The Washington bee., 1901-08-24
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
A Friendly Reminder.

Hll Dr.. A. NJ, Gurus UH' Ia
Slroaonfn Cniefo the Froedmen's
Hospital taken the friendly advice
Of TaE BEE, several years ago after
he assumed charge Of the hospital,
he would today be surrounded by
his friends and not his enemies,
He would be rejoicing over the
kindly a3yieeg Of MS friendsinste I'd
Of bleeding from the wounds of
those whom he befriendsd.I 1t would
have b7en better to have had the
friendship and support Of the wid
ow Of an Ex-Union soldier who
can uDon her honor declare, "shake
notvour CORY locks at me, it was not
I that did it," S.lfish ambition IN
eoma men and women often leads to
tb. downfall Of honorable men. 1t
Is better to have in your house hold
men of honor, who may not be
possesssd with so much talent, than
to have men around you who claim
to know it all, and by treachery
and chicanery ingratitats them
selves in the good favor of their
superiors over their superiorI. DR..
Cnrtis has ability; he is in du'y
bonpd to defend himself against
the charges that have been made
arainst him. Is the Freedmen's
Hospital the only Institution in the
country where the Surgeon Ia
Chief has - family and that family
is supported by the government:
Must a Negro be removed because
he has his family with him and
that family is supported by the
Government! IfDr. Curtis had been
a single man, and surrounded as
he was by pretty nurses, some evil
designed person would have no
doubt declared that he was too fa-
milisr with the female nurses. ICis to
his credit that his wife and family
wers in the Hospital building. .,The
elements of scandal is thus elimi-
mated But the great crime that
hash an co nm ttsd is, it is alleged
that Dr.. Curtis fed lhis family a.
the Fresdmen's Hospital at the ex-
p,nse Of the government. How many
Negro messenge are there in the
DEPARTMENT of the Interior, who
are compelled to go to the homes Of
the Chiefs and other heads Of tha
Department after office hours
and work at the expense of the
government? How many hors s and
carriages are controlled by chiefs
and other heads of the government
that are in use after office hours
and supported by the government?
But, DR.. Curtis must be rem owed
because his wife and two or three
little children were fed from the
foo 7 tia is given to the sick at a
Hospital of which he is Surgeon
in Chief. Great scott" thisisagfeat
government that will swallow an
elephant and "strain a. a gnat'
The conspirators who informed
the Secretary of the Interior that
Dr. Curtis was feeding his family
from the "cold grub" a. the Freed
man's Hospital is only in keeping
with that which was testified to be
fore the investigating committee
that tried DR.. Dlniel IL. Williams
and attmpsed to find him guilty be-
cIus3 he took his own surgical in
stru nents that. he had purchased
frsm his own funds. The BER
sim ,arly warned Dr.. Williams,
who is our friend, but the advice
of Others prevailed until at las. Dr..
Williams got it in the neck.
If Dr.. Clr:is is guilty Of any
offense he should b. removed
If he is innocent he should be van
.dlcated. If there is written law
that a Surgeon in Caief of II -
pital is no5 permitted to feed his
family from government grub"
then DR.. Curtis is guilty. On she
other hand if it is mere subter-
fuge Of the visiting Committee or
Board of Visitors which is always