The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-05
Business Men PetitiOned For It.
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 ing Mayor cityxeus Who Desired to Close Doors Against Infected POsnts Thronged
 Council Chamber and Ap- piauded the Aldermeu'
UP TO MR. MCINTYRE

of Montgomery and decided to put on a city quarantine against all infected points.
 The terms of the resolution instruct ing the Acting Mayor to put on such A quarantine are so vague that 1t is left to Acting Mayor Mcintyre to de- termine just how much of quarantine 1t will be.
 The opposition to a city quarantine made a rather listless fight. Acting Mayor Mcintyre, who believed in rely ing exactly on the recommendations or the Board of Health. which advised against such a quarantine, made the only opposing speech. Four votes only were boiled against the measure. The opposition consisted of Acting Mayor Mcintyre, Vice-President Forbes, May or-elect Teague and Alderman Roemer. On the other hand, the advocates Of the quarantine put up determined and spirited fight, Aldermen Strauss, Gun ter, Sullivan and Jackson spoke at length on the situation and Aldermen Grif1lth, Maddox, Ruth and Thompson assisted them in voting.
 The joint committee of Aldermen and citizens raised by the Council also made some suggestions as to the cleaning of the city, which were adopted in every case.
 Citizens Applauded Act. The Council was thronged with citi- zens desiring to hear the quarantine debate and when the vote was an- nounced there was some applause. | At the closo of the meeting, Acting Mayor Mcintyre said that inasmuch as
 the Council had seen fit to adopt the | resolution, he would use his every en- deavor to make the quarantine a good
 one. His idea is to work in conjunction
 as far as possible with the State au- l thorities.
 Alderman Strauss was the author of the resolution, which was as follows: Resolved, That the Acting Mayor is l instructed to establish & rigid quaran-
 tine against all infected points" | The petition of the citizens was intro
 duced at the same time as the resolu- \ tion.
 | Alderman Strauss, in rising to sup l port his measure, recalled that eight l years ago the first case of yellow fever l was supposed to have been imported i into Montgomery. He recalled the fact | that business was killed outright. He \ recalled that failures followed failures: I Today he said, yellow fever is slowly
 but surely approaching the city again. 1 Pensacola is panic-strtcken, and any
 day it may be announced that cases | have slipped into any of the surround ing cities and towns. The Council | should take heroic measures and do the I best 1t could by the citizens. Those | who have financial interests are de-
 manding it and the members of the tCouncii could Ill afford to have the blame laid at their doors If fever should | enter Montgomery. 1 He said that he believed that the
 State was doing all in its power, but he thought more could be done to protect
 the interests of Montgomery alone by
 Montgomery than by any other power.
 He urged the adoption of his resolu- | tion.
 Gunter Supports Strauss. | MT, Strauss was followed by Alder man Gunter. He said he thought that
 the old registering system employed a l few weeks ago was more than bun, l and he believed that city quarantine
 should be established. He thought
 that every interest demanded that It | be established. He, too, spoke
 on tho importance of the
 business interests on the petition. He | believed that every train crew should
 be charged with the responsibility or | allowing no one to leave a car In ent- | ering Montgomery except at the union
 depot and he thought that every freight | train should be stopped and searched | several miles out of the city. He be- | lieved that if rigid quarantine was l esta .lished the moral effect would be | eood. He thought that if Montgomery had the reputation of being a tightly
 closed town few people, who had been
 in infected districts, would attempt to enter the city. -a :~~~ l Alderman Sullivan then spoke at length. He pictured the scenes in | Montgomery in 1873 and 1897. He told l of the business desolation and of the | trying times, when body was carted from a house without allowing the loved ones to look q last time on their 1
 tenn of health certificates. In his opin- | ion 1t was the most veritable of farces. He wanted something real, something tangible. The State quarantine met
 with little more favor in his eyes. He
 made an appeal for the passage of the | resolution.
 | McIntyre's Sound Remarks. | Alderman Mcintyre then endeavored | to stem the tide. He said that the Al dermen had merely been drawing pretty pictures and horrible pictures, they had not got down to the real things. He declared that the South is this year witnessing its last quarantine He called on the Aldermen to look into the situation from a scientific viewpoint, from the knowledge gained from read l ing and hearing those learned in the mosquito theory.
 Alderman sullivan" he said. tells us how they did 1t in '73 and '97. Let
 
 1905 and that every medical man has changed his opinion as to the manner of infection. Get up to date. Those in authority are now begging for na- tional quarantine system and l do not doubt tkeir wisdom"
 Tn past epidemics,' Mir. Mcintyre continued every county and munich pality maintained its separate quaran- tine. This was so inconvenient that the State quarantine system was adopt- ed. Now they want the National anar- antine, but the Aldermen who have pre- municipal day, Gentlemen, we are ret rosradng
 T have here letter from pr. R. N. Pitts, Secretary of the Board of Health, replying to the petition, which you have just seen. The Board of Health says that the State quarantine is doing all the city quarantine can do. And who are we going to get our informa- ton from in reference to such things? If Alderman Sullivan should be taken sick in this Council chamber. do vou think he would call in a boilermakrr or q newspaper reporter to prescribe for him? No He'd call in doctor. Now what should we do? Shall we consult everybody on the street? No. We should consult the men who arc learned in this particular matter" Criticism by Jackson. Alderman Jackson thought that a city quarantine was advisable. hut he had doubts as to how Acting Mayor Mcintyre would construe the word | rirrfd ha