The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-06

der the elections Law. he stated. city
councils were not required to provide
more than one polling place in a mu-
nicipal ward, and it would be absolute
ly impossible for all the voters of a
ward to vote at one polling place.
| Sloan stated that he had been in
formed the subject wa. fully covered
by the elections bill. and Shepard sug-
! gested that it be provided for by an
emergency act The amendment was
rejected.
O'Brien offered an amendment TO the
provisions defining the powers of coun-
ties to create Indebtedness. incorpor-
ating the language of the constitution
as follows: No debt in excess OF the
taxes for the current year shall be
created by any county" This was
adopted.
NEWSPAPER LIBEL LAW.
Sloan moved that title Sc. the news
paper libel law, which was stricken out
by the senate. be reinstated. He could
see no reason why it should have been
eliminated.
Wilson opposed the motion. With the
title stricken out newspapers would be
governed by the same libel law as in
dividualS, and he could see no r,ASon
why they should have any special
privileges.
Shepard opposed the libel law. I'm
der its provisions no newspaper could
be punished, no matter how malicious
or how libelous the article. if it pub
lished a retraction in some obscure
place where no one would see it.
Dresser, a publisher himself, denied
Shepard'ss construction of the law, and
argued in favor of restoring the title
to the code.
O'Brien was opposed to the law. No
retraction could remedy the damage
done by libelous article.
sLoAN'S LOGIC.
Sloan called attention to the rela-
tions of newspapers to the public. In
the performance of its duty as a news
gatherer newspaper sometimes
worked an unintentional injury to
some person, but there was no dis
position on the part of the newspapers
TO do anyone injury. Unless the legisla-
ture desired TO prevent the newspapers
from publishing the news it should
grant them some immunity, as was
done by other states. Unless this was
done they would be left at the mercy
of blackmailers and lawyers who took
cases on a percentage. Under the old
law the greater the truth of the ar
ticle the greater the libel.
The amendment was adopted and the
title restored to the code by a vote of
II to 10, as follows:
Yeas-D. S. Cook, Dresser. Duffin,
Gibson, Hansen, Hardy, Hopkin. La
Barthe, Mangan, Mckay, Murdoch
Parry, Roylance, Sloan, n. c. Soren-
sen, Thoresen. Wheeler-17
Nays-Joseph Kimball. Lennon
O'Brien, Oveson, Romney, Shepard
Stewart, Thomson, Wilson-10.
THE MILITIA.
Dresser offered an amendment N. Inc
militia article, reducing the organiza-
ton to the following footing: One reg
iment of infantry of eight companies,
two troops of cavalry, two batteries of
hospital corps The governor is di-
rected to reduce the guard to this
footing.
The amendment was adopted.
Sloans amendment, striking out all of
section ., chapter 5. title II, defining the
adopted. Sloan explained that this sec
ton would shut out several companies
now doing business in this state.
THE STORM BREAKS.
When title 90 relating to the state board
of medical examiners, was reached a lit
tie storm. which has been brewing dur
ir- the entire session. broke over the
house. and II was invited TO take I'D the
feud that has been raging between the
various schools of medicine. Senator
titioner of the allopathic or regular
school, CHANGED to be present. DR. Has
brouck, a representative of the eclectic
school. also occupied a seat between Ores
ser and Thomson. while DR.. Dogge, who
has promulgated an address in denuncia-
ton OF the present medical board and law
stood behind Thqresons chair. Thoreson
is also a physician so the medical pro-
fession was quite well represented.
Dresser offered, an amendment Drovid-
ing that the board should be composed of
three ailopaths, two homeopathic and two
Il would like 20 have the gentleman
explain to the house the difference be-
tween the allopaths, the homeopathic and
would stump the author of the amend
ment
The allopaths. proceeded Dresser,
with great gravity, give big doses. the
homeopaths give, little. doses and the. &c
lectics divide between them"
SENATOR, CANNON SPEAKS.
The house then went into committee of
the whole. Wilson in the chair. for the
purpose OF hearing Senator Matte H.
Cannon explain the senate amendments
to the title. She stated that this part of
the code was the old law, with some
slight amendments by the code commits
sion and the senate. Ninety per cent of
the practitioners of Utah were of the
allopathic or regular school, and but 10 I
per cent belonged to the homeopathic and
eclectic schools. In consequence of this /
division, the governor and senate had
given four places on the board to the allo- |
paths. two TO the homeopaths and one TO |
tse eclectics, there being very few prac- |
titioners of the latter school in the state. I
One complaint with the old law was that |
the board was invested with judicial pow
ers, which had been abused. and the law /
had been amended to deprive it of these /
powers. All other states had similar laws 1
and the object was to protect the people !
from healers and QuackS. No complaints I
had been heard from the homeopathic. !
The Dresser amendment would place the I
control of the board in the hands of the (
minority schools.
DIR. HASBROUCK'S ADDRESS.
On motion of Roylance, DR.. Hasbrouck /
was invited TO give the eclectic side of !
the controversy. He made very con- /
lectics had been given larger representa- /
ton by many other states. He believed /
the homeopaths would endorse the propo- /
sition before the house, but declared that {
many of them were afraid TO express /
themselves. because ii had cost some of !
them hundreds of dollars to get out of the .
trouble the board had got them into. If .
composed as proposed. the board would .
not be controlled by any one school or
any ring.
SHEPARDS IDEA.
The committee then rose and reported
what il had done, and Shepard offered an
fixing the membership of
one eclectic, one faith healer,
)ne clairvoyant, one hypnotist and one
Mormon elder, who cure by the laying
On of hands" This amendment was not
entertained by the chair
Dresser's amendment was rejected by
rote of 10 to Is, and thus ends the cam
Daign of the eclectics.
Several attempts were made TO reduce