| Show NO CAUSE I FOR On A t PANIC J 4 One ot of the lending leading journals In Amen Amerl I Ii cn question whether the people peopleS I ot of this country are not terribly subject S to hysteria There are arc Indications that thIs Is a aj j tact the clearly showing Its prevalence Just now there Is danger ot of It In this Sta e particularly and In this I city 4 A smallpox scare Is being raised ct for what pUrPose wo we do not care at 4 pre present ent t tO discuss but one object Is evidently to for force e upon tipon the people of t Salt lAke and ultimatelY ot of all Utah I the rt repulsive nd oppressive system of at compulsory vaccination It appears from the reports ot of ph phi that there thero have ben been some iid I cases caJes of er smallpox I In Sanpete and In one or two places In other oun coun Also that there Utere Is one case ot of be same kInd quarantined In this cIty If IC the diagnosis ls Is correct the disease l Is In Its mildest form It Is Ad measures have been taken to jr 4 prevent There Is little iitti It Itan an any danger daner of Its spread It Is proper I that the strictest precautions In this direction should be observed There are strong doubts among people peopleS S who vho are familiar with the dread dis that there Is n a single jIngle Q cn case tn In the State They aver that the eruption which has cau caused d 50 so much ex Is only a skin disease Also that the doctors have pronounced I H smallpox are aro not personally acquaint ed Cd with that complaint but judge tron p 1 the symptoms and the books and reports from Wo We mention this n t os ia i j J our ou opinion but ns as statements coming 1 tram from the count county where here the excitement i i commenced I f Whatever foundation there may be to these dews wo we think It Is highly proper and commendable to take talce steps for the j I I f s protection ot of our children and ot of the thet t public generally and that all available preventives should be utilized So far p r we are with lIh the health officers and the I school authorities Jul we do not join 1 In the to frighten the people or of 4 this city Ity Into universal vaccination We Wedo WeI I do not believe that the condItions justl justi I h all any such pro proceeding 1 At the last session ot of the 1 Legislature n a determined attempt was made malle to se secure seI I cure the passage ot of a 0 laW for tor corn com cornI I vaccination It failed because A of the protest against It There Is nO nOw a 0 8 scheme heme on foot to enforce this I t obnoxious regulation without the au an of et la law We warn Us Its promoters I r that It will be vigorously 1 What they could not accomplish I through the I Legislature they must not notI I trY tr to force torce upon the public b by power I I tey assume to exercise The people le lehe 1 q he J as well voil as pUblic officers I I p have The liberties of citizens must mustI I shall be maintained I I We do not nol care today to enter Into I Itt 1 tt tie 0 dispute as to whether there Is a aF case of In this alt cIty or not notI F I nor UI as to the merits or demerits or of oft t I J There Thero are potent arguments arguS ments on both sIdes ot of the latter ques question S I C tion The assertion made malle by certain doctors that u no Intelligent I person erson dis 1 I utes that vaccination Is a thing great creat i 1 h l to bo be desired Is a reflection upon d u a number of the brightest members or of orthe the faculty In both hemIspheres Facts I r and figures are numerous numerously cited to toI I i ho the uselessness n its reli ell as the tho vileness ot of the vaccination practice Dul we will not take up that point at 1 preset present ex except pt to say 1141 that It If Utah as 4 1 r alleged is the only State In the Union where vaccination Is 18 not made corn com t 1 the fact that there Is no 7 4 State In the UnIon which Is I freer from fromI I smallpox is II a pretty strong argument t against Int the tho theory ot of the compulsory t vaccination a promoters What we 0 object et to on behalf ot of the people Is the attempt to com compel 1 tho those t who do believe In the tho practice ot ott L 4 I Injecting Into the veins ot of a pure and t child fIlthy virus front n a die I cased cow co or human being to submit I 1 h to t Lh the demands of who are arc de deh h to exercise authorIty with which thU II are rl not endowed I Let l those who In Vaccination It i I practice or er submit to It It they choose i L but k ke t 1 your our hands liand off orr tho those oJ who ye C riem t to It and refuse to per perC C i i mit you OU to tamper with th their r That I Is the I ue todo today Also AIM In order W to enforce this tyrannical measure stop 1 t y 4 ii 1 trying to the So far there Is no no reason for Cor n a Panic and Q trust there will be no occasion for tor fear In th the |
