The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-20
CHTRoPRAcTIc WINS IT'S FIGHT.
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The bill to license chiropractic was Ge
bated for two hours and 40 minutes III
the house yesterday afternoon, no other
business being done. Then Mr. Buttles
of Brandon moved adjournment, which =
was evidently happy relief, and the
house adjourned without perceptibly hav
ing forwarded the measure
1t was more like an old-time prize
speaking or joint debate than legislative
session, and DR. Slayton of Morrisville
sprung decided innovation by introduc
ing as horrible example colored gen
tleman. DR." Charles II. Thompson of |
Bellows Falls, who, although by regular
trade hostler in livery stable is said /
to be in possession Of diploma of chiro-
rractic from Chicago institution
Dir. Thompson was merely introduced to |
the house, then took his departure and
Mr.. Austin Of Highgate Indignantly pro-
tested against his being exhibited
The ofatory ran from the serious elo
quence of Mr. Alexander OF st. Albans,
who protested against the committees |
amendments as tending to exclude all |
ehiropractics from the state, and of Mr. |
Writers of st. bloomsbury, who told the !
pathetic story of little Agnes Mooney, !
cured by ehiropractc, to the sky-search- |
ing oratory OF Mr. Tracy of johnson and
the wit and hunor of Mr. Aiken of Put
ney
The latter was greeted with laughter
and applause when he rose to speak and
convulsed the members and the galleries
packed with spectators, by his homcly de-
scription of 'pinching bacl,bones He
allowed that before the chiropractors
We're allowed to travel around the state
so doing they ought at least to know on
what side OF the carcass the backbone
was
Mr. Belknap of Rockingham deplored
the commercial methods of the chiroprac-
tic schools and said the licensing of such
practitioners would open the gates to /
SEQ other alleged methods OF healing.
There We're many sharp exchanges es-
pecially between Mr.. Alexander, who OPP
posed the amendments and DR. Slayton,
who referred to the Davenport school OF
chiropractic as a fake from the ground up.
The mention of his name also brought
Representative (Dr) Edmunds of Bristol
to his feet, who told how far a case of
nerves would go on keeping a patient
from responding to treatment Mr. But
ties urged the house to adopt the amend
ments and raise the standards OF the med
zeal practice instead Of lowering them
Il don't want them to doctor my daugh
ter, he said, with less knowledge than
the veterinary uses to doctor my horse
or pig
During the DEBATE, Representative Aus
tin Of Waterville asked if Mr. Alexander
were retained by the chiropractics, aud
the gentleman from st. Adams replied
that he had defended two cases for them
III the past but was not now retained
Mr.. Tracy took middle ground between
the demands of the committee, which he
SAID put the chiropractics ut the mercy
Of the faculty of the medical school OF the
University Of Vermont, and the position
of the bills defenders. who would per
NIT the 10 chiropractols already IN Yer
mont to continue practice without fur
Their qualification Mr.. Mcfarland OF
Hyde Park defended the committees
amendments
The bit Of the whole situation comes
in the committees amendments to the
original Alexander bill which, in addition
to requiring three years training, puts
praetcing clnropractors TO the expense OF
going back to school or taking the exam
nations at the University Of Vermont
he measure will be taken up again to.
morrow and some compromise worked
out
An interesting hearing was held before
the senate committee on education in the
reception room yesterday afternoon con
corning Senator Eilas's bin to grant extra
scholarships to the University of Yer
mont Senator Villas spoke at length in
favor Of the bill, and talks were also Civ
en- BY Comptroller Guy W. Bailey and
Dean H. c. Tinkham Of the university.
Judge j. Z. Weeks spoke for Middlebury
college and Dean Roberts appeared in be
half of Norwich university The men
from these institutions maintained that,
if the University OF Vermont received the
extra scholarships, they, Norwich and
Mlddlebuly should be entitled TO them
also. The old question of whether OF not
the University of Vermont is state in
stltutlon came up again.
Some real humor crept into the dclib-
cratioms Of thc general assembly yester
DAY afternoon when the house resolved IL
sell into y committee Of the whole, with
Mr.. Tracy Of Johnson presiding, to con
slider H. ID, relating to the licensing
ard keeping Of dogs. There was much
controversy between the .'doggists" and
the "anu-doggists," who fought the thing
out to finish and finally decided &c
recommend to the house that the bill be
iayorably handled
After Ny Blood OF South Burlington
had moved to report the bill favorably
and the house had eoncurred in the mo
' ton, Mr.. OBrien of South Burlington
who owns dog. moved to strike GU
Section of the bill, which restricts dog
I from wandering about at their leisure
His motion was seconded by Mr. Roacl
fof Hubbardtown, who also owns a dog
and both speakers were warmly applaud
cd,
BY rising vote of l23 to %, the Inc
Il ton was carried.
Then Mr.. Reed of Wolcott propose
that we commence with section an
4 strike out the entire bill" His motto
Z was seconded by Mr.. Buxton of Middle
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