The New York herald., 1878-03-30

route throughout It's eutire engtn witnip year
from the passage OF the act, ami that such company
shall run nght trains the portions OF the al eady
buit and IN rest Of the road, soon as built, ~
often fifteen minutes between q he hours OF
nine 7. ~ and m'dnishl, and to the trains called
Communication trains The object this bill Is said
enable the Elevated Railroad To cnange It's route
on the we- sine and follow the line oi Eighth avenue
from Seventeen street or thereabouts out to
COMPS Dam Br,dge There Is an old
law In relation TO the ark Com M ission which
gives that body jurisdiction the skirtine
the Ceutrai Park, ana WHICH, as Is not contemplated
in this bill, give some conn. ct OF autnof.
ny The Mayor and Rapid Transit Com mission may
grant routes, but the Park Commissioners
with their authority and prevcut the OF Eighth
Tor elevated railroad purposes cectuaiv ~
they could the use OF the Park. coalition sub
bii Is that communion trains. second class for
working people, snail be run at reduced rates. and the
taking OF Eighth avenue may be regarded a guar.
antee OF low lares during crr,in hours OF the day.
HARLEM RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
The memorial of the Legislature 10 New York mem-
bers In the national Congress- asking nem 10 support
and cndeavor to have passed, the pending appropra-
tion for the Improvement OF the Harlem River was
ordered eugrossed and when compleied VIII be trans
mitted
CHURCH TAXATION.
Senator Perce's Dill extending tne exemption OF the
law Of 1852, IN relation 10 church property iu New
York. to brooklyn, and providing that no edince
which is not used exclusively Tor church purposes
shall hereafter be exempted from taxation, was or
dcrcd TO third reading
The bill intro by senator Wagstan, entitled
act TO provide for the Improvement oi racing horscss
was moved IN the Senate THIS morning. rhe Commit
referred, 1t Will be remembered, refused 10 takt
auy action on tho measure. and at last reported II
back the senate Tor consideration. Today tor thS
first time It thrown back into the Senate,
It's merits were the subject OF discussion.
In committee OF the Whole Mr.. wacstaG, In re-
spouse TO the motion of Mr.. Ecclesne 10 strike out
the exacting clause Tor the purpose of an explains
tion, sad that tho law was which sought TO re-
peal tue law passed lus. year, which prohibited the
selling of pools on ra,c tracks or Ia any OF ine towns
or cities OF The state The law he said, was not re-
specled, ana the operations. instead OF having any
iaorai influence only tended 10 weaken the financial
strength oil racing associations. He cited his expert-
Saratoga last year, wnen he Senators who
had spoken voted Tor the law prohibiting the sale
OF pool tickets coming IRON the races French
pool tickets in their hats. lie did not think, he
wished II unacrslood, that TINS injured the moral
character oil tho gentlemen in question: but only 10
snow that tho law was not oOcyed.
Senator Raincs sand he was not so sure about the
tnat on the races at Saratoga had
all, ctcd the moral character Of some gentlemen
He sad II seemed to MIN that Senator Wagstan orgot
the vote on the Stnyth trial
Mr. Looms asked what pool meant
Mr Marvin sad II referred IN abbreviated form u
the pool OF Bethesda.
Mr. ST. Iohn said he had voted tor the bill which
the one under discussion sought to repeal He wua
in favor OF improving the breed OF horses and cattle,
but he did not think tho emu could be attained by
the means suggested. Gambling, he said, was IN
practice, and IL was Tor the Senate decide
whether Il should be legaiized by direct enactment
Mr. Ecclesne SAID he had moved TO strike out The
enactIng clause IN the hope OF getting clear argu-
n.'eDt on Its merits. He wished some one who was
I'M crested IN II would set forth It's benefits, &c, at
lon nth. He then drew very dismal picture 0f thl
hay.c wrought among young men IN New York
Hs in,0u ssaimsd to % Know Of dofaIcation and
embezzl ement by young clerks and others which
pools. He wound up by saying that pools wore de-
moralizng and criminni.
Mir sessi, ms SAID favor OF good horses,
but he did how tho operations OF the bill wero
going to do al Y good IN that direction.
Mr. Wagstan explained that unless tho bill was
passed many r. ,cug associations would fall TO the
ground as thcy oud not offer prizos suicient 10 ii-
duce men 10 take me trouble anu expense OF breeding
or i'm horse to the tracks at the parks.
rhe bill, he said asked Tor by many well known
citIzeus aud turimen.
Mr. Ecclestne asked II ths had peen made the SUD
jecL OF petitions
Mr.. Wagslan respon, ted aflrmativcly, and added
that the petition was saded ny sucn gentlemen az
Mr. jerome ana Mr.. Be- mont, OF New YORK. Mr..
Waastan continued anu AID that bookmaKIng-tho
meancst spccies OF gambhL g-was carried Oh on the
track At Jerome Park at 1t yielded no revenue
To the ASSOCIATION Jerome Park, he said, would have
to DC closed n the law Was no I passed.
Mr.. LOOMS repeated his qu cst'on as 10 what poos
was.
Mr.. wagstaa said:"In this sili It has reference to
u method Tor obtaining sunici, NJ amount OF money
to import race HORSES and oler pi 'Ies 'ha' VIII naucs
breeders to Improve their animals.
As thcro seemed 10 nispos ,tion the part Of
the senate to pass tho b Senator Jacobs moved 70
report progress and the motion was Carried The bill
VIII probably De called up again next week.
DoCI0Rsf
The Senate Committee ON Public Health met In the
Senate Chamuer last evening and considered Senate
SURGERY me oil lorbids the practice OF mcicine
surgery by any persous not duly licensed by med-
cal colleges or by the Board oil Regents OF tho
University, aud requires registry oil all persons
entitled TO practice medicine each county OF the
State. The penalties for failure 10 register or prac-
tisny medicine without license invoive nne ana i'm.
prisonmeEt modified, however, by the provisions Of
1916 when RESTRICTS imprisonment in lou
oil lue TO the period OF 1ty days IN cases IN which
tho person convicted nas no means To pay the nne.
only member oi the conmittee present wus Sens.
tor aud Dr. Pierce, the chairman.
Dr ii. "A. Benton, an electric phys OF Troy, do
nounced the pil lie said tnat he had praciised
twenty years without diploma, and that there
the sick in the way. TINS bill would make sucn
persons criminals anu prevent the accomplishments OF
good through eioctricity and like modes Of heal
ing mostly employed by irregular physicians.
Dr.. IL q. Plard appes red ior the New York Medi-
Cal Association aud expa hed that there were now l1S
boards authorized to I.onsc practitioners IN this
State and IN TACT fee oil $40 was tho only practicI
requirement. Tho DIlI uL der considerarion did NOS
propose " Interfere with tho rights OF any physician
already licensed, but dM propose 10 prevent
medical murder by the licensing hereafter Of
persons utterly unqualified aud who earned
OF those weak body aud mind The question 10 not,
SAID The doctor, one oil schools Inc homeopathic
well us old school societies s,spport tho bill Tho
only opposition necessarily comss IRON quacks, who
are unwiing to submit their systems or attainments
Mr. Sidney J. Cowan the counsel for the New York
Mecical Association, sustained DR.. Plard IN long
legal argument reviewing the med ts legislation Of
the state since 1913, especially tnat 81 1874
DR.. tish, a magnetic physician, oil Albany, magnets
the which he recltcd the greater portion Of
the Constitution OF the Unned states, the Bin Of
Rights aud tue Resolutions OF 'os. He declared that
pay sicians, Ike poets must be born not made, and
that regular DOCTORS killed moro than tbey and
should be extlrpated. Tho doctor was
who was inspired by knowledge Of his
own inherent powers, and made his patients
believe IN him. TINS did not secm 10 be tue case
with the COMMITTEES OF ono on III OCCASION, Tor Sem
aior Pierce's Involuntary hihrty, aud The ili'su-
pressed laughter OF the audience uncomfortable
by the gravity OF the subject compelled adjourn
ment untii next Tuesday evening, on which OCCASION
II to bc hoped tnat this extremely important mat
ter viii be d posed oil, and TO bc mado inugh-
ing STOCK by address, oil medical mountcDauks who
cannot fairly represent even tho unlicensed practk
toners.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Tho act creating "a state Board o Railroad Commits.
siopcrs considercd Dy the Railroad Conn Of
the Assembly yesterday afternoon Hon. Chauncey NJ
Dcpe~ and Hon. Josopu H. Ramse appeared IN oppo-
siton TO The bil, ana Mr. SIMON sternc OF New YORK.
supported IT, Mr.. Dopow sad that the propositio iou
submitted to the committcc was nothing more
oss than the estaDs1 mcnt OF a railroad literary
bureau. lie thougnt the country had got enough
OF literary bureaus IN the last campaign. Men