The San Francisco call., 1899-09-27

II R. CRAM was not slow yesterday
in consulting with his attorney.
The revelations of DR.. G. H. Ca
zarian, who claims that Dr.. Teb-
- bets demanded of him $500 for a
dental certificate, made further delay
in the matter an absUrdity. DR.. Cranz
and Thomas D. Riordan determined there
fore to lose no further time. The evil
dence is at hand, the witnesses are ready,
the personal and professional honesty of a
State officer have been questioned, and
for the sake OF the entire profession an
investiga ton has become a necessity.
1t was found impossible yesterday TO fin
ish the charges in their formal way in
time to mail them to the Governor and
to the president of the State Board Of
Dental Examiners. The documents will
be signed by DR.. Cranz this morning, and
will be Immediately mailed. 1t is within
the Governors power TO determine what
character the investigation shall take.
Some members of the Board of Exam
iners believe that the board should not
undertake the inquiry. The scandal has
assumed such wide proportions that these
members believe that suspicio~ as been
cast over their own reputatiC moth
ing should be left undone H. ,e the
matter TO the very bottom. -..- evident
reluctance Of DR.. G. S. Bachman to take
any action has excited adverse comment,
but prominent men in the dental profess
sion insist that it is due to the entire fra
ternity to locate and punish the guilty
persons. and free the others from an un-
just suspicion.
There is an evident disposition on the
part of professional friends of DR.. Teb-
bets to suppress the facts, but develop
ments have come so quickly that the ef-
fort has proved hopeless. This disposition
has been shown by men who are members
of the State Board of Dental Examiners,
as we'll as some that are not. That is one
reason why the suggestion has been made
that the inquiry should be held exclusively
by the State board.
AS an evidence that some strange influ-
ence is at work to throttle an investiga
ton and prevent the whole truth of the
Dental Boards rottenness from becoming
public, the attitude of DR.. j. l.. Asay OF
the faculty of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, is interesting. After depre-
eating the crookedness in the board. after
resigning. as he stated, because he found
himself helpless TO do what he thought
was right, and after taking an enthusias-
tic fnteres4 in the impending investigation
and promising to add his testimony to es-
tabIish the guilt of Tebbets, he has sud-
denly suffered a most aggravated case of
"cold feet" In attempting to squirm out
of the position into which he voluntarily
less tangle of contradictions and incon-
sistencies. In an interview last night DR..
Asay said
Il deny that I ever paid DIR. Tebbets
any money for securing certificate for
a young lady or any other person. / OBJ
tect TO having my name used in this
connection. as one of the faculty of Ply
sicians and Surgeons. 1t gives out the
idea that we are all a lot of boodlers out
there. | will not deny that had young
lady friend who took the examinations.
l will not deny that Tebbets approached
me with the information that certain
members of the board were opposed to
granting certificates to women. l will
not deny that he said he could fix the
matter for me. have consulted an at
torney and 1 have nothing to say on
these points.
This matter is not going to end here
Before l get through others will be drawn
into this thing, and Cranz will be sorry
that he ever stirred up this mess"
And these statements are made within
twenty-four hours after Dr. Assay visited
DR.. Cranz, assured him of his support
in exposing corruption in the State
Board OF Dental Examiners, and out