Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-27
Or. BLAND IN THE ROLE OF A MOD
ERN PATRIARCH.
Aninity. Consanguity, RsiaGonship. Etc.
Etc. to The Third and Fourth Genera
BtAe EdIer q tst Ress,r.

Afiinity. Ccnsanguity, Relatonship. Etc,
Etc, to che Third and Fourth Genera
tons.
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WEsToS, W, Va, January 25.-The peo-
pie of this community were rather amused
at Senator SCOTS speech comparing DIR.
Bland 10 General Grant. Senator Scott
showed himself TO be remarkably well in
formed in regard TO DR.. Bland relationship.
only he ought to have gone over the whole
Of the population Of this little town Of | 500
people and tried to tell who were not re-
latedt to DR.. Bland, either from consanguini'y
or affinity.
viii give you list Of some OF them
and these taken in connection with their
children and their children's children. will
give the general public an idea about how
broad and varied is his relationship, and
should have made Senator Scott object to
DR.. BANDS living in Lewis county on &C.
count Of having so many relatives. Judge
John Branuon is DR.. BANDS brother-in-law,
Judge Edmiston is another brother
in-laE. Judge Henry Brannon married o
frst tcousin Of Mrs. DIR. Bland. Hons. Geo.
]. Arnold and VIM. E. Arnold are first cous-
ins Of Mrs. Bland. Hon. j. NJ. Bennett mar
ried first cousin Of Mrs. DR.. Bland. Judge
T. A. Edwards married first cousin of DR..
Bland, as also did NJ. W. Harrison, Vice
President of our bank DR.. A. Ii. Kunst,
President Of our railroad, also married q
first cousin of DR.. Bland. Hon. W. e..
Bennett married his niece.
D. NJ. Bailey, cashier Of the bank, is a
relation by affinity of Mrs. Bland, and n.
B. Nealson, assistant cashier, is the doctor s
first cousin. c. p Moore is a relation BY
affinity Of Mrs Bland, and A. a. Warren,
Of the doctor. Dr. J. ]. Warder is re-
lation BY affinity, Of Mrs Bland, aud Major
Anderson of DR.. Bland W. II. Byrne,
brother of Senator Ben Byrne, is also q
relation of Or. Bland. Now If you will take
list of the above families you
will find that they with their children snd
children's children reach the astonishing
number OF 20T. Now mind you this does
not include the number Of these relatives
relatives, as connections of the Dr.s family
as they would be called in law.
Some Of the Dr's friends wonder what
relationship exists between Col Martin and
himself. | do not know whether the Col.
will deny Lee SCOTS soA impeachment or
not, but the facts of the case are this Col.
Martins wife 8 mother was second cousin
of Dr.. BANDS grandmother.
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, rs the law pro-
yides that the Executive Board Of the hos
pital must be chosen from Weston, / DO
not see how the Governor can well avoid
appointing some Of DR.. Bland 8 relations or
distant connections AFFINITY.
The following item from the Intelligen-
GERS report Of last Thursdays proceedings
in the Senate is that which the writer is
auswering.-[ Ed. REGISTER.
Hepocssm at the Insane Asylum.
Some discussion also took place on Sen
ate bill No. 10, which aims at reform in
the manner Of appointing the Board Of
Regents of the Hospital for the Insane.
Senator Scott complained that under the
prevailing practice, made possibly BY the
existing law, Superintendent Bland has
filled the subordinate positions with relatives,
while the doctor himself is Governor Jack
sons uncle; Mrs. Mary Jackson, the mat
ron, and her assistant, Miss Ellen jackson,
the Governors cousins; Dr.. Edmiston,
the attending physician, is DR.. Blands
nephew; Dr. Lewis, another assistant, a
relative by marriage; Dr. Gettings; formerly
an assistant, Mrs DR.. Bland's nephew.
Judge Edmiston, President Of the Board
| Of Directors, is the Doctors brother.in-lsw;
w. 6, Bennett, Director, is Mrs Bland
cousia; Mr.. Martin, of Kingwood, another
Director, also relative Of Dr. Bland. BE.
sideo this, DR.. Bland employs his sons and
step-aon to transport patients to and from
the Asylum, instead Of entrusting this duty
10 employees Of the Hospital, as required BY