National Republican., 1883-05-17
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About men and measure.


IL was over in New York" said the woll-
poised club man, "And in the Union League
they told me about the World purchase"
We'll, it was Pulitzer, who bought, wasn't
itYo
1T was Pulitzer, but II marks a now depart
ure in journalism, as the Union League told
it to me. II is a sort of pooling Of four papers
and consolidation Of FIVE. You see the Morn
ing Journal, started by Pulitzer's brother, has
not been such a very great success after all,
though IL has been by no means failure. IL
was bright and made no mistakes, and will
carry to the World big clientage, but IL is
not so big in itself that IL is not ready enough
to go to the World, whero young Pulitzer is
already installed as principal editor"
SO much for the consolidation. What
about the pooling2"
There will be fonr papers in the pool. Burke
of the Times-Democrat, goes in with his estab.
lished New Orleans paper and his new Dallas,
Texas, venture. There are two of his. Then
Pulitzer will put tho Post Dispatch in tho
pool So you have Now York. st. Louis.
Now Orleans, and Dallas pooling all expenses
and agreed that they shall run on the Carlisle
tariff gauge-that Is, for moderate reform.
The Washington Office is not yet established"
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The doctor remarked to the Man on the
Avenue that the local papers did not seem TO
be aware of the latest sensation.
"What is it2"
81 do not like to give il away. You see
the doctors know more than any Of them will
tell. 1t is a fact, though, that four out of the
giv pnugu1tinu t,I,, ipto hox
their places ut the Columbia lying-in hospital.
Drs StantonI Sewers, Reyburn, and Young
have withdrawn, leaving Drs. Yarrow and
Richie on the board"
what is the mattor?'
:" The retiring doctors are reticent, but they
intimate very broadly that they do not like
tho way tho homo physician, Dr. Murphy,
runs the institution. Tho home physician is
brusque sort of an individual, and he has
made himself offensive to some of the older
practitioners with whom he is thrown in con-
tact. When pressed for q reason for his
resignation, one of the consulting physicians
testify observed: Well, to be honest, l am
tired playing second fiddle to that monkey
meaning Murphy"
Isn't there something back of all this2"
ioinhpS' Dub uO nOJ Know WnaJ lU Is.
The directors will meet tomorrow, and if
they do their duty they will make proper in
quiries to ascertain tho cause of this whole
sale withdrawal. If they have any griev-
ance the ex.consulting physicians have not
called town meeting to proclaim It, In a
general way they say they have no time to
devote to the Columbia hospital, and they re-
tire to make room for others who can spare
the time They are on the Providence
hospital board, and there would really be
ground for supposing they might want to save
themselves double care, were it not for q
knowledge that they are sore about something
and are quitting for personal reasons / have
heard stories about DR.. Murphy's cruelty to
patients and general Incompetence, and the
old scandal has beon revived, but nobody
takes stock in these statements. Neverthe-
less, there is something in the wind, and the
public ought to know what it is"