The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-11-28

list DAY-IAe mouse OF representa-
tives Tuesday morning killed the bill
of Mr.. Houston, of DeKalb to elect the
judges and solicitors by the people, by
vote of SIS to 70. The entire morn
ing session was consumed in consider
ing the bill, but there is still some
chance for the system to be changed,
as there are three other bills with this
end in view. There were several
strong speeches made on the bill and
the session was an unusually inter
estiug one.
22ND DAY-There were two exciting
contests in the house of representatives.
Wednesday morning and two very i'm
portant bills were passed by very
c ose vote. One was bill to create
hree boards of medical examiners for
th3 state and the other was bill to
regulate admissions to the bar in Geor-
gia. The doctors bill strikes death
blow at quackery and nostrum pill
rollers, for if it becomes a law none
but reputable physicians will be allow
ed to practice in Georgia. The law
yer's bill looks to elevating the stand
ard of the legal profession by ad-
hitting only intelligent and well
informed men to the bar. There
was still another important bill intend
ed to clip the slanderer's tongue
and make them amenable to the law
for an oral defamation of character.
Tie first bill considered was the one
by Mr.. Fouche of Floyd to create
medical examiners for the state. The
bill is favored by the medical frater-
nifty of Georgia. 1t provides for the
appointment by the governor of three
medical boards of five members each.
One board shall be composed of the
regular school of medicine, one from
the homeopathic school and one from
the eclectic school. A lively discus
sion and hard fight were engendered
over the bill Mr.. Worley of Ebert
offered an amendmedt that the provis-
ions of the act shall not apply to any
graduates of a medical college in Geor
gia The amendm ent was lost. The
committees report, favorable to the
passage of the bill, was adopted and
then the vote on its passage was
taken. There were 81 votes for
the bill and 65 against it.
This lacked one vote of con-
stitutional majority. Speaker Elem
ing cast that vote and announced the
bill passed in the midst of applause on
the floor and in the gallery. Mr.. West,
of Lowndes, gave notice of motion to
reconsider. There was still another
special order, the bill of Mr.. Wright,
of Floyd, to regulate admission to the
bar. It provides for the appointment
of commission of three by the judge
of each circuit to whom candidates for
admission to the bar shall be refer
red. Each candidate must answer
at least seventy-five per cent of
the questions, and he must have
reasonable knowledge OF the rudi-
ments of an English education. This
last clause provoked an animated dis
cussion. The bill was finally passed,
however. Mr.. West, of Lowndes,
chairman of the committee on educa
ton, gave notice of O reconsideration.
The next special order of the day was
the bill of Mr.. Moore, of Bulloch,
making oral SANDER a misdemeanor.
Under the present law, written SLAM
der is crime, but oral SANDER is not,
the man having been slandered orally
having no redress except through q
damage suit in a civil court. The re-
port of the committee was adopted
after brief discussion, and the bill was
passed. After the introduction of q
number of new bills the house ad-
journed until Thursday.