Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-19
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the consideration OF the original
package bill. The previous question
10 be considered ordered Monday
after the reading OF the journal;
that the House shall consider the
bankruptcy bill, the previous cues
tiOn Ia lie considered ordered
Wednesday after the reading Of the
journal.
Breckinridge .Ky.) raised the
question Of consideration. The
House deCided-yeas lis, nays Do
10 consider the resolution. One hun
dred and twenty-fOur members were
announced As pains.
The resolution was modified ~ as
to provide that approved apprOpria-
ton bills shall not interfere with
consideration OF the two bills adopt
ell.
THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE BILL
was then taken up.
l.. B. Taylor said that never had
such blow been given State rights
n the asceTtliument that under the
Constitution citizens Of a foreign
State might take into another State
any property that wac subject OF
commerce. and there sell il without
liability ol taxation. While he pre-
ferresi tire House substitute, he
feared that It's adoption would en-
danger legislation, consequently he
advocated the Senate bill.
CulbensDn Tex. said that II Iowa
cOuli prohibit the importation Of
intoxicating liquor, it could exclude
tobacco. ami II could 90 further than
guaranteeing the health and morals
OF its citizens. IL could protect its
corn productions against those Of
other States. Ii would be better TO
amend the Constitution than Ia
mauglc il 10y mIkgshifts.
Adams I'M did not believe 4
remedy for the original package ss-
| loon could he found in either Of the
proposed measures. He argued in
favor Of the substitute, defining an
original package Of Intoxicating
liquors as a case containing not less
than dozen bottles and not contain
ing less than five gallons.
Reed lla.l, whose decision as
Judge was Overruled by the decision
OF the Supreme Court, spoke in
favor Of the proposed legislation.
II any relief was 10 he given the
yeOple from the wrong and evil To
society growing out Of the decision
Of the Supreme Court, il lay in the
direction Of the penuing bill. They
delegated no power to the State.
They merely exercised n power
delegated to Congress to regulate
COMMERCE AMONGST THE STATES.
Henderson ,Ta.) said that no de-
cision rendered 10y the Supreme
Court since that court had decided
that a human soul was a proper
article Of merchandise had so ex-
cited the people Of the country as
the original package decision. No
good citizen would fail to submit 10
the decision OF the court, but he
Henderson, would not sit down
with folded hanis and wait until
the Supreme Court made him an
other decision. While he was will.
ing to recognize the decision as law,
ne was unwilling 10 sit still one mo.
ment and submit 20 the operation OF
that decision If there was n lawful
remedy, and he believed there was.
Let the gentlemen not forget that
the Supreme Court, Ia throwing
this thunderbolt into the republic,
dill not fail to send with it a cure. II
cried out 10 Congress: while We
believe this 10 be our duty, we he.
ieve IT your duty to remedy the
evil" The people Of the country
appealed TO Congress for action.
Pending further debate the House
took recess.
Nothing was done at the evening
session, Enloe raising the point o
No quorum.