The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-06-25

lighted with the prospect ahead, bot when
thew get among the hsrren and tTeele8 plains
o: Colorado. they VII have cause for bitter
reerttl Next fall many will be seen, worn.
weary and dishesrtened, vending their way
back.-Hutekinsoa Noes.
improvement Of the MoutA Of the Miss. Rirer.
SP f ECH
HON. STEPHEN A. COB B,
IN TUE HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIvEs,
Thu sday, Jure AA. 1874.
III X No $500 for the Improvement Of the mouth
Of the Mississippi River
Mr.. COBB, of Kansas, said:
Mr.. ePEAKKR: With the incoming o.
the Forty third Congress . new and i'm
portsut factor Was added to the forces
O! this Gnverument The increase Of
| fly mem bers In this House over that of
its predecessor, the crop Of the census
| of 1870 90 to speak, has already been felt
in the legislation Of the nation. That
| increase 10 for the most part from the
West. Its tendency 10, and Its effect
surely will be, If may coin . word for
the expression Of the idea, to restc.nise
the legislation Of the country.
grant you, sir, that NO relative In
crease 10 found in the Senate BY reason
of that censuA recognize and respect
the fact in our civil compact which gives
to Rhode Island IN equal voice in tho
Senate with the great Commonwealth Of
New York. Irecognize and respect the
order of the fathers which secords for
oil time to the few thousand people in
hsbiting the sterile soil Of the twenty.
one hundred and twenty square miles
called the State OF Delaware equal pri-
vileges in the Senate with the millions
who In the near future will dwell in the
fertile wales and uplands Of the eighty
one thousand square miles of the imper.
ial domain Of Texas.
But. sir, the idea, correct % it may
be, which gives equality TO the State
represented in the other end ofthis Capt..
toll il not 20 grand - that upon which
this House 10 based. The ono 10 the idea
of States and OF equality between the
States; tho other 10 Of the essence Of the
idea of men and of the equality of ind
vidusls. The one partakes Of the ma
ture of that government which subordi.
mates the rights of the citizen to the
claims Of the State; the other makes the
chief object of government protection
of personal rights. Protection Of per-
sontl rights 10 the granite out of which
10 built the massive and enduring column
of the Republic; equality ofStstesis only
the gilded trsppings, the flutes and cor.
nices, the oInaments aad sppendages
which lend symmetry and beauty to the
structure. Without the one the 0a:ton-
less fair, it 10 true-would endure; With
out the other there would be 1ofepublic.
When the gentleman from Massachusetts
[Mr. Butler] few days since. in reply
to question, In . jocular way styled
this House ''the higher and more numer-
Gus body" in my opinion he builded
not better than he knew. but better
than he thought. He spoke . literal
truth. Sir, shall the time ever come
when the Hou-e and Senate will be ar
rayed against one another in . deter
mined conflict, the issue here will be
but . repetition of Englsnd's history In
this respect. The Senate, like the House
of Lords, would emerge from the strug
gle shnrn of many ancient rights and
curtailed in power and influence In the
nation.
To this fact, Mr.. Speaker, the Be-
nate 10 not blind. 1t has been taught
wholesome lessons upon the sub
ject even in our day. You, sir,
and the country are familiar with the
st,tempt Of the SENATE to originate and
pass general appropriation bills during
the administration OF Mr.. BAnksss speak
or of the House. NotWithstanding 1t
vas in the midst Of the widest party ex-
element the copntfy ever witnessed,
those bills when they reached this House
we're sent to the label at once. and the
House BY universal conseat sdhering to
the traditions and immemorial usage OF
the Gosernmsnt that al money bills
must originate in this House, proceeded
to originate and pass ito own sppropria-
ton measures, which the Senate approx
cd. Another case. Two years ago
bill Was sent from this House 70 the Sen
ate proposing some little modi6cati0n In
the revenue laws. The Senate took that
bill and amended thy revising the whole
revenue code. The House. justly Jealous
ofthis specious attempt to subvert it, an
Gent rights, at once rebuked the sssump-
ton of the Senate and settled forever, It
10 hoped, the extent to which the Senate
may 20 in the way of an amendment to
Q revenue bill.
Sir, let it be clearly demonstrated that
the House asks certain legislation in NO
uncertain voics, and that legislation will
sooner or later be asseutsd 70 By the Sen
ate. Hence ! ssy new and important
factor was added to the forces Of the
Government with the opsning Of the
Forty-third Congress, one which 10 sure
to b speedily felt in public a6airs-as
they Affect what 10 styled western inter
esta
Upon two great measures Of vital I'm
portance to my section the House has a. |
ready passed. The West demanded &C.
ton of some sort in relation to the re- |
eulation of fares and freight upon rail.
roads. The McCrary bill 10 the product
Of that demand 20 far - this House 10
concerned. What may be the fate ofthe
bill in the Senate cannot predict. But
:his can predict with safety: Sooner or
later the McCrary bill, or some other
bill which will probably be moro strin-
gent in terms thaa the 4cCraly bill,
will been acted into law IN regulate the
interstate commerce Of railcoads. The
House of Representatives Of the United
states. backed b. a. overWhslmiag pub
lie sentiment, has decided that Congress
has the constitutioaal power 70 regulate
.~-,n>e.> h>tOa>n thA nfatAa nv rail and