Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-06
IHS INSIST
Medical Examiners Puzzled Over
Granting Certificates to the
Bone Doctors.
Many Claim the Right to Certiii.
Gates Without Passing an
Examination.
Labor Federation Will Employ a
State Organizer-Crcps
all Better.
Special TO Times-Renuhlican.

: Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines Aug. 6-The state board
of medical examiners is in session to-
day and aside from passing finally on
the last batch of applicants for certifi-
Gates to practice medicine the board
is To consider at this meeting some inn
portant matters relative to the law
!, which permits granting certificates for
the practice of osteopathy by the same
board. The board has now on hand APP
pHcations from pa of the Osteopaths
] tor certificates. These are nearly all
i VINO claim a right 10 practice without
examination because they We're already
in the practice before the new law
went into effect. The law provides
that all who We're engaged in osteo-
pathy before the passage of the law
shall get certificates without exami-
nation. This raises a peculiar question
which the board is likely to have to
meet. The law was signed April s,
last, but did not go into effect until
July OF this year. Will those who grad
uated in the spring and entered upon
the practice of osteopathy after the act
was passed. but before it went into
effect stand on the same footing as
those who had been i'm the practice
before the law was passed? Osteopaths
are claiming that inasmuch as the law
did not go into effect until July the
exemption from examination must APP
ply to those who had entered upon the
practice after April and before July
/ 1. But when the medical practice act
went into effect a similar question
arose. 1t was signed April and had
no publication clause. The board held
that those who We're in practice for five
years previous to April alone We're en-
titled to certificates without eXamina-
ton and not those who had been in
practice five years previous to July 1. 1
The attorney general at that time held I
this to be good The question in re-
gard TO the osteopaths has been in the
hands of the attorney general some /
time. Another question which has
arisen relates to establishing the stand /
ing of the colleges of osteopathy. The /
law provides that the board must ex-
anime those who are graduates of I
legally Incorporated colleges of IL GER
Osteopathic association. Then the law
goes on to say what that standing shall
be and fixes the requirments of the col
legeS. In case the Iowa Osteopathic
association recognizes college that in
the opinion of the board, does lot come
up to the requirements of the statute,
will the board be required to accept
the recognition of the association or
does it have to go behind that recogni-
ton and inquire into the work done by
the college? Here is plainly a chance
for another controversy The members
of the board are insstent that they do
not want to do anything that will be
unfair but in getting this new law,
which was accepted by both the /.
doctors and the osteoraths, they want :
it started right. Nearly all of the os-
Ieopaths practicing in iowa are gradu- .
ates of two colleges, one in Des Moines ;
and one in kirksville, both of which
will be given recognition by the state
board.
The trades unions affiliated with the
iowa Federation of Labor have voted
~ the referendum method to have the
state board employ AN organizer. The
,ers of the federation because it in
'olved an assessment of 10 cents a
member for this purpose. The PROPOSE
ION carried by a three fourths vote of
he members, and either W. A. jacobs.
- Davenport, or L. p. Mention, of
3oone. will be employed as such organ
ger. The labor union movement con-
inues to gain strength in the state. and
r,ft
aving general organizer in the field
hey will greatly accelerate the move
cent. Labor day, which comes this
ear on the first day of next MONTH
ill be generally celebrated in the cities
+ the state. especially where there are =
dor unions. Speakers at the leading ..
tiles of Iowa are as follows: Daven- :.
ort Eugene " Debs. of Den i.
err; Edward H. Brigham. Des Moines !;
tate labor commissioner; Clinton. Max j.
Hayes, of Cleveland: Des Moines. !.
idney Kent, of Lincoln: Dubuque. I.
Ohm NJ. Work, of Des Moines; Center j.
;lle Carl S. Evans, of Muscatine: !.
ioux City. f. r. Conway, of Des I.
Ioines; Waterloo, Arthur T. Holder of j.
iouN City, deputy state labor commits +
oner: Bussey, John Staley, of Des i.
Ioines. !.
The members of the Fifty first Iowa !.
olunteers. which regiment served in -
.e Philippines during the Cuban war; a,
re taking great interest in the APP E
national reunion of the vet 8
ANS of the Philippine war. There are *
great many of the boys in and around Is
es Moines and scattered over the state g
nd they expect to attend the Council *
tufts meeting. Governor Cumlnins and 8
s staff will be present. also Governor q
1vage, of Nebraska, and his military &
aft. Companies of regulars from q
ort Crook and regular band will *
me over from Nebraska to assist. S
hose who go from here are organizing *
local society and will seek to keep &
i've the memories of their expedition q
the Philippines. "a
Many expressions of regret at the 4
ath of DIR. Beardshear have been r.
ard among state officers and promi-
mt educators of the city. He had II
me to be one of the best known and 81