The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
HOUSE.

WAsHISGroS, d. c, May 27.--The bill
relative 10 the removal Of cases from State
TO federal courts came up in the morning
hour, the peudiug question being ON Sec
onding the previous question.
Mr.. FERNANDO WOOD appealed to
Mr.. Townshend, of Ills, who was IN charge
of The bill, TO permit its reference or recon-
initial, SO as not to have il bloCkin; up the
business of all other comrnittees.
Mr.. TOWN>HEND regarded it IS his
duty to press for action on the bill.
The Republican then rssorted to the
policy OF Withholding their votes and this
made necessary call OF the House.
The call was followed by roll call, on mo-
tion to suspend further proceeding; and the
morning hour having expired, the bill went
over without action
The HOu-e then proceed to consider the
action of the bill to prevent the introduce
tion OF contagious or infectious diseases into
the |. $, the Senate bill in relation to that
subject being substituted for the House bIll.
Mr.. MCGOWAN spoke in favor of the
bill.
Mr.. RICE opposed it.
NJ CONGER advocated the bill, which,
il il meant anything, meant that the Fed
eral Government had supreme and abso-
lutte authority over the States. Ii the
States Fighters could interfere with the
exercise of the omnIpotent power OF Con
gIess to defend the people, let them come.
Let those who advocated them, bring ON
the rights Of States to forbid Congress
from following the impulses OF Its nature.
Let states righ,kmen pass the bill and they
would have passed the Rubicon. Let them
pass the bilr which the scourge OF
pestilence compelled to pass, for in no other
way could they shut out the $ Ourge Cf
pesiilence from the land, sni they would
have overstepped all their iiaely-drawE
deductions. The friends OF States rights
dare not make the question paramount,
when the lives OF Thousands OF citizens
were quIvering in the balance, between the
| doctrine OF ; ate rights and the power Of
| the general government to fence out pestil
ence, disesse and death. Ten years ago,
when he lad first become member OF the
Committee on Commerce, the State rights
| men had commanded OF their constituents
to urge appropriations for rivers and har-
| bors, saving at the same time that they hsd
| been brought up with the belief that the
general government had 10 right to make
such appropriations The committee had
said: Then you cannot have the sppro-
| pristion," and the gentlemen urging the
| little petitions OF their constituents at home
| had snapped the foundation Of States rights
| in the minds OF those statesmen and they h d
! yielded the point. Laughter. He had
| for the last two years, looked with eager
eyes for Southern State rights Democrats
| who did not come to Congress snd pro
claimed the rights of the general Govern
ment to appropriate for rivers and harbors.
Three hundred thousand dollar a year for
the Big Kanawab; $3.50 900 for the Little
Ksnawab, He was thankful, however,
| that he could point to two or three State
| rights men who, until now, had maintained
their integrity. re had one OF them in his
minds eve, but that one hsd no rivers in
his district Laughter Gradually his
friends were clipping from their moorIngs
The State rights men we're
on one question or another,
drifting out into unknown seas. Who would
recall them? What fos-horn would call
them back His own was insufficient
Laughter To-day, in this in the interest
Of humanity the interest Of health and life
| it was gratifying to see his State-' right.
friends relinq1ishing their principles and
| their doctrines, driven by dire Necessity,
which pestilence and plague brought urou
them casting behind them tier antigua
| ted notions of State rights and risiug in the
strength of their humanity To stand by the
Government: "a a national Government in
the performance Of its duty to the
people. He would hail the p.s-
sage of this bill "a not only
saving from the plague Of thousands Of
lives, but a. redeeming the country at one
more effort from that worse pe-;Ileuce, thet
worse disease, that wore plague-Ssate