The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-05
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MAYOR DEMANDS
Or. NILES RESIGNATION

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r., .,,o ,t+or AsLinU for the Resig-
Wv ,
- nation Mayor fitzpatrick SPEAKS OF
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- the Doctor Ae' no
e;,n ,f tLe Taws of Decency" and
.
He Demands the fhySlclan SteP
o,,. 80 +ho oA3ce of
ping Oo"" "NA
President Of the Boards of Health.
The circumstances Surrouh"ihs 'he
Mavor's Action,
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heai'n ''S''"'u ,.,,',,,,.i ,,,o,
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ne ''''e' ue','"'o''s ~ - ;s
lShatioh' an" '''e ''"so''' '"e'
as lol'o"s'
Dr. John ;. Niles. ,.
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n'' "''""" NY r"l'' n "',s r',,nn,,lo houd
ta',,i x,",. ,,,i,,, IN ,ro,l;n, ,hc ru,c, Of
,i .'l;,, ,,,,,,n,o.sin, ,i,r law, ,f .lcccncy
In. caused p,ca, public comnotion. not alone N
,.,rnun,aIo, bu, throughout tho valley.
It i, only after ,cpeatcd demands made per.
-1nally hy many oi our prominent t"wnsncn
ihai take ilis action ana III de'ri"h'' I" '"c
WISH "' tue people. an" '"' wat "p''' ''"
'' "c most '"''"cN' 10 9"'',l' N'''. ,'','
,'''' '','E '','' W." '."'s ,l ia ,iar,,,,.,
,i, .r,u I,n ,o,,od f., n,,rir,,, .omc other
,,,i,,n f., Al, hc ro.,tion ON tho board of health
!. w. fitzpatrick. Mayor
Carhondalc Pa lum 3, 1901.
rho ,ct,er roachod tI, hands of DR..
Niles bu, # was M, answered bv him.
\, renlv whatever came from the
nhvsician. and when the mayor had
not heard fron, hin, nm ,o ,he hour
.nnrifed in tho communication
o'r,o,l, Mon,ov evening no dictated
, letter ia ,o,,ncil select council ask
nc, that ho,v to conc,,r in his action
If need bc in the removal of DR., Niles
from the office of the hoard of health
ScIcc, co,nni, mot Monday nirht hut
adjourned without transactinp any
Iusi,oes ,rhn .,,,,,,nin,t;,, ,hara,
rnre which was in tho keenin,, or civ
clerk Moon didn't reach councils. In
this way thc matter was kcnt from ,ho
kuowledge of the nublic until vestcr
,lay when i, leaked out and WAS n
fertile tonic of discussion in every
quarter of the town
The action of Mayor ti,natric1,
while il gave - fresh interest tn tho
wide discussion of r,r Niles, me, was
moi wholly unexnccted In fact II w.s
foreshadowed as early as last week
when the mayor's office WAS visited bv
scores of citizens whose nrotosts
against tho retention in office of Dr
Niles nrew into q c,an,or that NI,v,,
Ejlnatricl was forced tn hood ,bon.b
as he oxnressed bioself ba cas ro,,,ot
ant to take the unnleasant stems which
duty seemed to point out to him.
1t was hard for the mavor to escane
the conclusion that tho removal of Dr
Niles was the onlv means of ,nne,siur
the citizens whose disp,av of v,r.tb
was witnessed so often in tbo n,,yor.s
Office. and WELDING. to nublic oninion
ana to the call of duty, Mavor kilnat-
rick indicted the letter that demanded
the stepping down and ont of DR.
Niles.
The mayor based his action on the
act of so, under which This citv is gov
erned. and which moyidcs for the ra-
moval of the president of the hoard of
Health, when if would be shown tbot
that officer transfessed the law or was
Mayor Fitzpatrick, in analyzing the
hat