The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-07
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Washington, Bills introduced
al referred:
Thomas, auth or'Zing the purch ase
of snug harbors for disabled Sc amen.
Curtin for the establishment Of a
branch home for disabled volunteers
in one of the western States.
Belmont, from the committee on
foreign affairs, reported a resolution
requesting the President to trans
NIT to the House copies of all cor
respondence between this govern.
ment and Great Britain respecting
fugitives from justice since Deem
Der % I'd, 1876, when the suspended
extradition under the treaty of 1912
had been resumed, and that the
correspondence be accompanied by
the new extradiiion treaty submits
ted by either government to the
other since the sus. ensiOn in 1876.
Adopted,
Clements, from the eame commits
t. reported calling on the Secretary
o, State for information as to which
OF the foreign ministers, consuls or
agents of the United States have
been absent from duty since the 1st
Ct January, 1882, the length Of alb
sence, and whether the salary was
paid during the time. Adopted.
The House went into committee
of the whole, Cobb in the chair, on
the pleuro-pneumonia bill.
Laham strongly opposed the bill
as eRdangering one OF the vast in
terests of the c3untryIs industry, in
which Texas was especially inter.
ested. His opposition was not in
spired by the apprehension that
there exists within his State to-day
single case Of pleuro-pneumonia.
Why had not the committee seen
fit to restrict the operation to States
in which the plague exists. There
were in this measure evils and
dangers infinitely worse than the
cattle plague. He criticised Ger tain
provisions of the bill, and especially
the section which provides for the
division of the expense of eradicating
the disease between the United
States and the State in which it exe
lists; predicted that the $3.50 600 pro-
posed to be appropriated would not
be pocket change compared with the
vast sums needed. No more mag,
nifeent plan had ever been con.
ceived to unlock the vaults of the
treasury and disgorge the public
funds.
Regain took similar ground in OPP
position to the measure, and argued
that many OF it's provisions were
unconstitutional, contended that 1t
gave the Federal government power
expressly reserved to the States.
Eaten considered the pending bill
the most mischievOus presented to
Congress during the present session.
It should be entitled "bill to
abrOgate and annul the cOnstItu-
tions and deprive the states of rights
which belong to them" 1t under
took to make the President the
master Of the people in this great
confederation of States. It was
another of those wedges driven into
the Constitution.
Anderson spoke in support of the
measure. A terrible disease was
threatening one of the greatest
Industries In the country; Con.
gress had power, on the ground
Of protecting the general public
and rights of property, and
stamp it out, and yet the propo.
sition to do so was met with the old
argument of State sovereignty and
IState rights. No such objection was
made when the Mississippi levee
bill came up.
Muldoon Favored the general pur-
port OF the bill, but opposed certain
provisions and gave notice that be
would at the proper time move to
recommit for amendment and re-
vision.
Peters and Lawrence supported
the bill and dwelt upon the imme-
date necessity OF steps.
Cameron expressed his hearty
concurrence in the purport of the
Legislation, and failed to find any
constitutional stumbling block In
the way of voting for 1t. A liberia
construction of the constitution
should always be given when q great
public need is to be accomplished OF
} public evil averted.
Rowell contended for the proposed
legislation as absolutely necessary
to protect the cattle interest and II
was not possible for the States to d.
30 without Federal aid.
Perkins contended that Congress
had the perfect right and power tx
legis!ate upoh the subject.
Belford said he would not votl
for the bill unless Fundamentally
} reconstructed, but he was not goin{
! Ito vote sgainst it under the flimsJ
o.