Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-23
WHAT THE. COLORADO lt
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

err users had complained of not getting
their water; also, that II system of res
ervoirs was contemplated for the canal
supply. making 1t certain.
Governor Thomas has affixed his sig
nature to n 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. II, 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 II the same shall be
voted for by two-thlrds of all the men,
bers, such proposed amendment, to-
gether with the yens and 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 he submitted to
approval. Provision is then made for
placing the amendment on the ballot.
the ,ethod of voting and counting.
which is not changed. But the gener
nj assembly. the bill says. shall have
no power to propose amendments to
more than six articles of the cOnstitu-
tion mt the same session.
The Senate chamber Thursday night
was the arena In which the gladators
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 n full and free discussion OF
the now famous Senate Bill No. 26I,
known ns the medical practice bill.
The gallery of the chamber. as well as
the body OF the room, was filed with
many regular" men and women. but
there was host Of hypnotists, Christian
scientists. osteOpaths. magnet healers.
Christian healers. psychic hcalers and
representatives of psychicnl 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 1t
would In any wny Interfere with the
man or woman who was really quail
fed TO practice healing, but would SIM
ply tend to generally elevate the pro-
fesslon and practice of medicine. Mr..
Shed sounded the keynate 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-
lnr college of medicine wns. what med
icine was. and TO play on these words
nll they desired. 1t would be giving
medical prescription, said lie, to advise
man to take breath OF fresh air or
n bath or n morning cocktail. He read
copiously from work OH medicine In
the seventeenth md eighteenth GEN.
turtles, 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 nsy-
lum has been adopted by the Senate.
This report exonerates DIR. Thombs.
The following was the vote on the
adoption of the report: -
Yens-Adams, Annear, Barela, Buck
ley, Evans. FELTON,, Fisher, Gaymon,
Harris, Hill. Maxwell, McCreery.
Parks, Porterfield, Stewart, Swink-16.
Nays-Ammons, Bucklin, Ehrhnrt,
Philip, Roe, Whitford-G.
In referring to the above action
Judge Dixon, the attorney Of DIR.
Thombs, says: ."rhc vote of the Sem
ate this afternoon is equal to an ac-
uuittal. The vote 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 Thombs' tenure OF office Is
fixed by law and he Is bonded officer
of the state, the governor Of the state
has no authority TO remove him. The
Senate, which would be the lmpeach-
ing body, had exoneruted Thombs, and
Thombs stood absolutely acquitted,
the procedure of the House being en-
tlrely uncallcd for and wholly without
precedent in the history of the coun-
try. The speedy action of the House,
in the opinion of Judge Nixon, indl-
Gated that the body was subservient to
the desires of some people who are
anxious to effect n change In the office
| of super.ntendent of the asylum. In
| spenking of the future of the case the
Judge said: "Governor Thomas is one
OF the nblcst lawyers of the state, and
is recognized by those who know him
MS a man of firm character. l have
no Idcn that the governor will demand
| the resignation of DIR. Thombs nor will
lie issue an order for the removal of
the doctor. The governor knows that
I he has no such power. If the political
exlgencies were such that the govern
or could conceive that he had power
of removal, without speaking of Dr.,
Thombs personally. can only say
his counsel would advise him to resort
| TO the last extremity In meeting my
| effort of the executive to interfere with
| the performance of the duty of the su.