The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-19
ORIGINAL PACKAGES.
The Debate in the House Upon
Them.
STEWART AND REAGAN TILT
In the Senate Over the Irrigation Survey Ap-
preparation, Which Was Finally
Stricken Out

WASHINGTON, July 1S.-The committee on
rules reported a resolution providing tnat
the House shall Immediately proceed to the
consideration of the ''original PACKAGE
bill, the previous question to be considered
ordered Monday after the reading of the
journal, and that the House shall consider
the bankruptcy bill, the previous question
to be considered order Wednesday. after
the reading of the journal
breckenridge, Of Kentucky, raised the
question of consideration. The House de-
clded, yeas, lis; nays, 30, to consider the
resolution. One hundred and twenty-four
members were announced as paired
The resolution was modified so as to pro-
VIDE tnat approved appropriation bills shall
not interfere with consideration of the two
ollls adopted. The original package bill
was then taken up.
e. b. Taylor said never had such a blow
been given to state rights as the assertion
That under the constitution the citizens of
foreign state might take into another
state any property that was the subject of
commerce and there sellit without liability
OF taxation or the burden of taxation. While
he preferred the House substitute. he
feared its adoption would endanger its leg
lslatlon, consequently he advocated the
Senate bill
Culberson, of Texas, said if Iowa could
prohibit the importation of intoxicating
liquors 1T could exclude tobacco, and it
could go farther than Quarantining the
health and morals of citizens. 1t could
protect its own producers against those of
other states. 1t would be better to amend
the constitution than to mangle it by max
ing shifts.
Adams, of Illinois, did not believe the
remedy for the original package saloon
would be found in either of the proposed
measures. He argued in favor of the sub
stltute, defining an original package of in
toXlcatlng liquors in bottles as a case con
tanning not less than dozen bottles and
not containing less than five gallons,
Reed, of Iowa, whose decision as Judge
was overruled by the decision of the
supreme court, spoke in favor of the pro
posed legislation. If any relief was to be
given the people from the wrong and evil
to society growing out of the decision OF
the supreme court, it lay in the direction
pointed out by the pending bill. They
delegated no power to the state; they
merely exercised the power delegated to
Congress to regulate commerce amang the
States
Henderson, of Iowa, said no decision
rendered by the supreme court since that
court had decided that human soul was a
proper article of merchandise had so
excited the folks of the country as the
original package decision No good citizen
would fan to submit to the decision of the
court. But he, Henderson, would not sit
down with folded hands and wait until the
supreme court made him another decision.
While he was willing to recognize the
decision as law, he was unwilling to sit
still one moment and submit to the opera
ton of that decision, if there was
lawful remedy and he believed there
was. Let the gentleman not forget
that the supreme court, in throwing this
thunderb0lt into the republic, did not fail
to send with it a cure. 1t cried out to Con-
gress, while we believe this to be our
duty, we believe it your duty to remedy
the evil" The people of the country ap
pealed to Congress for action
Pending further debate, the House took
recess, the evening session to be for the
consideration of Senate pension bills.
Nothing was done at the evening session,
Enloe raising the point of no quorum.