Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-24


cense campaigns within dozen years
it has voted against saloons. There
are five of them in this ward.
1t is likely II the bill is passed the
Sixteenth ward residents of Milwau-
kee will ask for a license" on mo IL
cense" election under its provisions.
The bill will be vigorously opposed
of course.
An Osteopatb on State Board.
DIR. McComb is the only physician
in the assembly. Democrat, from
Brillion, Calumet county. he Is
pleasant-spoken gentleman, and has
ably engineered the medical board
bill which gives the seven members
larger powers, but chiefly consplcu-
Gus by the admission of an eighth
member--an cs.eOpath. 1t has been
a busy fight that results In this COM
promise aud when one reflects that
there are but forty practitioners OF
the new 81 hool in the state the new
corners mrst be credited with energy.
The este Jpaths first wanted special
board OF examiners, but in this We're
defeated, the feeling being that II al
lopaths, homeopathic and eclectics could
get together, osteopatbs should be con
tent to join the procession. The out
come "a that the hoard shall grant Ii
eense To practice osteopafhy to all APP
plicants of good moral character who
pass the regular examination of such
boards in a long list Of departments
of medicine. bat excluding the drug
end of it--osteopaths claiming not 10
use drugs. The applicant must have
attended a medical school at least four
terms of five months, which means
that few months of reading DR.
STILES books will not be sufficient.
All those now practicing. however,
NAV get license without eXamina
ton. OsteOpaths. when licensed SHAH
have the same rights and privileges
and be subject to the same statutes
and regulations as other physicians,
but shall not have the right TO give
or prescribe drugs or perform surgi.
cal operations.
Probably Ne ms Friction.
Some of the regulars think too
much is conceded. Some of them say
that osteopaths use drugs; that when
in charge of patient it is the most
natural thing to resort first to- tamil
lar remedies and then to other drugs
For this reason they object to open
ing the door; but the members of the
state board were more c0nciltatory
than their brothers Outside-perhap
they had to be with so many law
makers favorably inclined to the new
school One Is tempted TO share this
catholic view of the thing-tO make
ii easy to practice medicine-until he
hears the awful stories told of quacks
in the small towns. Not long ago
story was told of a quack who bougtt
from a butcher shop a lot of rejected
trimmings of a beef ''critteF' which
were displayed as the fruit of petty
operation-to amaze the ignorant pa
tient-and made him an easy mark
for a big fee.
Two Influential Regents.
Governor Peck is always available
FOR work before the legislature for
university needs, being a regent, and
he spoke 10 a crowded assembly cham
Der the other night. Colonel Villas
followed in an hours speech. He
held the crowd with an eloquent talk.
weaving in Latin and poetry along
with a mass of data as to what the
university has done, arranged with
a lawyers skill. The senator is in the
prime or MS powers.
The chief thing the university wants
this year Is $4,000 central build
ing; as it is put on the grounds OF a
need of the farmers, it will probably
be granted. There are twenty-seven
listed as farmers" of the 100 assem-
blymen, and four in the senate: but
there are a score of livestock men,
dairymen, agricultural implement
agents, etc, whose line runs close to
the soil.
"woodchncks' i'm LegisIatfon.
There are hopes of still breaking in
on the anti-pass law, though the as
sembly refused to exempt notaries.
The sherlffs were all ready to follow
in their steps The newspaper which
thought the notary effort was an at
tempt to open the way for Legislators
(who would take out notary's CON-
missionsl could hardly have reasoned
well, for as legislators the law would
have shut them out. This paper re-
ferred to thought 1t discovered in the
bin what is known as a "woodchuck"
or .'nigger'--the idea being a bill
with a submerged purpose 1t Is diff
cult TO get such bin through and the
history of legislation does not witness
many such.
Railroad Taxation.
The chances of vigorous railroad
taxation are not good this year This
debate opens Tuesday evening in t,se
assembly, and while the task oi con.
fronting the findings of the { y com
mission is not congenial, there VII be
no dearth of speakers on both SIDES.
This session Is too far Snpnt IA war
rant hopes. Of much being done along
this line There are some good men
who do not think the case proven of
an increase on the railroads until q
personal property system Is evolved by
the tax commission--if one is to be-
outlined: for well-nformed people
know that many authorities deny the
utility Of attempting TO assess all per-
sonal property, II mortgages and other
large Items can be brought to the
mark. This bin TO tax railroad prop
erty as other property lad valorem
system) Is not yet Oht of committee.
1t is a pretty lucid proposition; that
bill may have better luck than the one
to increase the license fees. Every
thing concerning taxation is of the
rveliest interest to tn epeople over
the state, and reform of this sort Is as
ISOLATED with Governor LaFollette.
have no idea that he will be lay fig
ure in the matter, therefore~-if not
before adjournment. certoinly after
wards. ORLANDO BURNETT.
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