Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-02-13
JOHN }. INGALLS,.
Excluding intoxicating Liquors
From Ethe Capitol Building.

! there mas been much written and said
critieising our Senator, John j Ingalls,,
for the part he took and The manner in
which he voted on joint rule ID. That
we may judge of this matter under
standingly it is necessary that we should
know the facts. Joint rule - Is in the
following language:
'iNO spurious or malt liqu RS shall be
/ offered for sale, exhibited or kept with
/ in the Capitol or In any room or Guild
/ ing connected Herewith or on the pub
/ lie grounds adjacent thereto, and it
/ shall be the duty of the Sergeants-at-
| Arms of the two houses, (the Senate
/ and House of Representatives. under
! the supervision OF the presiding officers
thereof respectively, TO strictly enforce
/ the foregoing provisions. aud Any OF
/ FiCER or employee Of either House who
shall in any manner vi late or cOnnive
/ at the violation of this rule shall be dis
missed from Office"
I Senator Ingalls, was a member on the
] part of the Senate on the Joint commit
tee; which joint committee reported to
fhe Senate Rule XIII that il be stricken
out, Senator Ingalls, was in favor of
this report and he gave his reasons
therefore in the following language:
''Mr. President this building was con
structed by funds appropriated from
the public treasury, ard it belongs TO
the people of the United States Al
though this room and the adjacent Of
/ fees and cOmmittee-rooms are occupied
by the Senate and its officers and
committees, 1t cannot in any sense
whatever be regarded as the property
of the Senate or under the control OF
the Senate other than as they are au-
thOrized to control It by some statute Of
the United States regularly passed and
approved by the President; and l should
very much question whether the power
of the Senate, or power of the Senate
and House of Represents tives jointly,
could be properly eAerted to the extent
that is proposed in the thirteenth Joint
rule which the committee propose to
strike out. This is a pubic building
belonging to the people of the United
States, constructed by their money, and
lhe portion we now occupy is designal-
ed for our use for specific purpose,
and could be employed by statute or de-
voted by statute to any other purpose ;
and my judgment as one member Of the
committee that it was beyond tn; pur-
view OF the authority which we are en-
powered to exercise over this structure
and its surroundings.
sit has been thought advisable to leg
islate upon the subject of prohibition.
That is a matter in which the House OF
Representatives and the Senate and the
President of the United States will ali
be called upon to do their share; and
while 1 might entertain my private
views as to the propriety Orimpropriety
of the use of alcoholic liquors in the
restaurants of this building or in the
committee-rooms of this building, still
I am inclined to think that the exclusion
of intoxicating liquors or Of improper
persOnages is Il matter for Legislation,
and not Tor action by this Senate sitting
in its individual capacity. 1t was in
consequence OF these views that as one
member of the committee on Rules
without expressing any opinion as to
morality OF policy Of prohibition, I
thought it wise to regulate, so far as the
police Of these two sections of the Cap
toI IS concerned, the subject to the leg
islation if it can so be called, OF each
House for itself so long as the two
Houses occupy the Capitol extension. -
Senator Riddleberger moved to amend
by striking out the words ''for SALE so
as to read ''nO intoxicating liquors shall
be offered. exhibited, or kept within
the Capitol, SC" This amendment
was rejected. The yeas and nays not
being called we cannot tell how the
Senator's individually voted. The next
vote was taken on the report of the Sen
ate committee 10 strike out Rule XIII.
Senator ingalls, in accordance with his
expressed views, as above stated, voted
in the affirmative. There being but 20
yeas to So nays the motion did not
carry.
Senator Morgan moved to amend az
ter the word s'therewith'' in the second
line of the print by inserting (which by
law is under the exclusive control of
either House or the joint control Of both
HOUSES, - so as to read, emo in;oxicat-
ing liquors shall be offered for sale. ex-
hibited, or kept within the builoing or
within the Capitol or in any room or
building connected Herewith which by
law is under the exclusive control Of
either House or the joint control OF both
Houses" This amendment was agreed
TO. bat there beng no call for the