The morning times., 1896-06-21

Four only of the ten Eclectic physicians
| recommended TO the Commissioners from
which to select the board of fexaminers pro-
vidcd for in the law to regulate the
practice OF medicine and surgery In the Dis
trict We're found to be eligible, and these
were named yesterday afternoon, the fifth
member to be hereafter chosen.
These We're: Drs. Thomas Robinson, Will
| lam Geddes, NJ. L. Julihn, and w. II Heiser.
| The remaining six in the list had not been
practicing a sufficient length OF time 70
| justify their appointment.
| The Commissioners took another step,
also, yesterday, in the matter ofcompleting
the board of supervisors called for. The
| Jaw provides that the presidents, respective
| ly, OF the three boards of examiners to-
| gether with two lay members, one OF whom
shall be lawyer, shall constitute the board
| of supervisors, with authority to make
regulations for its own government, and
charged with the duty OF selecting questions
| for examina ton of candidates. The lay
members Were appointed yesterday after
noon, Attorneys j. j. Darlington and John
RidOut being chosen.
! As soon as the fifth member OF the
Eclectic board is selected and that branch
organizes there will probably be but little
| delay in perfecting the final arrangements
for getting the official machinery in opera
REGULAR BOARD NET.
The boad of the regular school met yes
tenlay evening at the District building and
organized by electing DR.. c. II. A. Klein
schmidt president and DR.. George c. Ober
secretary.
The homeopathic boand will not be or
ganized, it is understood. until ]. 6. b.
custiS nf the fhrpe- mamhara o.
turns to the city, he having been absent for
several days.
The excise board, ut the meeting yester
day afternoon, approved nine of the ap-
plications for bar license from saloon
keepers In that quarter known as the
Division. The prediction of The Evening
Times of yesterday, therefore, missed 1t by
one.
There are still six applicants in that sec
tion whose fate is still respectively in the
balance. They will be cited to show cause
why their licenses should not he refused.
1t is understood that the excise board has
not altogether agrred upon the disposition
to be made of these cases, and this has
probably caused the delay in final con-
sidcratIon. The vote, however, upon the
questions decided yesterday was unanimous.
Those who won out are located as fol-
lows: George A. Davidson. No. 3O1 Four
No. 122S D street northwest; Frank p.
Burke, No. 1924 d street northwest: Michael
Hayden, No. 315 Fourteenth street north
west: Hugh Mccain, No. 302 Fourteenth
street northwest; Dennis Mullany, No. 500
Fourteenth street northwest: James Rich
ardson. No. els Twelfth street northwest;
William C. schwaE. No. 200 II street north
west: Charles A. SeDsenny, No. 304 Four
tcenth street northwest.
FIVE PASSED SAFELY.
Five other applicants passed the Rubicon
safely, named and located as follows:
John T. Clark, No 1922 Seventh street
southwest; Michael Clarke. No. 100 Twen-
ty-first street northwest; Columbia A tn
letic Club. A. Grant, president, No. 1882
G street northwest; Joseph Lane, No. sO6
Delaware avenue northeast.
A transfer was also ordered to be made
from Max Oppenheimer to Theodore Rup-
pert. No. 1921 Seventh street northwest.
The West Washington Hotel case was
again brought to the boards attention. SUBJ
sequent to the proceedings of the morning,
as given in The Evening Times. through
brief filed by Attorney C. Maurice Smith.
In this paper Mr.. Smith again cited that
there was no record evidence against the
applicants: that while the beard is alleged
To have sworn testimony affecting the
chara cter of the house. IL was the testimony
presented to the police court, which could
not be believed.
Referring to a suggestion made by Pres
ident johnson at the hearing in the morn
ing to the effect that to re consider the mat
| ter and grant u license to the applicant
would set a bad precedent, Mr.. Smith re-
| plies that to reject a license on mere sus-
pcion would jeopardiZe the business OF
every hotel in the District and put their
licenses at the mercy Of their enemies.
1t would. he added, in effect defeat the
very purpose of the proviso relating to
hotels.
A good deal Of stress is laid in this
controversy upon the opinion of Attorney
Thomas, who has stated in several in
stances that the hotel has a right to the
license upon showing compliance with the
| law, and that the board is without option
| in the matter, which opinion, Mr.. Smith
says, is the correct one.
UNJUST TO REFUSE.
The attorney says that as the hotel is
| located Oh a business street and has been
| il operation for number of years, it
| is unjust to refuse a license, jeopardiZe
| an investment and ruin the business of
reputable citizens merely upon the sus-
| picion that something has occurred hereto
| fore which cannot be approved.
The charge made by the police against
| the house under its former manager was
that liquor was sold on Sunday.
In their protest, as Dotted in the Even
| ing Times, against the assessment made
| upon the District by Congress in the matter
| of paying the claims for damages in the
Potomac flats case, the Commissioners
made the following statement:
"Thls requistion is made solely for the
| reason that Congress. having Incorporated
this item in the District appropriation act.
| designed thereby that the cost should be
borne equally by the United States and the
| District.
THE right is reserved to appeal to Con-
grcss hereafter to relieve the District
| from the charge now made against its
| revenues. inasmuch as the land to be pur.
chased is required solely for the improve.
ment of the Potomac River. and the title
thereto is to be vested entirely in the
| United States.'
This protest is signed not alone by the
| president of the board. but by each of the
| three Commissioners. as their unanimous
dissent from the injustice evidently done
the District by means which nobody is
| able to explain.
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