The Vile Osteopathy Bill..

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Omaha, Neb., June 25, 1897. To the Editor: —I am glad to see you publish the names of the senators who supported the vile osteopathy bill in your legislature. Now, if every doctor in Illinois (my native State) will cut the list out and paste it in his hat, and then fill his political pocket full of stones for the benefit of these creatures when they raise their heads above the grass, something practical will be accomplished. This form of argument is the only one that really reaches the vitals of the average politician. In the Nebraska legislature last winter our bill for an examining board was defeated, largely owing to the opposition of an Omaha senator, who was, immediately after, the nominee of his party for mayor of this city. At least fifty physicians at once organized in opposition to the gentleman and, in a close election, we had