The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-18

J Endorse your application, and it is
therefore refused"
Right here is where Mr.. Tate, with
many other druggists who have knoWl-
edge of the matter, thinks the board
entered upon a career of peculiar IN
! consistency.
Mr.. Tate's communication to the gov
ernor continues: After this, certain
persons took up my application, as they
saw the reason 1 was refused, and l
received a postal card, dated May 10,
1896. which read as follows:
Com. of Mass: Board of registration in
pharmacy
kindly send fee of 81 and required
certificate will be mailed.
This letter came also:
Mr.. Thomas D. Tate, Clinton, Mass;
Dear Sir-It is perhaps due I should
explain the change of action in your
| case. The records of this office in re-
gard to the store you have purchased,
and the unfavorable impression made
upon the agent in his investigation
which you will remember caused the
refusal of your application. Later on,
| q gentleman from your town called on
me, and during the interview, made
inquiries regarding you and your store;
his Impressions were so favorable,
asked him to write me a letter stating
certain facts after an inquiry; this he
did. and the letter was read to the
board. Since then another letter has
been received and another call and
statement Of facts made. Yesterday
these were presented to the board, and
your certificate granted. Yours truly,
H. NJ. Whitney Pres.
Il got my license that year, but next
year when / applied l was refused, al
though the board could give me no
tangible reason for such refusal. I ask
ed again for hearing and was going
to be represented by counsel The law
yer I was going to engage saw the
chairman of the board, and whatever
conversation they had, this lawyer
advised me not to appear by counsel
as the chairman had said to him that
I would be all right after the hearing
l appeared before the board and after
considerable questioning by the men,
bers Of the board, the chairman said
that as soon as some other difficulties
in connection with other druggists in
Clinton could be settled I would receive
my certificate. What I did receive was
a notice of refusal.
"A senator called on the board in my
behalf and the chairman told him That
wealthy and influential citizen of
Clinton, who asked them last year to
give him license, has asked this year
that they Withhold it,.
Now, your eXcellency, there had
never been any complaint against my
store or the way it had been conducted
by any of the citizens of Clinton. The
board had to admit this"
The senator referred to is Senator
Gallivan of South Boston. The letter
in which he gives the substance of his
interview with the chairman of the
board is an interesting document.
Mr.. Tate has collected an abundance
Of evidence tending to show the arbi-
trary methods of the board He would
not be interviewed this afternoon, ex-
cept to say: 1 am willing to stand on
the righteousness of my cause l shall
find justice at the hands of the COVER
nor If l cannot at the hands of the
board o. pharmacy"
Selectman Philbin has been consult
ed by a number of Italian laborers who
desired to complain against the com
mlssaries run by the contractors on
the reservoir. There is considerable
dissatisfaction among the laborers,
Ihey claim it is next to impossible to
get work unless the man is willing to
trade at the contractors store. and
pay enormous prices for articles of or
binary use. Ten cents a pound for su-
gar. they claim, is the regular thing
and other prices in proportion.
Six DRINKS were assessed S. each in
the district court this morning. Geo
Morgan. the Worcester cripple. was the
hrst of the batch. The others were
Melvin H. Young of White River juno
ton; Michael ]. Kane, John Havey of
Leominster, and Michael Grady of this
town. Melvin H. Young was not com
planned against on the charge of ex-
pectorating upon the theatre floor.