Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-04-11

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nished apprOvcrs Of Dr.. plnyfair's per.
hdy. Doubtless many of the physi.
clans called by the practitioner In his
DEFENSE feared that, II they were not
abettOrs after the fact, DIR. Playfnir.
provided he won ut the bar. would be
able to cripple or destroy their profcs.
siOnal prospects. A more dlsgraceful
Incident has not been found In prOfes.
sional life In recent years than the cou-
currcncc Of a number Of these delln.
| Qients In ethics. who declared that Play
fair was justified In denOuncing a pa.
tient as immoral ON presumptlve evi.
dence procured In his private relation
ship as consulting specialist. Another
instance Of recent occurrence presents
case less Infamous. but not without
perfldy. that of ex.EditOr Gust. who.
after his dismissal by Mr.. Astor, parad-
cd In the London Times shamelessly
over his own signature matters Of
which he acquired knowledge only In
his confidential relationship to an en-.
plOycr. The London Times. which ap.
proves the finding In the Playfair case.
was unconscious that In the case Of
Gust II became. 10 far as clrcumstanc
permitted. rs disgrncefully nm abettor
Of professional turpltude rs the tine.
serving doctors who unsucccssfully
sought to shield Play fair In a position
OF unparalleled baseness II II prob.
able that II Astor had brought an nc.
tiOn against Gust a jury would have
found for him, rs another has found
against DIR. Playfair. 1t has been fle-
honor Of the common people Is n higher
one than that prevalent among what
are cOnventlOnally called the higl'cr.
but what In truth are the lower.
Glasses" II Playfair be hereafter be-.
reft Of patients, having sworn that he
was In no way bound to respect the
sanctlty of professional cOmmumica.
lions except by the measure of his own
caprice. the new employers OF Ed'tcr
Gust ought to be cautious how far they
trust him with suggestions they will
not be willing to have posted IN the col.
umns OF their most conspicuous uud
least esteemed contemporaries.
Tho inside family reasons for the res
ignatiOn Of BallingtOn Booth ana his
wife from the regular army. AMI for
their refusal to obey the orders Of Gen.
Booth the senior, have never been al.
vulged, but there IL little doubt that
the cause Of their detection was their
Americanism. They have become
American citizens. Under their admin
istratiOn the Salvation army In this
country has become prosperous and has
done a great and successful work In the
slums. Much Of this was due to Bal.
llngtOn Booth. but most Of II to his
wife. Apparently cnvious Of this sue.
cess. and finding his own name under
an eclipse. the general Of the army. u
typical John Hull In aggrcssiveness,
discipline. and personal authority.
sought to rcinstate himself In the Unit.
ed States and set up a personal sal.
walton machine Of which he would be
the boss. He ordered his son and
daughter-in.law to give up their places
and 70 to England. When they re-.
fused he sent commissioners over to
demonstrate with them and induce
them to obey orders. They were per.
sistent. however, In this decision. Then
the old man indirectly pronounced the
anathema Maranatha ana called upon
the lads ana Mssies Of the army to pray
for darlington and Maude M sinners
"who have fallen beneath un almost
unparalleled weight Of temptation ami
hattery," thus seeking to huniiliate
them In the eyes Of their followers.
The prayer policy. however. has not
worked as lie expected. Large mum.
hers Of them, instead of praying. have
deserted ana gone over to the new
standard Of their old comma nder. Sen.
timentally the new army will have the
sympathy of Americans. ReliglOusly
there should be room for both Organixa.
tons. There IL work enough to &C.
cOmpllsh In the slums to admit of any
amount OF competition. Practically
the issue must depend upon the execu.
tive ability Of B8llington Booth as com.
pared with that Of his father. In any
event, one organisation will be con.
Quoted upon the broad general princl.
pies Of religious societies and worked
for the general good, while the other
will remain as the exponent Of the one
man idea-that idea including personal
ambition and love of power rs well as
foreign military control. which Is not
just now popular In this country.
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