The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-25

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POWER WITHOUT LIMIT
II the county assessor was author
ixed fhy Mwl 70 collect taxes. and
there was no provision ~ law pro-
NidinE how much or what the tax
rate should Pee. and that 81 should
BE- levied equally, the assessor could
cailect what be pleased from those
De 4id NOT like. and he could allow
his friends 60 pay little or no taxes
tbs would EE exercising an arbitrary
power. or power without limit ~
definition again. suppose That tho
las provided that II pefHnn WAS
convicted 20 crime fHgra as horse
stealing hank wrerking. rohhiuE
orphans and widows bY selling bogus
stock Or stealing FnilreAdsl, the
Judge should sentence them 10 tie
peulteutlarF. for as long q term as
be pleased this would be an arhi-
traFg underlined power vested tn The
Judge because TIE grant ~ power
70 the judge would have no definition
or limitation and could not he meas
ugsd as DO could 81 the law provided
THAT q convicted person should be
sentenced &C. Imprisonment for from
one % fourteen years when convicted
81 the crimes specified
Arbitrary POWER - ANARCHY
The Dental Board does not know
the power IL exercises. and IL is,very
tHAA#NA tAtthh AAAA hNthF ga " MHIAHfa ~ AHAA
does not know. or at least does not
comprehend, the power exercised By
the Dental Board THE Dental law
provides that In order 20 be examined
Tor a license 20 practice ln ttia state.
@ dentist must have n diploma from q
Dental College 81 good standing. give
satisfactory evidence % his rlEhtfai
possession 70 the same. and be = per-
con % good moral character and pre-
sent himself 90 undergo examination
before the Dental Board Who knows
what Dental College ia good stand ?
ing meauaq We all have our idea ~
what Il means but the Dental law
does not prescribe the requisite or
what shall constitute a Dental Col
leRe In rood standing. and the power
20 prescribe what constitutes col
leRe In good standing Is a legislative
power. and II exercised BY the Den
tai Board u II anarchy. because each
Dental Board win have their idea
Of what constitutes college IN good
standing and every time the Board
changes the requisites which con-
sfitutes a college IN good standing
will change. and no one but the Den
tai Board knows. since the law does
not state II. but o. u determined BY
the arbitrary viii % the Dental
Board and Is carried around IN the
heads OF the Board members.
AN EXAMINATION
When the state Of Washington
tells a dentist 20 undergo an exarnl-
nation before the Dental Board,
without prescribing what subjects
the examination shall be In. the ben
tai Board exercises power which
r. not measurable--a power which ls
underlined and unlimited. and now
when the state SAYS a dentist cannot
see and inspect HIS answers and the
Boards questions, which are public
records the state itself becomes OPP
preasor and a dentist ia denied the
very rights which our nation and
state guarantee % individuals.
DR.. a. stark oliver a member Of
the Dental Board. testified AZ gpo.
kane. IN 1903, that the Dental Board
was the state"
DR. + y Miner testified that Or
oliver said 70 her that "the Dental
Board had the power 10 say who
should and who should not practice
in this state, and " tho Board
thought that 4 dentist was not ethi.
Dental Society. the Board would not
give him a license"
DR. r. - Edgara. president Of ths
Dental Board. has said that the code
o. ethics Of tho Dental Society was
Brown fmyseif) out Of this state.
The Dental Board and Societies. code
provides that q dentist shall not ad
vertise and that u IS dighouOrable Il
guarantee dental work or to 90 work
for less price than that agreed upor
BY the Combine. The whole denta
law Of this state ia based upon thu
exercise Of an unlimited and unde
fined power by the Dental Board AZ
arbitrary power with all the fore
OF government ia true anarchy, ant
when an attempt IL made 70 sua
tain such n power by law, the Law
becomes a false science and mock
cry, which inFtilis disgust and con
tempt IN the breasts Of mankind 10
government Of men. where gov
eminent Of Just and equal law q
said 20 be the basis Of the Common
wealth.
when men are above the law, an
afehy rules the state. and n n abOu
az visible In the fertile fields o
Washington ana Seattle as you will
find on the globe.
EDWIN J BROWN.
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