The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-12

W. "oS1 SooPs eltner what IL called the
denominational plan, or one similar to
that followed in Texas, under which any.
one who holds o certificate from the
school authorities, and who gives the proof
required by law that he has taught certain
number Ct children during the month or quar-.
ter, receives, from the State, the pro rata OF
the appropriation for each child.
Under the estimates presented by our School
Board the education of few less than 90 900
children will cost $3l2 200, or SIS 81 child.
Not one cent is given to aid the private and
depominatfonal institutions which educate st
least 10000 other children, while almost as
many more are allowed to run wild in the
streets, growing up without mental or mortal
training, and unoared for by either parents or
School Board Yet, as all the people contribute
to the school fund, each and every child has 9
claim upon it for his instruction, while the
Board, if it has any mission at all, is bound to
use every effort to secure the advantages of
education for all children, without distinc-
tion. 1t is grossly unfair to spend
SIS on one child and to refuse to give
even one cent for another having equal rights,
that no one in this broad land could be found
to defend the proposition in the abstract, yet,
in practice this is exactly what the public is
compelled to submit to by the advocates Of the
present system. 1t may be said that every
child has right to 20 to the public schools,
Very true, but of what use is q right which
cannot be exercised 7 With 1912 200 ($62 200 Of
which is not even remotely is sight) the pres
ent economical Board, after cutting down sala.
ries and crowding school rooms to snffocation,
can only provide for 20 600 children what
would taey do if the remaining forty or fifty
per cent Of the school population were to ap.
ply for admission
No law should stand which is not just to sll.
II the authorities, as in our case, have only
$25O,OO0 to spare for the education of AZ, 900
children, $6 25 belong to each child for that
purpose and should be expende ed for his benefit
Under what general laws or system the money
should be diebursed can easily be settled once
the Justice of the proposition 10 generally ad-
mitted, and it is towards the enlightenment Of
the public on this point that the efforts of all
real friends Of True Education should now Ee
directed.
The Congressional Committee appointed to
investigate yellow fever, its causes, and the !
beat mode of preventing epidemics, etc., after |
having examined q large number Of witnesses |
md discovered, what our physicians have al |
Ways modestly admitted, that very little is
Known about the dreaded soourge, has adjourn
ID to meet at some future time in Washington.
The testimony elicitsd was very interesting,
'aried and important, and will aid the Com.
nittee greatly in arriving at conclusions which
uust materially benefit this section of the
ountry in several ways, even though they
hould not result in securing for us entire i'm
,unity from the ravages of the fever. We
annot, of course, undertake, in our limited
pace, to'give even q synopsis of the testimony
the many distinguished ply sicians who sp-
cared before the committee; but, for the pur-
0h3 of showing how imperfect our quarantine :
.ws are, and how loosely and with what lit
Q Judgment they have been administered, '
Q copy the synopsis of DR.. Taylor's and Dr. 3
arriugton's remarks as given in the Democrat: G
DR.. B. F. Taylor.-I am secretary and treas ,
rer of the Board Of Health. / have also
large of the sanitary inspection or the city.
be Governors proclamation proclaiming
1srantne went into effect on the fifteenth Of
ay. Yellow fever was prevailing in Havana
the date the proclamation was sled and
was included in the infected ports specified.
The detention of the Souder at quarantine n
an. The quarantine law gives him discre-
on. Under the operation of the law, when
10 time of deten tion is left in the discretion
a quarantine physician, there is danger of
10 Introduction of the disease. The law is de-
ctive. The quarantine physioisn had the
ght to detain the Souder for five hours or
re days: it was under the law within his dis
elton: Under the proclamation. it was the
lty of DR.. Darlington to have detained the
'oder ten days. Tue Board of Health must
we known that she was only detained FIVE
'urs. I believe that the last epidemic was
aoeable to the two imported cases. II the
uder had been detained in accordance with
Q proclamation of the Governor the two
sss would have developed themselves at the
alton. If the two GASES had not been i'm -
rted think there would have been no cpl. r
mic, that is If there had been no later i'm L
rtation. The quarantine did not keep the
YER out, as the evidence shows. I think q
lid national quarantine law mpartially ad. m
nistered, would prevent the Importation Of
9 fever.
DR.. C. w. Darlington: l am resident phys-
IN at Quarantine Station. Dr. Patton it my
sistant. The Souder arrived at Qlarantine
alton at about O'Clock in the morning.
srded her, and have here written state
mt which have prepared for the Board Of a