The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-07
MORLEY SAVES HIS BILL
ANTS WIN HALF VICTORY
Senate Disposes of COmpuI-
sorry Vaccination Fight by
Granting Immunity From
Vaccine on Certificate of
Frail Health From Fam,
lily Physician.

| The senate considered the HARDY
/ characterization bill yesterday after
| noon as special order and washed sts
hands of the fight being waged against
! compulsory vaccination by passing a
| compromise measure
The Hardy bill provided that here
a1ter 1t was to be unlawful for any
school board, board of health or any
othep public board to make the vacci-
nduon or any child a condition prece-
uent TO the attendance at any public
4chool in the state.
Inc compromise bill passed by the
senate provides that the vaccination of
any child desiring to enter any public
school of the state cannot be COM
| peLed II able to furnish a certificate
from physician that such childs
cohdlton Is unequal to the ordeal Of
vaccination. 1t also provides that the
enid in question must be able TO prove
that 1t has not been exposed to small
pox within thirty days of the date Of
applying Tor admission to the school.
Both Sides Claim Victory.
The amendment sidetracking the
Hardy bill for the compromise meas
ure was introduced by DR.. Cole, sena-
tor from Otter Tail and leader of the
fight against the anti forces, and the
passage of the compromise left both
sides on the field claiming the VIC
tory
though the amendment was present.
ed by the advocates of vaccination,
1t left the Observation-Disclosures satis-
fled, for under the compromise parents
fearful for the health of their children
can avoid compulsory vaccination by
having the family physician indorse
their views with a certificate, which
must be respected by boards of health
and school boards.
The OprorOisa bilI rt-ac oor,.iol L..
the vote, SO ayes nays. The amend
, ment was adopted by the vote, 80 ayes ::
IA nays. The vote on the amendment
practically decided the battle and was
as follows:
Vote on Amendment.
Ayes..Barker. Batz. Benson. Brewer,
stock, Cowan. Durant. Eberhart Ferris,
! GJertsen, Hardy Harrington, Hawkins,
SSepSsoon' Johnson, Laugen, Lord, Mausten,
Shell, Smith, W. A, Stone, Sundberg,
swyedback; Torsen, Ward, Woods.
10 Nfaiyis-Calh9un, friyi, Dart; Everett Fitz-
Rieke. Schultz. Smith, e. e., SomeIville,
Stevens, Thompson. Thorpe-14.
On the final passage Of the amend-
| ed bill, Senators Calhoun, Hardy, f.. r.
Smith, Everett, Somerville and
> Thompson changed their vote. and
Senators Dart, Fitzpatrick, McGowan
and Schultz refrained from voting.
The debate preceding the passage of
the bill started promptly at 2 p. III.
and ran almost to $50 o'clock, and
was one of the most dry and uninter-
esting of the session.
DR.. Cole, senator from Otter Tail
and author Of the compromise amend
ment, secured the floor when the spe-
cial order was called, and after pre-
senting his amendment launched into
a long and thorough review of the his
tory of vaccination.
Charges Ants With Deception.
The senator from Otter Tail ex-
pressed his faith In the sincerity Of
the anti forces, but he attacked the
men responsible for the articles and
essays on which the anti faction pin
ned its hopes and belief. He showed
where time after time deliberate ar
tempts had been made in the PAM
phlets issued by the opposition to de-
ceive the believers in vaccination;
mere sentences being taken from rec
ognized works to bolster arguments
when the complete paragraphs, if
printed, would show just the oppo-
site.
He denied the popular idea of COM
pulsory vaccination by pointing out
that public boards can only enforce
compulsory vaccination in case of an
epidemic.
Senators Rieke, Thompson, Fitz-
patrick, WitherStine and COWan par
ticipated in the debate, and Senator
Rieke, the first to follow Senator Cole,
criticised the senator from otter Tail
for devoting two hours and fifteen
minutes to his argument. Senator
Rieke said that he had heard of
preachers and lawyers talking their
congregations and jures to sleep, and
that if he had not been an anti-vac-
cinationist at o'clock he would sure
n 'Cl
long speech.
Reke Challenges Ohage.
Referring to the bill, the senator
from Renville denounced the physi-
clans of the boards of health and
school boards. who dared to compel
children to submit to the vaccine
points. He for one would not stand
for this, and he dared the St Paul
board of health to touch his four chill
dren who are now with him in the
city.
He told of children being almost
killed by vaccination. and declared
that the physicians htmselves did not
know as much as they professed to
about the practice.
IF you need a preventive from
smallpox" he said in closing, "vacci-
nate yourself and you will not catch
it from me-"
Senator Fitzpatrick declared his per-
sonal belief in the value o2 Vaccina-
ton, but objected to the amendment,
as it threatened personal liberty He
declared that opinion was, in the
main, responsible for the fight Of the
medical men, and Observation-Disclosures
and said the pride of opinion was re-
sponsible for all the persecution in the
world.
THE faith cure may be good thing.
and so may the water cure" said
the senator, "but 1 am not in favor of
administering them"
Senators Cowan and Witherstine,
| both doctors, took occasion to declare
that the medical men we're agreed rs
to the merit of vaccination, and the
debate closed with Senator Thomp-
sons explanation of the law.