, 1878-06-07
FALSUS IN UN0, FALSUS IN 0MHI
BUS.

roId or lands; more to be pr2ec
chan home or friends or country, II
is his deepest, innermost, truest sell
The shadow of a mans character Is
his reputation; and, like a shadow
it sometimes Iengthens, and shows
him better than he is, and again II
o(tentimes comes short of the reality
which it represents. The midnight
thief, or black hearted assassin-the
one appropriating our property, the
other lettirg out our lit'e-inju"e us
not as much and commit lesser
crime than that of the man who
would steal ones good name and
destroy, falsely, ones character
Yes, the man who attempts to wrong.
fully destroy his neigbbors good
name is lower than thief and worse
than murderer.
Every reader of newspapers on the
lower Sound has been aware OF the
trade of personal abuse which CON
temporary has been continually
pouring out upon some of our best
citizens. In the hope of a moments
personal popularity, or some per
sonal advantage, those interested in
the Democratic Press" have at
tackled private citizens and public
officials, maliciously and falsely.
Their last issue contains the state
ment that Special Agent Evans re
port duplicates the Deputy Collector
of Customs at Port Townsend in
frauds. This is an absolute and uh
equivocal FALsEHooD. Mr.. G. NJ.
Bradshaw made certain charges
against the Customs Officials here;
and, with Special Agent Evans, tried
to prove them true, but they were
clearly shown false and malicious.
One of these charges Tin regard to
granting an American register to the
schooner Nellie Martin) would have
sent some of our best citizens
among them Mr.. Bradshaw's per.
sonal friends-to the penitentiary
If sustaining evidence had been
found. But they were without any
foundation, originating in ambi-
tious hopes and the surmisings of a
jealous heart, and one and all fell to
the ground. We have the author
itv of the Department, TO which Mr..
Evans made his report, for the state
ment that neither fraud nor suspicion
of fraud attached to any one con-
nected with this Custom House, for
no charges we're proved.
Our heading, however, False in
one, false in all,' applies forcibly.
Another cry of this paper has been
I" Hospital Ring" and every sort Of
attempt has been made to defame
the hospital, an institution which has
received the universal commenda-
ton of leading medical men and well
deserves the popularity iG has at
tained on the Sound, and which is
disbursing from $4,000 to $4,000
a year in Port Townsend. Special
Agent Evans reports that he met
DIR. Willison who gave him informa-
ton which led him to believe that
"Grave grounds for charges against
the hospital existed" He also, on
the representations Of DR.. Willison
and others, prepared some allega-
tions regarding the hospital. The
first and main allegation was that
"The hospital is public nuisance"
Every good citizen of Port Town
send, we are sure, will say "would
that we had many more such nui-
sanccs." Another allegation was
that "Sick paupers and seamen are
kept together" This seems to have
been taken bodily from the columns
of the Democratic Press" and is
another nntruth, and SPECIAL AGENT
EVANS KNEW IT WAS UNTRUE WHEN
HE SENT IT TO WASHINGTON. These
allegations were this week investi-
gated by DR.. G. N. EIIinwood, Presi
dent OF the San Francisco Medical
Association and a Professor in the
leading medical college of California.
He was under orders from the Treas
ury Department; and, before coming
here, conferred with Mr.. Evans and
got the list of witnesses who could
testify in the matter. The name OF
DR.. Wilson and that of another
member of the " Democratic Press
association were among the witnes
ses. DIR. Wilison, in response to an
invitation to testify, sent a note say.
ing he could be interviewed at his
office, thus declining to come for.
ward and substantiate charges he
had made. One other witness de.
clined to testify. But some ten OF
twelve witnesses (among them the