The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-10-13
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present campaign fund. he said tu
he had been contributing to the fund
Tor years and never saw where ii dlu
um any good. He said that he d!dn
get much out of those who did com
20 Kim and he was getting tired O
,he attitude of the people here to
wards doctors. "A doctor here is Ii.
better tlan boot black he said
Tive business men have no use for "a
unless he wants to collect money for
sometlmg am SICK and u,od
IT,, If The people want the doctors
help they should give him some Pre-
ecuon
Dr. Hvarl Ceilings spoke Of til
sentiment expressed at a former meet
ing in effect that the physician
pledged themselves to the support
'le advertising now, bat the resO. d
tion demanded better conditions else
,ue physicians wound not in the II.
tire cooperate in the advertising.
Dr. Mailman spoke OF the physical
a!lment bringing the visitor to lilo.
Springs, and therefore the CITIZENSHIP
should lend their influence to an APP
probation of the physician, for in ST
doing it would be doing we'll genera
ly for the city
Judge Ledgerwood was called on.
and he told the physicians that he
had been advised that much OF the
drumming trouble had been blamed
on him. He said that he would gladly
listen to the advice and suggestion
Of the physicians and that he wou,e
De pleased TO have any physician D.
the city attend his court at any time
He said that as young man reared
in the city he would not tolerate the
conditions that existed If it was with
in his power to help. lie suggestel
the getting of a city ordinance from
ne council that would prohibit hacs
men from betting onthe depot plat
| forms The hotel men, he said. hae
taken up hack business. and thus had
legal access to the depot platform.
He spoke OF two convictions in his
court for violation of the drumming
ordinances only the day before. He
convicted whenever the proof was OF
| fered He said it was a violation o.
The law for the hotel men to soici
on the streets outside OF their zone
! except under certain conditions
| Where visitor had accepted thei
cards He would convict il the proc.
was brought to him. He said tla,
the main trouble is that the visitoi
who is drummed tells the police of
dcer about it, but When he appears n
court the next day he doesn't tell the
same story in court Judge Ledger
wood said they had probably beer
talked to and they told an entirely
different story in court.
Mayor McClendon moved that q
committee of 20 physicians be named,
five to meet each incoming train. ana
that these get the evidence on which
TO convict, and that the committee be
changed after each thirty days Dr
Forbes seconded the motion which
was discussed, and later Withdrawn
Chief of Police Ellison SPOKE OF the
failure of the visitor to hep in the
matter Of securing proper evidence
He also said there were but four Of
icers to meet the trains, and a5ou
20 to 80 drummers to watch
Or. r. NJ Williams said that the
naming OF committee OF doctors Il
meet trains should not be carried on.
but that If such a committee was to
be named it should contain half bu'i
ness men. He believed that it wa
the duty of business men to help the
situation.
Dir. Leonard r, Ellis said that he
knew the laws were inadequate, and
That it was difficult to get adequate
laws. He said the ordinance pro
posed by Judge Ledgerwood, and the
enforcement of the laws by the po
ice was what was necessary. He
said that 1t was absurd that drum
ming hotel men and drumming doc
tors should control the city and tina
If the people would awaken they could
correct the evils
City Attorney Mclaughlin spoke OF
the lack of evidence in cases in the
city court and said if they would ge,
the evidence he would convict the
hotel men. He did not think drum
ming could be prohibited but that il
could be regulated under the law.
However, he said the law anticipated
a reasonable regulation.
DIR. A. T. Williams said he had en-
ioyed the love feast and that he was
sorry to awaken the audience from
the dream, but that there was but
one way to stop drumming and that
was through the United States GOV
office He said laws could
not be made that would restrict the
drummers from constitution rights
and that the place to correct the
whole situation was in the govern
ment office.