The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-10

l0dS1u& VI 16uuS III Lu6 III
5 dian Territory.
! Interesting Debates in both
Houses Of Congress.
WARRINGTON, Jan. IA few ex'
tracts from MorrelPs speech will
serve to give its spirit: The presi'
dent Is oommander-in-chief OF the
army and navy, but this gives him
/ no authority to invade the power o1
congress and to raise money to sup.
port the army and navy. The presi.
dent, with the concurrence OF two
thirds Of the senate, may make a
treaty, but under cover of this su-
thority no constitutional treaty can
be made to regulate commerce with
foreign natiens or to interfere with
revenue bills in any wise than to es-
tablish- naturalization. These, with
other powers which are specially con-
flded to congress or the house Of
representatives by the constitution,
stand as q flaming sword against all
encroachments of the executive and
forever limit and exclude its treaty
making power. The acton of the
house or even of congress in 1865
cannot impair, abridge or take
away the legislative authority OF
the next or any succeeding con-
gress to regulate q committee nor
of the house of representatives to
originate revenue buasnOr- can this
leg:s alive authority be abdlcated
even by making the executive the
heir apparent. It Is an insiduous
method bywhich the vastlyimp0rtant
power of the house of representatives.
over an ambitious executive becomes
obsolete and utterly valueless. We
cannot afford to demolish the accept
ed theory of Republican govern
ment by sanctioning the initiation of
revenue bills by the executive. We
cannot afford to change the constitu-
ton by merely new Interpretation
without any change in the fun
dimental laws. .----.-.
Taking up the subject of the Mex
ican treaty Morrell said: The Mexi-
cans live in climate which requires,
for q great part OF the season, less
clothing than our blanketed Indians.
A reciprocity treaty with people OF
that character couldn't be made for
the United States even by the hero
Of App0mattox. Tn conclusion h6 fn~
sisted that reciprocity treaties were
unrepublican in origin and character
tending to largely increase the power !
of the executive and making congress |
q mere register of the executives
will.
Consideration of the interstate
commerce bill was resumed. Bayard |
expressed the hope that the con-
sideration of the bill in the senate
would be carried no farther for the
present as the question embraced In |
the bill was under consideration in
the house with the probability OF an
early decision on it by that body. !
There is q question of far reaching
importance involved in the measure.
Bayard, for his own part, wished for
longer time for deliberati0n and
more information on the subject. He
had never desired to vote on ques-
tion of doubtful constitutiOnaIity.
The response bility was upon congress
to affirmatively show that it had
pow-r to do that which 1t proposed
:. do and not legislate on doubtful
premises BE did not seek TO restrict
the power of congress to regulate in
ter state commerce but all men knew
railroads were working under state
power and however plain may be
the right or power Of congress to
regulate commerce between states it
was certain congress had never
hitherto exercised it.
Cullom replied the house had been
the subject for years and
it was not necessary for the senate to
wait on the action of the house. The
senate would not do It's duty to the
county if it did not proceed with the
oilI.
Bayard preferred to wait and see
What measure the house would
present the senate. He could not
)ut feel there had never been SO much ,
3ower committed to any five men on
,arth as it was proposed by THIS bill
o commit to five commissioners.
Ingalls, was surprised at the
position taken by Bayard
hat the senate should not consider
he subject contenp0raneOusly with {
Is consideration by the house. 1t
vas tantamount to the admission
hat when the house had any topic {
N hand the senate would have either :
o take mp some other topic or 60 into /
session. There was no sub. i
ext of greater importance to the peo-
lie of the United States than that of {
transportation, and with only two {
months session remaining We Were {
,dvised to await the result of the :
of the house. We may 6
8 we'll deal plainly with this subject, /
ontilued ingalls,. The senate of the t
United States-I uss plain language
the senate of the United States is =
Inspected by the people Of this coun- e
ry with q desire not to do anything a
n this subject. I don't need to ap- .
eal to the consciousness Of any sem n
tor. / don't need to appeal to the
urrent strains of observation made q
4 the public press, when !. say the r
enate of the United States is not
he object of public adulation at this
1olnent in this country. And l. re-
retted to hear the senator from Della
rare (Bayard), supposed to be the q
,aOor 0f the new nuh1ic Onini0n I
nder the new evangel of reform in .
ae days that are to come, grsvely n
the policy tnat has E E
congress on this subject =
,r ten years past" After an ex-
cutive session the senate adjourned. :,
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