Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-20
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The "Origina1 Package" Debate Goes
MerriIY On.

The "Origina1 Package" Debate Goes
MerriIy On.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-In the house
today McRae of Arkansas, introduced
joint resolution directing the secretary
of the interior to suspend the issue of
patents for lands to the Union Pacific
until the adjustment of the debt due the
United States from said company, and
authorizing the encouragement to insti-
tute such legal proceedings as may be in
his opinion necessary to subject the
lands granted to and held by said com
pany, to the payment of the debt due
the United States. Referred to the COM
mittee on public ands.
Holman introduced a resolution call
ing upon the secretary of the interior
for statement of the amount of land
patented or certified to in each of the
land grants to the Union Pacific system,
and requesting him to suspend the issue
OF patents and certificates, pending the
further action of congress.
Henderson, of Iowa, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported to
the house the general deficiency appro-
priation bill, the last of the regular APP
preparation bills.
The house resumed consideration of
the original package bill.
Thompson, of Ohio, said that it was
contended that the bill would violate
the constitution, and that it was an at
tempt to delegate to state the power
conferred upon congress. He did not so
understand it. He regarded it as a sim
pie regulation OF commerce. The eXer-
else of the power of congress to regulate
commerce among the states was not the
delegation of that power. 1t did not in
terfere with interstate commerce, but
provided that an article imported into a
state, when offered for sale, should be-
come subject to the laws of that state.
Lehlbach, of New Jersey, said in
temperance had never been rooted out
by legislation. From his own personal
observation he was satisfied that in
temperance was on the decline. This
was largely due to the use of that mild
beverage-beer. To the prohibitionist
fanatics, however, this was the most de-
tested of all stimulants. He believed
that the substitute proposed by Adams
would meet the requirements. There
was one sure way in which the people
OF Kansas and Iowa could get rid of the
original package stores, and that was
not to patrOnize them.
Hayes, of Iowa, opposed the legisla-
ton, preferring little liberty to good
deal of sentimental state rights. He
contended that the prohibtory law OF
Iowa was not enforced, and he denied
(from an observance made on recent
visit to his state), that there were orig
inal package saloons in Iowa, at least
he had not seen one, nor had he heard
of one being there until he returned to
Washington
Perkins, of Kansas, believed in the
constitutionality and propriety of the
proposed legislation. This was not a
question of prohibition or high or
low license; it was question whether
the people in their state organizations
had a right to protect their homes, fire.
sides and families from unlicensed un-
restrained and unrestricted rum traffic
At present the original package decision
might affect prohibition states alone,
but in little time all the states would
be infested by lawless characters who
kept original package stores, and the To-
cal option laws would be violated. There
ought rot to be a vote cast against the
proposed legislation.
After further debate the house took a
recess, the evening session to be for de-
bate only.
At the evening session a number OF
brief addresses were made, and the house
at 10 80 adjourned.