The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-10
REPLIES TO OHAGE
ANTI-VACCINATION SOCIETY p..Dv
TO MEET HIM IN DE-
BATE
PRESIDENT GRIGGs WRITES
Society Does Not Believe Admission
Fee Should Be Charged, but Dr..
0hnge Insists on This
Provision.

II Health Commissioner Ohage is agree
able, the St. Paul Anti-Vaccination So
clety will meet him in Joint debate "a
the evening of May 2. Tie discussion on
us side Of the question will be con-
quoted by physician of unquestioned
authority, and the society Will pay an ex-
penses attendant upon the meeting.
In reply to DR.. Ohage's letter published
Yesterday, J. W. Griggs, the president
OF the local organization, last night die
tated the following answer a copy IF
which has been mailed to the health com
missioner:
r1 JCstus 0hage. NJ. D.. Commissioner Of
| f1ealth, Clty-Dear Sir: Ignoring Your
| entertaining gallery play in YOUR letter
pubHshed in the morning paper we wish
10 BRING you back to your own PROPOSAL
! Tor debate that has been pending for
more than year.
Feb. l9. 1901, we proposed q newspaper
discussion and claimed we could estab-
nSh the following four propositions:
Observation-Disclosures is q medical deIuSf00
and not the result of scientific research
6econd-Faccinati-n is the inOcul ton of
d LeaIthy person with puS or sO-calIed
Iymph OF CoWpoX extraction from ulcers
on diseased lnOcuIated calves, j. e., with
! animal matter in a state OF decOmDOsi-
ton, which is a poison
Inrd-NacCinatiOn has been the means
OF qeSeneraung the human system by in
Producing destructive poisons and devel-
oplng numerous diseases
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cOnfers no certain
immunity from smallpox, but on the
disease
We preferred this plan so the public
coulu see the arguments side by side ana
with no opportunity for misuuotatiOns or
debate. -
..1 ne following day you wrote in reply:
/ want q puDhc meeting SO people who
| are interested may hear. be instructed
| ana learn for themselves which side il
! right. J. want to meet them man to man
ana face to face and no other way They
! plead they are young society, only q
month OLD, and perhaps lacking mettle
| ana experience. But so as to be even
! apparently unfair 1 accord them the priv
| llege OF bringing the champions of their
cause from other cities"
| In letter Of Feb IL last we accepted
| TINS challenge. Now if you meant what
! you sad, We have a physician to meet
! you The han We will nav for. YouT
/ 500 to go to the Coliseum fund we
/ want a free discussion SO that avervona
! the poor as well as the rich can learn
! the truth.
Fearing YOU Will undertake to impose
! other unreasonable conditions we nana
\ FRIDAY evening, May (the date of our
/ next regular monthly meeting) and shall
! look Tor you to drop all ingenious side is
! sues and belittling talk, and meet our
! man in sensible discussion RespectfuUv
/ submitted
The, Anti-Vaccination Society Of st.
! Paul. by J. w. GTiggs, President
| st. Paul Mimi, April Q. 1902
Relative to the 81 admission fee, which
1 pr. Ohage stipulates shall be charged
I the society says it will have none a.
I IT, Df. Ohage, on the other hand, SAYS
| he will insist on it, in fact, gave out u
statement to that effect last night
II think" said President Groggs Of
the local society, last night chat we viii
furnish DR.. Ohage for this debate a man
! that he will be more than pleased to
meet. This is no demagogicaI dtr,ussil1.
1 We want everything fair and above
/ board. We can ass re DR.. Ohage that
/ our man viii meet him as a gentleman
! should We are as confident Of our DO
| sition as he is and will stoop to nothing
! that would degrade or belitte it,"
| The local society claims to be gaining
recruits fast, and points with pride to its
latest publication, a weekly paper now
being issued by the Minneapolis sochtv.
| There the agitation is as great as IT is in
| St Paul.