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New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
pENNSYLVANIA AFFAIRS.
COLONEL QuAYs CANVASS PRosPERING.

PROMINENT DEMOCRATS DECLINE THE NoAlNA-
TIoy-sEvKISG CUSTOM HOUSE PLACES
,eo,, Az occ,sI1SAL coRRIsPoSDENr OF THE TRIBUNEl
PHILApELPHIA, Aug 16.-Colonel quay tho
.n,;cs, candidate for state Treasurer, was In this
cltv last week and reported that everything was gong
an his favor Thus far the Democracy have not found
q su,table candidate to put up In opposition
20 Colonel Quay The Of b. X. Janison ana = H.
I.pes az this city and A. Keatng, OF Pitts6ur nave
hse, n,uujuen.ly mentioned. Colonel Robert r. De
ebert city controller. would be the Stronge,t canaG
that eol.d br0u sht oat against Vu Ou' io P''
~ The civ about the only thing thai seems settled as
10 the City Republican ticket Is that W. bii""'" w
il to be the candidate for sherin. -. n. 4.
Mr JDhn Cadwsader the new Collector ci tle for, is
overrui with candidate for positi9n uneI mn, a. % M
1nsso, House clerks supposed 10 De pr"tecle ny
The Civil Service law. an uhprecedente1 ucn1l Ioi
Civil Service blanks has risen over 9OV appneaoIt
have been made for hHM during Tue Pa9t ~ ~ & s,
Sc generally believed that the purpose OF the pew eol
lcctors 10 vacancies nader the retext OK economy,
.refrencisen ent and REFORM. ana theh 10 III up -
ranks again on the ground that on ractcal lrla the
work was found 10 require srtatsr number Oh ne.
The cise OF Miss Adranna p. Brinckle, VINO II y
alaged has been up in hospital for he insane az
5,in@ atfentfon The correspondence in the case Is
young For some reason her iather haal M @ nsl
Committed to an insane m EGe yh % vas mt insane His
daughter out Of the asylum gray haired "o""h
Of sixty. a.. ~ ,.,, o,,,,.,--
All viii ne handsomely brushed up, and the walnut VIII
be practically new theatre. -, <.. ~. a.,
Association had 400 children conveyed 10 the country IN
The week lust elasei These little with their care
several railroads 10 remain full week The ladies com
rain Of a aes OF funds having during the summer ex-
Rsnasu tely spbserbed ,sS excursions viii
Enough still Temalns 10 e7fS tVr INC sioA
5atter fart OF Nav given and paid for weeks ov-s III
the couatry% over 1000 poor children.
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
HURRYlNs TEA FROM YoKoHAa1'
.nv.Sr.egs OF TUE ROUTE BY WAY OF iAOo"N
rr. pn.,- =.Is MILLION COMING.

.nv.x-.Ggs OF TUE ROUTE BY "Af oh i"
TEA Foa -aE MILLION COMING
Two thousand tons of tea are CROSSING 'ho
Pacific ocean on the bark Isabel to be Hnuea q. 80
ond forwarded thence to St. Paul, Chicago ana Ne"
by the Northern Pacific Railroad Mr' f~r"1' ~ 80
firm ,t Frazar Co., consgnors OF the cargo anu as'
Of the Northern Pacific at Yokohama, ianheu n'ieO-
vigorously a few days ago In his once W No , -
At "a he aiseoursed 10 a TRIBUNE reporter oa W." -
fold advantages OF the new route W " w., - 80 a.,
said he there have been two routes ny "i'on ' -
come from Yokohama; overland through san ftio'soS
and round by suez They have about equ.y n, COO
the spolls eacn route handling 100000 or ls'VVo,V
pounds The time by way OF tbs Suez CAha' 70 80 49,
days or when stops are made at Chinese por'S, i,o
sixty-eight TO seventy-fye days. by the o'hoi 'o
from fifteen to eighteen days between i"~on'" ~
san Francisco by steamer, and from eleven 10 SOY
between san Francisco and New-ioFN'-''" - -,
twenty six to thirty-nv days. Some oil the o'oi
freight ia carried In sailing vessels to san Francisco
rhe cuexest trip ever mlde between these poriS oy
sliling vessel of ours twenty -eisht1uSs
distance from Yokohama TO Tacoma Is NV 49, =.
than that to San Francisco. This results llo'h "' "
known as great circle sailing. which IS sihp'y ''"
tna nropoSition wa all learned mt school that the
shortest distance between points Con the surface Oh
sphere is the of great circle passing through loso
,o,ns., The prevailing winds are favorable. so we
oognt 10 save hve days rms wone LIS ~ davs
si7,nv tims Iow1 70 twenty -four or twenty sN uHys
and tbe lime by rail being from twelve TO slkee uS
gives total OF from thirty TO forty two , ,h
l,ught rate is 81 75 per hundred R2unas, VII wi ~ San
Franc SEQ they have averaged 81 % Another snip WIN WIN
bring over second load IN Few DAYS, anu ~ ota M t
we'll ree1ilsr line will be established from foEohana 20
Tacoma and Portland Ten special trains OF a. t"onS &
cars viii bring toe issels cargo % o low l.
that there Is always plenty OF outgoing Ireigh I ,o
Taro,oa There are coal mines ana saw lnli III
thirty miles of the wharf, where onr vessels un. i
,uch grain Is exported wharfage. etc Is low MIN s
everything high in san Francisco anu tucio i' e
omretition for outgoing freighis .,,.,, ,,o
Sailing vessels have never carried anytbns & =. & &
eheaner grades OF teas sad another III discnsslnS ns
new route and they come pokng along IN tnc ,a're
part OF the season. Importers rush the better
IN hurry ay steam ani rail Tine tronble Win sNnH
vessels \, their unceraiaty They may re the Vol ss
I'm ono month ~ they may take two Nlth thS t1''
blness changes oI tho pre- sent, tnfs Is great "EH
- y
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
prnLIc roLIrI.NE.. OP wOMEY.

To the Edtt0r or The Tribune.
Sre:I have read Street Car POlitencss +"
In THE TRIBUNE and must admit there more truth than
poetry IA statements made by your correspondent
regarding The potene.s OF IN street ears boats
ate. only last week saw three women and child
oat three years old occupying four seats from Jersey.
fty 10 Elizabeth. while there were four ladies standing
ia the Now. th" three year-Oid cll Who hal
t1fl no fare was allowed 10 occupy full seat Wllc
-FOUR ladies WsTc sfndIng who had pad Their fare ana
'gerc entitled 20 seat- "ny cf't ihla h'trr 's We
lad;rs who by right entitled 10 u ~ this is the
uoteuoss oil women, why should they expect more uf
Inc men A To Offering women seats. have done 80
ynauy many times. and have not received even Thank
yOu but the contrary l have received cold frVHn
a. much Say IL Is your place % get up Polite
ness costs nothing and II ades would bc little
polite aud cpnslGorate, have 10 donnt That They would
lind gentcmon nst as polite ana Cogreous rs over "
men ere courteous TO women than formerly n isthc
a MI ~ women. JLlssbf.
Aelr. llrl.. Ialr %, 1855.
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17


hi recent number OF an Italian journal OF
high authority literary matters, correspondent,
writing OF tne Hotel DrOuOt and the amazing
of ic-brac and history that have changed hands
ris extraordinary bazaar notes also few events OF
Interest. OF NJ. FfrminDidOt, whose heirs OBJ
faiget than three million francs from the sale OF
his library, Is told anecdote which does great
hoaDr t. him as acadeiniclan or honest citizen The
book collector Jacob lP LacrOx) the way 10 visit
hisfrend Ddot passncin front OF the morgue Spies
and Ornanented with The arms OF Louis XVI He pays
price for H. two francs pockets It. and arrived
the house OF his FRIEND asks him II he possesses com
yicte set OF the original edition Of Moilere.
q i should possess it, replied Didst :" II Tartuffe
WERE rot lacking, but have never had the happiness OF
finding H."
'Sc.' exclaimed the book collector, 81 bought it
Just for iOIty sous"
fllc publisher was beside himself with amazenent
grew pale seized the book and exclaimed that IRON the
1olGent that Tartuhe Is ir the hands Frmiu D.d0t
f1rinn. Didot will never loose his hold oft
pc IL So, taId acruiX, glad 10 please frend "but
Win the agreement that II shall be despOed OF
"a old Dlnding which, ike formal document proves
that Tsrtnno waa aiaong the Kings books"
Naturally Ddot accepts, swears-and keeps his prom
1se So scrupnlousy that, with brarians absentnind
cdDts uacrox was accustomed TO call it so. with a
suie at the end OF few days the old wrlnkled leather
was replaced by masterpiece IN morocco, and 80
greatly increased the worth OF this little volume that
A. was sold for 1900 francs
MEANWHILE the dealer la secondhand books had per-
cciscd his mistake. hssteDcd 10 Lacroix and trusting
3n bis we-known probity, reminded him thai the day
before he had eoid him for TWO francs thing that cost
1orfy-nye, aud describing to him the misfortune aud
misery Of his family, imploring him TO give him the
worth OF his book.
aMy poor friend" said Iacroix, I have presented
@cur book to Ddot Speak TO him about IL he viii listen
10 you"
Tho unhappy man went but the millionaire publisher
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
vIcroR nuGo,s IonN BROWN.

To me EdftorO Ths Trt6Hns.
SIR: The letter Of your Paris correspondent
with regard 10 Victor BIsn and John Brown recalls
mnay enUres Of the years Just preceding and follow
Ing the HarpeT's Ferry episode Twenty-Five years ago
slar,sy seemed to It's apO0gsts and defenders more
.ironrlV ,,.renched in power than John Brown
was deld lis enterprise hid failed The sanctity OF
slavery had been vnicated Tue state OF Virginia. after
the Untei states marines sld captured the aun'clos
han,al who mad yenturcd 20 attlc slavery In It's very
citadel hai nat the survivors TO death with tue dne
forms of law ApFesis for mercy wcro mads 7" the
Governor Of Virginia. and he T'd have been wise han
he exercised his prero satIve. but ho da mo- IN and
- John Browns began that march which wi- ~ end
at pom iitox. Twenty-Five years after the execution
( rMsrked 10 a Democratic poitleiin aad Southern
synpat zer one sccoi1 OF Daombcr. that u was The
anniversary OF the hanging OF John Rrpwn; nnd hi'
r,ply surprised me profoundly. IIc said that that
execution Oi the greatest I"Atca bnhiefS ti'l
rad ever been committed
Sox with regard TO the picture mentioned by yohr
eorre-ponlcnt: In Sol, while Bach iuln vas President
and before the guns ot Sumter hm been hearl clipped
from The yer- OregNs Bficfia paragraph which su
possess, and which is IA io!loEs;
Victor ITu i's John PrOwn Tho Paris correspOn dent
~ New York paper gives tho following description OF
singular work ~ art % ne seen Ia Pans: Gruups
~ ssrer- r,tbrr ts week In front tha Ouc sarl
prin. shop wlnlsws to look at Victor luiso's John
lrnsn' 81 - strange. weird engraving. after hi "a
S,ntt.e skic iy that noby fanaticil puctca srtisi
f1nt from a de-l nacgrluuI OF mHfky gin.. projects
gllow, trrc aud hanging from % hliunn form. The
only iIsht that relieves the gIim horror falls fron
Heaven on this gailows aid on she head ana breast
OF Tho victim. so cntltc of tho man. no single slightest
other object visible gihte. martyr one ray 81
Heavens sunlight falling them, AMI li the tet ptcN
rs hell Uueps lrgrnd on tho original dravirg Was:
Pr, CtrisfO scld Ciytsfns'
As writo THIS | have before me Photograph.
made not from the engraving bat from Victor
Ineo's own drawing. aud which bought in
Paris a. an inscription ths back shows uc on the
egl OF Tunc s63. It completely ansrers the Cr'phic
description quoted above and also that given 10y yonr
correspondent. Tho publls,er, appear 10 have becn
f,,.,c, 4 Cs 10 boulevard p0iss0nner,' and n that
inl,sa l. ,fil m existence nornlon might Doe Ghttin-
fie ro.f'. p,f.rs HUGO. T. said wrote a drafIa ~
which John BTpwn thc hero. hul ii seems rfcl y"
I.,,-. i...,, ,i,fifsl.i N u4y set auIctr. y.
t.r,rrl,l- .fulV 30 fH-1.
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
pEn1oArIYq A JEWIsA srNA0O9rE.

The old Norfolk Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. at Nos 52 "a and 5G Norfolk-st, was purchase
by Hebrew congregation about three months ago, for
$4,000. Yesterday It dedicated to the service OF
the Jewish RELIGION There was hardly standing room
FOR all who camo to hear the services ahd
two policemen and deputy sherin Kept Dack
n croNd OF 300 persons who stood ON III.
sidewalk and In the street In front OF the new syna
vorue The services begun by u male choir, whlcL
snng q" How Beautiful Thy Tents Oh Jacob The
Rev Dr. Llbcrman then preached sie dedication
sermon I'm German, after which the cLOlt sang
the XXIVth Psalm during which the leading members
of thp svnarOgue marched to the altar each carrying
wriitcn scroll of separate book OF the Old Testament
As they passed slowly the asles to solemn mnsic
ibe cocregatlOn crowded around thom and kissed Inc
god fringe coverings Of the scrolls. Then ts scrolls
were deposited IN the sanctuary. The Rev. Dr. Il, =
Isaacs Editor OF The Jelcsh Messenger, spoke rev
w0ris IN English lie asked his Hebrew friends to con-
tbute bcray 10 pay FOR the building and tie repairs
when will cosl'S5O,OOO His address VAS followed ny
music aud speeches by Dr. ID. BTckes and Aaolpb
Cohpu Rabbi Ash has beon chosen ~ tue rabbi OF the
svnavorue which was Damed Beth hamedfasl llagOdal
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
THE PICKLE SUPPLH.-
GROWERS DISGUISED WITH Low PRtcE~-+IoW TIE
GOODS ARE CoLoRED.

GROWERS DISGUISED wITH Low PRtCES-'IoN III"
GOODS ARE CoLoRED.
The pickle supply in general this year Will Dc
exceedingly light III some localities the yieIa Wi eluN
about half that of Inst White In others there VIII
he me at all This Is not owing TO the lepreu'nS ol
sthe grub worms. though they have appeared eAtehSF"N
among the vines Westchester County AMI In eerai"
setions elsewhere butt arises from failure to plant
on The part OF the farmers For the last two or three
,rs there has been an overproducton and pickles were
sold ofte Itlines for less thaa 1t cost To raise te
ost every dealer the city has an immense stock 81
hani so that with great shortage prices VII NOS
a Ivance materially for some time yet.
From no point" sail &r. Aare, OF the WeSiehesteF
Pickle Works Yesterday do get favorable adsices OF
the crop The outlook IN Michigan is as bad as Is here
n tho East Last year got over 15.0oAOOo pickles
rom Creenlan; We VIII not get 3,0OO,DOO from there
this season. sing Sing gave us 6)ohDJO last year.
100000 Is all We expect from there this season.
We shall get from Dobss Ferry Though last year
we had 100000 from there. But IT ia not to be Won
aeyel at There has been no money in the business
. ntely oW,ias = the quantities groNa, aud h wls IN
reasonable to expect farmers to work Tor nothing
shak there will be advance In prices bnt not at
once We had similar experience IN lsIl|7-' whfh
PRICES went IN from s9 THOUSAND 20 over 81 but th
ti,n, everyhaly is stocked Why, know where can
now buy 100000 in the salt FOR 81 - thousand This
shows the quantity there s In the marsct"
DO you soil as many coored pickles ~ ever
the deina1d Tor the nltiili fthi's INffti-'t
every vear Fifteen years azD 10 . sell kcs
Of tb alter but now we sell rs maeA oil one - Tie
other
. u, gu think that cooring makes ihe pickles inIur-
iOus TO health = ,, .,
- Not tine wly we 10 IT, Conc AMI see Cor yoursnt'
The reporter forowed bin lnto large room nrouui
the sides % which stood large wooden trpnshs iul o.
water warmed by steam pipes running through H. Ihe
water H. those containing the pickles foT coloug was 0
dark gresn tint rendered 80 b, thr corner inng S t
tanks IN this iquid they soaked until he color y
set after which they are thoroughly washed ana az
cornerag remaining m them Is TOO small II IL claimed
10 lure any that lett IN their natural
state come ont Of the light brown bcing simply
parh0ei and ihen ccanset by cod water, which - tbs
factory is supplied by force pump rom We'll uHdcf
meath.
We have heard Of person being mi lred by ans
of our Conis" eaii Mr. Alarc. -a-d Ue have been ir
business Tong time Tire trouble urisss. II ~ all. from
failure to wash the pickles wel after boiling then h
the Yats."
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
GEyERA1 oRAyrs MIssIyg VIII.

Long Brdnch L<tfer % TIE IHtIducIpHld PIefE.
Mr.. Childs, who was seen al his charming
villa at Ebcron by The Press correspondent this
Ing said Yes II IL mistake 10 say that General
Grant left will His cottage adjoined mine, as Is
generally known, and every dry while lie here he
was at my house or at his. One day last August lie
over with paper his hand that. he said, his
WILL and asked DIR. Morton and myself TO witness
IL. We affixed signatures 90 the
document, and the General took away. do not know
what he did with Perhaps member o.
may prove my signature. The VIII was drawn mp by
SIR. burlington, New-YOrk lawyer The Generals
regular legal adviser Clarence Seward or cOurse
II is impossible tO say what disposition has been made OF
the property until the will Is read. only know with
a smile" thst legstee cannot be witness to a WILL"
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
crANr xor 4 rANNER ~ GALEYA.

- he LUI Tor OI IHf 4FtV" NJ.
SIR: In y0nr SENI-W WEEKLY OF July p yon
svc colyersa on tla- to1k place Ia Ga.cna. iL' a
ieg months before ths opening Of ths ciyil war;
Cranrs tlnnery" onts hgnrc In The conversation.
IL may Interest lho wrtsr Of tls arieic 10 know that
There mover was a Grants tlnnsry In Galena. Ny
self former resident og that hny town ani pretty
familiar with IS history fesI authorized To pronounce
tho current stories about T. - Grant working IN tin-
merry at GalCna wholly npOcryplA. Grant q ron we're
leather lar, In O. lena but not ratier makers there.
heir tnnui g was done elsewhere. mostly n hrntucAl
and tie stock kept for sale ~ tho Illinois Town ~
M interesi OF simple truth II ought to be known that
General Grrut Wa not "a Galena tanner.
fj.f,a isrf Aug g. 1883 L. RI. AVERY
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
A PLEA FOR THE RIGHTS OF NEGROES.

To the Edttor or The Tribune.
SIR: The negro leader of the past, IN defend
ing people has been acuated by the forcible reco-
lections of the unmered cruelty administered to them
by the advocates and uphOlders Of tho institution OF
chatte slavery and the inhuman brltalitos commi.ten
upon them since emancipation by the preludcea cass
Therefore II Is not TO bo wondered at that tro
the South displayed Lack Of tact and judgment III tnelr
antagOnstic aud Gilammat0ry contentious win th,,r
opprcssors, resulting in disaster 10 themselves 40
their credit be t remembered that In their unortunato
condition they as intellectual dwarfs attempting
10 measure minds with intellectual giants, they a'hs
been overshadowed for nearly 800 years beneath the
narrowness OF ignorance.
leaders, with exceptions are endeavorng 10 Dsn
from memory the damnng rpcOiectiOns, ard lnpAut
stead example Of moral courage a heart hos VI
vengeance but conduct OF mcrrtorOus eDtreaty 10,
INST consideration OF their political and civil rights Dy
their more favored brothers. Therefore AK space III
the columns of THE Tribune, that may express my
prerogatiye in behalf OF the c0ored people IN view VI
Tue facts stated. / ask tho representatives OF tne
Ancient Order OF FoFesters convention or soon 10
assemble that they give an Impartial cohslNeralion
unbiased by petty preudice) TO the G0dgiven rights Oh
an opposed and oppressed buthumane people lmpore
Heaven guide them in the recude Of their thOughts
and actions upon this most important subject that he
at least in America may demonstrate to theworld thht
they recognize the brotherhood OF man. .r....
Assistant Supervisor 0f the Young Mems Progressive
Business Association OF America.
[The writer evidently has in mind the fact that
the summons sent to tine delegates 20 tie conven-
ion of the Ancient Order of Foresters convened at
Detroit OH Saturday. mentioned that one point OF
special interest to come before the convention,
wonld be the question whether or not to strike out
the word "whitc from the constitution and nc
cept and initiate a cOored maI into the order the
same as white applcmt.-Ed
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
rp4NStTLAETiO TRAVELLERS

The Celtic of the White Star Line arrived
Saturday from Liverpool having among her passengers
r. G. T. Cortelyou James Armstrong W. II. NJ ID Urban
John T.. Beale J. X Emmett wife and son, Mr. and Mrs
William Bell. the Rev pr d; W Bridgcnan Alr. and
Mrs. L.. A. CamplOn, Harry Fowler, III. j. case. T.
Frame Alfred q. Colcdge ~ w Hur WE'LL the Rev. j.
Caviar m g. Outram, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hall, r.. L.
Overton George Hazieton Major t. w Reid :. Rose,
Major Charles Gordon Hutton, GOrl0n itiOn H. Shcl-
ley Leonard jerome, the Rev. b. j. kiey. r. f. Lester
o. r. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. j. Laweg.na, J. =. Irnp,
W. j. Martin, G. s. White, W. H. NJ krnna. W. d. Mo
Kinstry James M0ir Charles Moore, A. Morton, MIR.
and Mrs. W. H. Wing, q. Reid.
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
cnlYrsr soROLARs r0 HArE A PlONIo.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16 (SpeciaD. The
Chinese sunday-school scholars OF whom there 260
IN this city under the and tuition Of Mrs. John
Lucas. Miss T. Hopes. George A. Cooke, A. Waldo
Stevenson and j. Fuay Moy, Will be given picnic on
Aucust2l The Cinnamon in every laundry In town are
in a tate of intense excitement and expectancy as to
what picnic means. There are over 600 Cinnamon IN
Them viii be present nc the picnic. Tho exercises on
the ground viii be OF religious character, ana ~ Is
IN ln d religious sense will accrue to the Cinnamon
from their day s respite from work.
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
THE srrLErro AND ruGFAMoUs OLD Aida.

TO me EdtfOr ~ Ihe IrtDHne
SIR: Tho Stletto the other day ran 90
mcsto Nsw.L L)nlou Conn. IN hours aad 13 Minutes
and all OF the papers printed reports ot the event. ~ II
IL was renarkabs Ia days % progress. Bat We look
with interest the days OF tho AHA and her records
which beter thaa the MAsy Powell or stilottO viz:
from Robnson-st.. New-Yjrk - Rjndoat Lght, 00ls
miles ia four hours, making SIX landings In the year
1858. Perhaps that famous little craft tho 5tic,to
would Se to run against tbs timo Of ths Aida THIS
wonid be tsst sOr spsi Tor this boat made even
better time than tho Mary Powell ever did uhdcr the
these circumstances.
give comparative table oi miles Tor the Old Aida
aud the Mary Powell:
1t'f lilicS II
1Ji4 mfrs sllti ~ u t-tus
Speed respectively Gb - j per hOdr
Yours respectfully, GEORGE II. CIAPP.
WcpPuDeTg Iaifs. Aug. >. 1885.
New-York tribune., 1885-08-17
FRESH TROUBBR OVER THE EBDFCAL CODE
Prom TIE Philadelphia iifcss.
L..

That the Ninth international Medical Con-
gress will hold its sessions IN America In 1887 % tbonghi
The Copenhagen Congress-, 10 1854, was largely repre-
sented by Americans among whom we're el@ht member
of the American Medical Association who had been az
uolnted By that body visit Copenhagen ana invite III
in 1887 In the United states. The invitation was given
y the association in the name OF the profession OF Amer
tttee which invested the American committee with the
pGwers necessary for organization. Aier studying tho
methods of work and the mode OF organizing tho Con-
gress the eight representatives returned home ana e
tered upOn the duties winch wOuld bring about The
desired meeting the United states. These gentlemen
cOmp0sed the Invitation Committee: Austin Flint, o.
dephla; H. - c4lnr rbel. cf Washington; l.. A. ssyre O
NewYOrk; George j. EIScna OF 81 iOals CDIlstophei
Johnston OF Baltimore, and john ". Browne. u :. "
In May Of this year the American CC::.ittee pre-
ecutcd the result of s lalOr ai the annual meeting OI
the American Medical Association IN New-Orleans Act
ing under the resolutions which called 1t into existence
1t had added thirty four ne~ members The report met
with most extraordinary reception the coninlttct
was CHARGED by members OF the body with pardlity In
appoin and with hasing exceeded lts author
ity The report finally rcpndiated, every addition
lion took the business Into Its hands new com
mttee OF thirty eight appointed upon the plan OF
geographical distribution, comprising neDers rom TIE
different States ana representative from DOth the AFpf
and Navy. The committee held ITS nrst business
meeting CHICAGO In June. In the reantmo Drs BIZ
iiDgs, Hays EDgleman, Johnston, ana Browne bad ten
dered their resignaions original committeeman The
code issue" up strongly IN the Chicago session
The advocates OF the code who Ind been appoint
ed by the original committee TO once upon ~. various
sections and subjects 10 be discussed In the coming
Congress snpplantcd by loyal TO h8 old code.
Many prominent physicians who had accepted positions
in the congress from tho original committee withdrew
ment. Among these were Dcs. Agnew. Lecy. Da Costa
Norris, Gross Mitchell Wood Stiilo. Pepper and ParYn.
Prominent medical men In Boston, Baltimore. Cincli-
natl 81. Louis, Washington and Richmond have also
withdrawn.