The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-18
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Seattle'S StOckade He'll
And
Quarantine He'll
BY EDWIN J. BROWN

Tie that is without sin among
you. let him first cast stone"
Those whom the Gods Of truth
and right would destroy. they first
mike mad and the superficial
man when charged tries to make
up for the weakness Of his answer
b, the violence Of his language.
An assistant mayor is surely
needed. with ono health depart
ment doctor convicted OF stealing
from "nu" patients. another in
dicted for bribery. and the grand
jury reporting another unfit we
to help investigate and find the
Seattle health department the
greatest on earth II Is using the
stockadc as health resort. The
sick people out there are enter
tainea hourly by rats and reaches.
bedhugs and lice. and are fed on
mercury. picked bects and worrny
mush. An assistant mayor could
find more ways 10 spend our
money. raise our taxes and help
deny the right OF free speech. Yes.
come 20 think Of 10. We ought TO
have two assistant mayors; one
might get lonesome. while the man
who Is supposed TO be mayor
builds "A political machine in the
state.
The street car deal. like limbur
ger cheese. smells stronger az IL
grows older.
Doctor Jones continues on the
city's payroll. Notwithstanding the
grand jury's reoprt.
We are still spending about
$4,000 per month for feeding and
caring for quarantined. healthy
PEOPLE. for the same reason that
the health department used TO run
a rat-catching brigade that squan-
dcrcd thousands upon thousands OF
the peoples money pretending TO
catch bubonic rat. but 10 and be-
hold. when they claimed TO have
found II, the only thing that they
had to show was n guinea pig. in
oculated by the health department:
OHIO.
Soattlo's present city admlnistra-
ton reminds me OF the whistle on
n Mississippi river steamboat that
Abraham Lincoln used 10 tell
about. The whistle was so big that
when ~ blow the boat had 10
stop. because there was not suffi-
Client steam TO blow the whistle
and run the boat at the same time.
have made some very serious
II.
tine he'll, and there is not n city
In the world. except Seattle. where
people are guaranteed simply be-
cause their blood gives n positive
Wassermann reaction. where there
are no clinical symptoms or physi-
cal manifestations. for the reason
that the individual Is not contag
ious or infectious.
The people OF the United States
will. average ono out Of every five
who will give n positive Wasser-
mann blood reaction. and on this
basis there are about eighty thou
sand people in Seattle who could
be quarantined under the ruling OF
our courts. if the health depart
ment were honest.
In any given case, however.
where there are no clinical symp-
toms or physical manifestations
and "A positive Wassermann is OBJ
tanned. there is no man living who
can say that such person is con-
taglous or infectious. Ask your
doctor II | am mistaken about this.
because If he knows when per-
son Is or is not contagious or in
fectious, when there are no clinical
symptoms or physical manifesto
tions, he Is tho only man in the
world who does.
A superior man In public office
never fears TO have his official con-
duct or his public record investi-
gated and the truth made known.
Yesa sir, those who fear tho truth
run to cover. The ostrich sticks
it's head in tho sand and, like the
vain. egotistical man. thinks he is
out of sight.
The complaint OF my clients that
I published last week was sworn
TO by them as follows: They were
thrown in Jail. without a warrant.
by reason of conspiracy between
the health and police department.
and then guaranteed by reason of
such conspiracy. that they were
not contagious or infectious and
were therefore unlawfully held.