The age-herald., 1897-10-28
THE "MODEL CITY"
 WAS RELIEVED lnniStOnianS Gan How Como and Go at
 Fill. REFUGEES 10 BE ISOLATED City Council Sent Protest to Governor
 Johnston. COMMITTEE 0FLEADING PHYSICIANS Was Consulted and Sent Reply to the Protest Attorney Fitts Has Established an
 Office Here-Some Capi-
 tol Chit-Chat.
REFUGEES TO BE ISOLATED
COMMITTEE PLEADING PHYSICIANS

The city council of Arniston yesterday sent protest to Gov. Johnston bn regard to the quarantine against that city.
 The matter was considered, and after the officials of the sModel City" agreed to isolate all refugees and take all proper precautions the quarantine was. .raissd.
 The city authorities of Anniston placed the blame on the governor. and in the ordinance quarantinfng Birmingham mentioned that he and the other state officials had bsen halIbored in this city after leaving Montgomery.
 The facts are, that pr. E. H. Sholl of Hhe state health board informed the gov ernor officially Tuesday that he had in formation that the ApnBston authorities have permitted refugees ito opsnly yio- late the state law aud come into that city in considerable numbers.
 The governor wired Mayor Hight to know if this was true. MT. Flight was in this city, and when seen said that it was a fact that some refugees had arrived there in the past few days.
 Nearly all the members of the state board of health had advised Gov. John ston that this course would probably in- crease the dangers to other communities, and he, aftsr taking the opinion of mem- bers here and other leading physicians, felt that it was his duty to other com munites to put the quarantine in force.
 Gov. Johnston requested Drs. Sholl and Whelan of the state health boaad, and Drs Robertson ard Johnston, la ely presidents of the State Medical associa- tion. and Dr Mccarthy, of the local board, to consider the prote:Ji of the An niston officials and advise him as to the proper action. This is the Anniston pro- test:
 At a called meeting of the city coun- cil just held following resolu tons were unanimously adopted:
 Resolved, That the city council pro- tests against the action of the governor in proclaiming a quarantine against Anniston for the following reasons: Firs. There are no suspicious cases of sickness here. Second. There are no sick refu- gees. Third. The few refugees here, not exceeding twelve in number, slipped by quarantine officials upon whom we de- pended for protection without knowledge or connivance of city authorities, and mos of these have left this place. Fourth. We have had five frosts and both city and county health boards de- clare no danger whatever. Fifth. There are refugees to our knowledge in other towns in This vicinity. We, therefore protest against this unfair discriminIat on and respectfully request that you raise quarantine ai, once"
 :. The communication was signed by w. HI. AfcKleroy,. mayor pro tenn.
 Dr. Wheelan was sick and unable to attend the meeting, but it, is understood hhat he concurs in the reply of the doc tors, which was as follows, addressed to Gov. Joseph F. Johnston:
 'In answer to your inquiry as to whether it would be safe to raise the quarantine against Anniston we have to say It is an indisputable fact that the germs of yellow fever can be carried in the clothes of persons who come from in- fected places; that l is not necessary for the individual to have the fever to cause its spread. He can caraly germs to other, places anld escape the fever himself. Admission has permi ted refugees from  Selma and Montgomery to come into that city and has been having free com- munication with other cities and towns in Alabama. Thai being the case it is mot necessary for her to have a case of the fever in order to shut her off. There can be no question that other places might be infected from the refugees wi h. in her limits with free communication before any case developed there. Self preservation is the first law of nature. Whn the horse is 1lolen it is too late to lock the door. There is no man, expert or otherwise, who can with truth say there ld-be no danger to other places that permitted free communbea ton with a town that threw open her gates to refugees coming from infected places. If man is indiscreet enough to expose himself to danger he should ndi be per mitted to endanger the community and others He should be made to respect the rights of others or suffer the conse- quences It Is the duty of state to act always for the greatest good to the