The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-09
BOARD OF HEALTH.
ruroRTANT COMMUNICATION AND
SERIES or INTERESTING
RESOLUTIONS.

p,t,t,on from Coaec Importers -The Laws
Ra,nt,ve TO the hoard Of Health to De
r-,nt.d I'm Pamphlet Form-The Re-
porter of the Times Expelled.
rho hoard met at The usual hour. Present
n.. ranay and Austin. Co Hardee and Messrs.
nootb and Marks. DR.. Chopin In the chair.
yuhan IA session was opened DIR. Chopin
..saaraa N his communication to the Times. re-
n,,astino the editors of that paper to send an
athar representative to the meetings OF che
hoard in place Of the one who Is wont to report
its proceedings.
and also the answer Of the Times. both Of which
communications have been published In the
DEMOCRAT of the seventh instant.
DR.. Austin said that tho president OF the
board having made proper and sensible re-
uuest to the Times, he moved that the board in
dorse the views or DR.. Chopin on the subject.
Mr.. Booth remarked that 1t would be proper
In order to insure good feeling between the
board and the press that the misunderstanding
should be satisfactorily arranged. 5....
DIR. Austin asked the presidents opinion rel
atiye to the correspondence between tho board
and the Times,
DIR, Chopin said that when the reporter OF the
Times eolored the statement OF Capt. Wort
man. To suit the ideas of the communistic pa
per he represents 1t WAS great Injustice lie
considered the conduct OF the reporter insolent
IN coming to the meetings Of the board after he
wrote to the Times, and the answer of Mr.. Frank
4, Bartlett managing editor OF the Times.
DR.. Austin offered the following resolution:
Resolved. That the board concurs In the
opinion of Its president Ill his request TO the
tO1a mt lhOuId
meetings OF the board.
DIR. Taney said he regretted the resolution
because It established a bad precedent: he
thought newspapers could speak as they pleas
ed and that the board could invite criticism on
all its actions. We ought not to take any par
ticular care OF what is said Of US, but we should
20 along honestly. Justly. smoothly and honor
ably oppose the motion, as It brings us down
to the consideration of q matter which we
should not entertain.
Mr. Marks concurred in the remarks of DR.
Taney. He said that If the request Of the pres
ident was complied with and II another re-
porter was sent he would probably be instruct
ed to follow the same line OF conduct as bis
predecessor.
IDr. Taney In the chairl 5-.@.=. r=....=1
DR. Chopin took the floor and said:
When the Times persists In sending to this
board a man who has made himself personally
obnoxious to the board think 1t due. to the
dignity Of the board to require tnose i VINO come
here To act like gentlemen. | say that the one
who came here did not act like gentleman
DIR. Taney asked II the president Of the board
had not the power to exclude whom he would
from the meetings Of the board.
DIR. Chopin said that In order to avoid any
discussion. he had instructed his employees to
ask Mr.. Armstrong not to come into the office,
but that he needed not the request. As a
conseauence he felt II his duty to address q
letter to the editor of the Times. asking him
to substitute another reporter for the one
representing that paper at the meetings
Of the Board.
Dol. Hardee offered rs substitute to DR.
Austin's resolution. that the president be here
after authorized to exclude from the meet
ings of the board any person or persons
who have made themselves obnoxious to the
executive department Of the board. Adopted
DIR. Chopin then glanced towards the rep
resentative of the Times. and said:
'Mr Armstrong 1t 10 my pleasure, sir. that
you should not remain any longer at this meet
Ing"
The reporter took his hat and left
COL. HARDEE
submitted the following resolution:
Resorped, That committee Of three be ap.
pointed to take into oonsderst tion whether any
additional modification can be made In exist
ing quarantine regulations which Will be bene-
1cial to the commercial interests Of New Or
leans without impairing the efficiency. OF the
same, and that the said committee be directed
to report by r 81 the
Mr.. President-I have offered this resolution
because think the impression unJustly pre-,
walls that this board is acting In high handed
md unauthorized manner, and Is disposed 10
do nothing whatever to subserve the CONNER
cial interests Of this city but on the contrary m
legged bigoted and unreasonable doctrines. In
the phraseology Of the resolution. have pur-
ehy ey made Sss ths becsnas IT, pss
ident it seems to be entirely ign red OF
overlooked that since the pr clamation OF GUAR
table step In the direction Of making valuable
CONCESSIONS for the benefit OF commerce. and
BY arrangements which have been made are
now permitted to discharge and receive car
goes at the Quaranti inc Station. This conces
sion, too was made in compliance with the Ok
ps tenaing very greatly to facilitate their com
mercia operations. The disposition OF the
board. believe. is still further to modify any
rigors Or unnecessary hardshps In our quar-.
antine system Whenever they can be pointed
out as existing without reasonable cause and tt
the detriment Of public Interests. and to the
end that any change which may be made sh al
conform as far as possible only to an intelligen
administration Of affairs under existing Stat'
Laws eoad h
proper to await the report of this commlttee
when the whole matter can be presented for tul
and fair discussion. and hope, therefore. tha
my resolution will prevail and that the resolu
tion will be adopted.
The resolution Of Col. Hardee was adopted
The chair appointed Messrs. Hardee an
Marks and DR.. Austin.
COMMUNICATIONS.
letter was read from Or. VIM. Van slooten
chemist Of the Board OF Health. stating tina
after consultation with several sanitarians Il
Atlanta, at the meeting Of the National Boar
of Health he had found that they We're IN Iavo
of breaking cargo and exposing 1t In suitabl
chambers for several hours under E temDera en- el
ture OF 800 degrees and to turn into the shi
steam for several hours. The publicly eX
pressed opinions Of the representatlye , SAM
OF the Mississippi Valley were that q strict syss
TEN of quarantine is necessary. and they on oni
be detained. The representatives of the Mis-
sissippi valley are IN full accord with the Boar
of Health of Louisiana.
a communication from Mr.. P Malochee. pri
vate secretary of the Governor. was read. !
enclosed letter from the Treasury Depart
rnant nf the TTnitad StatnS which tran Smittp