The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-18
1.-THE APPEALS SCARE"

NE arr ran . StHhE.
TnE ArrEAL In mn editorial this morning says
that II It's locnl contemporaries were as eager 10
help In keeping the fever out of Memphis as they
arc to print malicious dlatribcs against 1IIE Ar
rEAL because II has tried 90 do It's duty in the
emergency, they would score u point In public
favor.
Would they, indccd'
Well, II the other contemporaries OF TIE APPEAL
orc like The SciHltGr they don't caro- 20 score
points In public favor" after tho manner Of Tm
ArrfAL In this yellow fever scare
7hs SciaRar believes In strict quarantine, and so
expressed itself In the beginning but II believes
also that the Board Of Health are the proper ones 10
establish the quarantine aud not the newspapers
Asan evidence that the Memphis Board OF Health
knew their duty and didn't need to have II pointed
out 20 Thorn In articles calculated 10 create panic
ampug the people, before Il linc was written on the
matter they had taken nl the steps necessary.
What good then hn, TlE APPEAL accomplished
by ~ sensational nriiCoG
In au Interview with President MADDEN, pub.
llshcd In THE ArrgAEs own columns this morn.
Inc, TINT Official says; 81 issued the quarantine
order Monday"
Tuesday morning the nr,t editorial In THE Ar.
rEAL Appeared after the quarantine had been cs-
mblshcd Vet riE ArrEAL claims credit ior the
qunmutiucl
Instead of ndorning itself with n crown Of pop.
ullr commentator. which It has woven with lis
own cpnroit let the "thruc reporters" whom THE
ArrENL has sent forth 10 gather Mp matter by
which ~ scare the wits out OF tlmid persons, cir
culaic among the cltizrns aud ascertain the exact
number 81 points" scored In the public favor.
The truthfully reelected result would hardly lo
published under the head line "Tho Appeal Again
lndpr'ch.-Scbitar NJ io'cni1y
Our esteemed contemporary has made
some mistakes in the above. The first IL
In lis head line, "TuE ArrEAL's Scare"
Tux ArrEAL did not scare any one unless
ii was the Taxing District authorities, who
had established a quarantine, us President
lladdcn properly claimed in the interview
with HIM in yesterdays APPEAL. This was
followed by the announcement OF an in
spcction service 10 inspect refugees and
disinicct their luggage, without detention,
aud their admission into the city on pro-
baton. II was to this TITS ArrEAL oh.
jected. II opposed the admission OF rciu-
gees under any circumstance, and urged
non-intcrouso with infected places or
with places that opened their doors to
rciugccs In this TnE ArrEAL unsupported
by committee Of merchants who waited
on the Taxing District authorities They
saw the danger of permitting refugees with
the possibly infected baggage remaining
here for even an hour. and they insisted
upon the immediate issuance rs TuE Ar
rE,L suggested, Of a non-intcrcoursc order,
that the Jacobs family be at once sent out
OF the city and tina, tho rooms they occu.
pied be disinicctcd with sulphur. This
the authorities agreed 10 aud have carried
out faithfully, and TnE ArrEAL Is satisfied.
TnE ArrEAL did not and docs not claim
credit for the quarantine, but It does claim
'rclit for the non-intercoursc order and
he expulsion Of the refugees. All Of which
las since boon indoncd by tho State
Board OF Health. No person capable Of
an ordinary sentence OF the
English Language could be scared by what
ruE ArrE,L has said or printed about this
matter. II was plain 90 the commonest
mind that what TuE ArrEAL said aud
lid Wa ior the safety OF Memphis, and
10 prevent the Introduction Of yellow icvcr
this year In exactly the same way It WIS In.
troduccd In 1887, 1873 and 1878, by refugees
making Memphis, during the most tropical
aud dangerous weather, harbos Of refuge,
regardless Of the results 20 the health,
lives aud property Of IT, people Tng
ArrE,L, In this, IL also in1orscl by what
the authorities OF Savannah, Charleston
and Macon. and all tho little towns from
jacksonville, Fla. up % Atlanta have
done. ~ Mr.. Paris, Of Nashville. told In
an interview copied into Tie S-iaisr Of
yesterday from TIe N,dras Imsr,srn.
The little towns Mr. faris tells, cniorco
their non-inletc1urso with Ix-shooi-
cs and sho,yuns anl even Ma.
con policeman male him ''gt back In
that thar kyar' nj the ond oi revolver.
Thcsc people know what the yellow icycr
l., and they know that ono man from an
injected disiric, has been known. A. In
the case Of Memphis In 1857. 1873 aud
1875, 10 inocula,c large population, and
thu. bring death and defamation and loss
such a. Il takes hall a generation 10 re-
cover from