Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-10
"a STATE BOARD OF MORALS" TO
REGULATE THE STATE BOARD OF
HEALTH..'
z, he Eaaor Of a. R-ai.!-r.

Ny attention mas been called to an uu-
iustihable attack made upon myself by the
State Board of Health in their las: re-
mort. which would have passed unnoticed,
EXCEPT in private way, had not the secre-
rary of the Board reiterated the fictitious
matter with further additions, In an article
lately published in your columns.
The report charges, or rather assumes me
10 be the author Of certain petition striS-
inc at the existence Of the Board, and then
proceeds 10 disseet my supposed character,
10 bring me into disrepute with the LegIsla-
ture and the Court Of Appeals for having
the temerity 10 interfere with the supply OF
'rlsudable pus" the board has been probing
from the body polite.
IL the threatened invasion OF Asiatic
cholera is as false as this assumption OF
the Board the Legislature need net give It
a moments consideration, as | did not
compose, advise, publish or circulate the
Uetition nor have / ever written or composed
sny newspaper article touching the Board
of Health or its secretary. This state
meut Is made, not because | am IN favor
of such legislation, but that the truth may
preyail What confidence can the puouc
have in a Board that can so far 1ebase IT.
self in rs anxiety to Perpetuate its exist
suce as TO torget the commandment, Ihou
shalt not lie, then make its own falsehoOds
the justification for scandalous innuendos
AGAINST the reputation of q private citizenH
M this Board will be guilty of fabrication
in one instance when can it be trusted?
False in one thing, false in all And then,
too 70 think that Board would be guilty
of such conduct, which has in its
charge the lives and health OF
the citizens OF the State. What
Is life and health without regulations? 1t
Is true that in the discharge Of a profession
al duty TO a client did prepare an ar
gument against such legislation for the
Court Of Appeals. In doing so | did, no
more than any lawyer would do under the
same circumstances. That argument must
stand or fall by itself The questions In
volyed are fundamental principles Of con-
stitutional law and civil liberty. These l
have a right to have settled by the highest
tribunal in the land and even then, il the
courts finally decide against my position,
without any disrespect to them, / still have
the right to believe according to the teach
ipVs Of eternal truth, that right is right
though decided to be wrong,
The present so-cslled law of this State, |
have heretofore given no attention, except
in professional way, as | regard il but a
temporary parasite which contains within
itself the germs Of its own destruction. It
began to die as soon as il began to i've
The iealousies, bsckbitiDg and distrust for
which the medical profession is so noted;
fsyoriism in the granting Of certificates,
the CLIQUE management and spite work eS-
hibited in the execution OF the law, together
with its impraeieabihty rapacity and inu-
tIty viii finally prove It's bSne. In short
made for the purpose Of preventing; it SIM
ply legaIizes uuaekery. Certificates viii be
IN time, II not already, mere questions OF
dollars cents and influence, and the qusek
becomes a physician, not BY reason Of his
attachments, but by virtue Of bis certificate.
If The Legislature IS going to youeh for
registered physicians fund should be pro
yided TO protect eonfdiyg victims against
malpractice on the part of these State prac'
titioners.
And now q new species Of blaekmaihng
the public By means Of epidemies, or medi-
cal dynamite, has been originated. Every
wear We are 70 be threatened with plague
from foreign parts if we DO not in the Ian
gusge of the highway robber, stand and de
liver, and after our money is gone probably
suffer death anyhow, because it IS mol
enough. When and where IS this thing to
eDd9 The people are not made OF money
,Lsf thay can continually be buying the
r;0ht 10 live. and though they are long sui
sTipg they viii not always allow themselves
- ha made mere beasts Of burden 10 carry
IN their backs, in addition to necessary
IosSs : multitude Of blood suekiag leechss.
The tendency Of our STATE administrator
has been for years % increase taAshOo'