The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-06
rleeting OF the House Committee
Last Night.
THE DOCTORS WERE THERE
WENT IN DETERMINED TO FIGHT
THE MEASURE.
They Thought Better of it After
wards, HOwever-Object of the
BiIl-The Features Objected To-
Meeting of the Committee on Sal
aries-MunicipnI Corporations.

The house committee on public
health held rather a strong meeting in
the joint building last evening
The chairman. Dr. Condor. called the
meeting to consider II. B. No. 10, of
which he is the author, and he invited
members of the medical profession to
be present and express their views con-
corning the measure. The doctors came
and brought with them a set determi-
nation to sift and bear away the
scanty supply of hirsute appendage
which still fingers to grace the scalp of
the gentleman from Weber. Before the
meeting was over, however, those who
came to scott remained to pray" and
the doctor will not for the time being
at least. be compelled to send to Paris
for toupee.
The bill in question revises the pres
ent code in relation to the qualifica-
tons of practicing physicians, the
manner of examination. etc. The Dhysi-
clans in attendance Represented the
present examining board the Salt Lake
County Medical society and several rot
members OF either were also there
They were Doctors Bowers, Daily.
Wright. Fowler. J. S. Richards, Mac
lean, Young. PenrOse. S. L. Richards.
Wilcox, WorthingtCn, DOgge, Dart and
Beatty of Salt Lake. and Dr. c. e.
Coulter of Ogden.
With the exception of Doctors Dogge
and Coulter. the entire representation
of the profession present were OPP
posed to changing the present law and
some of them took occasion to abuse
the privilege granted them of adj
dressing the meeting by sinking to
personalities with reference to the
chairman. DR.. Condor duly resented
the imputations and quietly informed
the gentlemen they would find before
they got through with him that he
could take care of himself and when
he stated at the close that he did not
propose to report any bill back at all
If the committee should decide, after
due deliberation, that any new medi-
cal legislation would be inadvis-
able, the assembled physicians re-
covered from the beIIicOse attitude
they had assumed from the outset ana
not only aDDlauded his remarks. but
extended their thanks for the courtesy
he had shown them.
The chief objections voiced by the
physicians to the new bill was to its
provision requiring all physicians to
be examined. not once, but every four
years. All the speakers dwelt on this
theme and argued that inasmuch as
the present law is apparently salts
factory and as there has been no pro-
test against it, it be allowed to stand
unchanged.
The committee adjourned without
taking any action on any of the bills
before it.
The salaries committee met to con
slider the bill which it is to report. but
as there was not a quorum present
the subject of salaries was simply dis
cussed with no action being taken.
Judge Bartch appeared before the
committee to urge that the salary of
the clerk of the supreme court be fixed
at a figure commensurate with the
duties imposed upon him and with the
responsibilities of the Office. The clerk,
as we'll as the stenographer, ne said,
might be in possession Of all the
courts secrets. The interests of the
people of the state were, therefore, in
vOlved and men must be chosen to fill
the positions whose integrity cannot
be questioned. They must also be
men of ability and they must be on