The age-herald., 1898-11-18
EXPERTS TALK
 ON QUARANTINE Convention at Memphis Called to Order Hith 126 Delegates Present. SOUTH WELL REPRESENTED Eminent Medical Men and Scientists Are
 in Attendance.
MEETING OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
The Subject With Which the Conven- tion Deals is one of Many Perplexi- ties = Papers on Quarantine
 Read and Discussed.

delegates present and others arriving with each incoming train. A majority of the delegates are from the southern states most affected by the visitation of yellow fever, as they were asked to send a larger repre- sentat:on than other sections.
 There are delegates from the north, west and east however. Missouri, Illinois, Wis consin and one or two other states are rep resented by delegates appointed by the gov ernors of those states or by the presidents of the state boards of health. Chicago, Cincinnati Louisville. Kansas City and other large cities have delegates on the floor as the appointees of the mayors of their cities.
 Eminent medical men and scientists for the college professors, presidents and high officials of railroads, state officials, law yers and substantial business men compose the convention.
 In this respect the present meeting is probably the most important ever held for the consideration of the quarantine problem The subject with which the convention will deal is one of many perplexities. The question of an efficient quarantine to pro- tect the states from invasions of infectious and contagious diseases has occupied the attention of legislators and scientific men, and it comes up as frequently as pestilen- tial disease appears or reappears in this country. It is for the purpose of arriving at some lasting solution of this problem that the Memphis convention was called.
 Convention Called to Order
 Promptly at 1O:3O o'clock Chairman J. S. MenlSen, of the local committed, called the convention to order.
 MT J. s. Menken in calling the convention to order said: ''We are here, gentlemen, to discuss and consider a question vitally affecting not only the material interest of our entire country, but the lives and hap piness of many millions who are threatened with the annual visitation of disease which carries dismay and terror into every community where it penetrates.
 Mot only are communities disturbed on such occasions, towns and cities tempor- arily depopulated, but the relations be- tween people of the same community as well as between the people of the states l are affected, become unsettled and abnor- nal:
 Commercial and manufacturing enter prises are crippled and the various indus- tries that bring competence and content to the masses are brought to a standstill.
 ''No such conditions should exist as one town, city or state acting independently Of the others-for what affects one part Of our common country affects the whole.
 To Formulate Plan
 "This convention is made up of repre- sentatives from the north, south, east and west-all having one object in view-the initiation on a broad basis of an effective national quarantine controlled by the gov- ernment of the United States. To formu- late a plan of action feasible, comprehen- sive and effectual, which can be quickly crystaized into law, Is the work to be ac- complished While quarantine is the best af nrayantiOD at nreSpnt. and the one which possesses more completely the confidence of the people, we all hope that science will disclose the true cause and dis cover a general remedy for this unwelcome exotic rob it of it's terrors and inspire the public with confidence and faith. Until that time arrives however, our hope and trust must be in an effectual national quar- antine."
 Mayor J. J. Williams delivered an ad- dress of welcome and the convention pro- ceeded to its organization
 At the suggestion of the local committed, temporary organization was dispensed with and General Luke E. Wright, of Ten nessee, was unanimously named as perma- nent president of the convention. and r. A. Rush. of Senatobia Miss, was elected sec retary General Wright addressed the dele gates after which committees were ap- pointed and a recess taken until the after noon.
 Committee on Credentials
 After the recess the committee on ere dentials and basis of representation sub- mitted a verbal report through it's chair man, Dr. w. H. Bailey, recommending the adoption of the suggestion of the local or- ganization committee in respect of basis of representation, providing that each state be given 20 votes. regardless of the size or its delegation, and further recommehdlnS that the chairman of each state delegation be asked to furnish the credentials com- mittee with list of delegates from his state This report was unanimously adopted
 The following telegram from President Mckinley was read and referred With en- thusiastic applause:
 .sWashington, November 16.-J. H. Men ken, Cha a'rman Memphis National Quaran- tine Commission: The president has re- ceived your communication enclosing copy of resolutions adopted by Memphis mer- chants exchange, in accordance with which a convention has been called to meet in your city on the 17th instant.
 ''It affords me pleasure to assure you Of the presidents deep interest in this and other movements looking to the protection of the health of the communities concerned, and he extends his best wishes for a most successful result of the deliberations of the convention J. A. PORTER,
 "Secretary to the President"
 On motion of Mayor Collier of Atlanta the entire rule of order as suggested by the local organization committee was adopted.
 On motion the convention took recess until o'clock, at which hour the secretary announced the committees and an oppor- tunity was given for organization. The following is the personnel of the committee on resolutions and the executive committee as chosen by the various state delegations:
 Resolutions Committee
 On resolutions-Alabama, Dr. w. H. San ders; Arkansas, Dr. M Fink; Georgia, Ex-Governor Bullock; Kentucky. J. N. McCoImac; Louisiana, John M. Parker; Massachusetts, H. P Wolcott; Missouri, Dr. A. L. Ludwich Mississippi; Ex-Gov- ernor G. D. Shands; South Carolina, pr. H. B. Hornbeck; Illinois, John B. Hamil- ton Iowa, R. D. Conniff, Tennessee,