The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-15
FoRTY.EIGHrH CONGRESS FIRST
SESSION.
INMATE.

| thkATE.
| WAsnrsGrnY, March II -fPun. Mr..
Bow n introduced a oil to reduce be pott-
-gr Ou maiiable matter Oi tho second casS
| Referred.
Mr. Plumb called up tro Joint resolution
approprntiug $4,000 for the eradication Of
the foot aud mouth disease
] Mr. Plumb said % was very serious dis.
ease, aud did not affect the state OF kapsas
merely, but all the staJcg. He sent tD the
de'k and ard rsa1 II dispatch from the -Oy
ernpr oi Kansas urgiug the Importance Of
| immediate action.
Mr. Sherman moved 10 amend by strik
INK out the clause which provides that the
money ne expended ia CO Operation with
| he authorities OF kanHus, a. the disease
was apt To spread to o;her states and & ei-
f.c' nViue and otner nIirals. The people
OF Illinois aud other stNtss were becom ing
alarmed at the spread Of the disease mad the
approximation should not be- confined TO
| Kansas.
SIR Culllm thought the amount should
be $4,000 and the rcaVluuon passed 80
one.
Mr. Williams thought it would be bet or
10 toxic up the bi relating 10 Contagious
diseases Of ca tie generally, which has been
nlreadv introduced in the ssnHte, anu so
TIRE the subj &c u whole.
Mr. Plumb ald ne had onlc one ObleC-
tion that notice had been given Of pro-
trnoted debate TO Come on ine general bill
ana H. wan 90 avoid tho inevitable | ss auu
damage which would result from delat
hat IN the fact OF pressing and urgent ne
O. - ty for immediate acton he mad intro
duCsn tho present measure. He had no
~ i.c'i N 10 tue amendment offered Dy Mr.
Sherman.
Mr. Coke moved an amendment slrisirg
nut tne VOID 'k6nsts" aud iuaeuing ne
words "Filh consent OF The authofi-
ass 40 es TO secuIe TO
taon state the ,amo right 20 ,1er-
ciss To- own i1ri dict on ia tno matter VI
they preferred % do 20. Trn oriyinat
measure would oouiile the aid t. Ktusas
hl ne ana Mr.. sh'rman's um4u IN 90
would live the commis-iunCr OF Hsri1u '.
rms lulc authority 10 ct iUdepeldgh ly OF
state authorities aud even ia de8pl..
them
Nr Butler read telegram o. sh W that
| Governor Weston had nren asked 90 estut-
| / sh assrantine against Kansas caitlr, sud
" ~as thought he Won 90 80. Mr Hu
Ter inquired Shy tbs governor of kinsig
could not do The same thing,
Mr.. Plumb replied tblt he c1uid, but
VIVA. sort of 8 spectacle would . br tor the
! governor OF state to establish quarantine
against the entire commerce In cIttle. In
| VAS not a question of qnarau tine again. .t
cattle coming TO kansa, 10 remain there,
i
| Unless sys embtC action OF tho gguersl gov
| prnment shot 1T he promptly taken where
ever these diseased cattle were marketed,
there would be iucslCulaole and uuavoidA-
| BILE loss. The disease WAS spreading throug
mauy atates, ana the cat le wer. going iuto
and ont OF many states, and the acton oi
/ the states tingly would not reach the evil
Mr.. CulIom, speaking tor Ilhnoi said
| the oeople of thet state bad deslt with con-
tagious diseases hereto ore OCCu ring within
| iis borders and had done 80 successfully
| He waa not therefore asking anythi <
specially for illinois, but the disease now
raging among tie cattle Was spreading oil
| over the the country end involved largely
| the question OF iuter-s ate Commerce. He
believed ~ the general COVER mcnt had
taken prompt measures in tho early StaEta
81 the upiEOO'iO 1t NOuld have saved many
m:lliaud of dollars ard saved IN immense
amount of iGcunvcni-ncs and suffering
Cattle we're constantly passing in aud out
orthe states affected aud many stes were
becoming rapidly affected.
Mr. Sherman hoUed he senator from
Kan as (P umb) wOuld wait - short lime
tlll the pieuro'pneumonig bill should ha
reported from the committee. This foot
and mouth disease had como 20 the United
States from Europe and WAS an exceedin y
rerious disease and threatened to fptesd
over the whole country. AIR. sherman
on tae subject To show this disease was
much more destructive than pleuro-pueu.
mania ard urging the totnl SUSPENSION OF
importation Of cattle for the present. II
this IL the veritable lot sni
mouth disease that had destroyed
so many cattle in Europe IL was the most
unfortunate hing that had occurred TO the
cattle interests of the country This WAS II
national aud no. local question. II IL
had been he would not favor the action of
inc general government with regard e. u.
H. WAS n foreign importation and should be
deslt with broadly, and he favored national
action with regard TO 1t. He thought
II would be best to wait until the senate
takes up the general bill called the pleuro-
pneumonia bill and act promptly on that &.
Mr.. Vest favored the passage of the
measure, which while accom- plishing the
purpose IN view, would respect the wishes
OF the PEOPLE Of the state.
Mr Garland defended the constitution
atty of The measure and said Whenever he
VAS shown a case Ia which the local power
OF aid was ogefmastered he would vote for
" WITH as clear con. oieuCe as he rver he'd
(iftpr an inBthI Is paust) taken d glass Of
whisky daughter he reieTred o the
national aid extended in case OF tho Chicago
fire IA the case Of disastera caused Ay lo-
custs, and a number OF other instances.
Mr. Maxey said tho power 70 appropriate
$3.50 COO 10 Investigate the disease IN Ksr-
sas or elsewhere l. one thiug. but the power
D. appropriate money for killing cattle is
another. Congress would not deprive Ike
citZsns OF sist-s OF their property without
due process OF law. Believing th, Iesolu-
tion dad not bring the question within the
proper constitutional limits he would vote
against IL
Mr.. Coke quoted from Cooley on Cor ST.
tutonal Limitations 10 show tee national
government could not afsume any super
vision Of the police authority of state an
the power proposed % be given the COM
missioner Of agriculture OF deali with
diseased cattle in the state OF Kansas
was one wholly and entirely residing
ia the authorities of the state.
There was no other view TO be
taken OF IL unless II was right that the gov.
eminent should extend ns arms nike a
great Briareus and euiOlu everythiag with
10 It's grasp. II the proposed measure with.
out amendment was right. then the ps.
tionai government Will sUon be found regn-
lsiine common schools of Every state in the
crurtry and other questions exclusively
belonging 20 thc people of the separate
ates. lie wanted 20 see an amendment
providing tor the cooperation %! the au-
thorities OF tue state of Ksn-rs. 80 the
riehis Of the people oil the state will be pre-
served
ingalls, was afraid that eventually
the sen ato would be called upon TO MAKE
large appropriation 10 extirpste the fcos
and mouth disease from the democrat rarty
ILsuehterl. for that party never opened its
mouth without putting 1 . foot in IA. lGrs a.
lsuchterl. The doctrine Of state righis and
rate soverigntry, he sa'd, dies hard, hu,
t,ink IL IL moribund, and In the course of