The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-12
NEW THEORY is OFFERED BY
ELLA X. DEARBORN, A
WOMAN DOCTOR.
Claims That ChIoroform Should Be
Given to Sick and Useless Persons
Shame of Nation.

In a paper discussing race suicide,
read before Saturdays session of the
Homeopathic Medical Society of Ore
gon, held in Portland, DR.. Ella X.
Dearborn took issue with President
Roosevelt and advocated a state board
to examine candidates for matrimony,
determine their physical fitness to
marry and refuse legal sanction should
they fall below requirements. The
paper ELECTED a reply from DR.. George
Wigg, chairman of the meeting, who
contended that the whole question was
one of moral education, and any at
tempt to deal with it through legal en-
actment would be a failure.
DR.. Dearborn, discussing the ethical
side, said it was the duty of tie physi-
clan to advocate measures for the i'm
provement of the human race, and for
suppression of whatever is bad in the
race. She said way should be pro-
vided for legally putting out Of their
misery people who were incurably ill
and suffering
Our race will not die out even
though we could today enact reform
laws to enforce euthanasia for GRIMM
ais and degenerates, artificial steriity
for those not fitted for propagating
the race, and physical examinations
before granting candidates license for
marriage she said. Under existing
laws there is no way of wedding out
contaminated Subjects and so they
fills our public institutions for GRIMM
ais and the insane.
The Sham: of the Nation.
THE enormous amount of energy,
time and money the criminals and de-
generates cost every year in America
are a standing shame to our nation,
rather than a monument to our civil
ization and charities. 1t is an insult
to intelligence and a premium on
crime to tax law-abiding people to
support penal istitutions and it would
be far better for the criminal and the
family, the individual and the nation,
to settle the matter at once by eutha-
nasia.
ITO be sure there are many people
who dread to die. Most people believe
in heaven, yet they make the worst
sort of fuss possible if they think there
is any possibility of their going there
soon. If horse breaks mis- leg he is
shot and mercifully placed beyond suf-
fering. But if one we love is stricken
by some painful and fatal malady we
pray God to prolong the dear ones life,
even to the last possible second. 1t is
not love, but selfishness, that stands
beside the grave and says give back
Tradition, sentiment and conven-
tionality stand in the way of scientific
progress. There are many people in
the world who are not criminals, nor
degenerates, nor invalids, but who are
not fitted to beget children. These
persons should be rendered sterile.
physical attainment do the child-bear
ing-let the nom bearing population
contribute toward the support and ed
ucation of the well-born children.
ChIoroform for the Unfit.
Think of the saving in suffering,
labor and money by disposing of the
criminals and degenerates by euthana-
STA. Think of the honor of being in
the third class, the proud and happy
parents of well-born children, where
| the attending physician could truth
fully say the parents of whom are the
best pleased couple in Oregon
May the time come when a state
board shall be formed for the purpose
of examining both candidates for mat
rimony.
The standard for health and ply
sique should be high. If they cannot
pass, but have general good health,
| SteriliZe them and let them marry;
| for children are not necessary to a
| happy home-Roosevelt to the con-
| trary Notwithstanding a couple
could be lovers always with no chill
dren to be jealous over. This thing is
true. If a couple are not happy with
out children the coming of children
but adds to the misery, and is is not
! fair to compel a child to pass it's
childhood in a clouded home"
Dr. Dearborn said nearly all Ameri-
| cans have stomach trouble of some