Evening star., 1905-11-10
QUARANTINE AND IMMIGRATION.
Southern Delegates Discussed Federal
Control at CHATTANOOGA

Almost 800 delegates, representing four
teen southern states, faced Gov. Cox at
Chattanooga yesterday when he called to
order the southern conference on quaran-
tine and immigration. Gov. Cox was made
permanent chairman, and he appointed
Thomas X. Brunner of North Carolina sec
retary
Present a the opening session were Cows.
Cox of Tennessee. Blanchard of louisiana
Vardaman of Mississippi, Glenn of North
Carolina Hayward of South Carolina and
Montague of Virginia. Cows. Broward of
Florida, Terrell of Georgia and Dawson of
West Virginia We're delayed until later in
the day. Senators J. b. Frazier of Tennes-
see and Stephen Mallory of Florida and
eighteen representatives. from the southern
states were in attendance.
Gov. Cox, in calling the convention to or
der, explained the object of the gathering
to bo to consider means to prevent the COM
ing to the south of the pauper and Grim
inal classes from Europe, which now are
hocking to the west and northwest. and to
provide for uniform quarantine Legislation
by the southern states, which should have
the approval of the national Congress and
thus have the force of constitutional law,
so that citizen going to any part of the
south in times of epidemic should know eX
actly what conditions he would meet.
Senator Frazier. who made the address of
welcome, advocated federal control of mar
itime quarantine. suggesting that if infec-
tion from foreign sources could be kept
from our shores the more difficult question
of interstate quarantine would be Simpiined
and possibly eliminated from the problem.
Gov. Vardaman declared that the abso-
lutte control of all seapOrtS should be vest
ed in the federal government But 1 am
unwilling" said the governor. 80 surfen-
der to the federal government In times of
epidemic, or any other time, the control OF
the affairs of Mississippi. l believe in The
good old democratic doctrine that the pow
ers of government have their sources in the
consent of the governed. The tendency Of
the times is toward the concentration Of
authority al Washington. The respect for
the pride and independence and power of
private citizenship is retrograding. The
greatness of the state consists not in the
variety and value of her natural resources,
but in the moral and intellectual character
istics of the men and women who form It's
citizenship. [ want to warn this C0nVen-
ton against taking any steps which Will
trample upon the autonomy of our states.
l believe in the doctrine of states rights"
Gov. Glenn spoke on The South; It's
Past, Present and Future" To-day" he
said. the United States is the richest ma
ton on earth respected and honored by all
the world. And the President of the United
States is the best known and most respect
ed ruler on earth"
Surgeon General Wyman OF the United
States marine hospital service. speaking of
yellow fever, said that the fact that one
port however thoroughly it might rid itself
of this disease, was still subject TO its re-
turn from other ports suggested the idea
that to completely protect one port it is
necessary to eradicate the disease from all
infected ports, ana that preventive sanitary
measures should be undertaken in all ports
subject to yellow fever invasion. He said,
in part:
"By far the greater part of the response
biity for quarantine protection devolves
upon the national service, but there is. new
ertheless. a divided responsibility with re-
gard to the ports which are still state or
local This division of responsibility is en-
barrassing and injurious"
Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana declared
himself in doubt which was the greater
evil yellow fever or the shotgun quaran-
tine from which Louisiana has suffered.