New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-19
POPULAR OBSERVATIONS.
ATTEMPTING A WEAK DEFENCE.
BARBARITY OF THE IsL;P BAYMEN NOT IL BE-

To tho Editor Of The Tribune
sir: beg that you will publish, in behalf OF ,he
people OF this town. a perfectly suppoSapie i'i
case The Islip Health Board exists uhder III, 49,,
general law as does the New-lork ti'y h
Board or the Health Officer OF the Port OF Ne" 'o
and its powers are Just as, absolute ana hu"'ia"
within Us own territory. Now. suppose the NOT.
MAMMA had been consigned to an lslp firm anu oou
have entered the Great South Bay. had been ioulu
infected and olIaranned by the 1sip Board; tha' we
had taken steps to get the passengers away anu ""
authorized private citizen (who might OF h'sn' NV
be officially a Governor 10 buy Us STRIP Vi '""
six miles from New-York City, and then hau sum
these passengers there to be landed. How long "ouu
the people Of New York CITY have rested uneer our
attempt Only so long IS 1t would take them 10
tumble the Metropolitan police force onto nm IRON
s+cauboo, and co down 10 put Us off. And then, II
We had called them clamdggcrs7 and savaeeS'
they would have wrapped their municipal togas apo"'
them and scornfuy bit their thumbs nj us ~"
see the polnt Of viewn makes all the difference III
the world.
Weld 10 no man in nv admiration for DR.. JenHiS'
His work at Quarantine has been magnihcenh anu "r
the danger IS over and gone, hope that a sp'"u''
public demonstration will add approval to the pa"s
OF his own good conscience. believe "o''r""r
Flowers heart was right and that he thought 10 40
the best possible but TO ride roughshod over oil law
as no has done Is stretching the very elastic u.s.
cretlonary powers he possesses TO dangerous "''
sion.
Another CALLING feature is that the claws OF the
Tamrnany tiger have made themselves felt through
the whole matter. It's greed stops not at peSuen'e'
Mr. sammis admitted to me personally on sunday ia'''
as he complaccntly stroked the SJ0OoochecK JUST
handed him by Mr. Wilson, that after this Is all over
the Stokes crowd are TO get the property at figure
and will put llp big hocl.- etc. Mr.. SanmF iui7er
admits receiving only $50 900 In cash and tlOV'Voo
mortgage on his S2100o0sale.
DENY explicitly hat az any time bowling moo
held poSscSson Of Fire Island, though OF course thr
statement will he received with dcrson ny 'ne w
asperatcd passcnS gers and city health officials Out
adduce rs proof that the sheriff Of Suffolk County,
when he assumed command At The Governors d'r''-
ton promptly swore in deputies the very same
mon we had sworn in on Saturday and SUNDAY a.
spnAal Dolico We are naturally held Responsible III
few loacrs driitwood from The cly VINO ",ts rs
clear and approving as we know ~ 'rn ssi chilled
be. In spite Of the suffcrincs OF those ne Is sui
The Islip Beard does propose 70 lot the mater
rest in It's pcnt shape ThT TS 10Y 9" Other , and
possibly actually Infested passengers after those oi
the Normannia are released by hancas corpus OF o
wise is ms tntolcrnhe 10 us as II wonlu ne 70 th'
citizens Of New-York City. were they living here
We believe the opinions Of thoroughly able couIs",.
that we are legally right and we hope soon 70 SNOW
that the Governors advisers have been hasy ana
| illegal In their counsel go 90,
Is. - .
Office Of tho Board Of Health. Town Of lsllp, Bay
Shore, l.. l.. September II. lS92.
Mfr Studlev will not find that any unprejuficed
and fair-mindcd person anywhere will agree "''h
him. Mr.. Studlcy cannot seriously suppose 'iia'
| the people Of Ncw-Yorl would have made any "
sistancc or offered any opposition II Dr' JenA'"'
had put the Normannia's passengers on "o'''.
nor's Island or on BlackwclTs Island bo'h ol
which are very much nearer the most crowded
narts of Ncw-York City than Fire Island Is "a
Babylon, Ielp or Bay Shore No. Mt o'uunN'
there is no excuse for the cowarcly. senS"l'N'
and illegal actions Of the Islip Board OF Health
and Of their accompliccs In the outrageous de-
Gance of public peace and order and the brutal
DISREGARD Of tie instincts of common humanity
| Of which they were all guilty. Tho Sheriff oil inc
county IL j. true. encouraged the law breakers,
but that did not mitigate or palliate their guilt
| II is unfortunately true that many sherihs 81
| many counties have encouraged ana slmula'c'
| violations Of law and punlic order on many oc-
casions but that does rot render the Offences OF
| law-brcakcrs any less scrious-Ed)