The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-06
Che 9ntflliaetlter.
DR. lIOY'S CIRCULAR.
The Department mt Washington in HOI
The Facts in the Case.


The Department mt Washington in u Hole
The Facts in the Case.
TO he Editor ofAe IHislligaeer:
SIR: One observes with complacency
the fight Of aspirant with aspirant for the
minor offices held in the various coun'
ties, and the fight between the friends oil
Hogg and the friends Of Gibson for the
Congressional race is also Of interest,
but the contest in Mason County be-
tween the aspirants for nomination to
the candidacy OF Prosecuting Attorney
on the Democratic ticket was Of interest
the most absorbing. It was the fight be.
tween the friends Of Hon. Sam. S. Spen-
Ger and the friends Of Major w. ii. Tom.
linson, Mr.. Spencer carrying of the
nomination. Out OF this contest grew
the sensation published far and wide
with regard to the circular issued by DR..
Hoy, OF the United States Examining
Board. have this day come into pos.
session OF copy OF said circular, and all
the details connected with its publica-
ton. However much OF official indis-
cretion the doctor may be guilty Of for
having mailed the circular to soldiers
who had been examined by the Pension
Board, every indiscretiOn committed by
him seems TO have been Endorsed In nd.
vance by the Department at Washing
ton. The doctor had taken the precau-
ton to submit it to the department otli-
cials, and it had passed under the scru-
tiny OF the Chief OF the Department him.
self. Or. Hoy should never have given
it publicity by mailing 1t to the voters
OF Mason County.
1t is true that the circular Is remark
able one, which none other than agenius
could have constructed, butat least some
OF the odium cast upon the doctor ought
to have been distributed TO the depart
ment at Washington for not setting its
foot on the manuscript when submitted
to il for inspection before publication.
The circular, however, really contains
nothing criminal. 1t has been con-
structed with such remarkable ingenuity
as sCarcelyIo reach the borders OF civil
service law, yet can be interpreted into
almost any meaning an adverse readeNI
might desire 10 give it, Although it
displays the genius OF more than an or
binary brain, yet but for the under
handed schemes OF enemies in the doc
tors own party the circular may never
have gotten into the newspapers. And
there seems 70 be connected with the
affair spirit OF persccutioH=nQt on the
part OF the department ut Washington,
hut on the part OF private individuals
who envy the doctor the advancement
he has attained. II has been through
the indomitable energy and perseverance
OF the doctor himself that the board has
been built up, and the department at
Washington seems to be at loss as to
what to do in his case. II it should re-
instate him in his former position, it
will have to suffer the odium OF having
sanctioned IN official indiscretion, But,
il it should cut off the doctors head at
ter his taking the precaution to submit
the circular TO It's inspection before pub
lication, it will not only stultlty itself
and exhibit an objectionable weakness
on the part OF its chief official, but ere
ate an uproar in the Democratic camp in
their end of the State, the end OF which
cannot nov be coniectured. The depart
ment is evidently in Il hole, and does
not know which way to turn in order 10
get out. 10. n
FoiEi Pleasant, J,mc4