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Show THOMPSON SHELVED. Physicians who expected to attend the annual meeting of the American Medical association very naturally protested pro-tested against the selection of Mayor Thompson to deliver the address of welcome, wel-come, even though the meeting is scheduled sched-uled to be held in Chicago. In fact, very many of them gave notice that they would not attend unless the programme pro-gramme was , changed. In consequence conse-quence of these protests, the arrangements arrange-ments committee has announced that Governor Frank O. Lowdcn of Illinois will make the address. We quite approve ap-prove of the decided stand taken by the physicians. Thousands of their associates are in the service of the government gov-ernment for the period of the war and thousands more have volunteered their services and are .waiting to be called to active duty. They have shown the most intense patriotism ever since the country coun-try became involved in war with Germany, Ger-many, and of course they have no patience pa-tience with 's men, like the mayor of Chicago, who do not render loyal support sup-port to the country in time of national peril. The refusal of Thompson to officially offi-cially invite Marshal Joffre and other members of the French mission to Chicago Chi-cago is only one of a series of incidents showing where the sympathies of the mayor lie, and the fact that he has brought suit against some of the great newspapers of his home 'city has not had the effect of making the American people believe he is a patriotic citizen. Thompson is a candidate for United States senator and undoubtedly has a "pull" with the German element in Chicago. Without doubt he also has the support of the pro-German voters throughout the gTeat state of Illinois. He is not a safe man to hold any public office while the war is in progress, and if the story of ex-Chief of Police Healy, now on trial, be true, it was through the influence of the mayor that the dens of vice were allowed to prey upon tha public, and not because the'ex-chief the'ex-chief was paid hush money. The mere mention of Thompson's name in connection con-nection with the United States senate is therefore an insult to the intelligence and patriotism of the voters of Illinois, and his election would-be bitterly resented re-sented in every other state of the union. The protest of the members of the American Medical association may be taken as a correct interpretation of the feeling all over the country as regards Mayor Thompson, who should not be allowed to thrust himself forward and make a pretense of patriotism after having so plainly shown the cloven hoof so many times since tho outbreak of hostilities. The aree times when all American citizens must measure up to the standard or meet just condemnation. |