Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-08
EuE WESTON ASYLUM.
a Ds,en of DR.. crumhaoker a sma for for
action 'the Board-strange hush ioi
Cheap oD>rhese Mckinley Times

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- yne 80, the Register ~,
Weston W. June THE excite
ment incident to- ne meeting and work
of the asylum boa has in a measure
subsided, so far as ,rface indications
are concerned, but theA is a suppressed,
but dominant feeling disappointment
and dissatisfaction with t., many faith
full followers of the g. O. who were
not favored with some Office.
Applicants literally packed he spa-
cious halls and offices of the a.soita,
The large majority of them rm-
ers and their sons pressing tn Ans
This was somewhat striking 70
recall the fact that it has beel a yNr |
since Mckinley was nominated seye
months since he was elected and three
months since he was inaugurated. In
brief. it is surprising that so many peo-
nle would be so actively seeking jobs
at from SIS to $25 per month in the
very midst of a glorious Mckinley
boom. 1t was understood before the
session that many changes would be
made. for it has long since become APP
narent that the political party now IN
mower has abandoned its boosted tenet,
that il stands upon high ground for
principle and not for office. Theoret-
ically this ancient doctrine of the Re
publican party is beautiful, practically
it is obsolete.
The short editorial in the Register OF
the 4th and the more elaborate one on
the 5th could not have been more peril
nent had the writer been on the ground.
Won sneak the exact truth when you
saw: Or. Crumbacker is thoroughly
capable man and the Weston asylum
has prospered under his management,
despite the fact that his hands have
been tied in the manner indicated
His competency and ability as an ex-
ecutive officer has been fully proved by
the fact that two rigid and careful ex-
aminations were made by legislative
committees composed of his political
enemies. and in each instance highly
favorable reports were returned and APP
proved by the legislative bodies with
large Republican majorities. 1t is con-
coded here by every fair minded person
that DR.. VIM. p Crumbacker has made
a most worthy, capable and faithful Of
ficer.
Much unfavorable comment is heard
on al sides upon the communication
from this place which appeared in the
Register of the 4th, and especially the
article therein signed by j. S. Burdett,
C. L. Austin and NJ. T. Morrison. The
endorsement by the writer of the article
of the idea that any unjust discrimina-
ton was made by the board against the
assistant physicians, shows him to be
very respectful to the truth by keeping
out Of its range. A question which the
written complaint of the three assist
ants suggests. and which is frequently
asked is. if DR.. Crumbacker has been
such an officer as they state mo-
ment of enyious excitement, was it
honorable in them to conceal the fact
from the public, whose money went in
to their packets in consideration OF
honest and faithful service?
1t would not seem to lie in the
mouths of these three gentlemen to re-
fleet on the board for its employment OF
DR. Crumbacker when the same board
likewise kept them. 1t is certainly not
the fault of DR.. Crumbacker, nor the
fault of the board which has kept him
in office. that the members Of that body
were unable to find such merits in any
of the native born assistants, some OF
whose fathers were soldiers in the late
rebellion in behalf of the Union DR..
Crumbacker was born in Wheeling),
as to Justify them in removing the sup
erintendent and elevating the soldier
bow" and this inability of the board
continued notwithstanding the persist
ent efforts of these brave sons Of SOL
diers to en,ighten its members as to
their peculiar fitness for the position
of superintendent The boards OBJ
tuseness in this regard is doubtless the
cause of the reflection upon it, judging
from their piteous appeal for only TWEEN
ty-three days further service, nobody
but the three discharged assistants has
any worthiness whatever, the former
board. the present board, DR.. Crum-
hacker. (after deliberation they came
to the magnanimous conclusion that the
druggist position was not a sinecure),
and even the lady in the matron's place,
and indeed everybody who does not
share the spleen and spite of the re-
signing assistants is assailed by the
spiteful, but appealing complaint. Ii is
a compliment to the present board that
as soon as the article was read by one
Of the signers, their conditional resig-
nation was made absolute by prompt
acceptance Much credit to the board for
this quick rebuke.
A remark frequently made here is
that If Dr. Crumbacker did not rise I'M