Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-11
THE LEGIsLATURE.

! Grace HOm0Op0thAG EAO9ptGAI-Th0 Contest Begun SPfritedly-The Op- position To the Project-The Derby | Division matter-The Swift Case. HARTFORD, Conn.,, April 10. Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR- The railroad committee retired behind 1 locked doors this afternoon and will burn
 midnight gas this evening. The committee ! is struggling over the report in form it will make upon the Housatonic's petition to par l allel the Consolidated and also upon the res- olution of inquiry as to the alleged illegal is- l sue of bonds. The work of drafting such @ \ report is considerable, even were it all plain sailing on the subject matter. The anxious | ly awaited report of the railroad committee will undoubtedly come in Friday, and by many is confidently expected tomorrow | morning. Bets are being made that every
 member of the committee will report against granting the Housatonic's petition, but the more conservative observers of the struggle predict that but six of the nine members of the committee will oppose granting the Housatonic's petition.
 THE SHE'LL FISH COMMISSION. The fishery committee will meet to-mor- row to formulate it's report on the abolition of the shell fish commission bill. Some change in the existing commiss will sure- l ly be reported.
 THE BIG FIGHT OVER THE DIVISION OF DERBY. The great fight over the division of the town of Derby has been made the order of the day in the house tomorrow. WATERBURY COURT HOUSE. The New Haven county representatives at ! tempted to hold 8 meeting to-day on the Waterbury court house matter and passed a vote to appropriate $500 year for court &C., commodations in Waterbury, when it was \ discovered that no quorum was present and | the meeting adjourned. Several years ago ! when the bill was passed authorizing a term of the Superior court at Waterbury it was | with the provision that the county should not be put to any expense, all of which was to be borne by the city of Waterbury. The Brass City people now want this clause re- pealed.
 THE CONSOLIDATED ROADS PETITION. The petition of the Consolidated road for increase of it's stock will be heard next Tues.
 day.
 ALLePATHY VERSUS HOMEOPATHY. The principal hearing of interest to New
 Haven people to-day was on the petition for
 charter for Grace Homeopathic hospital of
 New Haven and an appropriation of $75, 1000
 to maintain it.
 Judge Deming and Attorney Henry G.
 Newton appeared for the petitioners and
 Henry 0. White for the New Haven hospital.
 The petitioners are Dr. Clifford B. Adams,
 Dr. B. H. Cheney, Wilbur F. Day, Rev. Dr.
 Justin E. Twitchell, General Edwin S.
 Greeley, Dr. Frank B. Kellogg, Dr. N. F.
 Linquist, General E. E. Bradley, Hon. w. O.
 TO1L ~ n
 Dr. Paul c. Skif, Alonzo L. Talmage, E.
 Hayes Trowbridge, Dr. Charles Vishno. and Dr. E. J. Walker.
 Jndge Deming said that the charter and
 bylaws were drawn by sx-Judge Robinson as
 broadly as possible so that the doors might schools. They had supposed until 10 o'clock last night that the general hospital society
 would not offer any opposition. In view of
 this fact he should like to have the opponents state what their ground of opposition is, whether it is to the charter on technical grounds or whether on the ground of the school of medicine.
 Attorney White said that his clients op- posed on the ground that the present hospi- tai could get along only with the greatest difficulty on account of resources, and it was sixty years old. It seemed inadvisable to di- vert any funds from the hospital already limited for means.
 Dr. c. B. Adams. the humane agent, and president of the New York and Connecticut Air Line railroad company, was the first wit ness for the petitioners. He said the reason for the application was that there is no hos pital in the State where homeopathic doc tors are admitted or people can get the bene- fit of homeopathic treatment. There are large number of people who believe in this treatment and cannot secure it without going out of the State at large expense. Homeso- pathists are continually called upon to con tribute to the hospital in whose management they have no voice. In other words it was taxation without representation. In the cross-examination he said the members of the New Haven Homeopathic society, who were to manage the Grace hospital, were not incorporated. This society has twenty-six members, which includes all the local "homoeops" except one or two. Dr. W. D. 1 Anderson is not 8 member, neither is Dr. Rodman.
 Dr. Anderson had been invited to join at the outset, but saw fit not to come in.
 Dr. Cheney was the next witness for the l applicants. He has been in practice twenty | seven years and now follows the homeopathic l school, though formerly an allApathic physi- clan and army surgeon. He thought there | should be homeopathic hospital in New I Haven, because there was no place now | where people could secure homeopathic hos | pital treatment. He cited instances of this | kind and there was 8 real necessity for such | a hospital. Many physicians held this be- l lief and homeopathy and it's followers were I rapidly increasing.
 Attorney White asked the doctor why he | had changed from one school to the other.
 Judge Deming objected and remarked that | he supposed 1t was because he found he | could cure more patients. Henry G. Newton | said he supposed it was because he thought | he killed less.
 Rev. A. H. Goodenough, of the East Pearl | street M E. church, thought that there were onvN1a {r Nar Houa rhn ra1 treatment. Many of the New Haven clergymen had told him they should refuse to take collections in their church for | the general hospital, because no homeopathic l treatment could be obtained. He knew that there was c very strong demand for the new isters' meeting one-half of the clergymen present criticised the management of the hospital.
 had refused to collet for the general hospital and the petitioners refused to give the names of the alleged dissatisfied ministers.
 Dr. Erastus E. Case of Hartford, president of the State Homeopathic association, said that it was just and right that the large number of homeopathic believers should have 8 hospital where they could secure their preferred treatment. At this point Judge Deming stated that in the proposed | hospital that "eclectric" physicians and all other schools would be recognized and al- lowed to practice. One eclectric physician would probably be on the board of manage ment.
 Dr. E. B. Mosker, secretary of the State society, reiterated the reasons previously given in favor of the application. It was his opinion that courtesies were extended to old l school physicians not granted to the homeo- paths, by the Hartford hospital.
 One of the great needs for the hospital was hat surgeons may have place to observe operations and gain experience.
 Dr. Francis Bacon, Dr. W. H. Carmalt, Dr. J. P. 0. Foster, Morris F. Tyler and other representatives of the hospital were present., but had no opportunity to say any hing, as the petitioners did not finish put ing in their case to-day. Attorney White wanted to go into an examination of the heories and practices of the two schools but the committee did not are to hear this evidence, as they said it would not enlighten them any.
 SENATE BUSINESS.
 The senate passed the substitute resolution for the sale of the Rockville rail |