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in the future. Mr. Daniels would have made arrangements with 
railways and hotels for reduced rates to those who desired to at¬ 
tend. If the graduates would not take the matter up, of course 
the whole thing would have to fall through. Before he left I 
told Mr. Smith that the profession in St. Louis would be found 
ready at any time to advance the cause of science, but we could 
not possibly consent to recognize these proposed constituents of 
the Association as our equals, and advised him in future to get a 
list of graduates of what recognized colleges there are or have 
been in existence, and exercise a little more circumspection as to 
the qualifications of those who have been signing these calls for 
conventions in the various States. We flatter ourselves that Mr. 
S. found that the graduates of St. Louis entertained a higher idea 
of both professional duty and dignity than was shown by some of 
the regulars in other cities. 
I have been impelled to lay the preceding before the profes¬ 
sion in view of the extraordinary course which this Journal , so 
professedly conservative of our interests, is taking in this matter. 
To our great surprise and indignation, in a recent issue of the. 
Journal appeared the original oall for the convention, signed by 
the following names : Delkas Hass, northeast corner 3d and 
Chouteau ave.; Edward Scheele, 614 Lafayette ave.; Henry 
Scheele, Sr., 614 Lafayette ave.; Louis Scheele, 1204 Russell ave.; 
Rli. H. Hesse, Y.S., 709 Russell ave.; Dr. J. T. Wheeler; John 
J. Kelley, 2613 Washington st.; S. Farrell, 2613 Walnut st.; 
Frank N. Earl, 2926 Chouteau ave.; all in this city, remember ! 
Not one of these signatures, to the best of our knowledge aud be¬ 
lief, is that of a professional man; all, as far as we can ascer¬ 
tain, are quacks of the first water. There is not the slightest 
shadow of an excuse for such a direct insult to us. I gave Mr. 
Smith the names of those graduates practicing here, and informed 
him of the standing of those men whose signatures he had already 
obtained. The convention is called for May 6th, and a pretty 
affair it will doubtless be. Meanwhile, we are trying to get the 
papers to take up our side, and are informing our clients and the 
general public about the circumstances of the case, so that they 
may judge of the proceedings in the manner they deserve, and 
