Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-19
EIosoN's OPEN LETTER.

On page two OF tonigh y Optic ap
pears a rather remarkable communi
cation from w. Il. Edison. replyinl
10 an editorial which appeared II
The Optic recently and which se
verely criticised the usg or abuse
OF the name Of the Fraternal SAM
tarium by m DR.. Lloyd In promot
Ing a s0.called consumption cure. Thi,
was accomplished by the use of a let
ter written by Edison, as president
OF the Fraternal Sa~nitarium. and OF
F~raternal S~anltarium paper. In which
he endorsed the nostrum In ques
ton.
In his letter Mr.. Edison sadly con
fuses the issue. He launches out In
10 4 defense OF his record as presi
dent Of the association and into abuse
Of Las Vegas. He also tries to appear
as speaking for the entire old board
Of directors
Now, let 1t be said In the begin
ming that We never INDUCED In any
criticism Of the '.old board Of direc'
tors.". nor did We mention them In
the article In question. We have nev
or seen any cvidence .thaAr1Aems0lA
board OF directors a. a body lent tneir
names to a patent consYmpsRn cure.
and we are certain they'd not. We
did criticize M. Edison for this
and We will now further denounce him
for II.
To show that our feeling In this
matter and that Of the medical ,Irater-
nifty Of this city for which we spoke,
10 shared by the present management
0f the FraternAl Sanitarinm. we quote
the following motion taken from the
minutes Of their Chicago meeting a
few weeks ago.
Moved that the board OF directors
Of the National Fraternal Santa.
rum association deplore the I'm.
preston prevailing In some places
and among the medical fraternity
that this association endorses and
recommends any specific or drug
or remedy. The province Of this
s~0ciation ID the care and comfort
Of the sick. and It emphatically dis
av0ws any connection with or n
dorsement Of any specific treat.
ment whatever and rebukes any
individuals seeking to do bust
ness under the cloak OF the Nation.
al, Fraternal Sanitirium for none
airy gain. Carried.
Consideration Tor Mr. Edison
doubtless prompted them not to men,
ton him personally In the motion
above. and they probably thought
the hint contained would be suf-
Az he is stu p~ersisting in
the abuse Of his connection with the
sanitarium enterprise. We predict
the board will now proceed to
take action which he cannos mistake
nor ignore.
MI. Edison writes &C length Of the
circumstances which led up TO his
retiring from the presidency. It IL
TO say that 1t IL = mAtter
d common knowledge with all &C
quajnted with the history Of the ease,
hat MI. Edison was forced OFT aftsr
his incApacity for the office had han-
iicapped the movement for several
months.
Mr.. Edison "roasts" Las Vegas. says
We have not the advantages whica'|
Alamogordo and Deming can claim,
ind declares this city would not have
been selected for the site but for
he offer Of the M0ntezuma property |
made by the Santa Fe.
We find II hard to reconcile this
with the repeated asser-
Ions OF Mr.. Edison On his various
,fsits here. that the. first and last
consideration wound be suitability, and
hat no inducements could effect the
lecision until the question Of suitable
ty had been finally settled. Whether
lis abatement made then or that COZ
AIMED In his letter are true VI will
lot say. But certain It II that one
" the other 10 untrue for they are In
lirect conflict.
Mr.. Edison saws the deed 70 this
property n still in the hands a the
santa re. and implies that It has
faith In not turning It over.
Ia this, Mr.. Edison. the deed which
,ou had IN your pocket" for SO long,
rhe gentleman seems TO overlook the
act that before the deed was ever
supposed to be turned over by the
Santa Fe. the other party to the con-.
.ract had to make good" Had MIR.
Edison been able to do this. he would
presumably still be at the head Of the
movement.
Mr. Edison imputcs the sin Of In
gratitude to Las Vegas as represent.
I'd by the Optic for not appreciating
he immense benefits which We have