Article March 18, 1905 Issue

Christian Science in Nebraska

Bisbee (Ariz.) Evening Miner

What the Nebraska legislature proposes to do is not entirely clear, but the dispatches say that a bill has been reported from the committee of the whole which provides that "it shall be unlawful for any person to attempt to cure mental or physical ailments, real or imaginary, for pay, without first obtaining a license to practise the healing art from the state board of health."

This is called in the dispatches "a knockout blow for Christian Scientists," probably because the state board, being composed of regular physicians, will refuse licenses to Christian Science healers. That this is the expectation is likely from the fact that the bill was originated and promoted by the regular physicians, who crowded the hall of the legislature when it was agreed upon.

The Miner, without meaning to indorse Christian Science, characterizes this proposed action of the Nebraska legislature as oppressive.

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