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EDITORIAL. 
consist of the Governor ex-officio^ and five other commissioners, 
to be appointed by the Governor, as follows : The Commissioner 
of Agriculture, a practical breeder of live stock, the Secretary 
of the State Board of Health, and two competent and qualified 
veterinarians. The bill recites the duties and powers of this 
commission, and authorizes it to expend a sum not exceeding 
$50,000 to carry out the provisions of the Act. There is little 
doubt that the bill is 011 the line of advancement, and if prop¬ 
erly enforced would result in great good to the live stock inter¬ 
ests of the State. It is a vast improvement over one of a similar 
import introduced a few years ago, but we regret that it does 
not emanate from within the body of one of the representative 
veterinary organizations of the State, and have behind it the 
united profession, who could move upon the law-makers with a 
solid front and command their attention and support. The bill 
also omits the important principle of civil service. We fear 
that such fragmentary attempts will throw distrust upon our de¬ 
mands when seeking legislation upon measures which have the 
approval of the whole profession. 
DR. HOSKINS’ CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR OF PHILA¬ 
DELPHIA. 
That very versatile veterinarian, our esteemed friend and 
fellow-worker. Dr. W. Horace Hoskins, editor of the Journal of 
Comparative Medicme and Veterinary Archives^ graduate of 
the American Veterinary College, past-President of the United 
States Veterinary Medical Association, has just undergone the 
exciting vicissitudes of a political campaign, having been the 
standard-bearer of the Democratic party for the exalted position 
of Mayor of the great city of Philadelphia. Nominated as a 
Democratic and reform candidate in a city whose overwhelming 
Republicanism has for years made the position upon the ticket 
of the opposition an empty honor, we are proud to say that a 
member of our profession has awakened in the people of the 
City of Brotherly Love an enthusiasm seldom felt in a minority 
candidate ; and although he was unable to overcome the great 
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