Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-07-23
Omen Letter to Judge Rising

lars of the county are administered,
and the utter hopelessness of getting
redress through ordinary channels, |
am impelled to thus publicly call
YOUR attention to the situation, and
to ask you to use your authority IN
behalf of law and justice.
When, through the violation Of
law. money is taken from the treas
ury, the word ''plunder' is very
mild term with which to characterize
the act, and as | do not wish to use
extremes in language In speaking OF
this matter, 1 will use no stronger
term.
l charge the County Commission
toner's of this county with having
plundered the county in the last ten
wears. to the amount of several thou>
sand dollars. Section 3105 of the
computed laws of Nevada, reads as
follows:
''In letting all contracts of any and
every kind, character and description
whatever, when the contract in the
aggregate amounts to five hundred
dollars or more, the County Com
missioners shall advertise such con
tract or contracts to be let, stating
nature and character thereof
All such contracts shall be let to the
lowest responsible bidder : :
This act the County Commissioners
have persistently violated for the last
nine or ten years in the manner as
follows:
Up to about ten years ago the CON
tract for medical and surgical attend
ance upon the county poor, was 'ad-
vertised and let to the lowest respon-
s;ble bidder"
About that time the Commission
ers commenced to violate the law
and every recurring year since have
done likewise.
At that time, in answer to adver-
tisements for bids, Dr.. Smart put IN
bid to do the required business tor
S25 a month the present incumbent
put in a bid to do it for $40 per
month. The formers bid was re
iected and the latter's accepted. In
few months the Commissioners
raised his salary to 5000, per year,
and haye never advertised since; but
have kept him there at that salary
all of these years.
The Commissioners excuse for ac--
cepting the higher bid was that the
lower one was too cheap, and that
the man of their choice was the more
com petent Of the two.
Let US look into the matter of
competency. Judging of physician 5
competency there are two consider
ations to be governed by-where did
he graduate, and what results in
nractice does he havel DR.. Smart
was a graduate of Bellevue, an lnstl-
tuition of the first order. The pres
ent incumbent is a graduate of the
Physiomedical College of Cincinnati,
long since defunct. From Leonhard' $
Illustrated Medical Journal of De-
troit, Mich, | quote: "Not recog-
nized. Diplomas from the following
medical colleges are not recognized
BY the Iowa State Board of Medical
Examiners" Here follows list of
26 fraudulent medical colleges, prom
inenrly among which is the PHYsIo-
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CINCINNATI.
The stand taken by the Iowa State
Board of Examiners had been pre-
viously taken by nearly every State
East of the Mississippi river. Judg-
ing from the credentials of DR.. Smart
and the present incumbent, which
was the more competent? The Cons
missioners may argue that though
the present incumbent did not come
from much of school, he has made
such progress since, that he IS now
the only competent physician to do
the County business.
In this case we will have to judge
| by results. For these / have no
business to go into his private prac-
tice, but have right to inquire in
to his work at the poor farm.
How many ever come away from
| there, who go therel Echo answers.
how many. This question is espec-
tally apropos in regard to the cases
of surgery.
In the last eight years four men
have gone there with broken legs,
one died, one came out to go with a
cr,tcb oDd cana thu balance of his