The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-03-06
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Fridays session was continued inIthe forenoon,
and bills reported from the Committee on Public
Lands were passed. among them the act for the
protection of settlers on public lands providing
that settlements under the pre-. emption or home
stead laws shall be deemed to complete the con.
tract between the Government and settlers,
The session of Friday then ended.
The Senate apendments to the Deficiency ap
preparation bill were non concurred in and a
committee of conference ordered
Mr.. Whitth0rne moved to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution setting apart Monday at 10 o.
M for the consideration Of the resolutions from
the Committee on Naval Affairs relative to the
conduct of ex. Secretary Robson and other ex.of
tiCials OF the Navy Department. in the sale and
disposition ofpublic property. Defested-yeas 1913,
nays ll2 not the necessary twothirds In the aftir
native.
THE YELLOW FEVER BILL.
The Senate Yellow Fever bill was taken up and
substitute for 1t by Mr.. Young 1t establishes a
board Of health to meet In Washington to frame
rules and regulations to make investigations.
Mr.. Garfield favored the Senate bill.
Mr.. Young said he had fought four years trying
to make the States greater than the Federal Gov.
eminent, and that efOrthad cost millions OF lives
and this effort made to-day to establish superiority
Of States II It resulted in defeating the bill would
result in the loss of many more lives II some bill
were not passed In less than four months the
dreadful yellow fever would be ravHgiDg in great
or fury than 1t had last season In view of this
great danger, 1t was no time for gentlemen to be
discussing abstract propositions Of constitutional
law. 1.-THE Government had no power to egislate
for the lives Of Its people, 1t was time 1t was in
vested with that power
Mr.. Stone thought the adoption of the substitute
would be fatal to the object aimed at by the bill
Unless the strong arm OF the G0Vernmentinterfer-
ed there could be no safety the people from vel.
mob H..
borders OF Virginia because the gentleman from
Virginia (Mr Goode) stood up and shook the Con.
stitutlon att.
Mr.. Chittenden opposed the Senate bill. New
York would not be interfered with. Laughter
and suggestion of treason" from Mr. Butler For
Congress to come here and usurp the State and
municipal power in regard to local quarantine
laws was not only vicious, but outrageous, and
was not to be tolerated by the American people.
Laughter He had the greatest respect for Con.
gress but he must say the legislation of the Forty
titth Congress was dishOnor to the intelligence
Of the American people II Congress had worked
more faithfully II might have finished the appro.
prlatiOn bills before Christmas, and people would
have shouted "GlOry to God" ifCOngress had pass
ed them end then gone home. Laughter.
Mr.. Butler did not believe either OF the propos
tons presented would prevent the return OF the
yellow fever. Nothing but the strong arm of mil
ltary power could make quarantine effective. In
62 no yellow fever had Crept into New Orleans,
although II had decimated crews on ships at the
quaran tine station.
The substitute was then agreed to- yeas 125 nays
ll9.
The question recurred on the passage Of the SEN
ate bill as amended and by tellers ii was defeated
= II 10 l47-and The yeas and nays were ordered
penci ing which Mr., Young, fearing the defeat OF
the bill as amended, moved TO reconsider the vote
by which the sui stitu'e was agreed to.
Messrs Hooker and G6ode. however, insisted on
the calling OF the roll the passage of the amend
ed bill, whereupon Mr.. Young congratulated them
on defeating the bill.
The Senate bill as amended was then rejected
yeas ll2, nays l28-all the Republicans voting
against the bill, az did also most OF the members
from New York city.
fending further action the House took recess.
SCENE OF CONFUSION.
Upon Resembling motion to reconsider the
vote rejecting the Senate yellow fever bill was
taken up, and Mr.. Young appealed to the
House to pass either the Senate bill or his substi
tute.
After discussion of similar import to that which
had taken place earlier in the evening, MI Bisbe
moved to lay the motion on the table-negatived
so to9O The vote was then reconsidered. The
effort to straghten out the parliamentary tangle |
in which the House had become involved lasted |
for nearly an hour and was attended by noise |
uproar and confusion, which were turned into |
amusement by the SeEgeantatATms shoulderipg |
DIS mace ana stalking YrOuud wherever there ap |
peared the most excitement There was an evi. |
dent majority in favor OF the Senste BILL II it cod
be diVebted Of the House substitute, ut that was
so naId To get At that finally Mr. Garfield moved |
TO lay the bill on the table.
While the House was at the height OF another |
storm message from the Senate, in reference 10 |
Pflnung me report OF The observations on \
the transit OF Venus had calming IN huence and |
shouts Of laughter eyinced the legislative sense OF
the ludicrous suggested by the message. The bill
was laid on the table-yeas 134, nays 100,