The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-05

medicine before he can practice in the
state of Vermont. and said that he did
not feel that man was any too well
fitted if he had taken ali the required
work, especially in anatomy
DR.. Bryant stated that, if the chiro-
practor assumed the same burden OF
preparation that other practitioners as
sumed, the medical men of Vermont had
no objection to the admittance of the
chiropraetor on the same grounds. He
maintained that the practice of chiro-
practic is nothing new, as so many have
claimed, but that it has been practiced
ever since the beginning Of time.
1--WE read in the Bible" said DIR. Bry
ant, "of the laying on of hands, and chi
ropractic is nothing more than adjust
ment with the hands"
| Later he remarked.
IF anybody prefers to use the hand
instead of the head, / have no particular
objection"
| Dr. Bryant took the stand throughout
! that the chiropTactor should come up to
the standard in preparation if he is to
| be admitted TO the state on the same
terms as other medical men.
DR., Steele homeopath, reviewed the
history OF the regulation of the practice
of medicine in Vermont, and agreed with
others that it was due man who had
spent a great deal of time and money in
the preparation for the practice Of med
I icine to have it understood that no spe-
eial faction, waose preparation was less
thorough should have any special priv
ieges. He had no objection to the man
ner of practice, but believed that the
standards should be kept high.
! DR., Louden, osteopath, spent his rather
lengthy talk in attempting to prove that
chiropTactc is merely a form of osteop
athy and, therefore, SHOULD be treated as
such and taken care of by the osteopathic
| board of examiners for the state Of Yer
mont
DR.. Kicker pounded the desk with EN-
phasis when he declared that man
should not be allowed to practice med
cine under the laws of Vermont who, ae
cording TO his own statement, does not
make a diagnosis of the cases which he
is called to visit. Dr. Kicker brought
forth a great deal of amusement in the
way he suggested what might happen
under such circumstances.
What is the use in camoufaging this
natter" he said what is the use of
saying we love them, when we don't 7"
referring to ehiropractors.
"If the chiropractors want to come in.
let them, but do not give them a license
TO practice in the state until they qualify
as diagnoticians," warned the medical
man from st, Johnsbury.
The Suffrage Hearing.
There were plenty of champions on
both sides of the suffrage question
brought forth by {. 8, giving women the
right to vote for presidential electors.
Those who spoke in favor of the bill
were DR.. Grace Sherwood of st. Adams,
Mrs. Fred Blanchard of Montpelier, Mrs.
Il. H. Read of Burlington, Senator Steele
of Highgate, Senator Villas of Burlington
and Marshall Hapgood Of Peru.
Those opposing the bill were; Senator
Carr OF st. Johusbury, Walter Fenton of
Rutland, Mrs Wayne Reed of Montpelier,
Miss Emerson and Mrs. Humphrey of
Burlington, Mr. O'Dowd Of Brunswick
and Mr. Conant of Bradford.
Senator Carr, who led off the debate,
said that he did not think this a safe bin
to be considered at this time, because the
majority of the women of the state are
not ready for it. He maintained that
only small number of women cared TO
vote, and those who do care to, he de-
clared, are of the class who are looking
for some sort of adventure and excite
ment which the home cannot give them,
"They want the vote for political ad
vantage, Just as the men do said Sen.
ator Carr, "and they would not use it to
any better purpose than the men do
! The senator from Caledonia county
maintained that the women had already
shown that they could be crooked in pol
/ titles. He said that many women had,
when they were given the right to vote
! in municipal elections, declared a grand
| list of merely a dollar or two, on which
the taxes would not pay for the amount
expended by the state to collect them,
merely for the sake of voting. The speak
err characterized this as cruokedness on
the part of the women.
! Senator Carr also quoted at length
from the constitution of Vermont, with
the idea of showing that this bill was
/ not in accordance with the constitution,
and therefore could not be passed.
! Mr. FentoH, who followed, brought out
the idea that the consideration of this
OIL was a QeFe waste OF time ana effort
on The part of the legislators because its
passage would make absolutely no differ
/ ence in the number of presidential cleo
| tors to which Vermont would be entitled,
and it would not change the state from
/ its Republican majority, so firmly estab-
| lished these many years. The speaker
maintained, therefore. that there was alb
solutely no call for the passage of this
! bill, except to satisfy few uneasy fem
! mine inhabitants of the state
Mr. Hapgood of Peru championed the
bill in a speech marked with rhetorical
| emphasis and extreme gallantry toward
| the members of the fair sex present
| DR.. Grace Sherwood of st. Adams car
/ ried away the honors in the argument
for the bill. In introducing the subject,
she said that she held in her hand
paper signed by $4,000 women of the
state of Vermont. who had thus ex-
pressed their desire for the franchise,
showing that the women of Vermont
really do want to vote
In speaking of whether or not giving
to women this right of voting for presi-
Dental electors would make any partic-