Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-14
An Affidavit Denouncing the lntelll-
gencer's veraclty
RYAPRoMINENT REPUBLICAN,
Of Weston, On the Charge Made Against
the Management Of the AsyIum-Dr'
BIand's Administration Reviewed
"A Plain Statement.
7b The Editor of The ReosSter.

OuSly gran TED me space tO SPEAK anu ps
fairly heard. And while am Republi.
can whose Republicanism am willing to
submit to the people here who know me
best-to the Republican committee, If you
please. am not that kind of Repuslt.
can who desires to build up party upon
a basis of lies or hypocricy. II we can't
succeed honestly, then we ought to 60
down. But | want to call your attention
to the fact that the effort of the lntelii'
gencers abettors-for the correspon dent
was only accessory after the facts to pro-
duce a fight not at all beneficial to Repub-
licans, in fact injurious to them, but to
"ReguIate the DemOc rats"
Notice, now, that Drs. Bland, Edmiston
Lewis and Gettings are all Democrats; and
"Ouilp" seeks to show that they are hostile
to each other. This isfalse. say so up
on the authority of DR.. T. G. Edmiston,
who can be readily heard from if wanted.
The same answer applies as TO DR.. j.. 5.
Lewis and TO DR.. Gettings. The fact is that
there is perfect harmony among these
gentlemen; the hospital was
Never I'm az Good Condition
as Gow; the rate tor percentage) OF cures is
nate people confined there are in better
wav for recovery, if good treatment can &C.
com plish q result so deyoutly TO be wished
than ever before in the history OF the hos
pital. If such base charges as are circula.
tfG by "Quilp,' and indecently published
by the Inteligencer without any knowl-
dgp of the facts, 20 unanswered, then no
home, no private family, no system OF
worship for even Almighty God, can be
protected from such rude assaults, except
by the vigorCus use Of the shotgun, which, |
think, in some instances, as IN this, Is the
hest remedy. Is there man OF even mid.
die sge in this State who does not know
Judge Matthew EdmistOn.
He is as stern andpure man as lives. He
is president of the board OF directors. He
lives here. Any citizen of the State can
write to him, or come here and see for him
or herself. All that the management 0:
the Asylum want is that the people should
see ior themselves, and there never was a
man or woman turned away since DR..
Bland has been superintendent. might
refer here to a scurrlOus publication re-
garding the writer, which appeared here;
but let it be enough to say that | can prove,
and will do so when called upon by
any gentleman, that although "Quilp" was
here for several days, he lett Weston with
only words Of praise for the hospital man
agement. He was afterward sent for; he
came here at $50 in the evening; he was
closeted awhile with certain Democrats; he
did not occupy his room at the hotel that
night; he left here at $50 in the morning,
and the next thing we see is his tissue OF
lies fol- which the poor fellow should
hardly be held responsible, for they are
not his in the Intel.igencer. Let me give
you a
1t was charged that patient-and IN the
hurry of the conference even the name was
wrongly given-had been cruelty abused
by a COlored attendant The facts are
that the patient attacked the attendant;
the attendant defended himself simply, as
any other man would do, and so far from
being injured, that same patient was work
ing on the farm as usual on the afternoon
of the same day. But "Qullp' quotes Mr..
Zane, a former citizen OF Wheeling, and
now Gardener at the hospital, as witness
to the truth OF what he alleges. | give be-
low lard enclose herewith the original
the affidavit of Vim. Zane as to that mat
ter:
The State of West Virginia. Lewis
county, to.wit:
Z. B. Zane this day personally
appeared before me in said county, and
made oath hat the article in the Wheel
ing Iptelligencer concerning the punish
ment Of patient by Charles Lee an at
tendant at the asylum, as published in the
lnte!!igenC5r is not true.
p B. ZANE.
Snbscribed and sworn to before me, this
18th day Uf August, 1888.
JAS. ". MoFrINprN,
Notary Public.
In ether words Zane comes out like
man and says that
"QutIp' IL n Liar.
Let the public decide, but if further evi
aence were needed it can readily be fur
niShed. Another charge made by this
wonderful invention in journalism is
lat
"Dr. Bland IL Incompetent
not qualified, professionally, for the posi-
ton he holds. The HtcUigeaccr must 90
UPON the idea that Its no use being fel.
low unless you are HI of fellow" and
hence Quilp's" knowledge of medicine as
wei! as politics But here. DIR. William
J. Bland commenced the practice
of medicine as a graduate, in
1888. in partnership with DR..
y. +. Barnes, OF Weston. In 1885 he was
appointed by the Federal Government as
physician and surgeon on expeditions then
being made by the Government in the Red
klNer country, ana sSrNeu rs SuCn uulll
lo42. Returning home, broken in health.
he resumed the practice here. and occ asion-
ally heli high offices of truct. He was one
of the assistant Commissioners, even, TO Sc
lect the designs of the institution over
which he now so ably presides. He served
throughout the whole war as surgeOn-tirst
in the Thirty first Virginia, and siterwSrd
as Brigade and then Division Surgeon.
He has been President of the West
Virginia Medical Association, and
was twice honored by being
made its delegate to the National Medical
Association. Now il all these things are
proof of "inCompetency," for Gods sake
send on "Quilp" 1t would be bard on the
patients and the people, but fun for him.
The idea Of such fellow as he is CRITICS
iBg one Of the most celebrated physicians
our State has ever produced, makes me
think of "Qulp" as that fellow of whom it
was said that IAN entire absence OF knowl-
edge would be liberal education for him"
IF "Quilp" reads this, l want him TO un-
derstand that it applies more to the "yallsr
dogs" in Weston who gave him his infor-
nation than to himself
The Books show
that daring the six months ending yester.
day, there have been admitted...-....... 81