Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
The Unfortunate Inmates Of St.
Elizabeth's Victims of Both.
REMEDY SUGGESTED
The Removal OF DR.. RichardOn, the
Exploded Ohio Expert, and the
appointment of a Local Physician
OF Standing and Recognized At.
tainments- Beef Trusts Men
OF Straw.

The inmates of ST. Elizabeth's any more
than the inmates Of other public institutions
who are now eating Texas bull meat instead
of native steers will not if reports be true,
benefit much by the contracts recently let
to local or city contractors. II is alleged
that some if not all Of these contractors
are beef trust agents, more or less, and that
they are simply men Of straw, the real con-
tractor being Indirectly the octopus Beef
Trust The GLOBE is investigating these
matters and has a line on certain informa-
tiou which it will lay before its readers
when the facts are further authenticated
Meanwhile we perceive that the Ohio ex-
pert in charge of St. Ehzabeth's is above
the law In other words Dr. Richardson is
practicing the profession of medicine in the
District of Columbia in violation of law and
is liable to the pains and penalties provided
for such violation Why they are not en-
forced the Board of Health officials are in
position TO answer.
By the laws of this District no person
can practice medicine without registration
and permission from the Board of Health
We fail to find the names of either DR..
Richardson or Dr. Clarke on the said
register Both are Ohio physicians and
were imported here to run St. Eliza
beth's solely on the grounds that the Dis
trict of Columbia, famed abroad and at
home for eminent members of the medical
profession, contained no name among the
list Of its registered physicians equal in ex.
pert insanity TO thatsof DR.. Richardson's, of
Ohio,
This was exceedingly fortunate for Dr..
Richardson for just as the authorities and
public Of the Buckeye state had discovered
how much the doctor knew as an insanity
expert and lad properly sized him up and
classified him with the has beeus," he
discovered or was discovered by the ap.
pointing power here as a suitable head for
St. Elizabeths. This was most fortunate
for-the doctor
Otherwise he would have been out of a
job, as his exploded qualifications as an in
sanity expert had become a matter of legal
record in OHIO!
Coming back TO this matter of practicing
his profession in the District without regis.
tration and permit, is there no medical
society in Washington, the business Of
which IS TO see enforced the provisions of
the law governing the case? Can any re-
pudiated expert" come here and practice
on an exploded reputation in his native
state as a physician2 If there is to be no
enforcement of this statutory law govern
ing the practice of medicine in this Dis
trict, what is the use of euacting laws for
the protection of the public from exploded
"experts?"
There is asolutiou, however, in the case of
DR.. Richardson which we offer to his Ex-
Cellency, the President, who has the ap-
pointing mower And that is suDerCede the
present head Of st. Elizabeth's with local
member Of the profession. There are many
eminent names for Mr.. Roosevelt to draw
from. And the sooner il is done the better
for the unfortunate inmates of st. Elizabeth
aud the successful management of that
institution.