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the members, to discredit the secretary and break up the 

 Society for the temerity of its secretary who followed the di- 

 rection of its executive authority. 



In the letter to me of April 7, '05, before referred to, Dr. 

 S. writes of the Trenton bill being introduced at my request. 

 He also inquires in the letter to members of our Ex. Com. 

 (April 14, '05), whether the introduction of the bill was 

 really an action of the Ex. Com., and whether "it is the 

 policy of the society to ignore and condemn as unworthy of 

 consideration all work not done under its seal." He goes on 

 at great length and with an evident feeling of personal conse- 

 quence, with which his letter to you is also saturated : "It 

 is a matter of importance to me to know whether this society 

 acts through a responsible committee or through an irrespon- 

 sible secretary who assumes the right of speaking for it." 

 In this letter to the committee he enclosed a copy of the one to 

 me of April 7, wherein he recites his claims to recognition, as 

 well as of others, and says : " You were careful to keep from 

 all these parties all knowledge of this measure and to care- 

 fully exclude them from the commission proposed in your 

 bill. You placed the treasurer of your society, for which 

 you purported to act, in the light of an ignoramus by credit- 

 ing him with preparing the bill." The fact was, I had not 

 mentioned a single official to be appointed on the New Jersey 

 commission. 



Mr. Beach immediately wrote Dr. S. that it was he who, at 

 a large meeting of the Executive Committee, moved the in- 

 troduction of the N. J. bill, that he assumed all responsibility 

 for the bill, completely taking all blame, if any. And yet, 

 Dr. S. in the News, repeats the same charges against me as to 

 the bill and "sneak" legislation. I wish I could give full 

 copies of these strange letters of Dr. S. They are filled with 

 the most high- tempered words. 



A number, besides Mr. Beach, wrote Dr. S. a "soft 

 answer ' ' to his ' ' personal letter to every member of the 

 Executive Committee," but it failed to turn away his wrath. 

 It was predicted that "if he is of normal constitution he cer- 

 tainly will, on reflection, be mortified at the position in which 



