The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-18
FORTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS
SENATE.

| Resolced, That the committee OF
public lands be directed to ipquir,
in what manner large quantities o.
public lanes have become trans
ferred to or possessed by foreign
corporations or syndicstes, and VIVA
If any legislation is Advisable Il
prevent such transfers or possession
Bills reported favorably from com
mittees and paced Oo the calendar
| By Hosr, from the committee or
the Judiciary, tn fix the salaries OF
Judges of the y. s. District Court.
at S. coo.
D0lph, from the committee or
public lands, TO grant the right OF
way over public lands If the United
States to the Lost Lake and Mount
Hood improvement Co.
Ins alls, from the COMMITTEES on
the Judiciary. 10 compel the prose
cutOn of pr, &c. dipgs in ba1 krupti y
TO final decree.
| Plumb's joint resoluti n, appro-
priatii g SIS, 900 frr The suppression
Of the foot and mouth disease, was
taken up, and Bayard ad0resseI the
Senate. He said police powerA had
always been exercised by the State
and not by the general Jvernmen5.
| snd in his benel there was no au-
thori Y in the Constitution for the
pc 4 er prep SD IN that motion. The
utter hsd. quacy OF the aFpropria
ton proposed was apparent, bat If
Congress were authorized 10 maze
such appropriation this wOuld be
foil WED by CT 4im for So 500 600 fer
tho cattle slaughtered in order TO
accomplish the eradication OF The
diSeaSe.
Pendleton said he had not been
able to bring himself to the full sp-
provai of Coke's amendment. which
would strike out the work In Kapsa4
from the original resolution, so as
to make the fund applicable
to all Sta'eS affected. He
thought he had seen in
the debate on this subject a spirit
SHOWN, a suggestion MADE, that
there was in the United States gov
eminent a d. ficiency Of power 10 60
the thing contemplated, amt that
this resolution would exc out the
authority. If the United States
government have the power con-
,empla'ed there was no nece sity
enc 10 prop,iety in the proviso re-
CURING the consent of State govern
ments. If Congress have not the
power contemplated, then no assent
which a stare could give would
come Wi'hia the provisions Of the
Con THU los. While he would be
GLAD I'd see the assent Of 2 State
given to every act OF Congress |
1t yet be was Opp)sei to |
asking the States for assem-. Pen |
dietOn continued at some leigtb. |
urging the doctrine o: 5 ates' rights |
and the danger o. centra:ization.
Cnliom. Willie no. favor,ng every
measure OF the proposed iEtrryen- |
ton ID State affairs by the general |
government, eaid he Thought there |
were measures in which that iatsr-
was iustiiab bic and neces-
sary These contagious commpni.
; bic diseases among cattle could
lot be extirpated by the sction of
separate States with stock con>
;tantly moving from one State to
another; it seemed that the action
# the general government in this
,sse was necessary No interest OF
he country WAS of greater i'm yort-
nee than agriculture. The total
'alue OF sheep, horses and hogs of this
ountry amounted to the enormous
um OF two and a half billion dol.
airs and the United States Govern.
nent would be most derelict In |
uty II 1t did not intervene to pro- /
oct 60 large and widespread an in
crest. 1t this disease overspresd i
ne country, how could the States. II
citing separately, cope with II?
He submitted to those opposing
ne proposition whether one state :
ad the Constitutional right to stop
aims that formed part of the infer, :
tate commerce of the country. he .
lqulred whether We were not here g
hairs, while the property :
the country was going to destruc-
III? He wanted the United Sta ca
ovefnment to throttle these dis. .
'seH at once, or 1t may have a q
eat deal mo 20 DO later. =;
Plumb said the da, ger was the -
,read OF the disease al oy,r an
lormOus region OF cpun'ry. there
Is no dangerous power given tn
10 commissioner of agriculture.
I'd as to the fear that further ex
'nse would lie incurred, he(Plumb),
ould propose an amendment pro. h,
ding that the general government +;
ould not be respon sibie for any. n,
ing beyond the appropria ion. 4,
mere was great danger, Plumb be. III
wed, that il something were no. Al
omptly done, we s0ould find III
merican meat excluded, not ar
eIely from the countries from HI
hich it has bssn heretofore ex
lded. bit from all countries of the
' ilZo,i W lid
Harris expressed the conviction
st the Senate had no CoD.t,tu> te
nal power or ght 10 undertake So
e wclk ntempts'sd by the | II
g. sure under cons der4iinn, lie 81,
erefore pressed his motto. t. in. | u,
linitrly po.tLOue III
A vote bsing taken on Barris'sl
't,on, it wss rejecied-ysas 49,,
"a 90