Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-24
.THB QUARANTINE BILL
Passed By the House After a Very
Confused Session.
COCKRAN'S AMENDMENT STANDS,
And State and Municipal Quaran-
tine Must Be Compiled With,
Even After National Provisions
Have Been Fulfilled.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January 23.-Tnere
have been many stormy and confused ses-
sions Of the House, bnt they have generally
been held when matter Of political or per-
sonal interest has been at stake. hareiy
has a more boisterous meeting been held
over a non-partisan and non-personal
measnre than that which occurred to-
day. Men were az cross-purposes over tne
quarantine bill. Its most earnest support
ers believed that it did not go lar enough,
and while they acquiesced IN some oI Ine
amendments made by the New 1orK mem
bers. thev did so under protest, and IN the
belief that if thew did otherwise, the meas
ure would meet a lingering death through
filibustering. After many parliamentary
wrangles, the bill was finally passed.
The House in continuation of Saturday. s
session. met at IL o'clock this morning.
This had the effect to continue the special
order under which the quarantine Dill Is
being considered and the House lmmedl-
ately proceeded, in Committee Oh the
Whole, to further discussion OF that meas
ure.
On motion of Mr. Warner, Democrat, OF
New York. an amendment was adopted,
extending the provisions of the Dill 10 I'M,
migration and importation across land
boundaries as well as across sea oounda-
rles. The object of this amendment, as eX-
planned by MIR. Warner, is to protect the
Canadian and Mexican frontiers.
After the rejection OF various amend
ments the committee rose and reported the
bill to the House. Then the House found
itself in tight parliamentary tangle, ana
every member who attempted TO olsen
tan0le it only drew the Knot the nrmer.
The bill reported from the committee OF
the whole was a substitute for the original
b II introduced by Mr.. Raynor and as such
substitute was reported as one amendment,
although il had itself received several
amendments. Complaint was made that
this was not the proper status OF the DILL,
but the Speaker was firm IN his decision
that there was but one amendmeIt-the
neutrality-suspicious..
The previous question was finally order
ed on the substitute reported by the COM
mittee Of the whole-139 TO 29-and the SUD-
stitute was agreed to. -
Mr.. Riley Democrat OF PennsyIVania)
then moved to reconhit the bill with lnstruc-
tions, TO the committee on commerce 10 re-
port back the provisions of the Senate Dill
rs modified bv the amendment adopted by
the House committee of the whole, with the
exception OF the Cochran amendment when
provides that nothing in this act shall De
construed to authorize any federal officer 10
relax, modify or suspend any rules or regu-
lations which may be adopted by State or
municipal authorities for the exclusion OF
contagious diseases from any port OF the
United States, or to permi. the entry or
discharge of any vessel in any port
where quarantine regulations have been es-
tablished by State or municipal authority
until such vessel shall have complied Win
such regulations The motion TO re-commit
was defeated-yeas, 95; nays, 157.
Then came the vote on the final passage
of the bill. On division, the vote stood
Ill 10 A.. Mr. Mallory raised the point OF
NJ quorum; but on vote by tellers the
vote stood l3S to 49, No effort was made TO
secure the yeas and nays.