The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-26
REFEREN-
DUN LEGISLATIVE ACT

eny of a gigantic trust that by fas
tening its tentacles, octopus-like, up
on the very vitals OF society, doml-
mates the religious life and the poll
cies Of the country, largely, and with
out whose kindly GU office and min
istrations none DARE to be born,
hope to live or presume to die. I'm
der this bill, if it becomes law, the
people of Oklahoma cannot live move
nor have any sort Of being without
the control, absolute domination, of
the "Allopath Medical Trust
Q3) Finally, said bill is exactly
as fair, just and kind, and as plausi-
BILE as would be a measure requiring
an applicant for Elders orders in
the Baptist church to be examined in
Theology and Church Policy by a
board composed of Methodists, Pres
byterians, Christians and a Catholic
priest before being allowed to preach
the Gospel according to the Baptist
Faith. Yes or the reverse of that
proposition or that a Catholic priest
should examine any and all others
before allowing them to promulgate
the doctrines of their respective de-
nominations
Q4 Shall we bow the knee
to Baal? God forbid! Wherefore,
gentlemen, electors Of Oklahoma, we
pray you, kill Senate Bill No. Ill
with your votes at the polls, Noyem
Der 5, 1918.
2. Under Senate Bill No. Ill, if it
becomes law, incompetent medical
| doctors, who know nothing Of Chiro-
practic and who are so preiudiced
against it that they will not learn,
| will, in many instances and on occa-
| sions when they think it to their ad-
| vantage to do SO, pose al Chiroprac-
tors and pretend to practice that sci
ence, to the injury of the cause and
| of their patients But what care they
! for an incident like that, if they are
rid of a competitor and get by?"
! 3. Senate Bill No Ill is inimical
to and yiolatiye Of both the letter
| and the spirit of the Constitution of
/ the State Of Oklahoma, from which
we quote Article II:
"Bill of Rights"
Section T. All political power Is
inherent in the people; and govern
ment is instituted for their protec-
ton, security and benefit, and to pro
mote their general welfare. "
Section 2. All persons have the
inherent right to life, liberty, the
pursuit of happiness, and the enjoy
ment of the gains Of their own in
| dustry.
section G. and right and
justice SHALL be administered
without sale, denial, delay, or preju-
dice
Section T. No person shall be de-
prived of live, liberty, or property
without due process OF law.
Section Is No bill of attainer,
ex post fac to law, nor any law i'm
pairing the obligation of contracts
/ shall ever be passed ""
4. Under Article V Constitution
Legislative Department, we quote:
Section A. The Legislature shall
define what is an unlawful combina
ton monopoly, trust, act, or agree
ment, in restraint of trade, or compos-
ing such monopoly, trust or combina-
ton.
Section 81 The Legislature shall
pass no law granting to any associa-
/ lIOH, COIpOl dllOl, VI luNlN Auudl any
exclusive rights, privileges, or inn
munities within this State
5. Senate Bill No Ill is sam
pie and an example Of the most vic
ious legislation ever sought or passed
in any State and shows what the
medical trust would do, if allowed, to
any competitor in the trade" or
business" field.
Liberty of the Citizen to Follow a
Profession.
g. In the United States il is an
axiom that any citizen has the in.
herent right to pursue a lawful call
ing in a lawful manner. What saith
the law on this vital subject?
Judge Cooley, in his Treatise on
Torts, at page 277, says:
NO proposition is now more firm
lily settled than that it is one of the
fundamental rights and privileges Of
every American citizen to adopt and
follow such lawful industrial pursuits,
not injurious to the community, as
he may see fit" Citing Slaughter
house cases, 16 Wall 106, also other
cases.
In this connection the learned
Judge quotes the language of An
drews, j., in Bertholf v. o'Reilly, "A
n. Y. 9S:
The right to liberty embraces the
right of man to exercise his faculties
and to follow the lawful avocations
for the support of life
{. Again In Re Jacobe, 9S n. Y.
9S:
"One may be deprived of his lib
erty and constitutional right violated
without the actual restraint of his per-
son. Liberty in its broad sense, as
understood in this country. means
not only the right to freedom from
servitude, Imprisonment or restraint
but the right of one to use his fac
ulties in all lawful ways, to live and
work where he will, to earn his liveli
hood in any lawful calling. and to
pursue any lawful trade or avOcation
1t follows from this that the term
1 liberty as protected by the COnstitu
tion is not a mere freedom from phys
ical restraint of the person. but il
/ embraces the right to be free in the
enjoyment of all the faculties with
which we are endowed, and this sub
| ject only to such restraints as are
| clearly necessary for the common
/ Far,