Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-18

| table Rejected. yeas los, nays leo. The bill
having been Invested of the previous question
went over under the rules until next district
day.
| THE REMOVAL OF COURT CASES.
The House then resumed consideration in the
morning hour of the bill regulating removal of
causes from State to federal courts. Mr.. Knott
argued in support of the bill. He questioned
the great power of corporations, one of which,
like an enormous octapus, stretched its mons
| trous tentacles into eleven States, controlled
| day 5000 miles of railroad, and whose
| financial operations were seoond In magnitude
| only to those of the government itself Con-
gress had no authority to disturb single one
| of those parasites on the body polite In any
power conferred on them by the State, but
| there is one thing it could do and ought to do,
and which the present bill proposed to accom-
plush. Congress could deprive them OF the
extraordinary privileges with which they mad
been endowed By judge-made law In violation
of the constitution. He criticised the decisions
of the courts, which looked upon corporations
as citizen. Had the courts gone one,step
further and declared it natural citizen 1t
might have aspired to the Presidency, 1t
might have been general of the army and give
a corporation half a chance, and it would get
away back of The enemy's baggage and sup
plies. But it couldn't take an oath. 1t had
no soul, and was not concerned In the doctrines
of Plymouth church, or the mistakes of Hoses.
Laughter. Having no body, it couldn't be
killed; or if killed, having no soul, 1t couldn't
be damned.
The morning hour having expired, the bill
went over without action.
LEWISTON OF THE RULES.
The House then went into committee OF the
whole, Mr.. Carlisle in the chair, on revision of
the rules. The pending question was on adopt
ing the aInendmeu offered by hIr. Speer to rule
81, as amended By the substitute offered by
Mr. Warner and which, IN it's amended form,
provided that it should be in order to reduce
the amount of money provided by existing
law and covert by the law, and to that extent
only to change the law. Rejected; yeas 80,
nays so.
The next amendment was that offered by Mr..
Lowe. prohibiting partisan legislation on ap-
preparation bills.
Mr. Price submitted an amendment to clause
3, providing that when an amendment Is Of
fere,. to an appropriation bill changing exist
ing laws the rctrenchment proposed shall not
be by inference, but shall expressly specify on
its face the amount of money to be saved by
the amendment.
MIR. Hurd made a speech in opposition to
taking away from the House the power of leg
islatiug upon appropriation bills. The power
might be taken away if both houses could
originate bills for raising revenue. History
ircon testify demonstrated that the provision
OF the constitution which lodged in the House
of Representatives the sole power to originate
revenue bills, had been inserted in order to
give to the representatives. of the people con-
troll OF the purse and thereby compel redress of
grievances The House of Representa-
tives was authorized to say to the
President, if the grievances are not
redressed there shall be no appropriation CT
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such an appropriation as that contained in the
amendment offered by the gentleman from
Georgia, Spcer, were agreed to. The result
wonld be that the President would approve |
appropriation bills and veto bills changing the
Law. The propositions of the gentlemen from
Georgia and Ohio, Speer and Warner would be
the surrender of the power of the House to re-
dress grievances.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
hal entered into that contest at the extra Sea-
sion. The power which it had assaulted asid
been entrenched behind executive authority.
1t couldn't win in one day. but it had found
this right to refuse appropriations of use.
Through it the Democratic party had obtained
impartial juries and an army shorn OF most or
its dangerous points, and now right In the
midst of the conflict it was proposed to give
up the power by which it had obtained this
partial victory. Astounding propositions!
of colors in face of the foe, an abau
donment of vantage ground in the heat
of the fight were offenses scarcely excusable
in military warfare. They were inexcusable
here in the midst of contest FIR the liberty of
the people. applause on the Democratic
siae)
He insisted that the Democratic maj Ority of
the House should stand upon the constitution, |
exercise every right which the constitution had
given it for vindication of the peoples rights,
and abate not ot nor little ofiits power over
the purse until the last vestige of military
power should have disappeared from the peace
full States of the Union. cloud applause on the
Democratic side
Mr. Warner repudiated the doctrine as evil !
dence that the House of Congress had the right |
by withholding appropriations for legitimate
object, to endeavor tn cocrce the Senate or ex- !
ecutive branch of the government (Applanse
on the Republican sidc.) The redress of |
grievances had no place in our system
of government. There had been q
doctrine in the oldeu time, that all power was |
in the king, and King John had been compelled
to surrender some of these rights by refusal to
vote supplies. The President never had that |
power, and lie didn't propose to recognize that
doctrine. AL! power in this country originated |
with the people. The executive had no power
except what the people had given him: He had
not power to redress grievances. The people |
alone redressed their own grievances.
Fir. Speer offered a substitute for MIR loves |
amendment, an amendment providing that it !
shall be in order to strike out any amount OF |
money appropriated in bill, and ir sert less !
amount.
Mr.. Blackburn raised tie point of order that |
The amendment was similar to the amendment |
which the committee had previously voted |
down. and that IL was therefore not in order.
After good deal of discussion the chair sus-
tain ID the point of order and an appeal being |
taken by Garfield the com mittee sustained the
chair in his decision, yeas 1873, nays 100.
Amendments were further offered by Speer |
White and Baxter, tending to take away or |
limit the power of the House to legisla.e on |
appropriation bills. They were all voted down |
by majority of from five to ten. Tho an
nouncement of each vote was received with |
applause on the Democratic side. The COM
mittee then rose and without taking vote ON
the amendments offered by Lowe and Price ad-
journed
I!UTY ON STEEL RAILS.