The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-03-20
A GREAT FARCE

One ot the most glaring. ignorant
unuarranted and wholly uniustined
farcss OF modern times. was certainly
the bone-head pulled OF By the state
senate o. Oklahoma On Saturday after
noon.
A bin has been passed By the sen
ale az the instance of The ola school
physicians 10 20 manipulate the exam
inafion of doctors il the state as %
cut ont Of the profession all chlroprac-
tie practitioners
Dr Carver. the acknowledged head
Of the ChiropFaetlc school of the
state. and FOR the west perhaps.
gentleman Of the highest personal
character and standing. plqued By the
unfair legislation published an article
in an Oklahoma City daily crt..cisine
the law. and stated that he had infor.
nation that a fund of s6o00o0 had
been raised By the old school physi.
clans 70 be used eifh the legislature.
in which article ne asked the question.
"Was the senate bonghtg"
An order FOR his arrest was issued
By the senate for contempt and he was
arraigned Saturday and tried By the
senate and sentenced to ten days III
iaii and fined $4,000.
Without entering into the merits or
demerils oi The different schools Of
medicine or no medicine doctors. OF
any other phases Of the action save
IL legal status. every lawyer Of any
standing IN the state. will admit that
the senate had no more Jurisdiction
to arraign and fine DR.. Carver than
they would have had to pursue the
same course toward a newspaper Of
the state, that would critlcise any 9th.
er pending legislation
The state senate is not judicial
tribunal IN any sense. II IS simply one
branch Of the law making part OF the
state. II has power only TO take cog
nizance for contempt when the Of
Tense is committed in open session OF
the body by member or by some one
present in the hall The courts OF the
state are empowered to try and pun.
ish men for crimes committed. not the
law making body nor any branch
thereof An article ii a newspaper
signed by Dr. Carver could not be le-
gally used as cause for action
against him or the newspaper in which
il was published any more than ii
could be construed by the governor.
secretary Of state or any other state
officer as contemptuous. the offender
arrested brought before that Official
and fine and imprisoned.
How the few intelligent members or
the senate would so far forget them
selves, and the laws Of common deeen-
cy, as to ALLOW such an act committed
as that Of Saturday afternoon, is
mystery indeed That act will 20
down in history as one Of the most
greatest farces ever committed in Ok
lahoma and thatsis sure saying some
thing,
i Is 50 far removed from any intel
ligent act, any just action. legal action,
that q ten-year-old school boy must
smile IN derision when he contem.
plates it.
OF course the courts will turn the
imprisoned doctor out Of jail. remit
his fine and perhaps let it go at that.
but no court will ever be able TO re.
move from the state the stain Of dis.
grace placed upon it by the senate's
hasty action
Nor will the gag rule adopted stay
the clamor in the state for fair dealing
among the different schools Of medi.
cal practice. It will rebound on the
men who would blild up themselves
by trying to tear down others. Ii VIM
cause many people who have been in
different as to choice to look into the
controversy that has been going on
for years, and demand that justice and
not force shall attain in oklahoma IL
Blackwell Daily World.
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