New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-31
THE QUARANTINE QUESTlON.
SENATOR CHANDELIERS VIEWS UNCHANGED.
Oh. JENKINS WILL AK FOR BIG APPRo'
PRIATION TO HELP H-I FIGHT
THE CUCLER

THE CHOLERA.
Senator William F. Chandler, chairman Of the sena'e
Committee on Immigration. and senator isIo'"
Harris chairman Of the Senate Committee on, hp'deilnc
Diseases who have been In this city for the las' I'd,
or two making an Investigation into the cOhuiuon u
both the state and the National Quarantine s'auoH'
around this harbor, RETURNED TO Washington yrS'o'"
afternoon. Before going away Senator Chahuaoi ~
that he had not changed his mind on the SuO'o'''
He stin believed that the only effective way 10 pre-
vent the dreaded cholera getting foothou ]" '''9
country WAS 10 cut of immigration for year
BEFORE the Senators started for Washington uiey huu
a Iona talk with Health officer jenkins NJ "e f'',,
Avenue Hotel DR.. Jenkins Is afraid thal congress W"
take away from him the comfortable ana Ioi"N'' 'O0
that he now holds and he went TO assure ule 9'""'
that there was absolutely 10 danger from o'''o'
year and that 1t could be KEEP; ont OF the country ~ |
STATE Quarantine officials as Wen by the NaoN'i
officials. Dr. Jenkins may have hhuciceu 0'"'Y
Harris somewhat. but he did not ciaise '
Chandey's opinion in the least. stla'or O''
told him that he intended 10 press the measure VIZ
he had introduced cutting of Immigration icr H''
Immediately on the rcasscmblng OF Congress aur 'e
hoiIdovs ana be- added that he thougi' mat IA' O"
wou,d y, passed. This evidently rlShtehed ~ ~"
kins fer he said t.at he intended TO 50 TO Nas"s
next week 10 look ont for iis Interest," 'heie. -,
added IN a significant lone that the states "o.iN '
retain thc;I control over the quarantine 'ui
think" be said, that the Harris haFhor ".'i
,ri,, no nosssd THIS bill does not Interfere na'ef'a!
with The State authorities. Every step that the Ma
uonal authorities take under 1t must De uo"c ~ ''o
request OF the state authorities"
Dr. Jenkins does not think that there VII! " any
serious outbreak OF cholera III TINS country h0A' 'F'e
and summer. lie imagines that there MA! NC u"
sporodic cases but with the precautions that nave
bean taken already TO prevent the coming OF usei7o"
,mmirrants 70 The country there Will be no serious
trouble from the cholera. Az TIE same UNIV Wv
Health Officer Is preparing to ask the state ior i'rSe
opnron1a,ion with which 20 fight the cholera. lie
intends scndins TO Albany measure pFo>i'i''7 ~
an Augmentation Of $4,000 10 be expended by MN
,oxt snr.n, Of this amount 5000 is TO be used
I'm making reuairs TO the hospitals on Holman ana
swtnburuc Islands That these hospitals are III ~
tremcly poor shape 10 do elective woik IN hs"I"s
cholera was shown last fall bat Governor i4o"o'
vetoed the LII introduced in the last session OF INC
Legislature making provision for the repairs that thel
uara no-edel DE- Jenkins wants TO keep back %1V'oOV
OF the amount Of money that he expects to get IV
the leg. stature tns winter as contingent iuhi' 10
lie drawn upon as lie may need H. Dr. JehNi''s was
considerably disturbed yesterday over the P"D"'"'
,,on Of The rport that he had prevented ex surge Oh
General Hamilton from accompanying tie senators O'
their tour of inspection to Hoffman and s"hburhc
islands and 10 the Quarantine station Oh staten lslaid
He admitted tho truth OF the report Dut s"li tl'
had objected Dr. Hamilton on account OF IN ol
Quarrel that he had with Dr.. Hamilton last iall Wie
M :. anisnp Hermann was passed By nm ana ce-
famed by tn eA-sIr- eon-ti. neral! ,,, .A,
Dr. Utmtol said ycstcrday Il 90 not tihllh tndt
DIR Jenkins expected tnat his opposition to my
visiting Quarantine would be mad, publc. lie Giu
not rte TO senator Chandler, biu toa nm P olSon
mat he did not want me to visit the quarantine
station DO not see why n shoed object to my
rouc with tn. members of the committee There arc
some minds tlat ally are TOO Ni.ro1copi' ioI o'"tn.
OF National quarantine, and have been IN laNof 81
for tho last ten years. Shal' always ld'or o'e