The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-11

HOUSE
JOURNAL
EIGHrY-I'iFrH DAYS Session.
HlOUsE or REPRESENTATIVES,.


Prayer by the Chaplain.
Roll call. All members present
except Allen Of Alfalfa. Carson.
Day, peyerlc, Fraser. Harrison of
Hughes, Lockwood, McAdoo, Nor
veil, Orcutt, Putnam, Sands. Sher-
man, Smith Of Dewey, Smith Of
Washita, Stagner, Utterback.
Excused: Harrison Of Hughes.
balance Of week, McIlhancy, to
date; Porter. Yesterday; Smith Of
Washita, one day; Norvell, three
days. n9ss
The reading of the Journal was
dispensed with and same approved
after corrections.
DIR. j. III. STOPPER addressed the
House upon invitation, as follows:
SANITATION.
what Has Been Accomplished in San-
itation, The Two Important Forces
Upon the Battle Field Of Santa.
tlen, The Medical Profession and
Legislative Bodies.
Mr. Speaker and Representatives OF
the People OF the State or Ok
lahoma:
need not take up much of your tinls
IN order to tell you how profoundly
and deeply 7 appreciate the honor OF
your Kind invitation for me to address
the House OF Representatives for
while It Is a great honor to address
any legislative body, the honor be-
comes MANIFOLD greater. when the
ADDRESS Is made TO a branch OF a
legislature that viii be known in the
Eistor yof the State of Oklahoma. as
the greatest the hardest working and
most patriotic legislature. as the leg
is'ature upon which evolved the diff.
lieut. task OF bringing out order of chaos.
and OF taking out the ship OF state
ifom the shallow water amidst dau-
serous rocks, where II was brought to
by many years of long distance gov
ornment, during the territorial period,
the legislature that has to work the
hardest and deserves the most honor,
The First Oklahoma State Legisla-
tpure When your kind invitations
reached me, the question that pre-
sented itself to my mind was. why
does the House of Representatives
invite a doctor to address a house,
where every member is an orator,
and where there is to be found the
collective wisdom OF the whole state .
For the certificate of election to a
legislative body Is presumtive evidence
that the holder l. considered the most
capable and wisest man in his com
munity. The answer came to me
with the lightning rapidity OF thought
as expressed by Lord Beaconsield.
"The Health OF the Public Ought to
be one of the chief considerations OF
a statesman and the wisdom of legis-
lature inviting a doctor to address II
become self evident The founders if
our great republic evidently ware
IN accord with the views. shat the
public health, should be the princi.
pie consideration of statomen. for 4
the immortal document passed by the
FIRST Congress sof the United States OF
America. on July the Fourth, 1776
in defining the nnalienable rights of
mankind, they say: ''That among
these are life, liberty and the pursuit
81 happiness" Tho Importance OF these
three unalienable rights is further ex.
pressed by the statement, THAT TO
secure these rights. governments are
Instituted among men"
Years full OF experience have since
passed. years In which the greatest
progress has been achieved in all hu.
man knowledge, yet the truth of the
above definition of the Importance OF
life liberty and happiness is lust as
strong today, for In the very iirs;
paragraph OF what 7 have for 8 year
maintained to be the most m1sern
and best state document ever adopted
by any Of our states The Oklahoma
State Constitution. we find the assei
ton, "To promote our mutual vel
fare and happiness, we, the people OF
/ the State of Oklahoma. do ordain and
establish this Constitution" Hence
! It becomes a self evident fact that
the chief object Of statemen as wei
as the very justification for the ex
/ istence of governments, is to secure
all conditions that would secure life
! liberty and happiness TO the people
Life Is destroyed by death, death ever
when dpe to natural causes, alway.
results from diseases. such as arteri0
eclerosls and other diseases peculiar
to old age. Aud as diseases are a
the same time the most effective
agents that prevent the enjoyment O
/ liberty and happiness. II becomes evi
dent 20 all, that 10 justify the righ
OF existence, the most paramount dut,
of a government or state Is 80 eliminate
as far as possible all diseases, ant
while laws 10 protect property rights
10 secure industries and commerce ar.
of great Importance all laws of what
ever nature are secondary IN thei
| importance IN comparison of law
having as their object the protection
os public health The securing o
health BY eliminating diseases ha
I IN an ages been the chief object o
! the medical profession the work
over. in all ages, and Mr. Speaker an'
Representatives OF the people OF tn
State Of Oklahoma. as you follow me
you viii wonder with me that whil
/ the profession Of nedicine derives III
means OF livlihoOd from the slcE
while diseases are the chief sourse O
its revenue, yet the profession of med
iclne Is and has always used the grea
knowledge possessed by the profef
sion TO eliminate diseases. such as Al
trulsm, such an unselfishness Is f0uni
ia no other profession or trade. AMI
since the struggles and victories o
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