Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-24
Referring to the Superintendent of the
Weston Asylum.
10 tA4 Editor or ths Rs0istsr:

Referring to the Superintendent of the
Weston Asylum.
10 th1 Editor or Hs Register:
SIR:-I notice that the especial to the
REGISTER" from Charleston, WA, says
DR.. Crumbacker, who was recently
elected to the SUPPLEMENTARY Of the
State Hospital for the Insane at Wes-
ton, w. Va, was born and raised in
Wheeling.
A Charleston paper reported when he
, was elected that he lived in New Mar
tinsville. A letter from prominent
physician there says he has lived there
seventeen years, and he never heard OF
such a person and he had consulted the
oldest inhabitants and they had not.
Now have nothing against DR.. Crum-
| hacker, but what 1 wish TO know is,
whether he is.a citizen and legal voter
OF the State of West Virginia? II he is
not, then the Constitution of our State
saws: (See page "a, section 4. mo
persons except citizens entitled to vote
shall be elected or appointed to any
State, county or municipal office"
When the Directors for the Hospital
at Weston were appointed they had to
| take and subscribe TO an oath to sup
port the Constitution of West Virginia.
How could they in violation OF thelr
| oaths 60 to Ohio and elect or appoint
superintendent to State institution
who is not a citizen or entitled TO vote:
Before the Doctor can become the
Superintendent of the hospital he will
have to take the oath to support the
Constitution of the State, and also be-
fore he can practice in the State he will
have TO register as physician.
The Governor of the State OF west
Virginia has taken an oath TO support
the Constitution Of the State and see
that no part OF it is violated. How
then can he, even if the Directors OF
the Hospital, appointed by himself plead
ignorance, be blameless?
A few years since this same thing
happened In Ohio. The directors oil
ono Of the asylums elected physician
from Indiana. The case was brought
before the Supreme Court, and that
body decided that they could not en-
ploy a physician to State institution
from another State, and likewise q
physician ITOIn NeSb VII bihlU 10 PAN
hibited by law from being elected to a
like POSITION in Ohio, and as the state
of West Virginia has similar provi-
sion in its Constitution, why not protect
her citizens as Ohio does hers? II Ohio
will not let a physician from West Viz
ginia or Indiana cross her lines to
responsible position, shall we allow her
TO invade ours?
Is not the action of the Board of d.
rectors of the West Virginia Hospital
for the Insane reflection on the 1000
physicians who vote and earn their
daily bread and pay their yearly taxes
in West Virginia? -Four hundred doc
tors Is quite an army. They are all
gentlemen of standing and learning
ana of the highest responsibility, and
their daily duties bring them in contact
with the masses and they will resent
the stigma placed upon their profession
in West Virginia. The REGISTER
stated at the time Of the removal OF
DIR. Lewis that he resigned and the
REGISTER of Friday the 21st, reiterates
the same. DR.. Lewis did not resign but
was ousted by the Board which had
secured the services OF DR.. Crumoacker
some days before the meeting. So this
thing was not q necessity Of the moment
but was a preconcerted job. NJ. ID.