The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-01
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committee, after the letter had been
read. suggested that about the only
thing to be done was to place 1t on
Of witnesses who would volunteer to
testify.
Il am afraid the acceptance Of this
letter would defeat the purposes Of
this investigation" remarked .Presi-
dent Bavis Of the board Of public
works and q member Of the commit
tee. Like the mayor, Mr.. Bavis seems
to labor under the impression that in
airing the charges Of incompetency
preferred against DR.. Glenn the entire
city administration has been placed
on trial.
The attitude The Palladium has as
sumed has placed the committee in q
very embarrassing situation" Mr..
Bavis continued. The charges The
Palladium has made against DIR. Glenn
have been vague and indirect. In fact
they almost amount to inuendo. !
have had confidence in The Palladium
and In this matter I believe 1t has
been actuated by the highest purposes
but am sorely disappointed that it
has not seen 1T to support the charges
it has made"
Handleys Opinion.
81 disagree with Mr.. Bavis," re-
marked Mr.. Handley. IF this body
sat as q court of law I believe we
would be justified in dismissing the
charges which have been preferred
against DR.. Glen by the failure of the
complaining parties to testify against
him. But this is not judicial body.
l realize that newspaper has right
to criticise the acts of public official
II it believes itself justified in so
doing and it cannot be required to
divulge to such body as this the
sources of its information"
Mr.. Handley also suggested that
the fairest way to inquire into DR..
Clem's conduct of his Office would be
for the committee to visit every per-
son having official relations with the
inspector or to summon them before
a judicial body. It was then that Mr..
Bond suggested that council conduct
such a judicial inquiry. Such pro-
cedure thwarted by the mayor, the
committee proceeded to question wit
nesses. <~.~,.@
$ ,E,.~ What They Said.
A summary of the statements Of the
various witnesses follows: Pa -
Mr. Rich-Had no fault. TO- find with
DIR. Glenn. Inspects his dairy regularly
every two or three weeks. Did not
give his score. .+.:.-s -.
George Kircher-Clem visits his
dairy about once a month and makes
a careful investigation: Gave no score.
Thomas Ryan - Inspection of his
dairy made frequently" by DR.. Glenn.
Would not hesitate to testify against
him If he had any: grievance against
him. Glenn refused to do any private
work for him.
+. Ralph Haas-Said the failure Of The
Palladium to back up its charges at
the hearing was a cowardly act. Said
Glen inspected his dairy frequently
and made thorough inspections.
Ben Wise-Clem has inspected his
dairy every four or Ave weeks in q
very thorough manner. Thought his
score was about s. or u.
Waterman Puts Question.
At this point Mr.. Waterman of the
committee, inquired II the report was
true that Glen only took state in
spectors to the best diaries, but re.
ceived no information. He also sug
gested that each dairyman testifying
be asked to give his score but Chair.
man Kinsey said this was not neces.
sary. Mr.. Bond, who conducted the
examination Of witnesses, ignored the
ruling, however.
The next witness was William Hart.
man of typhoid fever epidemic motto.
riety, as most Of the cases Of typhoid
during the 1913 epidemic were traced
to his dairy:
He was profuse In his praise of Dr.
Glen as q dairy inspector and said he
made his Investigations in a. most
painstaking manner. Hartman thought
his score was about 70.
Joe Pardieck, q -dairyman, caused
laugh when he said 1t was at his
place that Clem's auto got stuck in the
mud. He referred to the charge that
Glen failed to inspect hrs dairy after
Pardieck had assisted him in extri
eating the machine. Pardieck said
that Glenn returned in a few days and
made the inspection. He had no com.
plant to make Of Glen.
80 Hoover's Statement.
Irwin Hoover-Clem- has been in.
specting his dairy about once every
six weeks or two months and he re
CARDS him as q competent official
Thought his score was either 81 or 76
After Harry Smith had testified that
Glenn inspected his dairy every four
or five weeks he said that former
inspector had closed his establishment
and temporarily put him out of bust
ness. He said Glenn had never gone
to such extremes.
II was informed that an H. Smith
at one time was given a grade Of 80
the minimum, and a little later this
score was increased to 60, without
Smith having made one of the sug
gested improvements. Are you the
man." remarked, Mr.. Waterman.
my name is H. Smith, all right" the
witness replied, but l am not the
dairyman you have in mind"
Jerome Shurley, manager of the
Glen Miller stock yards, was the next
witness. He is a brother of John
Shurley in whose liverybarn Glen has
his Office. He is also a brother-in-law
Of Dairyman Rich, one of Clem's best
witnesses. ...
lnspeets Stock Yards.
Shurley testified that Glen had
spent every Saturday forenoon, ex
cept one, since he had been inspector
at the stock yards, and that he always
made thorough examination of al