The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-02
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XLYII. CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

wished to make statement as to
the reason which impelled his col
league, Beck, and himself to with
draw from the conference commit
tee on the tax bill. After reading
the resolution adopted by the Sen
ate yesterday, directing its con-
ferees to withdraw if they found a
full and free conference could not
be obtained, he said his colleague
and he had been unable under the
information brought before the
committee by the House conferees,
to come to any other conclusion
than that it was not full and fair
conference.
The House conferees were bound
by the action of the body which had
selected them, and could not confer
fully and fairly with the Senate. 1t
was from profound sense of what
was due to the coordinate branch
of the government that he and his
colleague obeyed what they believed
the clear intent, and clear and posi-
tive instruction of the Senate. The
privilege and constitutional power
of the Senate to possess and eXer-
else coordinate share of the legis-
lative power of the government,
should never be, and could never be
subjected to the Individual iudg-
ment of five members of the House
or of the House itself. When the
House had declered the Senate had
not power to engraft tariff legisla-
ton or internal revenue, if the con-
ferees could not change at their will
the formal emphatic clear express
sion of the House, the Senate con-
ferees could not act on such a tenta-
tiOnal and capricious proceeding
as this, and it was their duty to
have submitted the matter to the
Senate.
Bayard and Beck were excused.
Morrill, asked the consent that the
chair should have authority to fill
the vacancies on the committee.
Agreed to.
The President then appointed
VOORHEES, and Mcpherson. McPher.
son asked to be excused, because he
was not in accord with most of his
democratic colleagues on the tariff
question, and also because of the in
structions given by the Senate yes
terday to its conferees. He was
excused; and the President appoin-
ted Harris.
Harris declared that he was in full
accord with Bayard and Beck on
this subject and asked to be excused.
His request was granted.
Voorhees, then rose and declined
to serve, urging no reason. He was
excused.
The President said he had no
means to ascertain who would con-
sent to serve unless by going around
and interviewing every senator, but
he might find some one during the
session.
The Senate then proceeded to con-
slider the sundry civil appropriation
bill.
Before Beck and Bayard asked to
be excused, Morrell expressed pro-
found regret that Beck and Bayare
should have felt it to be their duty
to raise this technical objection, be.
cause whether so intended or not, il
tended to defeat reduction Of
taxation at the present session. The
Senate was bound to consider only
what the House sent to it, and that
was merely a resolution nOn-concur'
ring in the Senate amendments tC
the internal revenue bill and asking
for conference, the committee OF
the part of the House to consist OF
five members. What did it matter
in the case what opinions the House
might have on constitutional ques-
tions, or theological questions? Il
appeared the House had adopted
resolution encountered with grea'
many hypothetical "ifs", out what
ever opinion it might have held OF
expressed at that time, its later ac
| ton was to non concur anC
ask for a conference on dlsagreelng
votes of the two houses and undel
these circumstances the Senate
could have no knowledge OF any
Limitation placed by the House OF
its conferees; and so far as the com
mittee of conference was concerned
no Instructions have been encoun
tered; but, on the contrary, it IS fret
as any committee of conference Of
which he ever had been a member
Bayard said he brought the matte
I'D becauss he wished to take hi
full share of the responsibility, an(
in order that the Senate, if it disap-
proved of his action, might have al
opportunity to appoint somebod.
else to carry on the conference. H'
could not consent to stultify him
self by acting as a conferee unde.
such conditions.
Beck declared he would not hav
left the committee Of conference OF
any merely technical objection, Blu
| he thought the reasons set forth b
Bayard substantial and not technl
cal. The senator from Vernon
was wrong in saying that the onl
thing the House had sent to tn
Senate was notice Of disagree
ment and a request for a conference
The House had sent also. by adopt
ing the resolution instructing 1t
conferees, its protest against tn
constitutionality of the Senate ]
the action it had taken on the bill
The House presented no bill of il
own, but disagreed to the Senat