Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-08
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I, succession alike. Every ten years
th.y have an exactly different treat
= msnt to what they had the ten years
h.fore. and yet they come in here and
ins,st in front Of us that they are
rirht all the time. The fact is we
.ot on very well for good many
r;llion wears, here on the face of the
Earth without any doctors of any
kind. We survived without any doc
tors. and probably there is no need
~ half Of our cases for doctors of
sny kind; but II we are going to have
sny every school ought to have an
ANAL show. There ought not to be
ronopoly Of the art of healing con-
Ansd to the allopaths. and. if we are
Soinr to have an osteopathic school
WORKING in the State of Maine. there
e no reason why we should not have
= oroper board to examine those os-
teooaths. The argument that they
should go before the allopaths and
be examined would afford them just
about a. much chance of getting
through an examination as the pro-
varbial SNOWFALL would have in the
neither world. l think we should
sand by our guns in this matter
and. have a. committee of conference
appointed and see IL we cannot bring
the other end Of the Capitol to reas-
on
Mr. ARCHIBALD Of Houlton: Mr..
Speaker. 1 have but very little to say
Ia this matter except that 1 am
member Of the committee before whom
this matter was heard. Now the mat
ter under consideration is whether
We will recede and concur, or wheth-
er we will insist. l understand that
is oil there is before this House.
The SPEAKER: The motion be-
fore the House is whether we shall
rscede and concur.
Mr. ARCHIBALD. resuming: 1t is
not on the question of the matter
that is still on the table in relation
to the board of esteopathic eXamina-
ton. 1t is on the question Of the
bill charging the scope Of the prac-
tce Of osteopathy. and that is all
there is to it. Now after that full
hearing and examination. with I'M
animous committee report coming in
here. without any opposition What
ever. or a word being said, after it
was actually passed to be enacted and
went to the Senate, it seems to me
In all fairness to anybody interested
In the matter in one way or the 9TH
or. in perfect fairness to all sides.
that it would be proper to insist on
our position and have a committee of
conference to see if there is any pos
slpllty OF any reasonable adjustment
OF this matter. 1t seems to me this
the easiest and most diplomatic
way to handle this matter. and l
trust the motion will not prevail.
Mr. HAMILTON of Caribou: Mr..
speaker. I am not as able in this
matter as my brother from Bangor
!Mr. Barwise) to quote the necessary
Terms that he has quoted: but I feel
mat the people of the State Of Maine
ought not leave entirely to commit
zee OF lawyers what they should have
none in regard to medicine. I have
tne greatest respect for lawyers. l
!esi that we should all of us respect
tnsm In every way. but when a mat
ter OF this kind is left to lawyers to
uscide' 1T seems as though the rest
" the representatives here ought to
nave something to say. I do res
peet their decisions and I do notice
now very jealous they are to have
tneir committee reports accepted, but
ptrt Of this committee is in the
S,enate and the Senate has indefinite
postponed this bill. Now they
must have some reason for it and it
seems to me that the Judiciary Com
Mlttee ought to give us more reason
.han they have for the enactment Of
: law such as this. There are sew
sal matters that ought not to- have
sone out OF the committee. But
..ummlttees can make mistakes. l
that has not been more or less made
~ OF human beings. and 1 do not
"uoW. why LAWYERS should not make