The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-29

speaker had the rules permitted him to pre-
sent communication from q source unoffic-
laL Inc spectacle presented, Deuster said
was a peculiar one, as seen by American
eyes. Prince Bismarck and the German
empire were the embodiment of the idea au.
tagonistic to the American idea of freedom,
aohorrent to the feelings of liberty loving
people. If reports were to be credited, the
German chancellor had returned the resolu-
tlon OF the house to the prejudice Of the Ger
man people The act would be construed as
theirs. The letter just read denied that he
expressed the feeling of the German
people. The resolution might have
been faulty in construction; its phrase
oiogy may not have been such as would
have been used by one not born
and reared beneath the flag of tEe free. If
the resolution was not equal to the require
ments Of the occasion it was the fault of the
head, not the heart. 1t was an expression OF
coincidence of legislative body, with the
people back of it, to another legislative body,
with the people upon whom the heavy hand
of death had been laid-one of its brightest
jewels plucked As of German birth, but an
adopted citizen of the United States, he de-
sired to express his conviction that the action
of the Liberal Union was the true in
dex of the feeling of united Germany,
and that the action Of Prince Bismarck won't
rise above the dignity Of matter of personal
veXation on his part in the way of affecting
the kindly relations existing between two
| countries.
Guenther, of Wisconsin, hoped the widest
publicity would be given the letter. Some
| foreign papers criticised the action OF
the house as improper, because
| Lasker was not a member of the German
| parliament. Lasker was a member of par
! lament, butsaot member of the Prussiau
| diet. He asked that the letter be spread OF
the Journal.
| Kasson regretted that the incident hat
been made the subject of debate The houst
would consult its dignity by waiting until off
cially notified of the action taken Nothing wa.
known but newspaper reports. When it wa.
informed that the interest or honor of tht
country had been affected, there would b,
no doubt perfect accord between the tive
| sides of the house touching the action to b.
taken. He moved to refer the resolution
presented by Deuster to the COMMITTEES OF
foreign affairs. So ordered
The house resumed the consideration o
the pleuro pneumonia bill, the pendin!
amendment being that reported from tn
| committee Of the whole striking out tn
| fourth section-the quarantine section TIL
amendment was agreed to-yeas 155, nay
lis.
Randall offered a resolution recommittin
the pleura- pneumania bill, with instruction
| to the committee on apricultura tn ranort
bill which shall embrace a more thoroug
system of inspection, to the end that n
diseased cattle shall be exported, an
further to organize a more striC
quarantine against the Importation c
diseased animals, and make such regulation
as Will secure by the states such legislatio
as viii eradicate pleuro- pneumonia and othe
contagious diseases, apd giving the commit
tee leave to report at any time.
Calkins inquired whether in the preser
state of business, the effect of this resolutio
would not be to kill the bill utterly
Randall denied emf hatically that sue
would be its effect 1t was not deStructiy
motion, but one which would enable the bi
to be put into proper constitutional shape.
Hatch, of Missour:-The bill is in constitl
tional shape row.
Randall demanded the yeas and nays c
his resolution, which was rejected-yeas, IS
nays. 145. So the house refused to recomm
the bill. Tho piu thun raazoa-yAas IL
nays, I27.
Public business was then suspended, al
the house proceeded to pay an appropria
tribute to the memory of Hon. D. c. Haskell
late representative from Kansas