The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
QUARANTINE IS THEME
PRINCIPAL TOPIC or DIscusIoN AT CHAIsTANOOGA.
Matter of Government Control stirs the Delegates, and Both sides of the Question are vigerously
 Debated.
chattanora.' Nov. s.-rhe ouarantip

ts the Que0tiOD are vlBorounly
 Debated.
 Chattanoga,. Nov. s.--The quarantine
 question was the principal topic oi
 discussion at the southeyn Conference
 on Quarantine and { Immigration
 through three busy sessions today and tonight.
 But litie variation from uniformity of opinion favoring federal control oi maritime quarantine was heard Tht
 antine. however, provoked a wfdc di'
 vergene in the discussion. Governor Blanchard of Louisiana. stirred ths convention to a high pitch of interest by his unqualified advocacy of Fedora control of all health matters, maritime foreign and interstate.
 The doctrine of states rights whicf had been prominently and freqnetls mentioned ip1previous debate. he de clared was not involved in the matter under discussion. He insisted the right to such control was inherent in the Federal government under the pro-
 visions of the Constitution. This view opposed directly the position taken by Governor vardaman of Mississippi. by Congressman Richardson of Alabama,
 and Senator Mallory of Florida and others
 The results of the days discussion were not formulated in final recom- mendations
 Permanent Organization. The report of the Committee on Per
 manent Organization, which was pre-
 sented at the opening of the afternoon
 session was adopted. It suggested Governor John I. Cox of Tennessee as
 permanent chairman of the convention,
 and a vice chairman from each State.
 The permanent secretary named was
 Hon. Thomas K. Bruner of North Caro-
 lima.
 Governor R. B. Glenn of North Caro-
 lima was introduced to make the first
 formal address Of the conference. His
 subject was The South. Its Past. Pres
 ent and Future"
 Governor Glenn made a rapid sketch
 of the growth of the United States,
 covering the last three hundred years.
 He illustrated by quoting many sta-
 tistics. Today he said, the United
 States is the richest nation on earth,
 respected and honored by all the world.
 And the President of the United States
 is the best known and the most re-
 spected ruler on earth
 The response to the sentiment was an outburst of applause which lasted
 fully two minutes.
 The speaker drew attention to the growth and wealth of the South, em-
 phasizing his claims by figures covering mauy lines of industry. He reviewed
 the desoiation wrought by the Civil War and the Reconstruction period, in the South. and noted her growth to the present eve of prosperity.
 The report of the Committee on Cre- dentials, which had been delayed. fol-
 lowed Governor Glenn's address. Credentials of Delegates. This report provided that the repre- sentation from each State. should be according to the congressional repre- sentation of each State; 1t also recom- | mended that the delegation from Ohio consisting of two men from Cincinnati should be admitted to all the privileges l of the floor, excepting that of voting These recommendations brought about
 discussion of an hour. The question of representation was settled by giving | each State ten votes. The seating oi | the Ohio delegation proved more diff ! fcult, but was defeated finally, 90 tc | 30, several States refusing to vote l Surgeon General Wyman of the United States Marine Hospital Service was then introduced. l The discussion of Dr. wyman's paper
 was opened by pr. William Bailey of l Louisville, who emphasized the theory of transmission of yellow fever solely | by the stegomyia fasciata mosquito
 and that the disease Is not personally communicable, He also declared that this was no longer theory. but . | demonstrated fact
 ConRressman Richardson of Alabama declared that the great question is how to banish yellow fever from the bor- ders of the United States. He insisted | that with the disease under control at the boundaries of the land, the problem | would be simplifed, if not eliminated from the necessity of legislation. For Federal Quarantine. He advocated the control by the Fed eral Government of maritime quaran- tine. He discussed at Some length the constitutionality of government con- trol of health matters in the several States and outlined the relative duties of the Government and the States. He believed that the executive health officer of each State should be mem Der of maritime health service, so that l by consultation uniform action might
 be reached harmoniously.
 Governor Brownard of Florida gave a brief history of the action of that State in cooperating with the Marine Hos- pital Service. He saio the co-oPera- | tion of the Government and the State had been entirely harmonious over period of about fourteen years. Governor Blanchard of Louisiana de- cIared himself in doubt which was the greater evil, yellow fever or the shot- gun oaurantine, from which Louisiana has suffered.
 The turning over to the United States of any authority by the individual State not granted by the constitution, he pronounced nonsense Uniform Legislation by all Southern States. he declared, is an impossfbility. He ridiculed the differing methods of quar- antine adopted by the Southern states
 during the present year. Passengers and Freight. He demanded at least equal protec- ton for human beings that Is accorded freight undd& the interstate commerce laws of the Federal Government. The traveller should be under the same pro lection that the government throws around a bale of cotton in transit. If the Federal Government has the right to protect property by its interstate commerce laws, it has the power to regulate interstate quarantine laws and the individual State must take back seat.
 It is merely a question where the au- thority lies, and if the authority of the general government is recognized in | the protection of property, it must be recognized in the protection of man himself Governor BIanchard's advo- cacy of the Federal Government talk | ing over not only maritime quaran' tine, but also the control of interstate quarantine was received by repeated | applause, showing at least large part | of the convention favoring this course I n--H.m.