National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-18
FUUI AND MUUIH DlOEAOE,
The Senate Passes an Appropriation Of $4,000
for It's Suppression.
ALengthy and Interesting Debate Takes
Place on the Measure,
During Which MssSrs Bayard and PendleiOn In
dulgs in Some State Rights Doctrine
Bill Day I'm the House-Some offered of
District Interest.
THE SENATE.

ment.
Also communication from the secretary of the
interior transmitting information relating to the
unauthorizlng fencing OF public lands.
Among the petitions and memorials presented
and appropriately referred were the following:
BY Messrs Miller, Of New York; Dawes, and
Sawyer: From public commercial bodies, pray
ing for the repeal Of the law authorizing the coin
age of the silver dollar.
BY Mr.. Allison, A joint resolution Of the gem
eral assembly of Iowa relating to pleuropneumo-
MIA, urging the adoption of means for its extirpa-
BY Messrs. Mcmillan, Palmer and henderson:
From citizens of their respective states praying
congress TO prepare a sixteenth amendment pro.
hibting acknowledgements Of citizens ON account
BY Mr.. Vest: From mercantile bodies of St.
Louis praying the extension of the bonded period
on whisky. -,,-
and placed on the calendar as follows:
By Mr.. Hoar, from the committee on the judici-
airy: To fix the salaries of judges OF the United
BY MIR. Dolph, from the committee on public
lands. To grant right of way over the public lands
of the United states to tho Lost Lake ana Mount
Hood improvement company. .
BY Mr.. 1ugalls. from the committee on the judi
ciary: TO compel prosecution Of proceedings in
Mr.. Harris. from the committee on rules, re.
ported several amendments TO the senate rules,
one ofwhich was agreed to- while the others went
over till to-day The one agreed 10 authorizes
the president the senate to lay before the senate
ut any time any matter coming from the President
or the house Of representatives, and permits any
senator to move at any time to take such matter
Mr.. Garland, from the judiciary committee,
diiional associate justices Of the supreme court OF
the territory Of Dakota. The bill was indefinitely
Nj. Honr offered resolution calling on the
secretary Of the interior to report to the senate the
names Of parties who have had pension appropri-
atoms pending for more than two years, and to
show the condition Of such appropriations, aud
the reasons why they had not been disposed Of
Mr.. Hoar said inquiries were very numerous
from all paris ofthe country as to pension cases
undsposed OF. The information called for would
enable senators and applicants to see how the
Mr. Blair said he agreed with Mr.. Hoar that the
present system was system OF prolonged murder,
inflicted by process of slow starvation. But as
there are probably 10000 of the cases indicated,
1t would involve the labor Of several months, II
not of year. The personnel OF the pension Office
was able aud industrious, but the system was at
fault.
Mr. Ingalls, repealed the suggestion made by
Mr.. Hoar that large numbers OF just and proven
pension claims were undisposed OF, and tn It hun
dreds and thousands of men entitled to pensions
were starving to death. No government had
been more liberal than that of the United States,
and there was no ground for charging 1t with
negligence in this matter. Such charges created
wrong impression in the country, The d. I'll;
Guilty was that large numbers OF applicants lad
not proved their right to pension.
The resolution, on Mr.. lngallss motion, was re-
ferred TO the committee on pensions.
Mr.. Van Wyck offered the following resolution,
which was agreed to:
"Resored, That the committee OH public lands
be dire cted TO inquire in what manner large
quantities of public lands become transferred to
or possessed by foreign corporations or synlicdtes.
and what, ifany legislation + advisable to prevent
such transfers or possession"
MIR. Williams presented the credentials of cleo
tion of Mr.. J. g. S. Blackburn to be senator from
the state of Kentucky for the term beginning
March 4, 1885.
The bill extending the term of the court of Ala
bamH claims until December, 1884, was taken up,
read three times. mud passed without debate
At o'clock Mr.. Plumbs joint resolution, ap.
propratlug 5o5 900 for the suppression Of foot and
mouth diseases, came up us unfinished business,
and Mr.. Bayard addressed the senate upon 1t.
Police powers had always, he snid, been exer.
cised by the state, and not by the general govern
rnent. The utter inadeguacy of the appropriation
proposed CS250 o0 was, Slr. Bayard. said very ap-
parent; but II congress were authorized TO make
such appropriation Mt all this would be foil wed
10y claim for s250O,00O for cattle slaugh-
tered in. order. to accomplished the eradt;
cation of the disease. The results IN mOneyGd
expenditure of such wide opening In the
power of congress were scarcely calculablc,
10 say nothing OF the improper assumption
He thought that congres, should content itself
with collecting and Disseminating information in
relation to the treatment OF the diseases. The MS
sumption of the police powers by the United
States government over tn" states was not for the
first time undertaken. He read from a decision
of The United States supreme court to show that
such powers was always Junction of the state.
The legislature OF state could not divest itself OF
that function.
Referring to the remarks Of Mr.. Ingalls, on Fri.
day. and his inquiry as to what, under the recent
decision of the supreme court, congress could not
do, Mr.. Bayard SAID that no matter what political
parties may think on one subject or another, as
defined by the constitution, II had always been
held that what had not been granted IN the con-
When that Interpretation of the constitution was
abandoned the true theory the governments of the
United States was abandoned. The difference be.
tween this government and the governments oil
other countries had been that elsewhere govern
ments had exercised all powers not Withheld from
function national
was to exercise the powers granted TO It, He had
never before heard that the words Of tho preamble
referring to the general welfare gave theIauthorty
here claimed. On the theory asserted for those
words the preamble of the constitution would
have been sufficient for every purpose, and there
constitution proper. There was, in NJ, Bayard's
belief an entire want Of any authority in the con.
tuition for the power sought to be bestowed By
the measure.
Apart from other considerations Mr.. Bayard had
never known Il matter In which the work done b
the state was not more economically performed
than by the federal government No branch OF
public expenditure could be examined without
proving that TO lie the fact.
Upon the question of ultimate expense involved
Mr.. Bayard thoughtit certain that authority given
t. the commissioner OF agriculture or any other
officer of th1 government, would be followed by
E2lls Tor cattle killed.
The const ,uuonal question lie thought the
If the measure be passed. however, there must,
in the near future come rea1sertion of the prln.
ciple of local self. government.
Mr.. Pendloton hnd not been able to bring him
self 20 the full approval OF Mr.. Coke's amendment
which would strike ont the WORD Kansas from
the original resolution, so MS 10 make the fund up
pliCable to all states Affected
He thought he had seen in the debate on this
suit spirit shown-a suggestion mRde-thut
there was In the United States government de-
flClrnCy of power TO do the thing contemplated
aud that this resolution would exc out that au-
thorty. If the United States government have
the power contemplated there was no neces.
sly and no proprety In the provlso re-
quirlng the consent of tho state govern
ments If congress have not the power
contemplated, then no assent which the stao
could give would come within the provisions OF
the constitution. While no would be glad " sec
the assent of the state given to every act of con-
RTess affecting II, yet he was opposed to asking
states for assent. ~ am too good state rights
man." said Mr.. PendletOn, "toO strict conslitu'
tionNlist, to admit that in anything tho action OF
state, other than in the prescribed form of making
amendments to the constitution ana other than
IN the seS expressly provided in the consIitu'
ton, can enlarge the powers OF the federal gov
eminent"
There was no power In state to give the con
sent provided for in this resolution. The United
States government had no original, inherent
power and no power arising from necessity, except
what was conveyed by the constitution.
Massachusetts had always been jealous OF the
powers OF the crown, and when she came u rauly
the constitution of the United states she remem,
bered the causes that had led to Concord aud
Lexington, and ratified the constitution with the
express understanding that an amendment should
be nd pied which, in her own words mo uudut
adm lnistration should enlarge the powers given
by the constitution to the federal government
aud perVert the purposes for which these powers
were gwen and he ninth md tenth amend
ments were adopted under her leadership de.
clRriug that all powers not delegated IN the United
State, nor prohibited TO the states hould re re.
served to the states and 10 the people.
m constitution "a ORR anH moi fnnitn