Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-28
TINE TINE IN LEGISLATURE.
SENATE HAS DEBATE-HoUSE
SPORTS RoW-BULLY.
Judges Pension Bill Goes Over TN
til Tuesday Measure To Low
er Standing Of Nursing In
State Fails.
COMMITTEE ON RULES EN-
BROILS HOUSE.

Those unconscious comedians Of
ours, upon the hill. in both houses,
were interesting and funny today-it
really is hard TO take them seriously
Mr. BIewington's bill TO permit
under. graduate nurses to go out of the
hospitals and take cases under Ger
tain circumstances. furnished the
pretext for an hour. long debate. bnt
resulted in the killing of the bill
The sanitary committee reported the
measure unfayorably, without q dis.
senting vote. but that did not suit the
fiurerylgentleman from Wicomico-he's
circus all by himself-wno imme-
diately moved to substitute the bill
for the unfayorable report This was
the pTetext on which almost every
memCcT Of tho Senate who can speak,
aud some who can't, took i the floor.
Mr. Brewiugton wanted his bill passed
and said so. Mr. Goldsborough did
net want il passed and likewise said
So The President of the Senate had
been approached by the niece of the
gentleman whom he had defeated last
fall, and feeling that be owed some
thing to the family, he spoke against
the bill, at her request. Mr.. Lee
thought it would be a very bad plan
serving the remarkable attitude of the
gentleman from Wicomico Yesterday
at this same time Mr.. Brewington had
attacked Mr. Lee with all the elo.
qCence at his command, for daring
| to even want to override the report OF
committee, Stand by your com.
mittees" had been his song Now
| what special qualifications" asked
| Mr.. Lee, have the gentlemen of the
committee on finance for thinking
| that their views should be accepted as
| final by this Senate. Now here today,
after that emphatic stand we find the
gentleman with equal elcquence Rp-
pealing to us TO substitute a bill for
! the unfavorable report of a committee
| composed of four doctors and a lay
man who is practically doctor
unanimous report from a committee
every member of which is especially
| fitted bv long training to pass on this
very subject. | wonder that the gen.
| tienan from Wicomico has the nerve
not to be consistent for 23 hours and
| 80 minutes Oh stretch. Laughter
| Joined in by Mr. Brewiugtun himself. j
| President Seth-"Its worse than
that, he was begging the Senate TO
return committee report, the very
next thing he said, not today but yes
/ terday:" daughter.
Mr.. Claggett favored high nursing
/ standard, and did not take much
stock IN Mr.. Brewintgon's suggestions
i about a nurse trust. - He related
/ an experience ia his own fam ily
/ where life was saved which un-
| doubiedly would have been lost but for
| the trained nurse which he has gotten
there to take care of the case. He
was awlays on the side of the pretty
| girls, too, be said.
President Seth also confessed to the
/ appeal which the nurses or the nurse
| costume, he could not say. which,
had always made to him, and was on
that account. too, opposed to the bill.
Mr.. Brewington took the floor to say
| that he had undertaken entirely toe
much. lit seems that l am attempting
TO fight all the pretty girls in the
State. he said, land that's more
than l bargained TO do y
Messrs France, Linthioum, Moore
and others contributed to the views
on the subject, after which every mo.
tion looking to the life IF the bill was
voted down, only six or seven Senators
standing with the author.
Tie judges pension repeal bill came
up after this and was made the special
order for next Tuesday
large amount of routine business
was transacted, many bills being in
troduced and great many advanced
to third reading and others still
passed. At 2.30 a recess was taken
/ until : 80 tonight.
| The House transacted large amount
OF important legislation during the
two aud half hours session today and
will meet again tonight at O'Clock.
Railroad legislation Of dratsiC
character was the feature of most Of
the bills introduced, many Of which
regulate fares, one provides for passes
for judges, legislators, state officials
aud others; two or three regulate
freights, several provide hagmen Al
crossings, ETC., etc.
| The resolution to investigate the
sale of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company was reported favor.
ably from the judiciary committee
after some discussion.
| The committee on rules reported al
order limiting speeches to ten min
utes. Mr.. Goodwin, the Republican
member of the committee, objected
saying that he had not been notified
of the meeting of the rules committee
After some discussion the order wa
adopted. aud Mr. Goodwin, sayinG
that he had been treated discourteous
ly, resigned from the committee.
Mr.. Shipley introduced a bill K
require railway companies to station
iagmen at crossings when requeste,
to do so by the county commissioners
| Mr.. Russell's bill to provide a jurl
commission for this county was re
ported unfavorably and is dead Mr.
Russell himself was offered to the bill
which be introduced by request.