The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-11-14

Chattanooga. Tenn, November 10
Fourteen southern states today
through their Governors, Senators.
Congressmen and other representa-
tive citizens made their wishes known
as to the relations of states to the fed
eral government in the matters or
quarantine and immigration. After
discussion of two days the southern
conference on quarantine and immi-
grafton ignored the construction of
the doctrine of states rights, which
it was sought to apply to the questions
at issue Congressman John Sharp Will
Iiams, as chairman of the uarantine
committee which formulated the res
luton upon that branch of the con-
nee work presented a report which
adopted with but one dissenting
that of Senator Mallory of Flor
ka. The resolution requests Congress
X to enact a law whereby coast, mari
time and national frontier quarantine
shall be placed exclusively under the
control and Jurisdiction of the United
States government and that matters
of Interstate quarantine shall be
ton of the United States government
acting~in cooperation with the several
state boards of health. The resolu-
ton also asks that congress made ad--
quate appropriation to stamp out as
nearly as practicable the yellow fever
carrying mosquito in it's breeding or
4 living places in the United states.
second resolution urges upon the legls-
Vlatures of the several southern states
that they enact quarantine regulations
as nearly as possible in accord WITH
each other Congressman E. J. Bow
ers, of Mississippi, chairman of the
immigration committee presented the
report Of that committee which was
adopted by the unanimous vote OF the
convention The resolution declares
that desirable emigration is needed in
order to develop the resources of the
south and that "all white persons who
are willing to subscribe to our laws
and who appreciate and love the gen
ius Of our institutions are wanted
and would be welcomed The resolu-
tiOnS also say
I'VE repudiate and denounce as un-
true any and all rumOrs and slanderS
that may have been circulated to the
effect that the south is unfaVOrable to
honest and Industrious white immi-
grants
The resolutions commend the pro-
posed change in immigration laws for
classes and pecommend the establish
ment of immigration bureaus in the
southern states
Second days session of the South
ern Conference on Quarantine and I'M
migration opened with an increased at
tendance over yesterday The confer
ence was called to order by Governor
Cox, of Tennessee, who introduced M.
- J. Sanders, president of the New Or
leans Progressive Union. Mr.. Sanders
/fopic was Quarantine: It's Commercial
Aspects
SIr. Sanders was strongly in favor of
national control of the quarantine reg
ulations, and for a uniform regulation
during times of epidemic, but was non
committal as to who should control
the latter
The address of DR.. William F. Brun-
ner, health and quarantine officer OF
Savannah, Ca, was next called. DR..
Drummer being absent. his paper was
fled with the secretary to become a
part of the records of the conference.
DR. W. H Sanders, health officer OF
Alabama, presented paper on Pub
lie Health, How to Protect IT,
The paper of DR.. Robert Fulton
president of the University of Missis-
sippi, on citizenship. It's Duties and
Responsibilities" was not read, but
was ordered spread on the records.
The report of the committee on
man John Sharp Williams, recon-
mended the federal control of foreign
and maritime quarantine, and the con-
troll of interstate quarantine by the
individual states in cooperation with
the federal government This report
was adopted after brief discussion.
The conference then took reces:
until o'clock and started for Chicka
mauga Park