The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-30
PACkAOEA


WASHINGTON. May s.-rse senate
yesterday afternoon took ny tho bill ~.
fcrrcd from the Judiciary Committee.
s~ubscc,ins imported liquors ,o the pro
visions Of ,hc laws OF The several States
Mr. Wilson. OF Iowa. Who had lntre
duccd the bill In the frSi instance, ard
had si,crwArd reported 10 back. al
dressed the ma in explanation me
advocscy Of H. stating thu, IL ~as made
necessary by the ry~r-nt dec sion q! the
supreme Coat; m that subject IL ~As
a response ~ the suggestion contained
in ,ha, decision that Congress could pr
init the exercise ~ the ~rrstraininf
power 81 . State. and 4, wAs Tor the rur-
pose " g,yIng that srriS>ton
that the bin had ,rcn introduced
and reported The cNcct Of IL
would bc ~ leave each State In tho
Union Ia determine Zoe itself what It's
policy should IL. la regard ,c the traf'c
In intoxicating liquors. Under that, DO.
cision Of the supreme court the state -
Iowa could not prevent the citizens of
other States or the subjects ~ Ur~As
britain, France or Germany from sand.
Ing Intoxicating liquors into Iowa and
having them sold there In the original
packages by agents At tho present
time original package saloons we're be-
ing orgaNitcd In his State. The pack.
sgr mlgA; be . pint ar half pint ~
whisky or . kcg or a bottle ~ beer. II
~As Ia pui q stop to u practice and ~
recognize In every Stat" tho iowcr ~
rcgula,. It's o~n internal police that the
bill ~as reported.
Mr.. Vest said that as . mem her ~ tho
judiciary Committee he had not l~sca
able ~ agree with the majority IN ~
parting the bill h~caus" 1, would sweep
away thu" exclusive jurisdiction - tho
United States oscrin,"r state
Tive supreme Cour, had decided en-
rAA,icaliy by . majority " it, Justices
uat alcoholic stimulants ~"rcan article
81 Inter. state and that thu
power Ia regulate among the
States and with foreign nations ~as an
esclusiv" power vested in Congress bv
the Constitution. The inumstion that
Congress might delegate Ia . State
that power Vas ContAlN"d IN . mora
obi,"r dictum of thatd"cisioc lie (Mr.
Ncstl ~contcndod that IL could not 10
done. Tho Suprcm" ~ had decided
Shn, the power ~ Congress Over Inter.
state Was an "~xcluslv" jpw"s
and could NO, be- Delegated. II u could
b~ delegated In regard ~ co- article 81
merchandise talcohol). 4, conh bo dele
gated as Ia any other article wheat
|, rorn, ~. o.comargartn", "tn Was the
senate going 10 make that new de
par,urc? Was /, IN . m~r" d,ctun 81
49, ..ae A.. s...~ l.s - tba
barriers ~ the CvNstitutlos-
Mr.. Mcrhcrson s~k~d Mr. N"s, ~heth'
~ the right a. imp"st - article implied
: tho right Ia sell ~
Mr. Vest replied In the Affirmative,
, and quoted from tho decision ~ Mr.
. Justice Matthews ~ the Suprom" Court,
, In the case Of Wari against Maryland
io that effect
/, Mr.. Hear argued In favor ~ tho bill.
II the bill were not within the lrgisla
tive power 81 Congress then there VA
, ~ more miserable Nation on the face
, 81 the earth than tho United States
lie supposed that there DID not exist
community anywhere ~her- the dAngci
, 81 p"rmi,;ing the unrestricted sale 81
|, intox eating liquors ~as not recognized
= and guarded sgain-, %, publtr authority
. Mr. Edmunds remarked upon 4, a. Z
. very curious and interesting cIrcum
, stance that . condition 81 things had
. been reached where. according +, the
, debate and according TAI ,Lr Judgment, al
4 tho Supreme Court the State bsd n,
/. power "a deal Nth tho suhicc, and Con
gross had no power Ia deal With H. This
result ~as that there was in every MAI
I In one stat" an inherent. iWdl,idyal
: personal right Ia carry into any s,a,s
what that state might MI sld~s In iuriosi
Ia its safety. thcr" Ia ~ll H. and ibs'
Congress had no power IA stop Il and thai
tn" States could no, atop IL snless Con
! Grcss eAve them hat pos"v. II ~s'
only necessary to ststc such . proposal
ton 20 aho~ that s~ome~ here. either ID
the supreme Court or In the Srns~
there ~ss . fault In the logic ~ sobe
tsdy. lie did not 'c~l over - rs1sded
~ put In . boz. by ~hst the sup~~ms
D Court had aid. IL nigh, change ia
. oVAnion nett year and ssy that this ruiz
should - ,h" other ssy. lie dA mol
D feel embarrassed by tho fact that the
Suprrine Court bad taken the long~s'
: st~y ever taken within Q hundred yese,
y In ~ Y~ptbii' NH Afu we reViraliG4
/. tioa az power sone~he'r, either In the
d saw~,ne Court ~ In Congress. u. az
Z not believe in the csntrslIsAtIos %
yovev. Ne believed In IT, s~eress,los
and separation In every r-sys~,
: SPEAKING ~ the importation ~ intos
icstiss liquors Into . State Mr.. Va
mpnds claimed ,hs, ono" ,hsy 60, ,hers
they ~crc (sheiber In Ia. hands of ne
tv~s or no,l subject Va state lsss sn4
, that was shAi the Supreme Cesrt ~ ths
Uni.e< States would zone ~ Within u.
. nsrt twenty years J., might - the
ths, sogld Interfere uith the ~ ven 10
Of tn" United sts,ss- bat 'hs ypv.r al
the United states ~ regulate CON
: msrce sna levy iasss rs NJ
reA,er within ia sphere than -.
power OF III. stS.ss ~ ssal 9Th ID.
cnrn NJ 0tiaes ssd the cosdscs 81 ia
. people sithis their sphere 10th y.,
!, ere v~'e sspsrn. and each bad 10 II
srsrt~a in i,s o~n order TIE ,onsuts
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