Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-03-08
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
OUR NEW Navy.
Report of the House Naval
Committee.
A CONTINUANCE OF EXPERIMENTS,
No Suggestions as to its
Armament.
DEBATE ON The CHINESE BILL,
Senator Edmunds Arrayed Against
the Monaghan.
DEBATE ON The CHINESE BIZ
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Our New Navy "A Report From the
House Naval Committee-A ContInu-
ance of Experiments recommended
Other Matters.
WASHINGTON, March THE report of the
House Naval committee on the bill for new
navy has been finished and will be submitted
by the chairman to the House to morrow. 1t
is a voluminous affair, going over the past
and present of the navy and it's needs for the
future. The committee consider it inexpe-
dent to make provisions for the armament
of ships owing to want of present informa-
ton as to the most effective guns. The ex-
periments can go on and if the necessity
arises naval shops and private establishments
could speedily turn out guns in less time than
the ships could be built.
A delegation of health officers representing
the city of Chicago and vicinity are here to
urge upon Congress the Importance of a law
for the compulsory vaccination of immi-
grants. They estimate that the total number
of immigrants this year will not be less than
100000 An effort will be made to provide
by law that any ship arriving with immi-
grants who have not certificates of vaccina.
ton in Europe shall be placed in quarantine
for twelve days, that all the immigrants shall
be vaccinated and the charge for their sub
sistence be a lien upon the vessel. Such a law
would be designed to force the steamship
companies to refuse emigrant passengers
who could not present certificates of vacei-
nation. The German lines are now trying to
encourage vaccination by circulating hand
bills about Hamburg and Bremen recon-
mendlng it, but no compulsory measure has
been taken. The national board of health
Will hold meeting tomorrow to consider
the subject. They are understood to favor
such law. A member of the board says:
Congress has O right undoubtedly to say
that no person rhall come into this country
without being vaccinated." Such law
would naturally be favored by the board of
health, as its execution would devolve upon
them and greatly enlarge their powers and
Importance. The bin would be opposed by
the steamship lines and the New
York quarantine authorities. To sur
mount this opposition it is said a combi-
nation is to be attempted by which the west
ern members will decline to vote for bill to
authorize the imposition of head-m tax
of one dollar unless vaccination bill shall
be adopted 1t is to flank such movement
that Representative Richardson, at the in
stance of the health officer of the port of
New York, introduced bill yesterday to pro-
vide for the vaccination of passengers on all
vessels entering any United States port by
| the health officer of the port, and authoriz-
| ing their detention at quarantine in case of
refusal till all danger of infection is passed.
This bill does not go SO far as the western
| members wish, nor are it's provisions agree
able to the national board of health but its
chance of a favorable report from the Com
| mittee on Public Health is considered good.
1t is reported on creditabls authority that
Mr.. Edmunds was verbally rendered the jus
| ticeship last night and declined it.