The Meeker herald., 1899-03-04

Canon City Chamber OF Commerce. and
Messrs. johnson. Tyson and ex-senator
Prior from the Pueblo Business Mems
appeared Friday night be-
for the subcommittee of the finance
Of the Senate and the
finance and appropriations committees
Of the House To urge further work on
state canal No. |. II was shown that Il
had offered to build the c:l.
nal alour ,he penitentiary land for
S1GO.ON. and 10 build the whole ditch
for $I0OWn. This was presented to
show the fallacy OF the claim tlint 81
pDO.OUn would hW necessary To com.
plete the canal. 1t WAS also urged thai
the building of the canal would furnish
work for the convictS. Nearly all otli-
er lines of work had been closed 10
them by objections of lnborhig men
even the proposition for Il farm having
met with most determined opposition
The cunvicts could he put on the state
canal without interfering with any
branch of free labor. for If the work
wls not done by that labor it might
never he done. The estimate Of the
contractor on the work showed that II
might be done for Il reasonable appro-
priatiOn. In opposition to the claim
that all the water Of the Arkansas was
appropriated ii WAS shown that 1.SOC
cubic feet had been appropriated after
that of The canal and none OF these lat
er users had complained of not getting
their water: also. that II system of res.
crvoirs was contemplated for the canal
supply. making it certain.
The Senate chamber Thursday night
was the arena in which the gladiators
who represented the various medical
schools engaged in sharp and ncrim.
onious conflict The judiciary commit
tee Of the Senate threw the doors wide
open for II full and free discussion OF
the now famous Senate Bill No. 26T.
known as the medical practice bill.
The gallery Of the chamber. as well rs
the body of the room. was filed with
many ''regulni" men and women. hut
there was a host of hypnOtists. Christian
scientists. osteopaths. magnet henlers.
Christian healcrs, psychic healers and
representatives Of psychical and meta
physical therapeutics. The discussion
was opened by DIR. Eskridge. who
spoke in favor OF the measure. explain
ing its provisions and the scope OF its
influence. He did not believe that it
would in any way interfere with the
man or woman who was really quail
fled 10 practice healing. hut would sim
ply tend TO generally elevate the pro-
fession and practice of medicine. Mr..
Shed sounded the keynate of the oppO-
s,ion TO the bill. He did not want to
abuse the doctors. lie said. but he want
ed them to let him alone in the prac-
tice of his method of healing. He de-
MED that there was an intention on the
part Of the authors of the measure to
act honestly. The bill gave the medi-
cal board the power to say what regu-
lar college of medicine was. what med
icine was. and to play on these words
all they desired. 1t would be giving a
medical prescription. said he. to advise
man to take n breath of fresh air Il
bath or II morning cocktail. He real
cOpiO,sly from n work on medicine in
the seventeenth and eighteenth ce,-
turies. when boiled grub worms. hog
lice. ashes Of sparrow feathers. pow
der of viper flesh. etc. were healing
agents. Medical science was. he said.
founded on conjecture and improved
by murder. and he described the aver
age doctor coming into the sick room
like CONDENSED death"
The majority report of the commit
tee that investigated the insane asy-
lum has been adopted by the Senate.
This report cxonerates Dr. ThOmbs
The following was the vote on the
adoption OF the report:
Yeas-Adams. Annear. Barcla. Buck,
ley. Evans. FELTON,. Fisher. GayIaOn.
Harris. Hill. Maxwell. McCreery.
Parks. Portertcld. Stewart. Swink-16.
Nays-Ammons. Bucklin. Ehrhart,
Philip. Roe. Whitford-G.
In referring TO the above action
Judge Dixon. the attorney of DR..
Thnmbs says: The vote of the Sen,
ate this afternoon Is equal 10 an ne
uuittul. The vot. announces the sense
of the Senate on the charges preferred
and the charges fell to the ground"
Judge Nixon said that owing to the
fact that Th0mhs' tenure of office is
fixed by law and lie is Il bonded officer
of the state. the governor of the state
has no authority TO remove him. The
Senate. which would he the mpeach
ing body had cNonerated Thombs, and
rhombs stood absolutely acquitted,
the procedure of the House being en-
tirely uncalled for and wholly without
precedent in the history of the corn-
try. The speedy ncrion of the House.
in the opinion of Judge Nixon. indi-
Gated that the body was SubServiclt to
the desires Of some people who are
anxious to effect IL change in the office
of superintendent Of the asylum. In
speaking of the future Of the case the
judge said: Governor Thomas is one
of the ablest lawyers of the state and
is recognized by those who know him
us u man of firm character. | have
no idea that the governor will demand
the resignation Of DIR. ThOmbs nor will
he issue an order for the removal of
the doctor. The governor knows that
he has no such power. IL the political
eXisencies We're such that the govern
or could conceive that he had power
of removal. without speaking Of Dr.
Thombs personally. l can only saw
his counsel would advise him to resort
to the last extremity in meeting any
effort of the executive to interfere with
the performance of the duty of the su-
perntendent of the asylum. But as 1
have said. l cannot conceive that Gov