The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-04
 N PASSED .Vot,s'on Measure IS POP f to 26. DAY OF DEBATE IN HOUSE Divided Delegation from the South
 ern States. Provisions of the Hill Which VIII Place the Regulation of Quarantine in
 Hands of OmciaIs of
 Government.
DAY OF DEBATE IN HOUSE

1 Washington, April 3.-By a vote of | POP to twenty-six, the sHouse today passed the nationa, quarantine bill The bill places the control of all auar. antine stations, grounds and anchor | ages under the secretary of the treas- ury and directs that as soon as practi- cable after the approval of the act he shall select and designate such suita- ble places for them and establish the same at such points on or near the sea- coast of the United States and on the Mexican border. as in his judgment are best suited for the same. in order to prevent the introduction of yellow fe- yer into the United States. The bill further gives the secretary of the treasury the right to establish a quarantine station at the Dry Tortugas Islands and at such other points at or | near sea coasts (not to exceed four in the aggregate) as he deems necessary. The bill also provides that every com | mon carrier engaged In interstate com merce shall receive and carry through state or territory. passengers, freight and baggage which may have been discharged and properly certified in accordance with the regulations of the public health and marine hospital service, and every person interfering with or obstructing such carrier or any passenger or any instrumentality of commerce in any such carriage or jour ney shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or be imprison- ed for a period not exceeding one year or both in the discretion of the court i; 1t Is provided that this section shall no be construed as giving authority to any person to debark or unload freight in any locality. contrary to the lawful state regulations.
 Out of the above provision grew a whole days debate, the opposition to she measure coming from divided dele gations in the southern states.
 The bill carries aps appropriation of $500. .0oo.. or, so mach as may be neces- sary to carry the provisions of the bill into effect. opposition of Henry. ..a MT. Henry of Texas, said. represent ing three million people in part, he would resist with all his might, the aim of Congress to take away from the people of Texas the right to make their own quarantine regulations. the right. he said. given the states by the Con- stitution. The government has not the power to interfere with the quar- antine regulations of the state of Texas" he added.
 MT. Powers (Miss) in favoring the bill said that where the police powers of states differed the federal authority was paramount. He believed 1t the plain duty of the government to pro- tect the health of the people; that com merce demanded such protection and where there were conflicting laws it was clearly mandatory upon Congress to regulate the spread of disease and contagion.
 MT, Burleston (Tex) thought there was something more than commerce involved in the bill, and he resisted the idea that quarantine regulations belonged to the federal authority when the states were capable of po- licing their own boundaries.
 MT. Neall made the statement that Texas did not want any interference with the quarantine laws. It only wanted, to be let alone. When yell low fever bretts out in Louisiana he said Texas says. You can't come into the State, and what is true of Lou isiana is true of every other state.
 T am greatly interested, in this bill," said MT. Williams (Miss) and as its author, I want to say that no- body, not an idiot. ever thought the State had any authority outside of its boundaries.
 This bill is a public necessity" he said. There is not a thing in this bill that any more touches the sacred OL LHt INSCINSu uol delegated, than the effluvia of a dead cat in the Desert of Sahara could ef- feet the atmosphere of the Artic cir cle"
 Argument of De Armond.
 MT De Armond (Mo) argued that the bill would take away from the states alN rover of Inspection % check the spread cf yellow fever. He said that the bill had been deftly planed in the interests of the great railroads and would in no wise prevent the spread of yellow fever
 MT. Adamson (Ga.), Mir. Richardson (AIaD, and MT Keller (Ohio) spoke in favor of the bill. Mir. Burgess (Texas) opposed 1t.
 MT. Bartlett (Ga.) inveighed against the leader of the minority (Mr. Will liams) for 'throttling' and "muzzling" the opponents of the bill by giving them a scant two hours to discuss a measure that might mean the life of State. even the life of the nation by reason of the principle involved.
 MT. Williams rose to explain. Mir. Bartlett, wrought up as he said, over the rule which had chained honest thought and consideration, declined to be interrupted.
 MT. Richardson (Ala) sought to ex- plain. but he was waved down. Mr. Bartlett vehemently accusing MT. Rich ardson with having voted with the ma jority to throttle free speech.
 If this bill shaI become a law and the Supreme Court as is predicated by the advocates. shall support it," said MT Bartlett, then will the State be shorn entirely of any power to regu- late and govern their own affairs Then will all power be centralized in the general government and the State gov ernments will be but governments in name only. Then indeed has centrali- zation triumphed and tfre American idea of the sovereign States become memory of past generations"
 Mir Hepburn Gowa) said he did not care for the sneers of the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. DeArmond) that the railroads were back of this legis- lation. This legislation was hrst suggested to me by the minority mem bers of the commerce committee, said MT. Hepburn, and after full considera- ton this bill was the result and l am willing to vote for the bill as whole
 UnderwOOd's Amendment.
 General debate having terminated Mir. Underwood (Ala ) offered an amendment fixing quarantine stations