The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-10-24

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hope to live or presume to die. Under
this bill. II It becomes law. the peo-
pie of Oklahoma cannot live. move
nor have any sort OF being without
the control. absolute domination. Of
the "Allopath Medical Trust"
(13l Finally. said bill is exactly
as fair, just and kind. and as
plausible as would be a measure re-
quiring an applicant for Elders Or
ders in the Baptist church to be ex-
amined in Theology and Church
Policy by board composed of
Methodists. Presbyterians. Christians
and Catholic priest. before being
allowed to preach the Gospel accord
ing 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 denominations.
(1D Shall we bow the knee to
Baal? God forbid! Wherefore,
gentlemen, electors Of Oklahoma, we
pray you. kill Senate Bill No. III
with your votes at the polls. Novem-
Der s, 1918.
2. Under Senate Bill No. III, II
II becomes law, Incompetent medical
doctors. who know nothing of Chiro-
practic. and who are so prejudiced
against II that they will not learn,
will. in many instances and on oc-
casions when they think II to their ad.
vantage to do SO. pose as Chiro-
practors and pretend to practice that
science, to the injury of the cause and
nf a nft nto n,st -haN l..>,
for on incident like that. II they are
rid OF competitor and "get by?"
3. Senate Bill No. III Is
inimical to and violative of both the
letter and the spirit of the Constitu.
ton of the State of Oklahoma. from
which we quote. Article IL:
BILL OF RIGHTS"
Section 1. 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
f, inherent right to life. liberty. the pur
| suit OF happiness. and the enjoyment
of the gains of their own industry.
Section 6. and right and
| justice SHALL be administered with
out sale. denial, delay. or prejudice.
Section Z. No person shall b,
deprived of life. liberty. or propert,
without due process OF law.
| Section Is. No bill OF attainer
ex post facto law. nor any law i'm
pairing the obligation of contract,
shall ever be passed. -
| 4. Under Article v Constitution
/ OIL a1 ortv x.,n
| Section a.. The Legislator,
shall define what is an unlawful com
bination. monopoly. trust. act. o
agreement, In restraint oof trade, O
composing such monopoly, trust o
combination.
Section 81. The Legislature
shall pass no law granting to an,
association, corporation, or individua
any exclusive rights. privileges, O
immunities within this State"
S. Senate Bill No. III Is
sample and an example of the mos
vicious legislation ever sought O
passed in any State and shows wha
the medical trust would do. II al
lowed. to any competitor in tn
trade" or business" field.
Liberty Of the Citizen to Follow
i Profession
/ s. In the United States Il Is a
axiom. that any citizen has the inner
ent right to pursue lawful callin
In a lawful manner. What saith tn
law on this vital subject?
| Judge Cooley, in his Treatise o.
TOrts. at page PIT. says:
mo proposition is now more firml
Icnt t1,ns "a L..
fundamental rights and privileges O
every American citizen to adopt an
follow such lawful industrial pun
suits. not injurious to the commu
nifty, as he may see fit." Citin
Slaughterhouse cases, 16 Wall, 1Of
also other cases.
i In this connection the learne
judge quotes the language of An
drews, j.. In Bertholf v. O'Reilly, Z
IN. Y. 9S:
/ "The right to liberty embraces tn
right OF man to exercise his facultie
and to follow the lawful avocatiOn
for the support of life."
| z. Again In Re Jacobe, N.
| Zone may be deprived of his III
erty and his constitutional righ
violated without the actual restrain
OF his person. Liberty In It's broa
sense. as understood In this countr,
means not only the right to freedoI
from servitude. imprisonment or RI
straint. but the right of one to use hi
faculties In all lawful ways, to liv
and work where he will. to earn hi
livelihood In any lawful calling, an
to pursue any lawful trade or avocs
tion. 1t follows from this that tn
term liberty as protected by tn
Constitution Is not mere freedor
from physical restraint OF the person
but 1t embraces the right to be FIRE
In the enjoyment of all the facultie
with which we are endowed. and thi
subject only to such restraints as ar
clearly necessary for the commo
welfare"
/ In Braceville Coal Co. v. Peopl,
lat Ill. s. II. 81 Am, st. Rep. 2Ot
the Court say:
, Liberty, as the term Is used 1
the Constitution, means not onl
, freedom Of the Citizon frOr, aarvituh a