Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-05
State Board of Health.
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TO me EdR0r o. me hegiS'r'
1t is not my intention or yet my desire to
handy epithets and crooked objections, with
the Secretary of State Board of Health, who
80 violently assailed "Ion" in the issue Of
the REGISTER of the 3Oth Of January-as he
whispered at the close Of his TRADE. to the
editor, that he was not feeling well, there
fore charity compelleth me to keep swee, on
the afflicted secretary and / shall only note
some Of his wild workings and place myself
fairly before a discriminating public that
they may determine as between the secre-
tary and myself which has proved the "falsi-
fier'-we find by the report Of the Secretary
of Health Board the receipts and expendi-
lures from June 18th, 1881 to August 10th,
1888. as follows: Receipts 81, 745, disburse-
ments $3.24l.50, excess Of disbursements
over receipts were Sl,496.5l. To this I
said may be added the bill
for public printing, and salary Of
Secretary OF Board $500. 1t is well to bear
in mind that the report submitted is made
I'D to the 18th of August, 1889. The act
originating this board. provides that the
secretary Of said board, may have an annual
salary Of $500 for his services as such; did |
miss state or falsify when ! added $500 to
be provided for as salary for 1884? The
secretary doubtless expects the $500 for
services rendered in 1884, also $500 for
1885. Out Of the appropriation of s., 900
asked for Ito protect the State from cholera
INVASION am inclined to think there are
other invaders to be more feared than
cholera. The secretary states in the article
which appeared in the REGISTER that the
whole expenditures or expenses Of the board
did not exceed $500 per year. When by
report we find that in little over two years
the disbursements we're $3,24l.57. Now
either the secretary has falsifed in his report
or in his letter OF January 3Oth, which sp.
pearrd in the REGISTER; or has made an
ambiguous statement purposely to nislead
the public. To sift the whole OF the secretary s
article 1t will be noticed that ny whole
sin, as he claims in Italics was the mistak.
ing OF bis salaro for which one might Judge
from his language that he was a fall
fedecd graduate from the islums of Kit
Burns rat pit, New York. But be was not
feelii gwell. When the secretary asserts that
l. WTOlS IBe HHEiOu 'Ouuiy i'tN'ii "AAN" ny
pearrd in the REGIsTEk;j or that any per.
son ether than myself dictated or wrote the
ZION" article, he deliberately falsi
fies never saw the Marion county
letter until nv attention was
call, 4 to it by the secretary's article. Again
when be says that my article was written
through personal malice, he falsifes. j
wrote II simply because the facts demanded
it. Has the secretary met one Of the ar
gumonts produced showing why the law
governing the board should be modified oil
the whole thing abolished as useless ex
penditure of the public funds. 1t was the
truth that hurt and caused the secretary tc
suuirm. presume the matter will bt
fully ventilated in the Legislature, and thai
they will rigidly enquire why $4,000 il
wanted-whether it is for paying old ex
penditures and salaries rather than provid
ing for cholera invasions. ~ los.
Lewis county, February 2, lSs5.~,~