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JACOB HELMER. 
that appeared in the February number of the American Veter¬ 
inary Review entitled “ Pennsylvania Points the Way,” which 
editorial reflects unmistakably upon the character of the present 
Board. 
By it the writer of the article has demeaned himself. He 
may, however, be deemed less culpable, possibly not knowing the 
facts. Nevertheless it appears that at least he assumed to know, 
nor did he hesitate to reflect discredit upon the Governor, the 
legislators, the State Board and the profession by saying “ that a 
tottering political machine required more pliant men that sinister 
political influences might be better served.” The language of 
the writer is not to be likened to the beaded bubbles that sparkle 
on the rim of the cup of justice and truth, but, on the contrary, 
it is an untrue and unwarranted stricture upon the character of 
the chief executive of Pennsylvania, upon our legislators and 
your Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Thoroughly con¬ 
sidered, it appears to be wholly the morbid vaporing of a deluded 
mind, based upon an article in the same number of the Review 
entitled “A Letter to Governor Tener.” 
It would be a sign of innate weakness if the Board did not 
resent all such base insinuations. If our manhood, self-respect 
and political independence are to be preserved by such sophistry, 
Heaven help us. 
If the above statement quoted from the editorial be true, then 
it is the immediate duty of the Board, recognizing the fact, to 
request its own dissolution. 
Let me assure you, however, that the Board as to-day con¬ 
stituted is at least as good a Board as ever. Among other advan¬ 
tages, it will be less hampered in its deliberative functions by a 
similar bossism that the article first endeavors to create and then 
pretends to condemn. We emphatically do not share in the view 
that our chief executive and the men who place laws upon our 
statute books do not desire that said laws be enforced against 
law-breakers, and from our past experience we know that the 
Board will be sustained in the reasonable and just enforcement 
of these laws. 
