Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-30
ORIGINAL PACKAGES.
Senate Passes Bill Subjectine
Them to State Laws.
House DeVoteS its Time to Considering
Public Buildings Bill.
Lewiston, Me-, will Get S75 600 for
the Erection Of One

WAsHIsGIo>. May 29.-Teiier intro.
duced joint resolution which Was laid on
the rsnle and ordered printed; THAT ii il
the determined policy of the United Sta es
government TO use both gold and silver as
full legal tender money under the ratio
nov existing in the United States, or which
may hereafter be established by the United
states alone, or acting ia accord with Other
natlo1
On r,o,ion Of Morrill, the Senate pr,-
eeeded to the eons s.dsration Of House bill
with amendments, to authorize the acqui
,ition Of certain parcels of real estate in
Washington AS site for the city post o.
fee. The site provided for in the House
bill, is one bounded by Pennsylvania Ave
nue.. c street, Ninth Street, and the Safe
Deposit building The amendments change
the site 10 the south side Of the avenue be-
tween llth and 18th streets, and strike out
the smerdmen. fixed in the House bill for
the purchase of the site, the cost of the
proposed site not being known definitely.
Tha appropriation of $500 coo for the
building is retained. The bill passed.
A conference committee, asked on the
disagreeing votes of the two houses, was
appointed
The Senate bill subjec.ing imported
liquors to the provisions of the laws of sew
eral States, WAS taken up, the question n
being On the substitute offered by Gray to
the substitute reported from the judiciary
committee; That fermented, Distilled or
other intoxicating liquors, which is trans
ferred as an article Of commerce. or brought
into any State, or Territory, from point
outside of such State. or Territory, for use
therein. shall not be exempt; nor shall ,he
owrer, cr person in possession thereof be
exempt from the operation or the laws, or
the regulation, control, Police, or taxi G
power of such State or Territory. affecting
or applicable to all other like property, b.
reasons of such liquors being in the orgi
nal package of importation or Transports
tun. as subjects of inter state, or foreign
commerce. The amendment was agreed
;o--yess 20. nays 20; the Maine Senators
not yotiog.
Vest moved to amend the substitute Just
ADDICTED by making it apply to fresh beef,
veal. mutton, lamb, pork and argued if the
bill was to become law it should not be
conin.t 70 Intoxicating liquors. He had
not heard an argument tending 10 show the
bill in the ght direction. Or was it any
thing else than an innovation of an es,ab-
iisIei policy of the government aud on the
decision of the supreme court of the United
States for the last 60 years 1t was the
first time he knew of the supreme court
being the suggester of remedies. There
were only two questions before the court
in the Iowa case when the court went out
side of them and said it would suggest
what could be done it was presenting
novel and unique propositi IN Instead of
the uniformity sought by trainers of the
constitution. the proposed law would pro-
duce p chaos and confusion worse than
confounded, as ages should continue to
progress. But if he were wrong in his
position in regard to the bill and if the
friends of the bill were rIgut, then he
wanted TO save to cattle raisers Of the West
the same privileges as the bill granted to
the Iowa Legislature in regard to the ex
clusion OF alcoholic stimulsnts.
The vote On Vests amendment was yeas
5, nays 50.
No quorum voting, Vest withdrew hi,
demand for the yeas and nays. His amend
ment was disagreed to.
Wilson of Iowa offered substitute for
Gray's amendment, providing that liquors
transported into any State or Territory for
use or storage, shall on arrival. be subject
to the operation an effect of the laws of
such State or Territory enacted in exercise
of its police power, and shall not be ex
empt therefrom by reason of being intro
duced in or ginal packages.
Eustis asked Gray whether, If his sub
stitute became a law, and if the brexers
who were the parties to the sui. in the re-
cent case before the supreme court, were
again to ship packages of beer to Iowa, the
beer could seized and confiscated under the
Iowa law, which the supreme court de-
ciared unconstitutional; or would it be
necessary for Iowa to originate another
law. In other words, was not the unques.
tionable effect OF the amendment to render
the State Law constitutional which the gu
preme court declared unconstitutional.
Gray replied that he did not consider it
necessary for Iowa to re enact it's law
The only effect of the recent decision of
the Supreme Court and of the bill (if i.
became law would be to withdraw the
interruI ton ~hich the commerce clause of
the constitution presented to the execution
of the Iowa law.
Wilson's substitute for Gray's amend
ment was adopted, yeas, 20 nays, 20. The
bill was then passed. yeas, "a; nays 10. 1t
reads:
That all fermented, distilled. or other
intoxicating 2 liquors transported into any
state or territory for nse, consumption,
sale or storage, shall, on arrival in such
state or territory (or exempting ther, in
be SUI jet to the operation and effect of
the laws in su n state or territory, enacted
in exercise of police posers to the same
extent and in the same manner as though
such liquors or liquids had been produced
in such state or territory AID shall no; be
exempt therefrom by reason of being in
troduced therein in original packages or
otherwise
The Maine Senators did not vote on the
passage of the bill. The title of the bill
was amended on motion of Wilson of Iowa
so as TO read THE bill to limit the effect
of the regulations of commerce betwaen
the several States, and with foreign coun
tries IN certain cases"
The river AMI harbor bill WAS received
from the House and re ported to the com
mittee on commerce.
After brief executive session the Senate
at 6 10 o'clock adjourned until Monday.
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