The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-14
A Large Crowd Attends the
Meeting Held Last Night.
Protest Is Made Against
Muzzling Dogs.
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

The most important action taken by
the meeting of the Richmond Humane
Society, called for last evening in the
court room of the court house by ].
T. Tiff, it's president, was a motion
instructing the Secretary, Mrs. Frank
Clark, to send a communication to the
County health officer, DR.. J. E. King,
asking him to rescind the recent order
fer the establishment of a dog quar-
antine, since its advisa bility was ques-
ttCnable and it's results injurious to
the dogs.
The first meeting of the organiza-
ton for some years was held last ev-
ening with a large attendance despite
the fact that many who would have
been present were unable to attend on
account of the high school commence
ment. In stating the reasons for the
call of last nights meeting, J. E. Tiff
said that he had received a petition
| signed by 125 residents of Clay town
ship protesting against the muzzling
OF dogs and stating that since no case
of rabies had been reported in that
section of the county, the quarantine
q der worked hardship on the far
mers and did no good in any direc-
ton. Mr.. Tiff in opening said:
"The object of this meeting is to
consider the muzzling, imprisoning
and destruction of dogs under the new
| health law. There is no question as to
/ ne paramount Importance of the pub
! tic health. We should rejoice over the
| advance of sanitary truths and SAM
tary laws. These are far better than
the old superstitions as to the super
| -tural causes of diseases.
There are three domestic animals
upon which man has depended for
ages-the COW, the horse and the dog.
The COW furnishes food for the family,
the horse helps man to pillow and reap
and to transport his crops to market
The dog watches the herds, helps hunt
game for food, guards the tent or hut
shields the children and warns the
family of the approach of danger
More than that. He became the so
Cial companion of man and helped our
remote ancestors to develop senti
ments of loyalty and devotion. The
deg has helped to develop our present
| civilization. He has been the friend OF
the outcast, the wanderer, the exile
the vagabond and he was as faithful
there as when he became the compan.
| ion of kings and the friend of great
roets and philosophers.
THE dog has status in law. He to.
Gay has more recognition in law, is
more protected by law, than human
beings were seventy-fve years ago in
| this country under slavery"
TO show the feeling that exists
against the torturing of dogs through
muzzling them in hot weather Mr.
Tiff stated that one farmer shot a
good Scotch collie rather than permit
| it to suffer.
Mr.. Tiff further stated that it was
his belief that there had not been a
genuine case of rabies in this section
| Tor fifty years and that he doubted il
any physician here had ever seen one
The speaker referred to Pasteur, the
great French scientist, saying that the
latter stated that cases of hydropho
| hia were rare.
That over four hundred dogs had
been killed by the police recently in
been demonstrated any one of then
was actually affected with rabies.
Preceding Mr.. lifts remarks, Mrs
Clark gave a short resume of the his