The evening world., 1894-08-29
Or. emery ASSAIlED.
Sohieren Asked by Citizens to Re-
move the Commissioner.
Say He Was Responsible for The
Late SMALLPOX Scare.
Incompetency About the Mildest
Charge Against Him.

The fact leaked out this morning that
petitions we,e being circulated In all
parts OF Brooklyn, asking Mayor Schie-
rem to remove from Office Dr. u. Taylor
Emery, Commissioner of Health. AL
though these applications for Dr. EN-
ery's removal have been in circulation
for several weeks, the Mayor had not
heard of the movement until to-day,
when he received the following letter
from Dr. Charles NJ. Bellows, of 4S3 Nos
trand avenue.
DIR. Bellows's communication was on one
Of the print ed blanks which have been
distributed for signatures:
To the Hon. Charles A. schieren. Mayor OF the
City of Brooklyn.
Dear SIR Allow me to protest against the above
complaint. on the ground that am not aware OF
any thing but successful administration. And
hope thu citizens Of brooklyn Will use discretion
before signing any such document. They must
take in consideration that a Just Commissioner
Is liable to appear severe.
The taxpayers OF brooklyn ought to be thank
full when men appointed by you who honestly
and Justly Ill their respective places
II tn, abovc request had been made before
your administration 1t would have been more APP
propriBte
his administration. and doctors know the i'm
n.pasemsnt Of ths pspsttPsn, Of Health e., and
with credit to himself, and tho earnest enort
that Is being made to protect the Ct, city from ON
'''N'' " CHAs IT, RELi.oWs. NJ D..
| 43s Nostrsnd avenue Brooklyn.
1t will be noticed that DR.. Bellows
fails to mention the name of ex-Health
Commissioner Griffin, DR.. Emery's i'm
mediate predecessor, who prevented
1.-THE Evening World" from relieving
| tho disfregs Of thirty-dyp DeODle whu
had been quarantined in a Prospect
street tenement, and left with nothing
to eat
| During the epidemic of smallpox last
Spring, just after DR.. Emery came into
office, he took stringent measures to
compel the inmates of tenements to be
a storm of opposition, not only. by many
citizens, but by some physicians as
well. In fact, several doctors got to.
gether and formed what was known as
| the "Anti-Compulsory vaccination
League" 1t is believed that some OF the
members Of that association are inter.
ested in the present movement to GUST
Or. Emery from office, The petition
| lows:
Though he In usually present during one hou'
a day ir his ONCE from 10 A. NJ to II A. M
he strives to surround himself with such pomr
| and circumstance as to hedge king by statlonine
police onicer at his door TO bar the way to the
ordnar, citizen who might have business with
| inc simplicity OF repupllCan, ways uoes
MT suit his aristocrstic tastes. II was he chiefly
| that created the recent smallpox scare" which
proved 10 disastrous to the material interests OF
| our city. involving a needless and unnecessary
expenditure OF 34s 600 OF the public money. and
| for which there was not the slightest foundation.
! During the first four months of the
present year, says the petition, there
were only 3SJ cases OF smallpox cut CT
a population OF 200, 600 s,ersons; in 1876
| when the population was less than ~ =.
half there were 500 cases. The report
adds:
| These figures most significant, as sttestins
| fussy Incompetence on the one hand and the EN-
| ployment Of sensible and efficient measures on the
ether in staying IN. progress Of a great public
calamity. He took advantage OF this factitlous
fright TO violate the sanrtity VI the domiCilc and
| force thousands into being vaccinIted against
their Will. In plain vocation of personal rights
| when the security of the public health did not
| in the least Justify such high handed measures
! His unjustihsblc conduct In dlsmssnE reputable
psrtment upon trumped up charges. implying
and blarkeninR their characters In the eyes OF tht
| community, is too we'll known and has been toe
| often discussed to have it brought again to Your
| fIdnor's notice. SuAnce It TO say that his base
and slanderous accusations have had the eHec
| OF declaring the dismissed orfrisls from the I'D
Vantsges Of the Civil-Seryice act for two years t.
came, and have thcreh" deprived them OF sucl
4 privileges and rights as citizens,
I Commissioner Emery is absent from
the city on vacation.