The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-23
TO COPE WITH DISEASE
Caffery Makes a Plea for a
National Quarantine System.
UNIFORMITY OF ACTION
A Multiplication OF Onicials in Carriers
Alaska Biii-Gallinger Will Q
the Senators What He
Saw in Cuba

washington, March IA feature OF
the senate proceedings to-day was AN
extended speech by MIR. Canery OF
Louisiana in support of the pending
national quarantine bill. In the course
OF his argument, Mr.. Caffery said that
he wanted the whole quarantine in the
hands of the United States government.
which could make a quarantine eff
fective. and he added that he was as
strong a states rights advocate as any
man.
1--WE want" he said. "a central
quarantine authority. upon hioh re-
sponsibility may rest. We want uni
fcrmity of action in this matter of
quarantine regulations. backed by such
financial and legal power as will enable
the authorities TO cope with the dread
diseases which are likely to ravage the
country"
In conclusion. after speaking for
nearly three hours. Mr.. Caffery said
that state guarantees were utterly in
efficient, utterly powerless against an
epidemic of yellow fever. Under this
inefficient state quarantine system, he
had known the most brutal acts to be
performed. He had himself. he said.
been accosted by petty quarantine Of
ficers with s%hotguns. For the exercise
of that kin of state or police power.
he had no use and no regard. He de-
sired that the whole question should he
handled scientifically. so that a power
and authority should be provided that
would be adequate to cope with yellow
fever. cholera and like diseases.
Mr.. Carter of Montana Of the COM
mittee on territories. called up the
measure reported by him making fur
Their provisions for a civil government
of Alaska and addressed the senate at
length upon II. He sale that the COM
mittee had deemed il wise TO provide
for a legislative assembly for Alaska.
not only on account of the nomadic
character of the Inhabitants, but also
on account of the vast extent of the
district. The discovery of gold, MIR.
Carter said. had attracted many per-
som TO that district during the past
two years. but how long n rush might
last nobody could tell. Considering the
character of the population and the
conditions under which the people
lived. the holding of elections for an
assembly would be much X holding
an election at a circus.
Questioning Mr.. Carter as to the rea-
son for providing for three Judges and
three district attorneys. Mr.. Vest of
Missouri criticised what he termed
the multiplication of officials" He
believed that a reasonably industrious
lawyer could. as a district attorney.
transact all of the business likely to
arise there in one month in a year
Mr.. Cartin maintained that on ac-
account of the enormous distances be-
tween prominent places in Alaska and
the fact that transportation. which was
almost entirely by water, was impossible
during the greater part of the year on
account OF Ice, the necessity OF the
courts provided for by the bill was evil
lent. Mr.. Carter was here interrupted
and will continue tomorrow.
Mr.. Gallinger Of New Hampshire. who
recently returned from a trip to Cuba,
announced that, yielding TO the kind So
licitations Of many senator's. he would
tomorrow. Immediately after the morn
ing business had been transacted. brief
ly address the senate upon his observa-
tons in Cuba, unless in the meantime
something should occur TO prevent IL.
Mr.. Foraker of Ohio presented the Gre
dentials of his colleague. Mr.. Hanna. for
the term as United states senator cover
ing six years from March 4. 1899. The
credentials were read and ordered filed.
Among the bills passed were the follow
ing: To prevent the appointment of
cadets to the naval or military acade-
my of the United States from states.
territories or districts in which such
cadets do not reside: to raise the age OF
protection for girls In the District OF
Columbia and in the territories 20 IS
years; to pay the state OF Wyoming
81. 7s0, money expended by the territory
of Wyoming in protecting and preserv-
ing the Yellowstone National park dur
ing the years 1884. 1885 and 1896. and TO
place Julius A. Maiser on the retired
list of the navy as a passed assistant
engineer. At 4:40 p. IN. the senate went
into executive session and then ad-