Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-23
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1910.
WANT ONLY A SQUARE DEAL.

the six doctors amy good in their
struggle to keep control of the hos
pital. 1t will be strange if 1t does
mot have the effect of "a boomerang.
The letter written by DIR. Il. A. Hults
and published in the NEWS Wednes-
day is more to the point. All Or.
Hults asked for was a square deal.
THAT is all the EVENING NEWS
asks for; that is all we believe DR..
eG. w. Fithian asks for, and that is
sail the people at large expect. The
physicians now in control of the
hospital seem determined not to
allow it. All of DR.. Tyrrell,s slur-
ring remarks about Or. Fithian will
have little effect on the large num-
her Of people who know DR.. Fithian
personally, and who have watched
the highly successful name in
~ IS DullI# up II 4llSdIIl uCpdiI
ment of the city. DR.. Fithian has
proven his ability in the yes of the
public. Because he does not suit
one or two othes physicians, how
ever, he is denied the privilege
which is rightfully his.
AS a matter of fact, there is reason
to believe that it was largely be-
9oaus DIR. Fithian made such an
efficient health officer that he is now
being opposed by certain physicians.
DIR. Fithian, as far as possible, COM
PEELED the doctors sofathe city to live
up to the law and report all on
tagious diseases, He insisted upon
placards being placed on all houses. =
Tie Instituted many reforms in this
line which greatly aided the people
In taking the necessary precautions,
but which embittered the other doc
fters against him. For thus doing
his duty he is now made the object
of attack, some of the most petty
excuses being given for opposing
him. We all know that before DR..
Fithian took hold of the health de-
partment the physicians did about
as they pleased, and, to all intents
and purposes, we had no health de-
partment. Since DR.. Fithian has
been out of the health department
conditions have got back to about
where they were before he took hold
at least as far as the present inspec-
tor has dared to let them go.
The city seems to be in the grasp
of a DOCTORS trust which has had
things pretty much it's own way ex-
cepting when DR.. Fithian came
along, aud because he would not
jein in the combination he was de-
cleared persona non sgrata. He was
ousted from the health department
because of politics and now the sole
aim of the combination is to keep
him out of the hospital, 1t remains
to be seen whether or not they will
succeed.
The EVENING NEWS is no more
interested in DR.. Fithian than any
other local physician. 1t wants only
to see fair play and a square deal
for all. The reason that DR.. Fithi&n
figures prominently in the discussion
nov is because he is next in line for
appointment on the staff and Justice
demands that he receive it.
We heartily agree with DR.. Hults
that there should also be a %represen-
station of the Old School physicians
O n the medical staff. Why not? Are
there not hundreds of people who
prefer that treatment to any other?
Are there not many who have been
seured by a homeopathic physician.
when the ~allopaths have failed?.
why, then, should these people be.
denied the right to be treated by "a
homeopathic doctor at the hospital
lf they SO desire? II it is to be a
popular institution they will not be
denied this right.
whenever the agitation over the
~lloapital is started those who defend
the present regime always point to.
salle of the great city hospitals with
which to compare the institution
here. IA asfAaaa OF agaalI ataa Il