The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-20
0ste0pathy Measure Inde- flnitely Postponed. Upper House Spent a Busy, Day and Adjourned Until Tuesday
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! The Senate spent a busy day yesterday. passing finally the general election law, the primary election law and postponing indefinitely action on the o5teopathy bill.
 The Senate made quick work of the general election law passing the measure almost without objection from the seven ty-second section to the close.
 On the osteopathy bill several speeches were made in favor of the measure, all to no avail. the Senate indefinitely post poning action by vote of F to 12.
 The primary election law was passed almost without amendment, the only amendment of importance adopted being a change proposed by Senator Frazer to the effect that every candidate shall have the right to have watcher in each box on election day.
 The Senate met at 10:30 o'clock, Lieu tenant Governor Cunningham presiding. The devotional exercises were led by Rev. J. B. Lancaster of Lanette.
 A House message was read informing the Senate that the lower body had re- considered its action in concurring in the Senate joint resolution in reference to Dr. J. l.. M. Curry. Senator Rogers of Sum- ter, who led the fight for reconsideration in the Senate, said that he had promised Senator Blackmon of Calhoun to take no action on the matter until his return from Anniston. He moved that the mes sage be temporarily laid on the table. which motion prevailed.
 Election Bill Passed.
 The Senate again took up the general eration being the amendment by the Sem ator from Clay. MT. Smith, providing that any one be allowed to choose a person to mark his ticket.
 Senator Smith held that there are many voters, who may desire to scratch ticket and on account of lack of political knowl- edge, be ignorant of the methods of scratching He thought he should be ai. lowed to- choose any person to mark for him.
 Senator Goldsby of Mobile. said he was of the opinion that such an amendment would encourage coercion and unfairness motion prevailed.
 Minor amendments were offered. but all were sent to the table.
 Senator Spragins of Madison, had of- fered an amendment providing that 1t be optional with a voter to go into a booth to mark his ballot. After several argu- ments had been made Senator Spragins did something rarely seen in the Senate,
 He said; ''The more study this law, the more see that 1t has been admirably framed. recant from my position and withdraw my amendment"
 Senator Hipp of Cullman moved to amend by providing that the proviso that managers swear voters unable to mark their own tickets. The amendment was tabled.
 The bill being read at length 1t was passed as a whole with only two dissent ing votes. Senators Hogue of Perry and Hurst of DeKalb.
 The osteopathy Bill.
 The osteopathy bill was then taken up as special order. The question reverted to a motion to indefinitely postpone action on the measure.
 Senator Hogue took the floor against the report. In an earnest speech he pleaded with the Senate to allow the os teopaths to be examined as osteopaths. He did not object to their being examined in medicine but held that 1t was as much due to osteopathy to keep doctors of med icine unlearned in the science of osteo- pathy from practicing osteopathy as it is to keep doctors of osteopathy unlearned in pathology from practicing as doctors of medicine. He read a letter from Rev. A. J. Dickinson of Birmingham advocat- ing the osteopathy bill, the osteopaths and their work.
 Senator Johnston of Tuscaloosa read a clInping from an osteopathic journal by the Secretary of the Institute of Osteo- pathy at Kirksville, Mo-. to the effect that all osteopaths should be learned in medicines and that the Alabama law is equitable.