The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
FIGHT FUR LEGAL
 RECOGNITION LOST BY CH|ROP FACTORS
House Indefinitely PostponeS Bill After Long Debate. Medical Association Fig
 ures in Live Fight
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! nFo.,N ,N-lrxo.x, Al, IaL 1 |


 Montgomery. Ala. Feb. ,
 Chiropractors will not be given the legal right to manipulate the spine of citizens of Alabama. The hopse of representatives Friday aft ernoon indefinitely postponed the bill introduced by Representative St John of Cullman. The vote was II to 26 and came after debate wh .fr oontin0ed during a,zgreater part bf the day.
 Alabama Medical association and state board of health figured in all most every address made on the bill and charges were made that the astociation is an oligarchy which controls the medical profession of Alabama. Representative St. John in his argument in support of the bill and in opposition to the motion to postpone it indefinitely charged that If Christ himself came into the world again and sought to heal the sick and raise the dead He would be arrested by warrant of the Alabama Medical association on a charge of practicing without license from the association
 Representative St. John further charged that the medical board is spending state funds in it's work in Alabama without rendering an ac- count to the state and that it's ap- propriation now is s250.000 year with plans already made to request the legislature to increase the ap- propriation to $5O0,OO0
 Says Funds Checked Representative Mooneyhan of Bar bour, licensed pharmacist, answered MT. St. Johns charges, against the be ard of health by declaring that every penny of the fund given to the health department is checked by state examiners of public accounts, and that every warrant issued in pay ment of the work of the health de- partment first is approved by the governor of Alabama.
 During the discussion of the chiro- practic bill physicians from all sec tiohS VI thS otdtt VI ioNdOd tiC dASiSS' corridors and galleries. The charge was made on the floor of the house tat the doctors had come to Mont gomery to stampede the legislature into the voting for the defeat of the bill. Many of the doctors were granted privileges of the floor and SC many requests for privileges were made by members that one member finally requested the chair to grant. privilege of the floor to every doe tor to have such.
 The battle against the chiropractic Eill was fought on motion of Rep resentative Goodein of Montgomery to postpone the bill indefinitely. This motion was made after Representa- tive Sollie of Dale had proposed the postponement of the measure until after the recess, thus allowing mem the measure. Mir. Goodwin's motion took precedence over MT Sollie's motion to vote on the chiropractic bill as follows:
 How They Voted
 ,For--Adams. Bowen. Lewis, Bowen. l.. K. Boykin, Burton. Byars, Dick inson, Dunwoody, Forman, Glass, Guy, Henley, Henson. Letson, Long. Love, Odom, Parker, Posey. St. John, Sollie, Stewart of Etowah. Thomp- son of Jackson, Werner, Ware-26.
 Asainst-Speaker, Adcock, Allen. Arlington, Ashcraft of F'ayette. Ash craft of Lauderdale, Bealle, Black well, Burns. Galloway, Cato. Chris tan, Coleman, Cook, Culver, Gun ningham, Deloney. Dowdle, Elloitt, Embry, Fsnning, Terrell, Fite. Gains. Glenn, [ over, Goode, Goodwin, Graves. q owe, Hall, Hampton, Hat ter, Hay kins. Hodgson, Hornsby, Howard. Nowze, Hubbard. Jones, Xiii patrick. Lee, Lemaeter, Luck. Mel ton, Mooneyham, Moorer, Moxley, Nochols. Norman, Patterson. Pickens, Powell. Ringer, Rountree. Russell. Rutherford Sander of Conecuh. Sand ers of Pike, smith of Clay. Smith of Lee, Snodgrass. Stewart of Calhoun. Tiller, Tunstall Tyson. Warner, Walker, Wall, Walton, Mrs. Wilkins, Williams. Wyatt. Young-74. Not voting-Jeter, McGowne, Pool, Rives, Sessions, Smith of Jeffer- sCn-6.