CONGRESS. (NATIONAL QUARANTINE.) 



ter, Hutch, llauiren, Haynes of Ohio, Heard, lleinp- 

 liill, Henderson of Iowa, llcniiaun, Hilliorn, Hilt, 

 Holmau, Hooker ut New York, Hopkins of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Hopkins of Illinois, llmik of Ohio, Hull', Hull, 

 Johnson ol' Indiana, Johnson of North Dakota. Jol 

 le\, .l..iies. Kem, Krihbs, Kyle, Lane, Lanhain. Lap 

 ham, l.aw.son ot' Virginia, LftWgOD of ( leorcia, Lay- 

 ton, Lewis, Lind, Loekwood, Lodge, Loud, Lynch, 

 r, Military, Mansur, Martin. McClellan, Mc- 

 iiiiiin, MoKaig, McKcighan, McKinncy, McLaurin, 

 M.-Kae, Mitchell, Mooro, Morse, Norton, O'Donnell, 

 o'N.-il of Massachusetts, O'Neill of Missouri. Otis, 

 Outlnvuite, 1'aire, Patterson of Tennessee, 1'atton, 

 1'ayne, I'ayntcr, Pearson, IVrkins, I'ickler, 1'ost, 

 Trie. . Qiuokenbush, Kuines, Randall, Ray, Kuyncr, 

 Robertson of Louisiana, Sayere, Scott, Shively,Simp- 

 *oii. sipe. Smith, Sperry, Springer, Stahlnecker, 

 Stcpheiisoii, Steward of Illinois, 0. W. Stone, W. A. 

 Stone, Storer, Stout, Sweet, Taylor of Illinois. J. D. 

 Taylor, V. A. Taylor, Terry, Tillman, Townseud, Van 

 Horn. Walker, Warner. Watson, Wuugh, Wcadoek, 

 Wevcr, Wheeler of Michigan, White, W hiting, Wike, 

 Willcox, Williams of Massachusetts, Williams of Illi- 

 nois, Wilson of Washington, Wilson of Missouri, 

 Winn, Wise, Wright, Youmans 185. 



NAYS Allen, Antony, Bacon, Bailey, Bankhcad, 

 Bartine, Blanchard, Blount, Bowman, Branch, Braw- 

 ley. Breckinridge of Arkansas, Breckinridge of Ken- 

 tucky, Brown of Maryland, Buchanan ot Virginia, 

 Bullock, Bunn, Carutn, Catchings, Clarke of Ala- 

 bama, Cobb of Alabama, Cobb of Missouri, Compton, 

 Cox of Tennessee. Crawford, Culberson, LMckerson, 

 Dungan, Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, English, Enloe, 

 Epes, Everett, Fellows, Forney, Geary, Grady, Green- 

 leaf, Hallowell, Hamilton, Hayes of Iowa, Henderson 

 of North Carolina, Herbert, Hooker of Mississippi, 

 Houk of Tennessee, Johnson of Ohio, Kilgore, Les- 

 ter of Virginia, Lester of Georgia, Livingston, Long, 

 McAleer, McCreary, McMillm, Meredith, Miller, 

 Montgomery, Moses. Mutchler, Oates, Ohliger, O'Neill 

 of Pennsylvania, Owens, Peel, Pendleton, Pierce, 

 Richardson, Rife, Robinson of Pennsylvania, Rusk, 

 Scull, Shell, Snodgrass, Stone of Kentucky, Tucker, 

 Turner, Turpin, Washington, Wheeler of Alabama, 

 Williams of North Carolina, Wilson of Kentucky, 

 Wolverton 84. 



NOT VOTING Aldcrson, Alexander, Andrew, At- 

 kinsoi., Beeman, Bentley, Bergen, Bingham, Bpat- 

 ncr. Hrickner, Buchanan of Ne.v Jersey, Bunting, 

 Byrns, Causey, Cheatham, Cockran, Cowles, Cox ot 

 New York, Cutting, Dixon, Dunphy, Fitch, Fowler, 

 Gillespie, Goodnight, Hall, Harries, Henderson ot 

 Illinois, Hoar, Johnstone of South Carolina, Kendall, 

 Ketcham, Lagan, Little, Meyer, Milliken, Newberry, 

 O'Fcrrall, Parrett, Pattison of Ohio, Powers, Reed, 

 Reilly, Reyburn, Rockwell, Russell, Sanford, Seerley, 

 Shonk, Snow, Stevens, Stewart of Texas, Stockdule, 

 Stump, Tarsney, Taylor of Tennessee, E. B. Taylor, 

 Tracey, Wadsworth, Wilson of West Virginia 60. 



The President approved the measure, March 2, 

 1893. 



National Quarantine. A bill was reported 

 in the House of Representatives for the better 

 protection of commerce and for the general wel- 

 fare by the establishment of a national quaran- 

 tine. In presenting the measure Mr. Rayner, of 

 Maryland, said, Jan. 21, 1893: 



" I think we are all agreed upon the proposi- 

 tion that something should be done, if possible. 

 to avoid the threatened presence of pestilence 

 upon our shores during the coming summer, and 

 that while we are providing for temporary secu- 

 rity we ought to adopt some permanent plan to 

 protect us in the future from the continual 

 danger to which otherwise we should be exposed. 



"It is needless for me to state to the House 

 that it would be impossible to estimate the sacri- 



fices we would incur and the losses which would 

 be inflicted upon us if this deadly scourge that 

 has lately depopulated one of the greate.it com- 

 mercial centers of Europe should gain an en- 

 t ranee upon our territory. War or famine would 

 prove far less destructive Ixn-ause against war we 

 could defend ourselves, and against famine we; 

 might seek deliverance through the relief and 

 benevolence of mankind. 



" I do not wish to create any false apprehen- 

 sions upon this subject, but with the tide of im- 

 migration that is pouring in upon us at every 

 port of entry, the highest authorities unite in 

 predicting that it is almost impossible for us to 

 evade or escape the threatened danger. If we 

 adopt no preventive measures; if we look heed- 

 lessly on without any combined effort at resi-t- 

 ance; if, with all its horrors staring us in 'tin- 

 face, we defy it to approach us: if we are will- 

 ing to take our chances and rely upon temporary 

 devices and expedients when the emergency is 

 upon us, then, Mr. Chairman, it will be a miracle 

 if we escape, and I am almost tempted to say 

 that it will be a just punishment if the danger 

 overtakes us. 



"I shall not consume the time of this House 

 in discussing our constitutional power to pass a 

 bill of this sort. The right to regulate com- 

 merce between the States and with foreign coun- 

 tries carries with it the fullest power that is 

 necessary for this purpose. I beiieve not only 

 in the power, but in the imperative duty of the 

 Federal Government to assume jurisdiction over 

 this matter ; and I would, if I had my way for 

 I want to be very frank, and will say that this 

 bill does not suit me, though I am willing to 

 take it as compromise if 1 had my own way 

 I would curtail every unnecessary expense in 

 order to provide for the creation, the equipment, 

 and the maintenance of a board of maritime 

 sanitation that would render the presence of 

 this great calamity impossible in our midst. 

 And if we are unwilling to do that, Mr. Chair- 

 man, I want to go a step further and say that I 

 would be in favor of suspending all immigra- 

 tion from infected ports until the danger from 

 infection is passed. 



' There are two classes of immigrants coming 

 to this country. The one class has been and will 

 continue to be a benefit and a blessing to the 

 country ; the other is a detriment and an injury. 

 This country was intended as an asylum for tho 

 downtrodden and the oppressed from every land 

 who are in sympathy with our institutions. But 

 it never was contemplated that our land should 

 become a place of refuge for those who do not 

 believe in any established institutions, who are 

 the disciples of lawlessness, who have been edu- 

 cated in the schools of disorder and anarchy, 

 and who come here simply because they believe 

 that this being a free country, it will afford 

 them a free opportunity to put their pernicious 

 principles into successful execution. 



" We may as well, Mr. Chairman, have plain, 

 candid words on the subject ; and I have no fear 

 about expressing my exact convictions in refer- 

 ence thereto, because a number of these helpless 

 wanderers whom despotism has lashed over every 

 frontier in Europe and driven in on our shores 

 have my warmest and deepest sympathy in their 

 distress. Robbed of their birthright, unpro- 



