The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-02-08
The OTHER SIDE,
Dr.. Scott, Ex-Veterinarian, Writes a
Caustic Letter in Regard to
the Houston Case.
UNCLE SAM" IS HARD BIT.

!
Gus Kenosba Cattle Case and Alleges
all Sorts of Irregularities in the Case
Prominent State Politicians are Accused
Of Completely in the Case
The editor of this paper has received
from Ex-State Veterinarian DR.. Scott,
of Beaver Dam, the following very
caustic letter in regard to the Houston
case. We publish it without com
ments:
Beaver DAM, Wis, Jan. %, 1900.
To the Editor of TELEGRAPH-CoUR
Dear Sir You will grant me d
favor in allowing me space in your
valuable paper, in answer to letter
published by r. S. Houston, January
18th.
The people of Kenosha county ought
to be we'll versed on the subject of
"Tubercu1osis'', as Mr.. Houston has
blown his trumpet for four long years,
with the intention of working on the
sympathy of the state, by presenting
bills to the Senators and Assembly
men from his district, to recover that
long and lost S., 900.
While Mr.. Houston gave his views
of the case to the editors of his county
on that Theorist Veterinarian singing
him out as destroying his property. I
did not make reply, but simply stood
at the Gate of Justice, and by so doing
was protecting my reputation and
also protecting the taxpayers of the
state of Wisconsin against one of the
most bare-faced frauds second only to
the shameful proceeding Of the dis
eliminating party III the late Dreyfus
caseJ to try to ruin mans reputation
when he had done his sworn duty as an
officer and Furthermore has proved
| that he understood his duty and his
business.
feel proud to say to the people of
the state of Wisconsin and especially
to the people of Kenosha county, that
| I did Just act and which has been
confirmed by the governor, attorney
general and the secretary of the board
of agriculture. BY so doing I5have no
hesitation in saying have protected
| the lives of the people from the milk of
those diseased animals and also the
spread of the disease throughout your
! county and state. But our friend, Mr..
Houston, is still at a loss to know how
should single him out to experiment
upon.
| When Mr.. Houston says that it is
false, he knows in his heart chat
there was some trouble with his cattle
and that some had died and also had
DR.. Levin there to examine them and
in his sworn testimony at Madison said
that DR.. Levin did not know what was
the trouble with his cattle and insisted
that his neighbors notify me, which
! lGessrs. Kellogg and Seaman, of Mil
waukee, did. This all transpired be-
fore I was acquainted with Mr.. Hous-
ton. When l visited his farm he asked
me if the two former gentlemen had
informed me, which [ answered in the
affirmative. On my visit there before
| the cattle were tested killed one of
his COWS and demonstrated to him the
trouble. In the animal killed there
was fully half pail of pus and still he
cannot understand how his cattle
could be diseased.
Out of the number l condemned after
they were tested he withheld two of the
healthiest appearing ones and killed
them, claiming to have used them for
beef, stating that they were free of
disease, but at the same time he had
the lungs examined by D1. Levin and
they were found both badly affected
and claiming that Houston's herd GER
tain1y was diseased, as the said doctor
wrote F. r. Snyder to that effect March
1st, 1897 Mr.. Houston made the same
statement to Mr.. Snyder and myself in
the corridor of the state capitol at
Madison.
In the face of all this, Mr.. Houston,
or his attorney, presented an affidavit
from DR.. Levin that Houston's cattle
were not diseased or something to that
effect. Our noteworthy doctor from
Illinois had surely forgotten the letter
he had written to Mr.. Snyder,
Now, this is sample of the accursed
rot had run against in protecting my
self and also the state. And still he is
at loss to know how the committee
would stand by the evidence of theor-
list and not rely on the evidence of Or.
Salmon, DR.. Eevoe or the U. S. inspec-
tors at Chicago. Why did he not men
ton DIR. Levin?
1 will answer this in short.
In the first place tested the cattle
and found them diseased.
In the second place, 7 presented the
lung of the animal which had s1augh-
tered and which I had kept preserved
in alcohol.
In the third place, DR.. Salmon claim
ed the flesh of affected animals could
be used as food, providing the internal
organs were not too badly diseased.
In the fourth place, the u. S. inspec-
tor, or any other inspector, could
not determine tuberculosis with
out the ''tubercu1ine test" unless
in advanced stages). And animals
may have tuberculosis in any part of