The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-30


voting for this bill except as a re-
suit Of petitions presented 10 this house.
There is nothing in these petitions from
which reason can be deduced why
/ vaccination shOdid not be forced upon
the people or Utah 1 believe compul-
sorry vaccination is a good thing for
the people OF this state even if we do
have 10 close the schools to unvacci-
mated children. The argument that
theatres and other public places should
/. De Closed IS not sound, for the reason
mat ADULTS who know how TO protect
themselves go to such places, while the
children Of school age do not know how
to protect themselves.
Harmon of Emery, talked fervidI. in
faVor o.. the bill. The experience of
people who have been vaccFated down
my way said he, goes to cast doubt
on the efficacy Of the process. The sick
ness caused by smallpox was not near
I ~ so bad as that caused by vaCcina-
uOn- No man has a right to say shall
make my strong and healthy children
! sick I had three of them vaccinated
and they were compelled to go TO bed
as result. / know of three cases of
vaccination where the patients are in
VaitdS yet and there is doubt as to
/ |hether or not they VIII ever recover.
A majority of the people of Utah are
against compulsory vaccination These
people don wish to have their children
kept out of school because a portion of
the medical profession insist that they
shall be vaccinated. I don't believe in
bowling 10 such fanaticism."
Kelly Against Compulsion.
Kelly of Willard. declared that he
had the highest regard for the opinions
OF the medical fraternity and he didn't
think ne had any right to take issue
with the doctors. He believed the pre-
ponderance Of evidence was on the side
or vaccination, but he didn't think com
pulsiOE could be FORCED on the people
at this ums- i believe vaccination is
the only way to stamp out smallpox. %
Mir. Kelly concluded. At the same
time, il we close the schools to unvac-
cinaJed children there are other gath.
erings that should be closed and 1 pro-
pose, as the largest measure of the
people of the state and of my cOnstiuu-
ents are in favor OF this bill, to cast
nay vote for 1t.
Anderson of ogden, heartily favored
the bill. he thought there was some
bullheadedness among the physicians.
as well as among the people. II the
boards health would devote their at
tention cleaning up the state there
would be ess danger of smallpox con-
taglon tn. il everybody was vacci-
mated.
Rulon S. Wells said shat he had been
( converted to the vaccination theory
but he was opposed TO any usurpation
of power by boards of health Lately
they have OVersUepped their authority
he believed, and ne would therefore
vote Tor the bill Van Wagenen took
the same ground as Wells.
Stuart Attacks a Petition.
Stuart of Sandy, was the next speak
er. He heartily believed in excluding
unVaccinated children from the schools
and secuted the idea that the intro
ductiOn OF the virus into the human
at Il l,s-r-
suits. As a sample he cited the town
OF Sandy There, he said. 300 children
were Vaccinated without the least dan
ger or discomfort. Then Mr. Stuart
asked MCGregOT of. Iron, something
about a petition, purpOrting to come
from residents of West Jordan, which
McGregOr introduced a day or two ago.
The petition was headed by one Ber-
gen, and Stuart declared no such man
lived in West Jordan.
MCGregoT admitted that he didn't
know Bergen, and had never heard of
him. Furthermore, he didn't care to
know him. He offered the petition be
cause IL was turned over 10 him and
he had a right to present it, even if
some of StuartS constituents did sign
it. While he was on his feet, McGregor
wished to state that he favored vac
cinatiOn, but if it should be forced on
him il would make him mighty sick
He was strongly in favor of the meas
Ure under discussion
Replying to StuaTt's statement that
vaccination had stamped out smaHpox
in Sandy, Vaughan rose to remark that
in his county 1t had been done away
with by strict quarantine regulations.
DO YOU consider the opening of the
schools To unvacCinated children a
quarantine regulation asked Benner
X. Smith. sarcastically.
We'll, yes, l do" replied Vaughan
amid lInUhfpT- from "A Of
house.
Ridiculous, Says Smith
Il was in hopes that I could get
through with this debate without say
ing anything said Smith. who could
contain himself no longer. But it
seems to me so ridiculous to hear the
proposition from the gentleman from
Utah Mr.. Evans that the opening Of
the schools is a quarantine measure,
that / cannot fOrbear saying some
thing. TIC place children who are la
bic To this disease in the public schools
is not d quarantine measure, and never
viii be. Bringing people together with
germs in their clothing is fostering
smallpox i'm its worst form.
Besides, YOU people who are favor
ing this bill! are not getting what You
want. after ali. This is not an anti
compulsory vaccination bill. Even if
ID passes ii viii be the duty of the
boards of health if a smallpox epidemic
breaks out 90 close your schools en-
uTely- ] say you are cutting off your
own noses. Let smallpox become cpl
demic and not only unvaccinated but
VaCCinated children will be excluded
from the schools. The theatres, the
courts. the Sunday schools. all public
gatherings Y i'll be forbidden. It is true
that If we seclude every person in his
own house Wen have no smallpox. but
we can't do that Now 10 allow I'M
vacc'1ated people TO go at large and
suTeau disease is criminal
Talk about vaccination being worse
than smallpox ask the. gentleman
from Emery tMr. HarmOn) if he would
rather see his children have continent
smallpox than 20 be vaccinated2'
I'd rather they'd have the smallpox
I've SEEN" retorted Harmon.
Il don't know that you've ever seen
any smallpox" continued Smith Il
mean the character Of case such as we
have pictured here on the report of the
state board of health"
Harmon made no reply, and Vaughan
asked Mr.. Smith if he knew there had
been any cases Of smallpox in Utah at
al. I'm not prepared 10 pass on that
as an expert replied the Salt LakeT.
smilingly. and took his seat after citing
some statistics from the German and
English armies to show the efficacy of
vaccination.
But the other members WOuldn Jet
Smith alone. Evans Drew his fire by
asking. DO YOU think there is more
likelihood Of cOntagion in public schools
than i'm Sunday schools
Quick as "a fash the answer came.