The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-30
IN THE SENATE.
The Imported Liquor Bill Passed by n
Vote Of 81 to 10.

May &.-in the senate To-
dayStewart, rising To question of personal
privilege, had read an article from local
paper containing statement by Major
Powell, director of the geological survey,
In reference to Stewards recent resolu-
ton, in which Powell spoke Of the move
ment rs instigated by land sharks and
spectators for the purpose Of gobbling
up irrigatable lands and establishing a
sort Of hydraulic feudal system. Stewart
sketched an outline OF what had been
done in the work Of stimulating irrigation
In the far west recently and the appro-
priations. Powell, he said, had used
more than half of the appropriation in
vast and expensive surveys of no practi-
cal use for the object in view, and inti-
mated that Powell had an enormous
power in both houses from his giving em-
ployment to a lot of young men. SONS and
relatives of members OF congress and
that he kept an enormous lobby in WASH
ington to control the actions of congress.
The bureau OF geology and mineralogy
was nothing, Stewart said, but mass OF
humbug and foolishness.
German defended Major Powell as a
valuable public officer who discharged
his duty faithfully.
Teller introduced joint resolution
setting forth that IL is the determined pol
icy of the United States government Ia use
both gold and silver as full legal tender
money under the ratio now existing in the
United States, or which may hereafter he
established by the United States alone or
acting in accord with other nations. Laid
on the table and ordered printed.
The imported liquor bill was then taken
up, the question being OH the following
substitute offered by Gray To the substi-
tute from the Judiciary committee, THAT
fermented, distilled or other Intoxicating
liquors transferred as an article OF COM
merce or brought into any state or terri
| tory from point or place outside OF such
state or territory Tor use, consumption OF
sale therein should not sbe exempt, nor
should the owner or person in possession
be exempt from the operation of the
liquor or regulation, control, police or
taxing power OF such state or territory, af-
fectinR or applicable to all other like prop
erty by reason of such liquors being I'm the
original package of importation or trans
portion as subjects OF Interstate or for
eign commerce"
Gray's amendment was agreed to. Yeas
S, nays -. The nays were Allen, ALI
son, Bate, Blair, Blodgctt, Coke, Dawes,
Edmunds, Eustis, George, Hoar, Ingalls,,
Moody, Morrill,, Paddock, Plumb, Power,
Sherman, Vest, Wilson Of Iowa.
Vest moved an amendment to the sub
stitute making il apply To French beef.
veal, mutton, lamb and pork, and argued
| IL the bill was To become a law IL should
| not he confined TO Intoxicating liquors.
| This was the first time he knew of the
supreme court being suggested of for
remedies, and the proposed law would
produce chaos, but il he were wrong i'm
his position and the friends of the bill
were right. then he wanted TO give the
cattle raisers of the West the same priv
ileRes granted the Iowa Legislature in re-
gard TO the exclusion of alcoholic stim-
ulants. He had served on the senate
committee in relation to the beef business
and found an alarming state Of things i'm
the inspection of beef cattle.
| The vote on Vests amendment was
yeas 5, nays ~. The yeas being Call,
Morgan, Payne, Stewart and Vest.
Wilson of Iowa offered substitute for
| Gray's amendment providing that liquors
transported into any state or territory for
| use. consumption or sale tor storagel
shall on their arrival be subject to the op-
Grafton and effect of the laws of such
| OF Its police power and should not he ex-