Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-01-23
OUR INFiRMARY--.NO. 2.

The question, "how shall the Super
intendent of our Infi-mary be chosen?''
is not Of mere local importance. Alr.
Lowe has demonstrated that he has
both The intelligence and experience
necessary for the Office and the effort
10 progress Of the Board of Directors to
oust him from his position must have
motive aside from the manner in
which The Ins,itution has been con-
Quoted. The motive must either be to
crafty the whims of one member of
The Board, whose opposition to evecy-
thing respectable is knowa to be con-
s,itutional, or the revenge of another
member who did not receive Mr..
loves most cordial support at the
election: or, on the other hand, it must
have been pure economy. The adver-
tising for bids is simply polite request
for the present officer to ''pack up"
since it is not Il lbe nature of things
for skill and ignorance to occupJ the
same level; and why was the request
not made by tine Board di eetiy? Simp-
ly because srch request would dis
close their tue motive for so doing,
and they hoped to hide themselves
from public contempt by show of
economy. 1t was not The paltry sum
of few hundred dollars difference in
salary, that prompted the act. The
cover was too thin, gentlemen. The
act would be about as sensible as that
ofour excellent Auditor when he pub
lished the Delinquent Tax List il a
small paper of five or six hundred cir
culatien confined almost exclusively to
one township, merely because he gets
it done at half rates. Such economy
saves the County one dollar and robs
| it of two. What is the real difference
between stealing outright and using or
misusing the peoples money to gia:ify
personal dlsIike or tickle pet enter
prise. ' -...' . b'',
An inexperienced man in Mr.. loves
place, although receiving salary less
| by $500 will do an actual damage to
the buildings and machinery alone
during each of the first three yea OF
twice that sum. Atthe end of THAT time
we expect 10 see the walls so defaced,
the rooms so demo-al'ze tire engines
in so many pieces that the nett ehree
years can make but little change. All
this, to say nothing of the amount of
stealing which half saiar;ed bosses al
wa.ss claim as special privilege. The
amount of additional m:se-y imposed
upon the poor wretches who make it
their home, caused by i'll treatment is
of no concern where economy is con-
sidered. No man with sufficient tllelt
to properly care for one hurdred and
twenty y-five c:ippled, idioiic, helpless,
insane eatures, would accept the sit
uation for less than Mr.. Lowe receives;
then why throw an Institution that
cost the County nearly, seventy thous-
and dollars into the hands of some. to-
tally inexpei fenced mechanic or farm
er whose want of mother wit has
proved him decided failure in deal
ing with less delicate material than
diseased humanity. 1t is a grand
principle of the Republican party Shat
prompts it to correct a mistake and
unless the pretended reforms of some
of the elect SAVIOR more of public inter
est than private spite or private pocket
than they have hitherto done, there
will be shating up Of dry bones be-
fore long that Ezekiel knew nothing
Iof. -.....4z REPUBLICAN,.