The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
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lpSit!"Ii VI INC bDH!N vi iit"''H
OF Louisiana, are very grave. and II
true. a." Overwhelmingly 'Iisgr"c@,
iu'. The report is as follows:
"Hun. }. G. Baker, Judge Criminal
District Court, Srrton a:
"}Ie, you" !::''al"l jury, beg t" S"',-
wit the following special report:
From evidence Of an uniupcaclia.
i,lr character which ::"S I,'''''
brought h.iurc US We "rr brought
80 iisr unfortunate conclusion t;iht
.hc confidence wil'rll should be u':r
oi The ,rnrinAi nnainStAyS OF ""
Board hi Health, has been entre!!
.nrf,iLeA. The appropriation 'y lis
president in cnnnnc' ;on with CIV"
Clayton Of the b>a'nwoik ct others
III having patented the "rra:a''s
used ~ he tnN!lpailnn OF vessels
and property AT or quarantine st; :,
1ion, made at III" expense OF HE
State a,.;t intended tor the lrnrtii
at I'uns1nj,S, aud he safe Of which
was offered to and rrtnstl hy the
government through S''r%ronGrn.
cral Weyman, by HE advice OF the
law otfrcrs ct he government, leads
It's TO .'nake this special report. cali.
!yg the attention OF tie proper au-
t!iorilrs 70 40 utter l'*onpe'enry
Of the hoard RS AT present c"nS''-
!ute.l, AND with its present '''"d.
"Rrspert fully submitted.
"jOS. COLLINS. Foreman"
II guilty, DR.. O'I'pImnt has
sinncd, not only against medical
ethics, which requires that amy lis
covery pertaining to the science Of
medicine shall be u free sift OF the
,Iiscovyrrr to humanity; but by ap.
tropriating the fruits Of anoiher'S
genius, tie has committed !" crime
against the hiss, mora! principles
that irsrire human, coIn|nc'. he
certainly owes il to himself to dis
prove these charges il! Il" can Go 80
publicly il the courts in an a:t|on
lor defan.n;iOn OF character.
But qn!c aNart llom DR.. Oil
plants guilt or lnnoreuce, it seems
that bringin" the matter np at Ills
t;mc--for the bIamewm'hy actions
mentioned are charged TO have og
cured sly long ago as 1Soi-iS more
in the nature Of q ease OF pnrsrcn-
liom thai, q natural nlignatiu"
against wrong conduct. IN OTHER
words, New Orleans is incense'! at
the injury done to her interests by
lhener;lleSs luvasio,oi yellow fever,
and is looking for some one or SOME
thing to wrtak her vengeance upon.
DR.. Cliiphart is The logical victim.
But way turn back to past annals
Tor The purpose o! crushing him?
He and his coadjNtors have quite
enough TO answer for 1T the bar OF
public opinion in making Ihs fatal
error Of Judgment, which permitted
hundreds, it may be thousands,
Of Infected persons to- enter
The city from Ocean Springs.
1t WAS III error ct Judgment, III
more. we firmly be!ive, fox in Tie
after fight with'the disease Dr.. O.!
Iphant acquitted himself like u hn
name man and wise physician. IL
bear the disapprovaI OF his fellow
citizcus and the world at large fo,
one act is hard enough, ITO pile OF
more is persecution bitter and I'M
sparng. And it is to be questioned
whether Grand Jury in the all
sence Of evidence that would author
ize indictment tor a specific crime
has a rigllt,to make ";l reIor," on ;
mars actions, apart and distinct
from such Indictment. 1t is grow
ing to he entirely too common a l,rac
tice and a halt should be called up
on if, or it will soon be that ne
public man will be sate~ from "a
CHARGE from some grand inquest
so long aS he has enemies to cast
asperslo"s upon him.
We are not making special plea
for DR.. Cliiphant, except for The
cause OF simple Justice. We arplor'