Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-02-26

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Hospital Matters aevlswed.
BUsHwooD, Feb. "a, 1914.
Mr.. Editor:-An article In your Is
sue Of Feby 10, 1914, over the sigma
ure Of Enoch B. Abel, gives rs quit
IN exhibition Of wriggling and thf
gentleman takes himself entirely toe
seriously when he claims there 10 IN
organized attempt to misrepresen,
him. he has not been misrepresented
and no organization Is needed o.
handle his case. A plain rustic with
the facts win undertake 70 do him
justice. II that's what he dent want,
its his misfortune, not my fault.
The story told Of an Irishman, who
served under Mosby In the late war,
about fits here, and claiming your in
diligence, I will tell IT,, Pat was out
on private foraging EXPEDITION when
quite unexpectedly, he came upon .
squad of the enemy reposing peace
fully In the shade. in fancied security,
and out of reach of their weapons.
Pat, taking in the situation, levelled
his gun and called on them 20 surren-
der, which they promptly did and Pat
marched them before him into camp.
How in the world did you capture
that bunch ell by yourselfS'' asked
Mosby. ''Sure then, Colonel" said
Pat, Its the aisyest thing in life, when
you get the chance. / surrounded
hem, SIR" So, Mr.. Editor, though
the gentlemen spins out long sentences
in big words intended to be impressive
they are about as easily disposed of
as Pats bunch when you get the
chance.
Our friend now says he regrets this
discussion and claims II was forced
on him. Well, to satisfy him that his
memory is at fault let US make q
resiew of this correspondents: Since
the annual meeting of the Hospital
Association, held on January 5th,
1914, sent you two short letters
posely short and as near as possible
TO the point. The first was In your
issue of January 18th, and purported
to state, and did state, what was done
at our annual meeting. "'The st.
Mary's Enterprise" of January 10th,
had appeared previous 10 my letter
with an article sandwiched in among
its communications" and headed
''St. Mary's Hospital". This article
was so false in its statements that ]
could not believe il was written by
any one present at the meeting, and,
therefore, wrote you giving the ALSO
lutte facts. The next week it developed
that the above mentioned article in
the Enterprise" was an EDITORIAL,
and IL was father,d by Mr.. Enoch b.
Abel, who, we we're then informed
was an entirely separate and distinc,
person from Enoch B. Abel, Secre.
tary and Treasurer of the Hospital
Association. Now, I was present al
The annual meeting and so was the
Secretary and l will testify that he
behaved "all right. In fact, think,
[ can safely say, he was "all right"
De did everything that could be ex.
pected OF competent Secretary ut q
.egular meeting. He did everything
the chairman asked him to do (excepl
read his Annual Repo-tl. He called
the roll, he picked out a dozen OF
more, who he told US were eligible tc
be elected as directors, he recorded the
nominations as made from the lis,
he had furnished, he made out hi.
ticket and voted it, using his proxie.
as far as they would 60, he kept the
tally as the votes were counted,
tthirty-seven in all, Of which he got
eleven), and he noted the result.
Could he do moreS ANY one should
admire an efficient Secretary like tina,
and he has my sympathy when he i.
maligned by an inscriptions Editor,
who is willing TO deceive the public
and make his double say and dc
things the double never said nor did.
This Editor, says that upon roll call
it was found that no one present was
q qualified member of the Association
and therefore no legal meeting could
be held. That the Secretary called
attention to this fact and endeavored
to have the meeting get into some sort
of legal shape. The Secretary knows
that nothing here asserted by this
Editor happened. He knows that
neither he, the Secretary, nor any one
else present ever intimated in the
slightest manner that any one present
was not qualified to vote or that II
vas necessary to do anything 70 make
the meeting legal. The whole state
ment is absolutely false. And further.
more, this Editor knows that II the
election have gone his way there would
have been no question OF legality,
That was an after thought of this
worthy Editor who knew perfectly well
that even II the few votes of donors,
whose proxies were admitted By
courtesy, were thrown out the resull
would he the same and hanca his In.