Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-12

MGsoeiun tD1ho 0ne>pe e IN - 80
onearaed bat IL makes Il unlawful for
him to sell more than 160 acres TO any
one person.
BY Springer, q resolution calling on
the President for tbs cOrrsspondsnos
between the Governments and Asxioo,
relative - the recent military sxpedi
ton under the command Of Gen Crook,
whom United States troops crosssd the
bordse g
Follett. from che Csnmittes ON Ap-
preparations. reported a joint resolu-
tion for the appropriation of $50, 600
for the relief of sufferers from the over
dow Of She Uhip K.vsr aud sributasisa.
Hitchcock expressed his desire that
the Centlemaa from Ohio sh0u.d ex-
plain the uece&siiy for the measure, and
what warrant for il the other side found
In the constitution.
Foilett replied that necessity knew
neither lav' nor constitution. There
we're presidents for exactly this, one
being fou,td IN the action Of tie last
Congress IN she appropriation for the
relief OF the Mississippi h0od sufferers.
Ie-re lever b I'D been q food such a.
that now raging on the Ohio river
Families BY thousands were driven from
their homes, and we're camping. cot 10
the open fields. With nothing to protect
theu bat such clothing a. they could
save. Eel
Hitchcock said he would not have the
hardIhood to vote against the measure,
bat he had expressed the hope that the
gentlemen from New York and Con-
necticrS Cox and Eston) would cal!
attention TO the fact that there might
be in this resolution visleut attack ON
the Constitution. No great State like
Ohio In the empire ought to como here
when the Lseialatpre 10 in session and
ask to have hsg eitizens supp ,rtsd from
the treasury. II his State New York
came here with q like request, he vOald
stand on this floor and ask the Hsuae
not to aooeed to it. II their States
were poor, they might come here and
ask assistance, but he did not like TO
see great States like Ohio, New York,
Illinois and Michigan pass around the
hat bsRRarly.
Cullom supported the measure.
Bayne could di cover no oouseitu-
tional difficulty in the way. He found
tho warrant for the action in the gen
sral welfare CLAUSE of the constitution.
Horr cOut-nded that the measure
came within the pale Of the couskitu-
tim. FF-HI.f
Gof said tbs gentleman from Ns~
York (Hiscook) spoke % IL Ohio should
manage this question herself. Thego
were today millions Of people suffering
because Of the great food, not in Ohio,
but in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
Kentucky. -
Taylor, of Ohio, warmly supported
The measure. and predicted thaS e0O,-
300 would b insufficient. He declared |
that 81, OOO, GOO would not be more than
sufficient. FfB% + IFV
Bslford vas glad that an opportunity |
had been found 10 open the vaults OF |
he treasury to relieve the surplus rove /
pue 90 diligently boarded and scrupu- |
|D0sly kept by the Secretary q The |
Treasury from New York. Talk about
talk about laws. Human
~ was greater than any eonstitution
sser promulgated BY any psople. s-<TI
bisC0ok said that, having reported (
It the last Congress the bill for the re-
isf OF the Mississippi sufferers, he did /
1Ot suppose that anyone would think be
vas troubled on any constitutional |
question. He wAs not, yet be vas in
avor Of Appropriations Of shis kisd be-
nR confined to 6tates which we're not
n . condition 70 expend nensy them
'elvss. ---------- - -
Cox Of New York questioned the con-
Of the measure. IL should
lave been passed in silence, and if there
vss any breach Of the constitutioa
}od Almighty in bis kindness would
,ard0n it. There were some diseases |
hat no foresight could anticipate or
'ure. and enc Ut these was the calamity
i've his hand or his head he could give
lis heart to the vote. 81 y
Wilson Of West Virginia offered an
mandmens. increasing the sppropria-
ion to $500. GOO. - "a - - =.
Wilson's resolution Was rejected;
ess, 100; Nays, l50. The joint susolu-
ion then passed; yeas, 23S; nays, II.
The House then adjourned. 80