The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-04-06
House Passed the Ma
tional Quarantine Law
and Causes Southern
Strife = Marine Hospi-
tai Service is Supreme.
] Texas Representatives
Bitterly Fought the
Measure - Character
lied as an Invasion on
Their Rights.

'' ss'E0'stSs
Washington, April BY a vote of
202 to 26 the house late today passed
the national quarantine bill, which so
amends the existing law as to make
the power of the marine hospital SER
vice supreme during yellow fever cpl
denies. The measure was bitterly
contested by the Texas representa-
tiyes who characterized it as an in
vasion upon state rights. When the
final vote was had, Texas Democrats,
supported by Mr.. Bartlett Of Georgia,
and Mr.. Littlefleld of Maine, the only
Republican who sided with them voted
in the negative. The senate yester-
day passed a bill along similar lines.
The bill passed by the house differs
chiefly in a section forb!dding local
authorities or any one else interfering
with the passage into, through or
from any state of any car of train car
rying interstate freight or passen-
gers. This is intended to afford relief
from the suffering and loss which
have marked the shotgun" quaran-
tines of the past. 1t was practically
war between states, for while it was
opposed by Texas, the Louisiana and
Mississippi members fought for its pas
sage.
STATE RIGHT QUESTION.
Mr.. Williams, of Mississippi, the
Democratic floor leader, presented the
rule which brought the measure be-
fore the house.
Mr.. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, spokes
man on the floor for the Republicans
stated that he would not oppose the
rule, but he simply desired ''to call
the attention of the house to the ini-
guilty of the proceeding, for the gem
tleman from Mississippi is attempting
to bind us with rule; to gag us when
a question involving state rights is
before us and should be debated for
at least one week, two weeks or three
weeks"
The members laughed for they re-
cognized the similarity in words of
@4A w uJJcItu COUl-
plant against Republican rules.
yes" was Mr.. Williams quick re-
tort. 1T is necessary to have this
rule for if we do not, then we would
not get this measure up which aims
to protect our women and children
from the dread yellow fever; more
dangerous to us than an armed host"
We'll, then you should thank the
rules, for they alone make this thing
possible" replied Mr.. Dalzell.
The measure was debated for four
hours, the Texans offered many amend
ments which all went down to defeat
FUN FOR THE GALLERIES.
Representative Hepburn. of Iowa,
the chairman of the interstate and for
eign commerce committee, which re-
ported the, bill to the house ended
the discussion by poking fun at his
Democratic colleagues.
"The constitution has been in the
hands of it's friends" he began. and
the roar of laughter that greeted him
was deafening; for, the visitors in
the galleries caught the point of hu-
NOR in his veiled allusion to the diff
ferences on the Democratic side
They, the Democrats" he continued,
"have not done anything while in
power, for they don't believe they
have the right to under the condition" +"
One of the peculiar incidents of the
legislative battle is that Representa-
tive Bartlett (aeorgia) and Russell
(Texas), placed upon the commerce
committee by Mr.. Williams for thar.
mony s SAX" 10 succeed Messrs. Shack
leford and Lamar, owing to their diff
ferences with the Democratic leader
over the railroad rate proposition in
the last congress came out in open
rebellion against Mr.. Williams today.