The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-16
live QUESTIONS
nv EDWIN ,. BROWN
100 Goium street


take notice OF such a vicious dot
meni as the Dental Combines agf{x
msnt and code. but I was astoun0
and petrifi-f when our suprel
Court held that one could NOT c1G)
pei the DE ntai Combine TO brf1
public records into court. This ne
my legal status that OF an GU tlGk
The Dental Board declared in
code and agreement that shoG
never have a state certificate. -
their arbitrary. unre ssonabie u
had been placed beyond judicial q
decided 20 try my case befaI
the bar Of public opinion. MAJ
dentists and assistants. friends
the Combine. were practicing witt
out license. ! made a list Of
OF them and took their names q
addrehseH TO Prosecuting Afford
Scott. In 1904. and was surprised D.
learn afterwards that only hose
In the Combine were arrested.
df next move was 60 call on
late Col. Alden J. Blcthen. editor.
chief OF the Seattle Daily and s.
day Times. i related my enterpe
70 him and said ! could win the e.
tie II J could get the facts bet
the public. but when I had fInixo
my publicity campaign I ouid -
him least one thousand doll
over the amount ! could pay on o0
count each week. He said. Throw
bring me a brief or an outline
dad 30. 1t contained three and or
half columns. Colonel Blethen kaV
me his wholesome. candid advio
took the outline Of what | 49,
10 publish and printed IL II -
the sunday Times as a conf &c
70 me merits OF my contention.
said. Brown. now tell the truth a.
give EN- r. and I will tell U
manager TO give you the credit" n
then made arrangeme nfs ri
the P.-I. and star for my eontinu
story. The battle LASTED until
Dental Combine was discredited
destroyed. and the Dental Bo1
was in the receivers hands on an
cation OF the Spokane lawyer
years before had started TO eI
inmate all dentists who refuse
join the Combine. His work OF
cyide entity grew tedious and do
were more to the taste Of the
yer. You may rest assured thu
made him earn his money.
Mr. John II. Parker and I r
have defended over one hun(
dental prosecutions. out of MI
number we lost seven cases in
superior Courts but reversed four
those in the Supreme Court H
have often thought OF my inde|s
ednesE 10 the Dental Combine. fofI
the Combine had not made me O(
object OF its attack ! probably woe
not have been admitted TO the ~
nor would the publicity csinpaiG
many thousands of friends an
patients.
My final exposure OF the Dene1
Combine was before the lie gixiatfX
Investigating Committee. OF WIN
senator u. L. Allen and ex-Spea1
OF the House Howard Taylor. We
members. The hearing took plG
here in Seattle. After the heard
the committees report charged 4
Dental Board with being guilty.
repre- hcnsible conduct in taking 4
pense money TO which " Was
entitled. and for taking the fee
twenty-five dollars and Issuing
dentist an examination. but adul
ting that he passed at a former q
animation. for which he also n
the sum OF twenty-five dollars.
was about 1909.
In 1912 l knew that the Del
and that the new board menio
were honest and fair. so took
examination and was successfuI
getting my license. I'M
WHY DID MAKE THIS rIGIE
Brown is trying his case in
newspapers. My appeal to pull
opinion was made necessary beco1
| could not get my case heard ben
the courts of law, since the "
Institution by which I sought
at my destruction. Why did l heed
"a rebel? | was licensed in Calf
mia, Texas and Missouri, and
learned Dental Boards lawyer.
his raving before the court,
manded that | leave this state, ~
l decided to stay here. Netsun
the courts decision, | could exl
no protection OF law here. but IA
come to MAKE Seattle my home. q.
while the Dental Board and couy
evidently saw and thought of o.
Brown. the dentist. | was fighuy
for the rights OF family, their
erty. their university and their
velopment. So l am here to tell u
story after all these twenty yeor|
while every last one OF the crou
that sought my destruction Is go4
or forgotten. and no monument
any good resulting from their hoV
ing one time existed.
The following are some fifth
quotations to sustain my positiouE
when the spirit OF liberty q
fled, and truth and justice are 4
regarded, private rights can easI
be sacrificed under the forms
law. "--kent's Commentaries q
Rights OF Persons, Vol 2. page u
mo court or jury are inves(
with any arbitrary discretion TO ~
termine n cause according to th(R
mere notions OF justice. Such a d.
erection vested in any body Of ntu
would constitute the most appailtnu
OF despotisms. Law. and Justice ac'
cordtng To law-this is the only 50
cure principle upon which the coer
troversies of men can be decides
IL Is better on the whole that a fev
cases OF hardship and IN
justice, arising from defect 49,
dence or the unbe nding character u
some strict rule of law. should bt
than that general insecure
ity should pervade the community
from the arbitrary discretion of th(
Judge. "--Sharswo God on lie gal Ethics
My next article will be on receu'
dental prosecutions and dentists ID