The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-02

on the Governor; that aS ri9ld quarantine
as was proposed for this summer was an ex-
pertinent and that the Governor ought to put
q physician there who would command the pub
lie confidence"
4. That DR., Loeber offered the following reso-
ton, which was passed by the Board OF Health.
viz:
RESOLVED, That It IL the sense OF this board
that change should be made In the quarantine
officer ut the mississippi Quarantine station.
AMI that the Governor should 90 respectfully ~
Il. cans re-establsh confidence In the communt-.
ty In regard to the efficacy Of quarantine"
Now. lot US look Q little deeper into this inter-
esting subject for 1t il meet TINT the public,
whom all these gentlemen seem 30 anxious to
please. should be we'll informed. I speak BY
the card when say
from the San itary Association and demand the
removal Of Pr. Darlington. and that the Cover
nor dd q WSs e Do but that m By no
knew Dr.. Darlington, personally. They
we're physicians they answered no. he asked
them what they had against pr. Darlington.
They answered that he had Jailed to reco9nize
passed up to the city last summer on the Emily
souder that he bad allowed case Of small POE POE
e nD to The c oR r. bark honh at
reeoe nize q case Of yellow fever on the Steam
ship. Baltimore. from Rio-the case having
& S ne og he
Tor w their proofs 81 Tie correctness 81 these
enafEes ana 'neS none
INA Gnvsrnor fhen denied the truth OF the
char0es, and took The trouble to exnlain each
charge. as follows:
EMILY souDER CASE.
That DR.. Darlington did not examine the man
said to have died OF yellow fever at oil, but that
in the distr ibutiOn OF duties the examination OF
the case fell 10 his assistant medical officer.
Having never examined the case the Governor
argued the imposslbtlity OF DR.. CarrtnRtOn's
ever having proved his ignorance OF yellow
fever 10 the case; and the Line Of reasoning is
y Bat t6s Governor went further. he said 10
was willing TO admit. for ths, sake OF argument
that Ok. gnrrllgt0n OA1htkO nave examined cn6
case. enc snQuid MOI nave Musg4n " niS .asstat.
against DR.. q. you'd b that o. nssligence. and
that charge ne would meet 10 tnie ny. VIZ: II.
G. TO be most conscientious, iadustrious and
honorable gentleman and ne was satisned that .t
e would b. most whoesoms lesson to aim snd
rebound to the real advantage OF the community.
BARK RouTH CASE.
,.ats ~ tha coaa hnt II hes aince haan ceariv
aacartained that the bark arrived AZ anarantins
WITH WIFI eonyalss s from smaiipo1 On Board
an ot tm IL p III Rnard ~ HaaithMhis masters
il reaard 10 The manaaement Of the vessel and
her peopie u,.u
!. The = Governor told the committee that the
fa Tse arrived Is to 81 days from Rio.
Insp ection showed all her people to be healthy
on her arrival. Her matches were sealed all the
way from Rio. and were broken Tor fumigation
manded By the Board Of Health, and ct ?. ~
Of the second day after her arrival ~ inspected
and there gave her the formal permit to go to
The city, For reasons, Of his own. the captain
not ar ba be next
ripgton had released the ship under the rules
"T TIE Cove Governor argued that DR.. O.. nor any
other physician. could foreteI. fourteen, hours
that any, man was going to have the disea e;
oceu itst - ~ - 4osD0''s.0'o i -"
Aside from all this, the, Governor told the
committee that we we're about to enter on q
tention-which (even. for sake OF argument
admitting something OF professional Ignorance
o. yellow lever, MADE i srayeg conslderatl tb
ground, and this he positively knew Or. Car
rlnRton to be. The time consumed IN the pas
tine and watching Of two officers, would, In all
human probability, make things clear.
The demands Of. public opinion" were urged
| on the Governor; but he replied that, while he
had no idea Of defyin9 il obstinately. 1t would
Certainly remain secondary e bis convictions q
risn member Of the committee even went so ia,
az to aaY that, while OF course he die
not mean to itreaten Still Ii the Gov.
would return TO him with monster
| netiiion Of the people that would surely shake
him from lis determination. The Governor
| nnitelv assured him that he was certainly mis-
taken.
Shall attempt to add ANYTHING to the facts
and argumens placed By the Governor before Ii.
eupererogation. The man who Is not now