St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-08
All Not Harmonious Among the
Delegates to the Conference
of Health Boards.
An Important Meeting OF the San
itary Council OF the Aissis-
sippi Valley.

New YORK, April Tt has been evil
dent from the beginning that all was
not harmonious among the delegates to-
the national conference of state boards
of health. The discomfort eliminated
this morning in an important meeting
of the sanitary council of the Missis
sippi valley. The meeting, which was
held at the Fifth avenue hotel, grew out
of the feeling that the national confer
ence attempted 10 unite interests too
various, and to harmonize too many
conflicting authorities. Dr. Hewitt
stated at yesterdays meeting that the
generalites and platitudes that only
could result from attempting to cover
the entire country and Canada were not
what was wanted III the face of the
gravity of the situation. The result was
that meeting of the sanitary council
of the Mississippi valley was called.
The territory embraced within the
Jurisdiction of the council include d fif-
teen states, and takes in the country
between Minnesota and Louisiana north
and south, and Iowa and Pennsylvania
east and west. Twelve of the fifteen
states were represented, the others be-
ing represented by proxies. Resolutions
were passed of much more de ii
adopted by any conference of state
boards. One of these resolutions re-
qulres that the surgeon general Of the
marine hospital shall make a thorough
investigation of the matter of cholera
in Europe, particularly in Russia. and
If the facts seem to justify it, that the
case be laid before the authorities in
Washington, and the president be
asked to prohibit immigration,
under section Of the new
quarantine laws. Another resolution
calls upon the marine hospital service
to institute system of sanitary ar
rangementS In transportation vehicles.
After the adoption of the resolutions the
council adjourned until Z o'clock, when
it was arranged to hold another meet
ing prior to the final meeting of the in
ternatiOnal conference.
Before the regular evening session of
the international conference convened
the members of the sanitary committee
of the Mississippi valley got, together
and elected officers. and formally de-
cided to lay the resolutions they
had adopted in the morning be-
fore the conference, in the hope
that that body would approve them.
The officers elected we're: President,
DR.. j. G. Plunkett. of Tennessee; vice
PRESIDENT. LIZ. y. IL. Taylor, OF INDIANA;
secretary, DIR. John II. Rausch, of
Illinois.
The regular session of the inter-
national conference followed immedi-
ately afterwards. In the absence
of President Mccormick, DR.. Win
gate, of Wisconsin, called the meeting
to order. The call Of states on present
existing conditions was at once pro-
ceeded with, and DR.. Reilly read his
much-talkedof report, in which he
touched on what Chicago had done and
was dong in the way of cleaning her.
self up for the fair. Officers
for the coming year were elected,
as follows: President Mccormack.
Of Kentucky, who has held
the position for eight years. was sup
planted by Dir. c. A. Lindsey, of Con-
necticut; DR.. G. o. Probst, of Ohio, was
reelected secretary, and Dr.. II. B.
Baker, of Alabama, continued another
year as treasurer. A new Office was
created for DR.. Irving A. Watson, of
New HAMPSHIRE, who was made the
first vice president of the conference.