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could be guilty of such a barbarous and almost criminal act. 
His recent action in the case of the strikers has shown that our 
estimate of him was almost prophetic, and he is being lashed 
by the press of the country as he deserves. The only reason 
he was honored by election was that his opponent, Altgeld, 
was presumed to be more degenerate, but recent events have 
shown that he is even a worse enemy of law, order and society 
than his socialistic competitor. If impeachment does not re¬ 
move him earlier, the veterinarians of Illinois may rest assured 
that when his term is over no more Governors of that class will 
ever again disgrace the State and retard scientific progress. 
Our E. C., the Jotiriial of Comparative Medicine^ etc.^ 
appears to be in a distressingly perturbed state of mind where- 
ever Review collaborators are concerned. ■ In its August issue 
it spat upon our valued co-worker. Prof. Williams, and in its 
rather tardy October nnmber Dr. Schwarzkopf comes in for his 
share of its vituperation. What’s the matter with the erstwhile 
appreciative Joumial? which was once wont to applaud the 
original efforts of those of our profession who are doing a noble 
work in building up the literature of this new science in Ameri¬ 
ca. We trust that, for the good of the profession, it is not a 
case of editorial emtif for we cannot afford to lose the enthusi¬ 
astic support so unstintingly given by it for the past few years, 
during which period it has unceasingly declared that it “ Leads 
Veterinary Journalism in America.” The question uppermost 
is as to the direction, and this involves a further consideration 
as to whether we can afford to follow our generous leader. 
Our Esteemed Correspondent, Dr. Francis Abele, of 
Quincy, Mass., to whom the Review and its readers are under 
great obligations for frequent and very interesting reports of 
cases occurring in his practice, contributes this month one in 
which he figures as hero and victim, and exhibits a degree of 
coolness in the face of real or fancied danger which may prove 
the best antidote to the development of poisonous germs in his 
