
uon OF sections ,, Z, and Of the iA9 OF Con-
gre~, constituting me charter of the Medical
sSe;s:y q the ;S. ss Ss .. Ss:.s nj q. ir:,
medical Society are also members OF tho 81
Columbia, and are openly and freely vselss,ne
the rules and ethacs Of the ASSOCIATION 20 which
they have subscribed. 3d-That they have ho.h
ID l,s capacity as society and by is indviduai
icsl society and the Medical Association of NE
District OF Columbia, and used Unfair ana diss
honorable means 20 procure the destractien OF
charter. Zach and an OF tese ehsrges .er snsl, y,
the opinion Of the majority OF your cor,nsttee.
FULLY proved by the members Of the Nation All
steoicsl society themselves, who appeared vol
unfairly before your committee Is witnessee.
therefore, II we have any regard 20 the main
tsAnance OF the laws OF the land on the efhics Of
our medical organir alton, the undersigned could
not come to any other CONCLUSION than wss sa-
pressed IN the last resolution Recommended nv
the majority OF the Committee on Ethics.
THE REPORT DIsCuseND.
AT the CONCLUSION of its reading DR. Revburn
rose 70 reply, when he was called 20 order as
not being member. He was, however, per
mitted 70 speak five minutes. he said he never
the eolored men applied for admittance 20
me college TO which he belonged, that be
onered ss resolution providing for their admis
ON account OF color. His resolution va not
received, and he Withdrew from the society and
vi nas one OF the leading members In organizing
violation of ethics, then he had violated the
code. He was placed as chairman on the Oom.
mite en Credentials last year at New Orleans.
and when he Was prepared % make his report
~ firf1
oy the Committee OF Arrangements.
Dr. Antisell disclaimed the assertion made NV
- Di; heyburn, that he had been treassd shame
DIR. LOOMS, Of the District OF Columbi.. .sid
he was me mber OF the Faculty Of Medicine OF
why he was excluded. He then offered re~olp-
ton 20 the effect that the members OF the Com
mittee on Ethics who signed the majority report
be censured for 20 doing.
The resolution vas laid on the table
Dr: johnson, OF the District Of Columbia,
the President Of the Medical Society Of the Dis
origin and progress OF the difiealtie, in ,he
local societies for the information of the as~o-
citation, and with which all are Acquainted. He
said DIR. ID. w. Bliss had violated medical ethics
by having has name printed on bill Of fare at
Willard's Hotel.
DIR. Bliss denied that it was there by his
knowledge.
Or. johnson said: IL this was 50 he had been
grossly misrepresented.
Dr. Busey adhered TO the assertion that Dr.
Bliss had so advertised, and he called upon Dr.
Marbury 20 sustain him.
Dr. Marbury.-ssYes, SIR" Dr. Bliss has pur-
posely so allowed his name 20 be printed, and
he had seen il on the bill Of fare and called at
tention TO it, ard Or. I'd So u-sAs-,a
withstanding.
DIR. johnson then continued 10 reply 10 A num-
Der OF questions which had been asked bearfng
on the violation of the Oode of Ethics by those
who have been excluded by the majority report
of the committee.
DIR. Busey replied to certain statements of DIR.
johnson, and read the 10th rule Of the Code OF
Ethics, showing that the code had been violated
in the attempt to force the colored man upon
the Society. This was what had caused all the
trouble. DIR. Borrows had been instrumental in
bringing about the color difficulty. He denied
mar polite, was the cause Of diffculty, az has
The question recurred on the resolution Of DR.
Sullivan, relative 10 race or color, and n was
aid on the table by o vote of 1e6 yeas % 90 nays
TIE LAST VOTE ON THE COLOR QUESTION.
Dr II. r. Storer, Of Boston, offered the foi-
lowing, which was adopted
THAT inasmuch as IL has been distinctip
stated and proved that the consider alton OF race
and color has had nothing whatever 20 90 with
the decision Of the question Of khe reception on
the Washington delegates, and inasmuch as
charges have been made in open session TO-DAY
distinctly attaching the stigma OF dishonor 20
parties implicated, which charges have not been
even denied BY them, though present: therefore
u hse ssf ss sesT. = .s % sg e. s
purPoses unantmousy adopted by the associafioI
The resolution was then adopted by q vote of
liz yeas to nays; after which the meeting ad-
journed sine die.