Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1900 — The Kankakee Valley Medical Society. [ARTICLE]

The Kankakee Valley Medical Society.

The society met in Hammond Sept 11th. There were forty members, and visitors present. Dr. I, B. Washburn, as president read his address. The work of the sooiety and suggestions for the future. Dr. Loring reported the opera- . tion on Dr. Washburn in the hos. pital. Dr. English, on invitation reported the cases of small pox inBarkley tp. which gave rise to reports of cases that have existed in other counties in the district. The reports and discussions revealed the fact that the cases have been of late, very mild and fortunately few deaths have occured. Ih the afternoon Dr. Loring of Valparaiso read a' paper on Inflamation and its treatment. It was an excellent paper and gave rise to a long and animated discussion which showed that the younger members were well posted in the subject and could express themselves very well. Twenty-one members were added to the list. Among' those the names of Drs. Johnson and Ira M. Washburn Dr. Washburn, by request read a paper by Dr. Featherstone of Chicago entitled “The Law of Suggestion” which was followed by some serious and some funny observations. Some of the observations which were made would not have pleased the Christian Scientists, Dowieiteß, faith cure, etc. The following memlfers were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. G. W. Thompson, Winamac. Vice Presidents, J. B. Berteling, South Bend, and J. T. Clark, Hammond. Secretary Dr. N. W. Cady* Logansport. Aes’t Sec’y, Dr. H. B. Hill. Logansport. Treasurer, Dr. Wm. Kelsey Monterey. Twenty one new members were added which brings the list up to 56 in all. The next meeting will be held in South Bend the last Tuesday in January 1901. The Democratic party is consistent in opposing the growth of the country, for it is on record as favoring the division of the country. It urged the Government to let the south go, and declared the war a failure, just as it is urging the Government to let the Philippines go and declaring that the war out there is a failure. Jefferson wrote to his successor Madison urging the acquisition of the island of Cuba and in the same letter made use of words that put him without the pale of the new democracy as interpreted by Bryan, for ho wrote, “I am persuaded no constitution was ever so well calculated as ours for extensive empire and self-government.” Ho never doubted for a moment the constitutional power of the Government to acquire either insular or continental territory.

If there was no Presidential campaign now we would probably witness the same unification of a views over the action of the Preais| dent of the United States in npfl holding the honor of the Americafil flag and the dignity of the Ameri- a can nation in China that was witnessed when we went to war with Spain two years ago. It is simply because one party desires : to play politics that it derides the party in power for doing what every right-thinking man knows should have been done, and what only the most partisan persons dare to criticise. A pretty good j plan to follow: In foreign affairs I there should be unity; partisan* j ship should be left to domestic 1 policies. The party that opposes I any action taken by an admiuis- I tration to uphold the dignity of 1 Americans abroad and to maka'l the ting of the nation respectedJj wherev* r it floats, will not be sutH.l cessful. The President’s Chines®’* policy has teen so far abevo roll proach tlifit any hint of criticism 1 will bo sure to disgust patrioti<|*