El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-25

pension OF all quarantine restrictions
In that city the first week In July, and
kept everything open since that time,
II there were any substantial danger
there.
it's idle for Texas quarantine OIL
cials to assert that "the public hat
never been fully advised of the sisua
tion" In San Francisco. The federal
and state authorities and the news.
papers In California Investigated the
matter fully, and all the facts neces'
ssry to enable men of sound sense and
Unbiased attitude TO drs. Q correc,
conclusion have been before the pub
lilo for two months.
We desire to quote again In this
connection the following statement by
shs Texas State Health Odicer In his
letter to US Of August 3rd:
"Ons-half Of the families in Frisco
employ Chinese servants that have
free daily communication with China
town, and IL 10 strange that the disease
has not been scattered over the city,
but IL seems not TO have BEEN"
That statement 10 correct, and We
might safely rest our case against the
Health Ofioer upon this single admis
sion of his. II the people OF San Fran
Disco continue TO employ Chinese lsun-
dries, and continue TO purchase their
vegetab les from Chinese huoksters;
and if-as IL the faot-these servants,
aud huoksters "have free
daily Communication with Chinatown, y
and yet 1.-The disease has not been scat
tered over the city," We are surely
justified in declaring that to maintain
. quarantine twelve hundred miles
away from San Francisco is not only
but absurd.
In order to secure direct, fresh and
testimony upon the matter in
controversy, the following tele-
gram was sent by the El Psso
Chamber OF Commerce August 22od
20 Henry Gage, Governor Of CALIFORNIA;;
F. w. Dohrmann, President of the
Association ofSsu Francis
CO; and U. S. Surgeon-Geueral Walter
wymsn at Washington:
"You being acquainted with the
situation in San Francisco as to bubo-
MO plague, In your opinion is the con-
tinusnce of the quarantine by Texas
against San francisco warranted"
To this ing uiry the following replies
have besn received:
81 am pleased to report that there 10
not she Sill test cause for she Quarsn-
tine by Texas against San Francisco
or against any other portion OF Cali
fornis. The quarantine referred to Is
wholly unwarranted.
(Signedl HENRY GAGE"
sit is doubtful IL there ever were
GASES OF plague here 10 justify Te, as
quarantine, and there certainly IL no
cause to maintain It at the present
slime.
(Siened) "F. w. DoHRMANN,
President Merch ants Association "
"My relations In health matters are
with state health officers. and 1t 10 in
cumbent not tn discuss questions like
that propounded by you except with
them.
(Signed) "WYMAN Surgeon General. ~
The opinion of Surgeou-General
Wymsn, however, can be gather ed
from the fact that he visited San
Francisco him self and Investigated the
matter, that he took no action rs an
officer of the Federal Government 10
place restrictions on the movements
of the people of that city, and that
evidently he has not recommended
by other states against
siuce no state except
Texas Las made any prolonged
systematic effort to bar out travellers
from San Francisco.
We also invite your attention
to the following resolutions
unanimously adopted after full discus
sion" by the Ell Paso Board Of Health,
August 23rd:
"RESoLvED, That this Board here
by endorses and approves the action Of
the Chamber of Com merce In request
ing that the quarantine against alleR-
ed bubonic plague in San Francisco
be raised Immediately. 1t Ia the sense
of this Board that no necessity exits
for quarantine.
"RESoLvED, That q copy OF these
resolutions be transmitted by she
Secretary OF the Board TO the Cham
Der of Commerce"
The memb ers of the Board Of
Health, all OF whom were present and
voted for the resolutions, are
Dr.. w. n. Villas, president,
DR.. Chss. 7. Race, city health ply
stefan. secretary,
Ex-Di.trict Judge G. N. Buokler,
Captain T. J. Bean,