Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-18
House.

WASHINGTON, February l7th.-The regular order
was motion to lay the table the melton to recon
slider the vote by which the House yesterday ordered
the main question the bill prohibiting the publ
cation of lottery schemes in the District of Column
bia. The motion was defeated Ill to III.
The motion to reconsider was then agreed to-
Knott moved TO lay the bill on the table Re-
jected.
1.-THE bill goes over till next District dayl
The bill regulating the removal of causes from
State to Federal Courts was then taken up in the
morning hour.
Knott supported it. He instanced the great
power of corporations, one Of which, like an enor-
octopus stretched its moustrous teutacles into
eleven States, controlled 600 miles Of railroad and
its financial operations second to the Govern
ment itself Congress could not disturb these para
sites on the body polite, but it ought to deprive
them OF their extraordinary privileges as this bill
contemplated, and which they had iu contraventiou
to the Constitution. He criticised the Courts de-
cisions which regarded corporations citizens. The
logical conclusion from the decisions was that il
might become President General of the Army,
but il had no SOUL and could not take an oath or be
damned.
The bill weat over.
The House then recommended the revision of the
rules.
Warmers amended substitute to Speer's amend
meut to Rule 21-providing that it should be in or
der to reduce the amount OF money provided by the
existing law, and to that extent only change the
law-was rejected by 81 to so.
The next amendment Lowe's-prohibitng
partisan legislation upon appropriation bills
Bell submitted an amendment that when an
amendment is offered TO an appropriation bill
changing the Nv, the retrenchment proposed shall
not be by inference, but shall expressly specify the
amount Of money thereby saved.
Hurd spoke against preventing legislation on the
appropriation bills History indicated that the pro.
visions of the Constitution which gave the House
the sole power to originate bills had been
violated but the representatives of the people might
control the purse aud compel redress Of grievances
and the adoption Of heaithful legislation Ii was
proper check on the President. sPeer and Warner
were proposing to surrender this power, but they
could only do so by constitutional amendment.
He reviewed the advantages which had accrued to
the Democracy and to the nation through using this
power during the extra session. And now, in the
midst OF victory, it proposed TO surrender and
quit the contest for the liberties Of the people.
Warner repudiated this as undemocratic doctrine:
that the House. by Eithho ding legitimate appro.
priations had right eerce the Senate or Execu-
tive Our Preside Is never had that p wer which
was taken from King John. He did not propose to
recognize that doctrine. All power in this country
originates with the people. They redressed their
own grievances, not the Executive.
Speer offered as a substitute for loves amend
ment that it shall be in order TO strike out any
amount and insert less amount.
The Speaker sustained Bifckburn's point, that
this had already been voted down and was out Of
order.
Garfield took an appeal, and the Chair sus-
tanned by ll9 to loo.
Several like amendments were voted down by the
Democrats, and the House adjourned