The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-21

was not IN favor of paying eXtTaVd-
giant prices for anything, but he
wanted the best codification that could
be had, and hardly believed such a one
could be had for less than the amounts
provided.
Mr.. Smoot said he thought to reduce
the compensation proposed to give the
commission in the bill was a penny
wise and pound foolish policy. The
best men to be had in the state must
be appointed, and that kind of men
would not consent to serve for cess
than $40 dsy.
Mr.. Howard supported the amend
ment. He did not agree with the pre-
vious speaker in the statement that
the best men in the state could not be
had for the amount proposed in the
amendment. He had perfect confidence
in the governor, that he would appoint
none but the best men, and he had no
doubt they would accept. Besides, he
did not think the members of the COM
mission, receiving the compensation
provided in the amendment, would be
prompted to drag out the work longer
than was necessary on account of the
extra So, as they would be If they were
to receive $40.
Mr. Critchlow arose, somewhat per-
turbed. He did not think either the
business men or the attorneys who
might be appointed on the commission
would be SO low as to pro-
long the work simply for the
extra compensation. Mr. Critchlow
construed some of the remarks of
the gentlemen who had preceded him as
putting a slight upon his profession,
and started to speak his mind. 1t had
been stated. he said, that lawyers
would favor having the laws in cha
otto condition. and these same sort
might be appointed. This was the
statement which had riled the gentle
mans usually even temperament. He
referred to the bill introduced to- bar
members of the profession from be-
coming members of the legislature,
and numerous sighting remarks that
had been passed at the profession by
various numbers of the gentlemen, and
said that when such things occurred
at first it was calculated to make one
feel bad, and to be somewhat surpr1s-
ed at the attack, and wonder what
was the reason, but when 1t became so
frequent one became callous and on
looking about a bit could easily dis
Germ the motive Illustrating his point
he said: Because one preacher falls,
you do not cease to have faith in the
ministerial profession, but continue to
welcome your minister into your homes
as before The same, he said, was
true of the medical profession. If one
doctor fell or made a mistake, the
whole profession was not condemned,
and there were, he said, many mistakes
made by physicians who had anGsAdo
help to people the grave yards And
SO i'm all the learned professions, this
members of them were esteemed and
their learning honored, but not so the
legal profession. No proposition came
up but it was a, sharp trick of a law
Yer. Unlike the other professions, if a.
lawyer made mistake, slipped and
fell, the whole profession was con-
| demned
He undertook to say there were as
many honest, honorable men in the le-
gal profession as in any other in any
other walk in life. He had known bus
mess men to go to their attorneys and
ask to have things done which they
themselves would not do, and which
/ they would decry if they heard of an
| attorneys doing. Then if they refuse
as they do, they were denounced by
! the people who tried to get them to
! do their dirty work.
This was the burden of the gentle
mans remarks, speaking, as he said,
as a citizen who loved his profession,
and in defense of it.
Returning to the subject, he said if
business men were appointed on the
/ commission we would have a bust
ness mems codffication. Lawyers only
were capable of performing the work to
be imposed on the commission. 1t was
as foolish to appoint business men as
| to put a lawyer in the 2. c. NJ l. and
! tell him to run the business The best
/ lawyers in the state should be called
upon to perform the work, and they
could NOT be secured for less than the
amount provided.
Mr.. Stevens rose to inform the house
he had not offered the amendment
which he had secured to the bill with
the intention of putting any slight up
on che attorneys.
DR.. Condor, referring to Mr.. Crftcfl-
lows reference to the medical frater-
nifty, said that notwithstanding the
! gentleman's remarks he would favor
the bill as it stood.
Mr.. Bolitho moved the previous ques-
ton and the amendment was lost, the
following being the detailed vote:
Ayes-Curtis, Cazier, Egan, Gibson,
Howard, Larsen, Lennon, Sorensen
Nays-Andrus, Beard, Bolitho BERN
hisel. Condor, Critchlow, Cushing
Clark, Ferguson of Carbon, Gibbs
Heiner, Lewis, I1owrey, Morrison, Men
son, Maughn, Murdoch, Mansfield
Nebeker of Salt Lake, Nye, Robinson
SmoOt, Taylor, Thompson of Willard
! Wilson, Mr.. Speaker-total, 80; alb
sent, ;.
A motion to take a recess followed
but was withdrawn in favor of the
final passage of the bill, which, when
the roll call was had, resulted in a
unanimous vote in favor.
Recess till > o'clock was then taken.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Bolitho, Who occupied the speak
/ er's chair fer a few minutes in the
morning, was again called to the chair
! to preside when the house convened in
the afternoon.
CONSIDERATIONS DEFERRED.
s. B. No. %, providing for service OF
venires, subpoenas, writs, ETC., by mail
| in certain cases was read the third
time and laid over till today.
MEDICAL BILL KILLED.
Dr. Condor presented the report OF
the committee on publSc health rec
ommending indefinite postponement Cd
H. B. No. $50, making malpractice a
felony; H. B. No. 81, regulating the
| practice of medicine, and H. B. No
4. amending the present statute regu-
la9ing the practice of medicine, the rea-
son given being that while present laws
are not perfect, they appear to be sat
isfactory and that more important leg
islaMion engages the attention of the
session.
A DESIGN ADOPTED.
The special committee on great sea
of the state submitted design re-
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