The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-26
there IL no cholera, and. what's more. /
a~..x xhtnL tbcra will be.

there II no cnOiera, dHus
don't think there will be.
nTo return to the first question. The
State Legislature appropriated s2oO.oo.
n s,,m IL deemed necessary to put Hon-
mar and Swinburne Islands in excellent
condition. srhe crematory for the dead,
the annaratus for disinfecting by steam
and other thin rs ON the Islands, the re-
firing health officer declared TO be IN
fairly good condition. A small tug that
carried only sixty pounds or steam un-
der the heaviest pressure was all l had
70 board ships. BY the bye. ! should say.
there was sufficient space on Holman
island TO accommodate 500 steerage pas
sengers. The immigration commissioners
took charge of minor diseases. and the
patIents were sent to North Brother
island. Smallpox patients are taken on
at quarantine and removed by boat. But
there was no boat for this purpose. and
I went TO the Legislature and secured
an appropriation to build a boat, and In
the meantime / chartered a boat, because
the small tug I had needed repairing.
When the cholera came to this port
last fall / had no boat except the char
tered one. / had been In Office only five
lays when information reached me that
typhus fever had developed In New York.
The ship or ships came in under my
predecessor. I Immediately ordered that
all Russian and continental baggage COM
ing into this port should be disinfected.
The Baron Hirsch fund had caused a
hegira from Russia to this country, and
the danger Of disease coming was greatly
increased. In the meantime | sent a man
TO Europe to notify the medical examiners
OF the various ports and to report TO me.
I began to make a photographic map
from his reports and the reports | read
In the papers, and / soon became sus-
picieus that cholera existed in Hamburg,
a1d had existed since the 18th OF August.
/ at once notified the Secretary Of State.
Then I began to disinfect by steam.
When the Moravia came In. August goth,
with cholera on board, l received all
kinds OF suggestions as to What should
be done. These suggestions were so dia-
metrically different that / resolved to
carry out my own ideas. The President
issued his twenty days quarantine pro-
clamation, and naturally, | decided TO
resist 1t, because l believed then. and |
believe now. that a reasonable deten-
ton is sufficient. A twenty-day quar-
antine means n practical suspension Ct
on the seas. The press began
to jump on me vigorously for resisting.
, and I concluded to carry out the Presl-
dents proclamation"
Ibid not Charles Foster, Secretary OF
the Treasury, come over and take a ham
In quarantine matters?'
Yes; his visit and his interference
we're merely to create a little political
capital for his party. 1 resisted him
somewhat. and he claimed that | refused
TO use Camp Low. In order to do some
thing to get the passengers off the Nor
MAMMA l communicated with the Secre-
tary of the Navy, and he put the New
Hampshire. an almost useless shell of a
boat. at my disposal. The press began
TO write up the cholera In such a glow
iLg and sensational way that business
was seriously hurt in the city.
Other cities ~quarantined against New
York. and something took place that I
hardly think the press in Gotham would
care to publish. / am informed that
men representing large business interests
got together and notified the papers that
IL the cholera scare was continued they
would cease to advertise in said papers,.
That had a magical effect in one way.
The papers cea.ed TO harp on the chol-
era and proceeded to attack me. | be-
came the victim. How much of politics
there was in the matter l am unable to
say. Why, long before the Normannia
attempted to land at Fire Island a relia-
bic man Informed me that he heard a
prominent Republican official say We
would not be allowed TO land How he
knew 1t I have never learned. l. have
suspicion that 1t was part Of the game TO
land them on Camp Low