Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-27
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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interferad with and extend to others, the
same rights we claim for ourselves.
hone the bill will not have = PASSAGE
Mr.. Hume al Washington said that
there might be virtues in tic bill, but
that he was opposed on the ground that
the reonle did not want II. He s9tG that
there had not been single petition pre-
s,rted in favor of it until today, while
there were numerous renions5rances
against its passage. He thought 1t was
an inyariable rule that when the people
wanted anything they would make sheir
wishes known by petitions. lie sald tfial
he was sycrse to haSty action ana thoughb
that this matter had not been fuiiy con-
sidered. He said the bill was niiid one
much too mild in his opinion TO ne ZOE
any good II they wanted to stamp OUT
these auacks he wanted to know why
thev had not drawn bill better calcu-
lated TO do it. He said that OF all the
humbugs that had ever appeared before
the American people Christian Science
was the sheerest, and there were other
bumbugs mentioned in this bill ana OK
cepted from its provisions that were al
most us bad He said he was opposed to
the bill, and moved its indefinite postpone
ment.
Mr.. Higgins Of York said that he was
CONVINCED that there were virtues in the
bill. and that he heartily agreed with the
senator from Washington, that 1t was q
fair and liberal bill. He said that in his
mind the question was: Are we going
to allow the people of this State to emf
ploy those who hold themselves out false
iv To he doctors OF are we going TO pass u
law to protect the public against this
fmposition? He pointed out that in other
walks of life, in running steamboats,,
locomotives, or In acting as pilot. a man
WAS required to submit to an examination
as 10 his fitness for the work, ana no
Thought that in this most important
rnatter of the health and lives OF the peo-
nlc here should be u similar restriction
lie agreed that there were people who
possessed the art of healing, who We're not
regular physicians, but there was q hltch
larger class of people who obtained money
from tho poorer people especially Oh the
State under false pretenccs in this mat
ter. Under the circumstances he Thought
Il would be well to make beginning.
and he thought that although the Dill
was not all that it should be, it was bet
ter than nothing, and he should accord
ingly vote for it.
Mr.. Hume pointed out that this Legs
lature had already decided that state
boards were not u good thing, as they had
refused to appoint board OF educatloh
which would have served without any
INV, and that now by this bill they were
inauguratng board Of medical regis
tration which would be paid, out of the
fees, IL was true, but still paid board.
He objected to this autocratic sort OF u
board, and pointed out the unfairncss OF
this board making mon from the utter
most parts of the State como down before
them to be examined.
Senate amendment A, presented by Mr.
Penney was then rejected by vote OF
to 10.
Senate amendment Is, offered by the
same senator was then rejected by vote
of TO 49,
Mr.. Nickcrson of Lincoln then offered
Senate amendment &, which he said
provided that tho masters oil vessels should
be excepted from the provisions OF TINS
act. and would allow them to administer
drugs to their crews out of the medicine
chest which they were forced to carry
under the Y. ) law
Mr. Savage of Androscoggin asked II
the masters Of vessels of ships practised
medicine for hire.
Mr.. Nickerson replied that it was part
of their duty, and they were paid for do
ing that as well as the other things in the
line of their duty.
Mr.. Savage said that the master Of q
vessel could not he considered to be
practising medicine for hire i'll admins
tering medicines from the ships medicine
chest He sfid that it seemed to him that
these amendments were offered with
view to defeating the passage OF the bill be-
tween the two Houses, ms they would be
likely to do at this late hour in the session.
Mr. Nickorson said that this amend
mont was offered in good faith, and was
not offered for the purpose OF defeating
the bill.
Senate amendment G was then rejected
by vote of / to ID.
Mr. Hume of Washington moved to in
definitely postpone, aud on his motion
the yeas and nays were taken ON TINS
motion. Yhe vote was as follows;
Yeas-Messrs. Cook, Engel, Hovey,
Hume Jackson, Nickerson, Penney, Rey-
holds, Walls, Weeks, Wood.-l1
MASSACHUSETTS. Day, Ferguson, Gordon,
Harlow, Higgins, Hill, Maxwell, Mitchell,
Prescott, Spotford, Stone, Waterhouse,
Wiggin-l3.
Mr.. Savage of Androscoggin explained
that Mr. Amos of Washington had paired
with him earlier in the session on this
question, on which Mr.. Ames would have
voted yea and himself yea, and that he
abstaincd from voting on that account
even though strictly speaking the pair
would not hold now that Mr.. Ames had
been excused, out of courtesy to MIR.
Ames.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was accordingly lost.
The bill was then read second time
and passed TO be engrossed.
House document No 331, majority
and minority reports Of committee en-
judiciary relating to lands conveyed by
the State to the North American aud
European Railway, especially assigned for
to lay, was taken from the table.
Mr.. Higgins OF York said that all who
had participated in the discussion ON this
matter tho other day seemed TO agree that
it was now too late to do anything IN this
matter by legislation, and that in order to
bring tho matter properly before tho Son
ate he moved to accept the majority report
OF the committee, which was that legis-
l,tion was inexpsdicnt.
Mr.. Hume Of Washington said that since
discussing this matter the other day ne had
..,.,.. -, In tsnn of tho acts and