The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-02-21

day open season ON elk, from October
18th to November 9th. But one fault
has been found with this bill. 1t does
not remedy the defect in the old law
which enabled the Ell Paso County
Court to declare it unconstitutional,
namely, the title. Fish, Forestry and
Game" the constitution requiring that
the title of one law shall relate to only
kindred subjects. However, it is
promised that this defect shall be re
moved by amendment.
Governor Thomas has affixed his sig
nature to Il measure which many
members of the assembly believe to be
among the most important likely to be
passed this session. The bill is S. B.
No. IL, and provides for submission to
the qualified electors of the state of
amendments to the constitution. The
amendment to be submitted provides
that any amendment or amendments
may be proposed in either the House
or Senate. and if the same shall he
voted for by two-thiFds of all the mem
bers, such proposed amendment, to-
gether with the yeas lnd nays of each
house shall be entered in full on the
respective Journals. The proposed
amendment shall be published with
the laws of the session of the general
assembly, and the secretary of state
shall also cause the amendments to be
published in full in not more than one
paper of general circulation in each
county for four weeks previous to the
next general election for members of
the general assembly. At this election
the amendments shall be submitted to
the electors for their approval or dis
approval. Provision is then made for
placing the amendment on the ballot
the method of voting and counting
which is not changed. But the gener-
al assembly, the bill says. shall have
no power to propose amendments TO
more than six articles of the constitu-
tion at the same session.
The Senate chamber Thursday nigh
was the arena in which the glndators
who represented the various medical
schools engaged in sharp and acrim-
onious conflict. The judiciary commit
tee of the Senate threw the doors wide
open for a full and free discussion of
the now famous Senate Bill No. 267,
known as the medical practice bill.
The gallery of the chamber. as well as
the body of the room, was filed with
many regular men ana women. but
there was host of hypnOtiSts, Christian
scientists, osteOpaths, magnet healeTs
Christian healers. psychic healers and
representatives of psychical and meta
physical therapeutics. The discussion
was opened by Or. 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 to practice healing. but would sim
In "a "a
fession and practice of medicine. Mr..
Shed sounded the keynnte of the oppo-
sition to the bill. He did not want to
abuse the doctors. he 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
icinc was. and to play ON these words
all they desired. 1t would he giving Il
medical prescription, said he, to advise
n man to take n breath of fresh air or
a bath or a morning cocktail. lie read
copiously from work on medicine in
the seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turtles, when boiled grub worms, hog
lice, ashes of sparrow feathers, pow
der of viper tiesh etc, Were healing
agents. Medical science was. he said,
founded on conjecture and improved
by murder, aid he described the aver
age doctor coming into the sick room
like condensed death"
The Sunday a:nuse nent bill of the
House came back from the judiciary
committee with two reports. The ma
jority asked that it be referred to the
committee of the whole, without rec
ommendation. This was signed by
Messrs. Hammond. Murray, Hollen-
beck, Ballinger and Bartels The mi
nority report was a lengthy document,
as follows:
"The undersigned members of the
committee on judiciary. to which was
referred H. b. No. 81, IA bill for an act
declaring the first day of the week.
commonly called Sunday, legal holi-
day and a day of rest, recreation or
amusement; to repeal all laws in con-
fiict herewith and providing penalties
for violation of the provisions of this
act beg leave to submit the following
minority report:
I'VE recommend that further consid.
Grafton of the said bill by the House
be Indefinitely postponed, because
''First-It is against the general and
social welfare of the people.
"Second-It would destroy the value
of the Sabbath as n day for rest.
"Third-It is against the interests of
the laboring masses of the people,
tending TO ultimately rob them of their
only day of rest.
"Fourth-It would bring n day of ex-
cess and exhaustion rather than day
of rest.
"Fifth-The opening of all places of
amusement would ultimately result in
the opening of all work shops and 9th
er avenues of toll and bring all TO a
common level OF universal profaneness
and continuous toll.
"SiXth-1t would be injurious to and
have malignant influence on society
"Seventh-It would encourage and
promote unbridled license and open
wide the gnteS of immnrnlitY