The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-20
SENATE FORCES 0STEOPATHS
 TO STAND AN EXAMINATION
Continued from First Pace,

| soon grew old, and I wanted a new one For the same reason I have been afraid to marry-my wife would grow old and I might want a new one"
 He said that we all knew of the suc- cess or osteopathy, as we have seen it with our own eyes. "The man who wont believe in it after he has seen it, wont believe Moses and the prophets" he ex- claimed. He said that the physicians were incompetent to pass upon their su- periors, and that if the measure Siled to pass today the day would come when it would legalize. If 1t was bad, 1t would soon die of it's own accord.
 ] MT. Thomas of Barbour followed in sup- port of the minority report He said men were bound to die, it made little dif- ference how or by what science they were treated. He said he would not ob- ject to the creation of a t'rubbing board'' provided they be given the name of rub ber-necks,' but he was opposed to elevat- ing them to the heighth of an M. D. The question, he said. resolved itself to this shall we at one fell swoop, without rhyme or reason, tear down law that the state had for thirty years endeavored to build up; shall we go forward or back ward? He concluded his speech with beautiful tribute to the doctor for his, loyalty to duty in the face of probable fatal disease.
 When Senator Goldsby of Mobile arose to respond to the senator from Barbour, he received splendid applause from the women who had filled the gallery. He in sinuated at the outset that the friends of the doctors had resorted to unfair means to break a majority for the bill, but he failed to state how they had at tempted. He assaulted the quarantine laws of the state and said that the doc tors had only few years ago quarreled over the question of dangue or yellow fever at Ocean Springs until Mobile was permitted to be filled with it. He said the osteopaths did not want to practice medicine but merely to stand on taXo- colgy. He read letters of testimony from persons who have been cured by the osteopathic treatment. He referred sar- castically to the suggestion that the licensing of osteopaths would put the medical profession into politics, saying that the gallery, the lobby and the down. town restaurant were proof sufficient of politics already in the profession. He wanted to know if the eighteen hundred physicians in the state were afraid of one woman running for governor.
 Senator Morrow of Jefferson followed In a strong speach for the minority report. He was surprised that the motives of some senator who opposed osteopathy had been questioned and was more great ly surprised to hear the senator from Sumpter assert on the floor that the Su- preme court had gone out of it's way to make a decision, declaring the practice of osteopathy Illegal until the practicion- CT had been licensed by the state medical board. He felt sure that this criticism of the Supreme court was made in the heat of debate only.
 Entering upon the merits of the case, MT. Morrow said that the osteopaths themselves only dared to be examined upon part of the subjects required by the state board. If they were licensed with out a full examination 1t would be close legislation and yet they came before the legislature asking for the admission of twelve osteopaths without examination. MT. Morrow argued at some length the legal aspects of the bill.
 Senate Bills Introduced.
 By MT. Thomas (by request)-To amend section 27sS of the code Revision of Laws.
 By MT. Goldsby (by request)-'o change the mode of compensating the clerk of the City court of Mobile in crim- inal cases. Revision of Laws.
 By MT. Smith-To provide clerk for the secretary of state. Finance and Tax ation.