Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-06


in favor of woman suffrage. Both de-
| clared. therefore, that this list was not
! representative and should have no weight
with the committee.
Mrs. Blanchard of Montpelier and Mrs.
! Read Of Burlington spoke briefly in
| favor of the bill, telling of the many
interests which women have in the affairs
| OF the community, but in which they are
unable to have a voice because they can
| not vote.
SENATOR Villas
| The summing up for the bill was done
| by Senator Villas, who introduced It.
He spoke at length on the advisability
! of giving the women of the State their
just rights, for which they have worked
| faithfully through many years, and
] which must eventually come by the SIM
/ pie evolution of justice. He pointed out
| in the course of his talk that this bill
| gives to women in Vermont all the suf-
| frage rights which they can hold without
! an amendment to the constitution Of the
| State. He said the argument Is often ad-
| vanced that women do not want to vote
, but this should make no difference 1t
is a question Of simple Justice to give
them the vote and just as we did not
stop to ask the slaves whether they want
ed to be free, so should we give women
! the vote.
| ON CHIROPRACT1C
At the hearing on II. 6. regulating chiro.
practic. the testimony ran from explana-
tons Of what chiropractic really is to
the benefit derived therefrom in the case
of sore toe.
| DR.. Hender talked of sub-luxations
slipped artculations, vertebrae out of po-
sition and examinations by palpation. A
great cloud of witnesses testified
Mr.. Alexander Of St. Adams, father of
the bill. engineered the hearing and City
| Judge Edwin L. Scott Of Barre examined
| the witnesses. DR.. w. T. Slayton. rep-
resentative from Morrisville, examined
DR.. Hender as to what he would do in
case OF acute morphine poisoning; what
the difference was between diabetes and
brights disease, between appendicitis and
peritonitis. etc, and finally what he
| would do in a case Of body lice.
I'D unlouse the patient" said DR..
Hender.
Mr.. Alexander read letters from a
huge portfolio of testimonials and ten
witnesses testified to the miraculous
cures by chiropractic. One of the most
striking was from Mrs. D. w. SENEGAL,
so Edgerton ST.. Rutland. who said that
but for DR.. Gage she would not be here
to-day.
Deputy Sheriff Henry Todd Of Bur-
lington also testified to great benefit
derived from the adjustments" as
also did Deputy Sheriff H. ]. Slayton
of Barre. Mrs. ]. F. Robbins of Barre
introduced her little girl. who, she said,
was helpless from infantile paralysis
until the Cages of Barre cured her
The child, she testified, before being
treated could not take a step, but ran
around the hall almost like a normal
child.
Others who. testified were. Frank
Parker. of Montpelier. and. Clarence
Stewart Of Berlin, Mrs. Gilman OF
Granville, Orrin Atwood Of Waterville
J. w. Atwood. of Randolph. Walter
Clark of Montpelier and John Pollard
who lives in New Hampshire
MEDICAL MEN TESTIFY
The medical men of the State had their
inning on the chiropractic bill this eve
ming and things were lively. Those who
spoke In opposition to the bill were Dean
Ttnkham Of the University of Vermont,
Dr. w. N. Bryant of Ludlow, DIR. F. e.
steele of Montpelier, DR.. Guy Loudon OF
Burlington and DR.. w. G. Riker of St.
Johnsbury All Of these men were closely
questioned by Mr.. Alexander, the sponsor
Of the bill.
DR.. Tinkham outlined briefly what the
medical world is doing to-day toward the
prevention OF disease and made 1t clear
That he was not there to oppose the prac.
tic Of chiropractic. but rather to advise
; that a man who treated disease should BIZ
fully qualified for that task.
WANT QUALIFIED MEDICAL MEN
I What We need Is educated men. com
, petent men and carefully trained men t.
: apply any system of treatment" said DR.
Tinkham. The speaker went on to emu
merate the work which was required Of
student In medicine before he can practic,
In the State Of Vermont and said that h,
aid not feel that man was any too wei
fitted If he had taken all the required
work. especially in anatomy.
DR.. Bryant stated that If the chiroprac
, tor assumed the same burden of prepare
ton that other practitioners assumed
the medical men of Vermont had no OBJ
lection to the admittance of the chiro
. practor on the same grounds. He main
I tained that the practice of chiropracti
Is nothing new, as 80 many have claimed
but that 1t has been practiced ever sine,
. the beginning OF time.
! I'VE read In the Bible" said Dr. Bryant
! "Of the laying on Of hads and chiroprac
tic Is nothing more than adjustment will
the hands"
y Later he remarked: III anybody pre-
fers to use the hand instead of the head
Y l have no particular objection"
DR.. Bryant took the stand Throughout
that the chiropractor should come up I,
. the standard In preparation II he Is to b.
: admitted to the State on the same term
v as other medical men.
3 SHOULD MAINTAIN STANDARD
|, DR.. Steele, homoepath. reviewed the his
: tory Of the regulation of the practice o
! medicine In Vermont and agreed with tn
others taat 1t was due to man who ha,
spent great deal Of time and money II
4 names had been secured in q haphaxar,
{ the preparation for the practice OF medi
I cine to have 1t understood that no spec
Z iai faction, whose preparation was les
. thorough should have any special priv
. ileges. He had no objection to thu