The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-11
NATTER 81 QUlII {
Several Papers On the Subject ksst
At the Coaveatioa.
ABSOLUTE HARMONY Is NECESSARY.
A. Usual. the Doctors Dss~gree as "a
the Hest systcna to Me- Adopted.
ssA Money IL an Esscntinl.


Mobile. Ala, February 10. There was
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The first paper read was ca "Quasanttnc
as 1t Affects Personal Righss" BY not.
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sesnv Oh MississipPi,
Dr. W. IL. Sanders. State health officer
OF Alabama, read u paper upon National,
state and Local Quarailtine. How Nest 10
Aujust Their Diitercnccs.s' He hell that
thcrc must be harmony between tho i.a-
ttonal. state and losul quarantine AMI lar-
ncny would be promoted by making tie
STATE supreme In its own borders, tho gen
er'i government to Md aud CO. cpecate With
me state. The systom he advocated is .
NATIONAL bureau OF public health, III which
i'ti states would have a voice and all States
nave equal rights In making rules aut reg
ulations. Under such regulations u COM
plete system Of local quarantine could pc
orkpniKcd.
Mr.. Farrer of New orlsaas presented q
resolution calling for a National mntfre
quarantine. and for an Interstate coiniact
10 establish an uniform System az quar-
antine and health laws, also Tor the ces-
sion 10 tho United States authorities "
localities where Is placed the Natioaa
quarantine station aud for a dafiiitioa OF
antine. Referred TO the committee On ics-
3outiops,
IN the discussion which followed. Or. NJ.
Cunningham OF Alabama made the pciiit
that although the State Lizards Of he1lth
are capable OF acting an,l laws recent
mended by them arc good, inoney to taiIy
out The quarantine IL hacking. Alabama,
for instance can not be relied upon itr
$4,000 for the suppression OF pr sticncc.
IL is as much as the whole ma Heal PIC
fession can do TO clse from the State a
what is needed and the state u'iaianiinc
mas no money, me Feaers.i treasury mas
ni,oaiio,, &, ,,,aS.' "a \, u. nrnnrad ~, rnn
ttol tho rayapcs az this disease.
II. r. Williams of Mobile spoke OF tie
danger TO the gulf interests BY tho sur
rendering to the central government Tho
control OF maritime qmarantincs, it,susc
discrimination would bn shown Whereby n
vessel can 10 from Havana to New York
without any detention. but could not come
TO Mobile or Now orleans at all.
Mr., $. T., Clark of Mobile held that this
danger was not Il real cue People OF tho
country are in favor OF keeping She South
ern Forts open. There would be no i,.yiui-
GUS scaling up of the ports,
The committee oil resolutions reported
mt the Afternoon session one resolution ap-31
proving the anti-yivisectipn law. After
some discussion motion to table was lost
and the resolutions was adopted
Tho apportioument OF vote thor came,
i've votes bo allowed each NJ the
South Atlantic and Gulf states and two
votes To the other States Represented and
that the unit rule prevail. oproiticn de-
vclopcd TO tho adoption Of tie unit rule.
The apportionment WINS ndopsad and thu
unit rule rejected, This BUSINESS ccndl.nsd
the remainder Of tho afternoon session
Adjourned till Z o'clock.
AT tho night session the topic OF "a Nh
iIona, pur,nu NJ public u,nlta., was taken
~ ~. N = n ,yi,.a,a "a H., y,n,,,.o
W. $3.50 ,,','..s
road paper huyocauhg Tue es,api'sni'lett
Of such bureau claiming thai. properly
II would be Of immelss advantage
10 the public by enforcing surh sanitary |