Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-14
CHARGES FILED
BY DIR. J. A. CAMPBELL AGAINST DR.. GEO
/. GARRISON,
Al Last Evenings Session Of the Council COmmi''ee
on Health-Ths Text Of the Ale
cations Made.

Committee on Health WET enlivened Will
a little incident not dow on the regular
pros amme.
This episode came before the body in
the shape of charge, preferred by DIR.
]. A. Campbell, the Chairman OF the Com
mittee, ard President of the City Board Of
Health, against DR.. George l. Carr ION,
the City Health Officer.
The committee met in the usual COM
mittee room, on the escond floor Of the
City Hall, and aftor being called to ORDER
Chairman Campbell raid:
Gentlemen, have here an application
from Andrew Gill; what is the pleasure
of the committee?"
A silence of several minutes duration
ensued, and then Mr.. Hadlich said: docs
report accompany it?"
The Chair: mo. SIR"
Mr.. Hadlich: 1T would probably be
good thing TO have such report.
The paper was then referred. This was al
right and regular. Then came the charge ].
Dr. Campbell called Mr.. Hadlich TO the
chair, and said he had a painful duty to
perform. He regretted the matter exceed
ipely, but he was a man and gentlen,n,
and be proposl to be treated as such. If
he could not secure such treatment, he
wanted 10 s6s whether the committee
would a6. DR.. Campbell then handed
over the following document, which WI
read:
''TO the Hon Members Of the Health csm-
mittee:
"GENTLENEN: At a meeting Of your
committee on Wednesday. May 8, you
passed a resolution instructing your chair
man to sign some several licenses, for men
who had applied for them, to your COM
mittee. after the Health Officer had inves-
tigated them, as Ter the ordinance.
"In fulfilling your commands | called
up the Health Officer by telephone, and
before could explain my business with
him, he began torrent OF abuse and
blasphemies and curses and using such
vile epithets as no gentleman would use
to anyone. Such epithets rs these char
acterized his foul language: Here follow
the Objectionable epithetJ alleged to have
been used And many others tcOnumerous
to mention.
"After taking all this abuse, | then in
auired of him if he would do as the COM
mittee requested. He replied: Il will
not examine the night soil licenses, and if
the committee wants me to do anything in
the hereafter they will have to ask for it
in writing
81 refer the matter to you, and hereby
demand a thorough investigation. AT the
proper time will prove TO you that your
executive officer, George /. Garrison, h
wilfully and maliciously insulted not
only the members of this committee,
through their CHARM IN, but the chairman
himself.
Furthermore, demand repatriation at
your hands from the fact OF being the
recipient of these abuses in fulfilling the
commands of yonr committee.
''Yours, respectfully.
~. A. CAMPBELL"
There was a pause following the con-
clusion of the reading and this was rudely
broken by Mr.. Farrell, who moved that
the prayer of the petitioner. for an inves-
tigstiop, be granted
Mr. Hsdlich said he presumed Mr.. Far
rell referred to the charges.
Mr.. Farrell said he did.
DR.. Campbell moved that committee
of three be appointed to hear and deter
mine the matter.
DR. Garrison inquired whether the body
he addressed was the Board of Health.
Mr.. Hadlich said it was the Committee
on Health.
DR.. Garrison renewed his enquiry in an
other form and Mr. Hadlich said he was
not very we'll posted, or something to that
effect.
DIR. Garrison thea threw ont a sugges-
ton that the matter be referred TO DIR.
Campbell for investigation.
This was not act ID upoD, and finally, |
upon motion of Mr.. Farrell, the entire
committee agreed to make an investiga-
ton into the matter.
Chairman pro TEN. Hsdlich then set |
Wednesday evening for the investigation, |
and at the request of the parties interested |
the following witnesses were summoned: |
r. NJ. Gilleland, George Abrams, j. W. |
Norman and William Fugate.
The committee then adjourned.
The trouble between the two doctors has |
been going on for some little time At the
meeting of the Committee on the 8th inst,
to which DR.. Garrison says he was not in
vited by the usual notice, DR.. Campbell
uttered some remark the reverse Of
eulogistic, directed towards DR.. CARR
son, and there was some further trouble
at a recent SESSION Of the Police |
court, when garbage or night soil case
was on trial On that occasion there were
some words and DR.. Garrison asked to be
protected by the court from DR.. Campbell
according to the correct version of the
affair.
Last.evening Dr. Garrison denied the al
legations Of DR.. Campbell es far as pro-
family or blasphemy was concerned, but
admitted applying a number of uncom-
plimentary epitbets to the Chairman of
the Health Committee.
The matter created a good deal of talk
last evening about the city.