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Show Mayor Thompson effected a very commenda- H bio political maneuver when he .removed Dr. J. 0. H E. King from the position of health commissioner H of this city, and was equally happy in his selec- H tion of Dr. M. R. Stewart as his successor. Kiug H should have been removed long ago. This paper H some time ago exclusively exposed the frightful H condition of affairs at the city pest house, icr H which scandal the health commissioner was di- H rectly responsible, for not a single recommendu- H tion for the relief and comfort of the sufferers, had been made to the council by the health com- fl missioner, and neither he nor his chief deputy vir? H ited the smallpox patients oftener than once oveiy H two or three weeks. Besides this, Dr. King has H always been an arrogant, negligent and incom- H petent official. The mayor's action in this matter H will meet with general approval. H Dr. M. R. Stewart is an able and popular H young practictioner and will serve tho city as H health commissioner in a satisfactory and efllcieut manner. H |