The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-15

Big Medical Magazine Urges
Profession to Support
Roosevelt
PUBLIC HelLTa WAS leH0ReD

TUoklL hsNLIn WhS toNoaAo
American Magazine Declares That
the Taft Convention At Chicago L. .
nored the National Public Health
to the Great Chagrin Of Many Ply
sicians-Says Roosevelt VIII Help
Plans to Benefit Public Health and
That the Medical Profession Should
Support Him-Points % Roose-
yelt's Record.
New York, Aug. 12-ln remark
able editorial in the current number
of American Medicine. which ranks in
the highest class of professional pub
locations, the medical profession Is
urged to use it's influence in support
of the election of Theodore Roosevelt
for President.
AS an embodiment of every princi-
pie of the conservatism and ethics OF
the medical profession. American
Medicine is representative OF the
most careful and conscientious
thought among physicians in this
country. That such a publication
should depart from professional prec-
edents, which have hitherto preclud-
ed any discussion of political candi-
/ dates, is ascribed solely to consider
alton of public welfare which present
| themselves in the progressive move
ment for Colonel Roosevelts cleo
/ ton.
Health Ignored At Chicago.
The editorial in American Medi-
cine is as follows:
The political situation can hardly
fail to interest every progressive ply
sician. not only because of the man!
questions which essentially concerr
him as a good, conscientious citizen
but more especially because certain
J. matters of great professional import
ance are at stake as never before
We refer particularly to the organi
, zation of the national public healtl
= agencies under one head
t ITO the great chagrin OF man
physicians, the Republican ConY0u
: ton at Chicago completely ignore
3 the subject, and the platform adopt
, ed did not make a single reference t
q this great question, which means
much to the American people. I
those who followed events at the Ch
cago convention, 1t was hardly SUI
: prising that the peoples Interest
d we're of secondary or negligible In
q portance, for elements were IN col
troll that could be depended upon
IL satisfy their own purposes fight an
q ignore everything that did not prom
!, ise some selfish advantage or gall
y Furthermore, since Mr.. Taft's SUI
e porters were able to dominate tt
It whole situation-an achieveme'
% which apparently entailed metho'
II and manners that offer little groun'
a, for pride or satisfaction-anys stron
). positive stand on public health ma
s. ters was not to be expected.
al Taft Indifferent
1T "Mr. Taft's whole attitude
70 questions pertaining to public heal
te has been one of Indifference, igno
20 apce and neglect. The treatment
a. corded Doctor Wiley may we'll be G
r ed. for il the President had estimat
n the administration of the pure To-
IL and drug law at its full importan<
the Department OF Agriculture wou
'ir have been cleaned up when the tr
In situation was revealed. and men
ch unouestionable integrity placed
pc charge.
ID DIR. Wiley may have had his fau
F- we have not been one OF his Dill
ne supporters, although we recogniz
a his ability and earnestness; but to
n. a man who had been so largely
he sponsible for the real progress ma
he in pure food and drug matters wit
IT draw from the service of the peop
ng and retain at the helm those W
'se were considered to be playing pc
rst tics was an evidence Of indinereI
'ty ON the part of President Taft that
sts medical profession will not soon Il
So get.
he 'sIn fact the medical men OF
country should recognize without
lay that the great questions perta
ing to the public health, which II
ne have for so many years been striV1
no unselfishly to place on an eject
an basis. have nothing to expect fr
all p-o,;da,+ Taft or auy adminiStrat-
an of which he Is the head. The fut'
ne' can usually be pretty accurately p
no dicted on the past, and Presid
lpe Taft's past relations to the natio
zen public health agencies oner L
OF promise that he will awaken to ID
ate importance or do anything to 2
mote their efficiency.
- Doctors In Politics.
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