, 1886-03-04
The Health OHaar.

ItIitGE~ II. -IiD hItI, llt lti-lu Oil4
Ger. most savagely and outraSeously-
The editor Of taat paper must have
been chatting under the restraint of
his new boarding place. to make him
so bitter and vIEdictiva. Locally 1t
does not matter so much, but such an
attack carries abroad an unjust. III
iuriou5 and hbeloUs impression
against 4 physician who : 4 Teputa-
ble graduate from respectable
school Of medicine. who has lad an
extended and successful practice. Who
is u good citizen, moral, sober and
upright. and who Il certainly quail
fed to discharge the duties OF MS
new position properly. II his ap-
pOintment was q Snub and insult 10
the other physicians, - stated, the
appointment of one OF them would
have been q snub aud insult not to
I him alone but 10 the school OF m6di
cine 10 which lie belongs. As We
have previously : remarked, the whole
medical fraternity hereabOuts Gem
bined against DR.. MiDkler, simply
because he belonged to q different
/ sch0Ci-zud their unSeIhSh { , pro
| test went in against him along with
their personal applications for the
positions sought. Tho writer hereof
endorsed DR.. Seavey 10 the new board
OF heailh-haYing assisted il eIecliHg
! him health officer, and having found
! him faithful and worthy officer; but
/ now that the selection has been made
We believe the public has 20 right TO
question the action Of the board be
| yond inquiry as to the ability Of the
appointec 10 discharge his duties well
! and faithfully. That Dr.. 1hnkler
cas and will do this viii doubtless be
proven beyond question. The state
ment that the other physicians DO
not ask for his opinion III consulta-
ton because lie Is not capable OF
giving any Is both Untruthful and
libeious in the extreme. He Is not
consulted by the other physicians be-
cause he belongs to Z school OF medi-
cine different from theirs, and be
cause they. ii an unioyely, holier-
than thou spirit, refuse to recognize
him. All this fuss and furore has
developed into persecution OF DR..
MInkler. aud possibly may have eX-
cited the sympathies of the board in
his favor. The impression Is given
out that this appointment Is an out
irage upon the whole public, while we
are informed by member OF the
board that the petition asking for ii
contained many more names than
those on any other petition. The
Doctor says that Port Townsend Is
the first and only place where physi-
clans OF the old school ever refused to
council with HIM, and We do not
doubt 1t because We have seen re
Communications and endorsements of
him from eminent physicians Of the
old school in the east Opposition
to him here has gone to such lengths
that boatmen OF shipping agents alb
solutely refuse to take him off aboard
of vessels. Such extremely small
conduct is hardly creditable 10 any
place. 1t is one OF the unfortunate
phases of journalism that irresponsi,
bic and unprincipled persons may
get control of Il few pounds Of type
and use the same to slander good
citizens absolutely without fear OF
consequences, because no libel suit
could wiring dsmages from them.
\ word a. to the members of tbs
board. They are accused OF eleciing
. health officer because he was in
strumensal in procuring their ap
pointment Such an aapersion upon
their honor and dignity is SO pal
pably unjust that It should be re
sented by every good citizen. They
are representative men Of the CON
munity, are gentlemen whom al
know to be honorable, and while it !:
true that Dr. Minkler circulated Z
petition for their appointment, We
are in 4 position to state thar not one
OF them was pledged II adyance-anc
everybody knows that they patiently
and carefully examined ;he petition:
and credentials of every applicant
postponing definite action till they
were fully satisfied, and then e!ecting
the health officer by unanimous vote
The scurrilous attack made upoI
them and upon their appointee i.
noticed herein, not because the paper
; making ii amounts to anything, bu
because erroneous ideas may gc
; abroad froa it where its worthless
character IS not known.