New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-07
PART II.
PAGES II TO ID.
HAS HE HIRED ALL THE CABSi
THEY ARE TO BE USED, II Is SAID, TO TAKE
VOTERS TO THE POLLS.
STATEN ISLAND SOCIETY EXCITED OVER The
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF THE s. T.

STATEN ISLAND SOCIETY EXCITED OVER TIE
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF THE $. T.
SMITH INFIRMARY.
Staten Island has been shaken TO Its very founoa'
tions recently and is still in violent state Of ag1ta-
ton over the approaching election OK seven enoc"
Of the board of trustees OF the s. r. smith ihnrmary.
ont OF the scething mass into which otaten lsiand
society has resolved itself threats OF libel sui's
and couniersuts and fragments Of heated diScussioh'
which sferwad CONCEAL into broad exranses VI ris'.y
extending over whole parishes. Families are dNi'ei
and members of the club dine In oppcse COT
ners with faces studiously avered Neither do they
speak they pass by.
OF course there is a woman in the case, ana hait
dozen doctors. The woman IS the matrOn Of the IN
Urinary. The six doctors are members 0l us hce'
board A board OF eighteen trustees, medlcM sto-
dent formerly in charge of the inrmary ana sundry
lady managers ETC., constitute the drama'is per
.onae Of the play, while set OF surgical Instruments
1gi,c notably among the lroperie,.' Right IN inc
middle centre, vi the stage. the curtain goes up,
ar, tie aforesaid practicable Instruments willie ms
matron, supported by a chorus Of lazy Managers
mnlntains that they have been kept so dirty thas
every operation Ifomcd has r sulel IN D'ood p'isoi'
ing BY way Of answering TINS compiin'' SEA
tct OF surgeons connected with the infrTaIy demand
that the mat,on lie discharged The trio Of remaining
doctor, iniorsed her highly.
Whenever doctors disagree on staten lslahd' VI
course Wman Is called in To decide 'he us
pute. Afer Mr.. Wimans appearance on tile stage Inc
plot tEichcns and the action quckens. lie ehsases
The hes; obtainube expert in NewlorE, who examines
the ln-lruments and ports their conli'ioh as S'ae
iu7 .a;s that they not lit FOR use anu arc gen
orally in condition that could only result from ~
nOrance or crimina, negligence ADout mere INC ouA
tain dOpS The fist act.
In the second net Mr.. Wlman demands ana geS tho
resignation OF TIE medical student in charge OF the
- An.s
not get the resignation Of the maron Determined 10
have some res graiions the doctors hcreupon resign
themselves. Rather than be out OF fashion, r "i"ah
also resigns and with SIX other trustees, whose @' NO
expire AT that date announces himself cahdluat' io'
reelection and vndicat Thursday during tls sct
there T. much stage thunder and iShtDins Ihe mu.e'
ngs Of disrupted families arc heard, ana Tue sa"hs'
of unbrligabie social chasEls occur
The third act opens with the campaign and Is sun
on A share in the nlrmary and the ngAt 10 d '"'e
can b, purchased 10, -. Mr.. Wmans frehds anu
those Of the other trustees have II Is saio' .po"
Gated all their available securities TO pile up his hia'
,rty The friends OF the doctors are reported to nave
mort gagc their homes to raise the necessary MYERS
tn purcas, votes The holdover trustees have Issued
manifesto on behalf OF their brethren 1t Is sisheo
by George william Chris, FIX. Norton II. L. HieA''
der Edward c. Bridgman, James IL DAVIS Aquia
Rich George s. schcfeld George NJ. Wmtehouse ana
George T. Bonner.
THE committee who are backing the medical student.
the SIX doctors and the dirty Instruments are hooh'
Ing the island with circulars FOR the opposition ucAel
The lady managers making house TO mouse
CANVASS and things cumming generally. Inc
u..,ule talk niirusry politics on tie boat. at tno
iaUe aud III their sleep. Good and heretofore oosiens
wives who believe IN Mr.. Wiman threatened 70 nee GU
,,Ion doy All the neither clothing Of their HUSBANDS
who happen to back the DOCTORS so that they cahnos
leave the house TO vote. 10000, al IN.
hacks on the island for between the hours OF
mM 8 D. m Thursday. when the polls are Open ana
lis supporters will ride the polls, while the oP
poston must shnne along ~ the dust Inc s.a,e el
| isl,rd Rapid Transit Company owns loo votes whtn
uSn no s,dly for the election Of Mr.. Wfman ana DIS
brother trustees One enthusiastic partisan IL Is ssin
| n,nr,S,d TO admit only Wtrnan supporters on me
terry heat on Thursday afternoon. 80 as 10 rocKet az
Tho onposition voters In New York but this has been
oyrr1ijed by cooler heads. In fact the eyes Oh the
nation win be on staten Island III THURSDAY; ana
ns AR as the circle OF interest Of the ismnds III.
hn,dt;In, Is concerned this week, Minneapolis "Snt
In It."