Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06

agflcs'sule 1ol information as to tina
use o. artesian wells md other water sun
plies from subterranean sources for irrioa-
lion. Tue senate bill subiectine imnorfed
liquors 70 the laws of the several states
was again taken up and considered At
lengsn' Inc house fortifcation bill was r..
ported with amendments and laid on the
table. me conference report onthe bill for a
pubic building at Cedar Rapids was agreed
TO. consideration of the liquor bill was
then resumed. Senator Pierce criticised
the of some Of the democratic
senator's and made an argument in
suppor1 OF the bill. Senator Turpie said
the senate had, under the constitu-
elon' no duty whatever to per-
FORM on THIS subject. With respect to thu
snaoo~y' transparent, gauzy essence, or
image ol an essence, that is called moral
sen.!iaen. pen!nd prohibitory legislation"
of coin small enough to measure it's val,,e.
After further debate the senate adjourned.
In the house on the 2Sth the credentials
OF MIR. Vaux, Mr.. RandalTs successor.
were presented and read, and he was
quallhed' The bill Was passed appro.
ment of a national military mark
at the battlefield of C~hickamaoua.
A conference was ordered on the naval
appropr'atlon bill, and then the house went
into COMMITTEE of the whole on the river
and harhor bill. Afte. some consideration
the committed rose and reported the bill to
the house. Mr.. Dockery moved to recon-
init the Dill with instructions to the rivers
and haroors committee to report it back
with the Hennepin canal clause stricken
u Inc motion was lost. The bill then
passed without division. The house then
adjourned.
In the senate on the 29th Senator Stew
art, rising TO a question of personal priv.
lege, mad read an article from a local paper
containing statement by Maj. Powell,
director OF the geological survey, in refer
ton, IN which Powell spoke of the move-
ment to investigate by land sharks and
spectators for the purpose of 'sgobblinp
up lrrlgable lands and establish a sort Of
hydraulic feulal system" Senator Stewart
sketched an outline of what had been done
in the work OF stimulating irrigation in the
far west recently and the appropriations.
Powell, he said, had used more than half
of n appropriation in vast and expensive
surveys OF no practical use for the object
in view, and intimatei that Powell had
enormous power in both houses from his
giving employment to a lot of young men,
sons and relatives of members Of congress,
and that he kept an enormou lobby in
Washington to control the action of con-
gress. The bureau of geology and min
era!ogy was nothing. Senator Stewart
said, but 9 mass of humbug and foolish
ness. Senator German defended Major
Powell as a valuable public officer, who
discharged his duty faithfully. Senate:
Teller introduced a joint resolution setting
forth the determined purpose of the Unit
ed States government to use both gold
and silver as full legal tender money at
the rate now existing in the United States
and which may hereafter be established by
the United States alone or acting in ac-
cord with other nations. Laid on
the table and ordered printed. The
imported liquor bill was then taken
up, the question being on the following
substitute offered by Senator Gray to the
substitute from the Judiciary committee;
That fermented, distilled or other intoxi.
eating liquors transferred as an article oil
commerce, Or brought into any state or ter.
ritory from a point or place outside of such
state or territory for use, consumption OF
sale therein, shall not be exempt, nor shall
the owner or person In possession Thereof
be exempt from the operation of 1.-THE laws o.
OF the the regulations. control of the polio,
or the taxing power Of such state o rterritor,
affecting or applicable to all other lik
property, by reason of such liquor being ii
an original package Of importation o
transportation and subject to inter-stat
or foreign commerce" Senator Gray
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20. Senator Vest moved to amend The
substitute by making it apply to fresh beef
veal, mutton, lamb and York, and arguec
if the bill should become a law it shoulc
not be confined to intoxicating liquor
This was the first time be knew of the So
preme court being able to suggest or offe,
remedies. The proposed law would pro-
duce chaos. But if he were wrong in his
position and the friends of the bill were
right, then he wanted to give the cattle
raisers of the west the same privileges
granted the Iowa legislature in regardto the
exclusion of alcoholic stimulants. He had
served Oh the senate committee in relation
to the beef business and found an alarm
ing state of things in the inspection OF
beef cattle. The vote on Senator Vests
amendment was yeas S, nays 50. Senator
Wilson, of Iowa, then offered a substitute
for the Gray amendment providing that
liquors transported into any state or terri
t oryfor use, consumption or sale Tor stor'
age) shall on their arrival be subject to
the operation and effect Of the laws
of such state or territory en-
acted in exercise of its police
power. and shall not be exempt there
from by reason Of their being introduced
in the original packages. Senator Viii
sons substitute was adopted. % to 90,
The bill was then passed, 81 to 10. Soma
tor VOORHEES, moved to amend the title by
making it read: "A bill to override the
decision of the supreme court of the Unit
ed States in it's Interpretation and construc-
zion of the constitution on the subject of
commerce between the several states, and
thereby relieve the state of Iowa from the
consequence of her misguided legislation.
Rejected. The title was then amended on
motion of Senator Wilson. of Iowa, to
read: "a bill to limit the effect of regula-
tions of M between the several
states and with foreign countries in certain
cases." The river and halbor bill was re-
ceived from the house and referred to the
committee on commerce, and the senate
adjourned until June 2.
In the house on the 29ta the committee
on public lands reported back the senate
bill, with amendments, for a general for
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