The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-10

druggists of the Mill City why the
present incumbent should not succeed
himself in office. The tenor of the az
ticle was to the effect that there was
general opposition to Mr.. Harding
among the Minneapolis pharmacists,
but friends of the gentleman in this
city declare the attack to be useless
exhibition of personal spite instigated
only by the head of a rival school Of
pharmacy in Minneapolis to the insti
tuition of a like nature conducted by
Mr. Harding Useless in that, it is said,
there is not the slightest desire on Mr..
Harding's part to succeed himself, and
showing personal malice because of the
alleged effort to injure the school of
pharmacy conducted by him.
The charges made are that as the.
proprietor of a school Of pharmacy
whose students must pass an eXamina-
ton before the board of which Mr..
Harding is a member, that it is at least
a violation of propriety that he con-
tinue on the state board of pharmacy
and that he lays claim to certain de-
gress to which the article inSinuates
he has no right. In regard to the lat
ter indirect accusation copies of several
letters purporting to have been received
from the institutions where, 1t is al
legged, Mr.. Harding claims to have re-
ceived the degrees in question, are pub
lished, setting forth that he was never
a student at any of them.
The latter phase of the controversy
Mr. Harding's friends in this city do
not pass upon further than to express
regret, if the charges regarding the de-
grees are true, but with the reservation
that they do not believe that he has
been sailing under false colors. AT the
same time, however, it is pointed out
that accusations regarding the degrees
are the result of animus on the part of
the proprietor of another school of
pharmacy, who, it is said, has conduct
ed the correspondence upon the subject
and possesses the original of the letters
published upon the subject. With the
sole object of discrediting Mr.. Hard
ing's school, it is claimed, his rival
has displayed an unusual tenacity in
bounding him, and stirring up discus
sion over a matter which, it is said, has
long been settled, namely, the question
of Mr. Harding again serving on the
state board. In regard to the latter
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friends that there is not the slightest
likelihood of his reappointment, and
they positively assert that he would
not serve, even if Gov. Clough saw fit
to tender the office for a second term.
In fact, it is said that Mr.. Harding de-
sired to resign his Office last winter
and was only prevented from so doing
by the intervention of friends who in
sisted that he serve out his term. In
support of this assertion, it is argued
that the next member appointed to the
board would in accordance with custom,
come from the country, and, that, as
Mr.. Harding is now a resident of St
Paul, he could not logically be a candi-
date for reappointment. For political
reasons also, 1t is said, Gov. Clough
would not entertain the idea of Mr.
Harding'S reappointment, as policy
would demand selecting his successor
outside of the Twin Cities. In regard
to the alleged improperly of Mr.. Hard
lng's continuance as member of the
state board, and also as the proprietor
of a school of pharmacy, it is argued
that unless all men are to be consider
ed dishonest, this phase of the discus
sion is without potency. Mr.. Harding,
as member of the examining board,
Il is said, grades aspirants for .certifi-
Gates on but one subject, while each Of
his four fellow members likewise pass
upon one subject, leaving absolutely, it
is claimed, no opportunity for him to
materially favor his own students, even