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EDITORIAL. 
taut position of State Veterinarian. Not only was he objec¬ 
tionable for this reason, but he was described as a man opposed 
to the higher education of the veterinarian. This appointment 
was made in the face of the earnest protest of the united legiti¬ 
mate profession of the State. As if to add insult to injury, 
the heads of the departments of police and fire of the city of 
Chicago have followed in the footsteps of the Governor, ignor¬ 
ing, as did he, the protests of the regular members, and have 
placed the animals of their departments under the charge of a 
non-graduate. We direct the attention of our readers to the re¬ 
ports of the last two meetings of the Chicago Veterinary So¬ 
ciety, printed elsewhere in this issue, and commend most highly 
their laudable efforts to checkmate the pernicious influences 
that are maintaining in that State. Especially do we applaud 
the action of Drs. Hughes and Ryan in resigning their positions 
of Assistant State Veterinarians and their refusal to be con¬ 
nected in any way with the office under such conditions. 
The entire profession of the State should stand as a unit in 
support of the position taken by the local society against such 
a high -handed disregard of the progress of civilization and the 
countenancing of such an exhibition of brigandage; they 
should employ the most effective means to combat the baneful 
influences which are running rampant in the political policies 
of the fair commonwealth, they should follow them unceas¬ 
ingly, and pursue them with such intrepidity that the shadow 
of , the aroused cause of veterinary medicine will reflect against 
all who may in the future dare to so offend public decency. 
The method of attacking the monster of quackery by prohibi¬ 
tive legislation is the only safeguard against the crushing jug¬ 
gernaut known as the spoils system. 
GRADUATED VETERINARIANS OF NEW YORK 
STATE. 
Through the courtesy of Secretary Claude D. Morris, of the 
New York State Veterinary Medical Society, we have been fur¬ 
nished with an advance copy of a little pamphlet entitled “ List 
