The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-10-14
SHOULD ELIMINATE
MAN ON TRAIN
DR.. BRENNAN MAKES SPLENDID
ARGUMENT AGAINST POL
ICY ENFORCED
Shows ConcIusveIy That the Warn
ing' Is a Menace TO the Visitors and
That It Should Be Silenced From
Interior Department.


ject for discussion, the regular
monthly meeting of the Business
Mems League last night was of more
than ordinary interest, and of the
many men well known in the city's
business and professional affairs who
have discussed this topic at previous
public meetings, it is doubtful if the
subject was ever handled in the clear
and concise manner, as well as dis
passionately, as it was by DIR. c. TRAY
ers Bremen at last nights session.
Or. Drennen was asked by Presi-
dent Eisele to open the subject, and
he accepted. He was referred to by
the president of the league as ''one
of the pioneers" where rules and
regulations of the resort is concern.
ed and in prefacing mis- remarks DR..
Drennen stated that he did not appear
before the League to take up AGA
demic work, but that the ::man-on-
the-train' never would have been
there had it not been for the initia-
tive taken here some years ago. DR..
Bremen stated that he had been one
of others VINO had led in suggesting
rules and regulations, buy that it had
come to such a state that this was
not the hour for trifling but for work,
and that if I'VE can be of benefit to
others, let lis do it," He did not enter
into this discussion in a spirit of
criticism, but rather one of helpful
ness, and claimed it was never the
intention of those VINO gave the gov
eminent the suggestion to place a
man on the train to destroy homes
or happiness in this city or interfere
with business conditions here. nor
was it to punish individuals, but rath-
er that it was done in a manner for
self-protection.
DR.. Drennen then read the speech
the government representative deIiY-
ers on all incoming trains, taking
each paragraph. analyzing the same
and pointing out the harmful impress
sions that it leaves with the visitor.
He dwelled for considerable length
of time on those features that warn
the visitor against strangers, AID
asked wno were the strangers to the
visitor. The inference was plain that
every resident of this city, no mat
ter what his business or occupation
may be, was stranger to the man
who was coming here for the first
time.
He claimed, in the paragraph per
| tanning to the physicians, and called
attention to the fact that tle word
| physician" is mentioned in the
| speech at least nine times, that ply
sicians reading in other cities keep
| 80 per cent of their patients away
from Hot Springs and that only 10
per cent of those who really need
treatment are sent here when they
cannot be cured elsewhere or at home.
DIR. Bremen asked what was the visit
or to understand who had never been
here before, when ne heard the in
junction and stipulation to get reg
istered physician
Registered! Are they Jerseys or
Holsteins?' asked Dr. Drennen.
Reading the last paragraph of the
speech, which states that if a visitor
should apply to the office of the SUI
perintendent of the Reservation in
formation and list of the registered
physicians would be given him, pro-
vided this was sought between pseci-
fled hours.
DIR. Drennen classified that state
ment as untrue
There isn't word of truth in It"
he claimed
He then held his audience by ci--
ing a case that was merely supposi-
ton in character and used oniy for
the sake of argument and bringing
out the point he desired to make.
Suppose the secretary of the into
rior, after having heard so much con-
corning Hot Springs" said Or. Dren-
men. should decide to pay this resort
a visit and come here incognito. We
will say that he arrives mere Satur-
day afternoon and goes TO boarding
house instead of hotel, because lie
does not desire TO make his identity
known. We will further suppose that
the honorable gentleman is stricken
with appendicitis; that his condition |
becomes so grave that he mas to have
a doctor and he appeals to the gentle
woman who conducts the house where |
he is registered under an assumed |
name and requests her to get him a
doctor"
Dr. Drennen then stated that In all !,
the woman would decline |
to do so; that she would inform her
guest that She was not permitted TO |
recommend any physician; that to do |
50 would entail the danger OF her |
house being cut off from the water
and that the patient so afflicted might |
ask why she could not suggest a doe |
tor for him, considering mis- need for |
assistance, and she would |
have to tell him that she could not !
do so, owing to the rules and regula-
tons. She would have to inform him
that the honorable secretary of the |