Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE

'hhuner large qGantItis of public lane
become transferred II or possessed b
foreign corporations or sgudicates. an
/ what, If any, legislation Is advisable ,
prevent such transfers or possession.
Bills were reported fav0rably fraI
committees and placed IN the caieud.l
BY boar, from the Com nittee on il
dietary, to fix the salaries of judges O
United States District Courts AT 1890
By Dolpb, from the Committee o.
Public Lands. to gran. the right of Wa
ever public lands Of the United Sta Re
TO the Lost Lake and Mount Hood In
provement Company.
BY Ingalls,, from the Committee OF
judiciary, to compel the prosecution O
proceedings IN bankruptcy To final de
cree.
Plumb's joint resolution appropriat
ing $1,000 fer the suppression of the
foot and mouth disease was taken up
and Bayard addressed the Senate. II.
said that political powers had Away,
been exercised by the State anc
not by the General Government, and III
bis belief there Was no authority in tn.
Constitution for the power proposed
The inadequacy of the appropriation
fs'PDo'o "fho hPPbiCAs. ouL IL SOuGIES-
were authorized to make such an an
preparation at all this would be followed
by a claim for 10000 for cattle
siauRhtered IN order To accomplish the
eradication of the disease.
Pendieton said he had not been able
to bring himself to a full approval OF
Cokes amendment which would strike
the word Kansas from the original reso.
luton, 50 As 10 make the fund applica.
ole to all the States affected. He
thought he had seen in the debate on
this subject a spirit shown, suggestion
made, that there WAS IN the United
States government Is deficiency of power
To do anything contemplated, and tn Al
this resolution would exc out the author.
ity. If the United States governmeA 4
have the power contemplated, then no
assent which state could give would
come within the provisions of the con-
stitution. While he would be glad ia
see the assent of State given to evsry
action Of Congress affecting it, yet be
WAS opposed to asking States for the as
sent. Pen@leton continued at some
length. urging the doctrine of States
rights ana the dangers Of Capitalization
Cuilom, while not favorlng every
measure proposing intervention In State
affairs by the General Government, said
he thought there were measures In
which that Intervention was justiriable
by necessity. These cont Agioas, com.
mutable diseases among cattle could
not be extirpated by the action of the
separate States, with stock constantly
moving from one State to another :
hence action by the General Govern
lDeut lii this Case was necess ary. NJ
Interest of the country was of greater
Importance than agriculture. Tue total
value of the sheep. horses and hogs in
this country amounted to the enormous
SUN uf $500 10000, and the United
States Government would be most DIRE
llct In its duty If it did not Intervene to
protect 1t. In 80 Urge a spread of
country how could the States, acting
separately, cope with it He submitted
to those opposing the proposition
whether one State had a constitutional
right to stop trains that formed part of
the inter State commerce of the coun-
try. He inquired whether We were not
here splitting hairs, while the property
of the country was going to destruction.
lie wanted the United States Govern
ment To throttle these diseases at once,
or 1t may have great deal more to 90
later.
Plumb said the danger was in the
spread of the disease all over the enOr-
nous regioL of country. There was no
dangerous power given the Commits
slunsr of Agriculture, and as to the fear
that further expense will be incurred he
Plumb would propose an amendment
providing that the general government
should not be Responsible for Anything
beyond the appropriation. There Was
great danger, Plumb believed, that if
were not promptly done We
should lind American meats excluded
not merely from the countries from
which 1t has been heretofore excluded,
but from all countries of the civilized
world.
Harris expressed his conviction that
the Senate had no constitutional power
or right to undertake the work cOntem-
plated BY the measure under considera-
ton. lie therefore pressed his motion
to indefinitely postpone. The vote be-
ing taken on Harris motion, II Wa. re-
jected-yeas -, nays 81.
The question then REQUIRED on Hears
motion to postpone until Friday, and
that gentleman withdrew his motion.
Sherman thought the Senate was
time in considering this meas
ure, because 1t did not come up to the
of the case. He was III favor
Of a much stronger measure.
Plumb said there was no probability
that the pleuro-pneumonia bill would
become law before Two or three weeks,
with a possibility that il would not be-
Come law at all.
In moving all amendment SD A. to add
the words SO as II prevent the spr al
Of disease 10 other States or Terrific
ries," which AL eadment was accepted
by Plumb, Vest said he did not believe
that Congress had any constitutional
right to appropriate money except for
the purpose indicated by that amend
ment.
Plumb thea moved to increase the
amount appropriated by the resolution
from $4,000 to $4,000. Agreed to.
Bayard moved an amendment stating
that tue object of tue appropriation
WAS to obtain and disseminate inforInl-
ton as 20 the treatment, cure and pre-
vention OF diseases. Bayard's amend
ment WAS not agreed to.
Plumb then NOV. 4 An amends ent,
which was agreed to, .ddin proviso
that no action o. the Commissioner of
Agriculture uuder the joint resolution
should commit the Government beyond
the amount therein appropriated.
The resolution was then passed by -
to Il. As passed it apprcpriates : o.
coo TO be used by the Commissioner of
with the cooperation of
the authorities of the States in which it
may be used, for stamping out the foot
and mouth disease, the Government not
to be committed beyond the amount
named.
The bill extending the Court Of Ala
bama Claims until December 4th was
passed.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON. March IA bill was
by Hewitt, of New York. to
suspend for two years the coinage Of the
silver dollar. and M king it unlawful
for the Secretary of the Treasury tQ
print and issue Treasury notes Of the
of 81 and -. This is
the bill recommended by the New York
Chamber of Commerce.
Henley offered a resolution authoriz-
ing an investigation into the circom
stances attendant on tue making of
Tease by the United States to the Alaska