Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-29

=hittfe Rock. Aug 2@=8s a result Of
: clasf with Coy. JeG Davis over The
e@eteenent Of the quarantine against
northora louisiana dire =f9ur members
el He Arkansas STAT board Of health
leabIiua in Little RocE rendered lheie
designations yesterday AT nooa to GoYe
Davis. 10 take effect at 8Hrr. Thoso
who resigned are Df q. N y, Ganz
trell. president Of ths boad IN 4.
b Christian. secretary, a84 o.. y. II
Miller and w b Hushea members
Coy Davis last night accepted the
designations of the four members and
announced the following appointments
10 succeed them: Dr. J. p. Runyan of
Little Rock. to be president Of the
board Dr. j. p. Sheppard Of Eitti"
Rock to be secretary, and
DR.. r. A. Hilton Of El Dorado
10 be a member The other two mem
bers are DR. f. p. Abingdon Of Beebe,
who was appointed last Wednesday,
and DIR. w. w Jackson of Joueshoro.
who has been a mcmber of the board
for a year.
Davis Took Charge of Quarantine.
The action Of the four members OF
the board was the result of the confer
cncc held with Gov. Davis on Sunday,
when the governor took the quaran-
tine in his own hands and wired Capt.
w. B. Pinncy, A. S. G., at McGehec.
to refuse to recognize any certificates
held by any person coming into Arkan
sas from Louisiana The breach was
Midenod by the demand Of Gov Davis
that DR.. Christian, secretary of the
board. tender his resignation. This
step was taken it is said, because DR..
Christian called on Gov. Davis Fri
clay evening. at his residence. to dis
cuss the yellow fever quarantine, and
after the call stated that he had not
ben treated courteousIy by the COVER
nor.
The four members who retired from
the board yesterday assioned as their
reason, in addition to the foregoing.
that they did so because they desired
no longer to be held responsible for
the quarantine without having author
ity as to the manner ifr which it is
carried forward
designations as Presented.
The resignation of the four Little
Rock members is signed by all and is
in the following terms:
ernor Jeff Davis, Hitchcock, Ark:
Dear Sir-We. the undersigned, mem.
bers constituting a quorum cf the Ar
kansas state board of health hereby
tender to you our resignation and re-
quest your acceptance of the same,
to take effect at once
"This action is taken because we
do not desire longer to occupy posi-
tions of responsibility and at the same
time to be interferred with and shorn
of our authority as state board Of
health. We instituted. and with the
aid of the state militia have success
fully conducted until recently, an ef-
fective and reasonable state quaran-
tine. Net a case of yellow fever has
made its appearance in Arkansas. We
have earnestly advised the raising of
all local quarantines within the state
and reliance altogether on the state
quarantine, so that the business and
social interests of the state might be
as little interferred with as possible,
end the necessity for the use of health
certificates largely obviated. We do
not wish longer to be responsible for
quaantine we can not control, and
one which. at first both effective and
conservative, is now fast becoming
wild and frenZied shotgun affair."
(Signed) &c. M. D. Cantrell,
"President
"R. B. Christian,
Secretary;