The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-30
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, MAY 29.-Stewart rising to n
question of personal privilege, had read an ar
ticle from local paper containi ng a statement
by Major Powell, director of the geological sur
vey, in reference to Stewards recent res olution
in which Powell spoke of the movement as in )
stigated by land sharks and spectators for tn
purpose of gobbling up the irrigable lands and
establishing sort of hydraulic feudal system
Stewart SlIetched an outlin of what had been
done in the work OF stimulating irrigation in the
west recently, and the appropriations. Powell
he said, had used more than half of the appro-
prlatlon IN vast and expensive surveys of no
practical use for the object in view, and init
mated 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 enormous lobby
in Washington to control the action of Con
gress. The bureau of geology and mlneralogy
was nothing, Stewart said, but d mass of hum
bug and foollShneSS.
German defended Major Powell as n valuable
public officer, who discharged his duty faith
fully.
Teller introduced joint resolution setting
forth that 1t is the determined policy of the
United States government to use both gold an d
silver as full legal tender money, under the
ratio now existing in the United States or which
may hereafter be 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 beng on the following substitute,
offered by Gray, TO the substitute from the iudi-
GARY committee: THAT fermented, distilled or
| other Intoxicating liquors transferred as an
| article of commerce or brought into any state
| or territory FROM point or place outside such
state or territory for use, consumption or sale
| therein, should not be exempt nor should the
| owner or person III possession thereof be ex-
eEpt from the operation OF the liquor rerula-
| tons, control, police or taxing power of such
state or territory affecting or applicable TO all
| other like properly by reason of such LIQUORS
| beng IN The original package of importation or
! 1fslTr
| eign commerce."
| Gray's amendment was agreed TO- yeas IS:
nays, -: The nays were Allen, Allison, Bate,
| Blair Blodgett. Coke. Dawes, Edmunds Ells.
It's George, Hoar. Ingalls, Moody Morrill, Pad
/ dock, Plumb, Power, Sherman, Vest and Will
son, of Iowa.
Vest moved an amendment substitute by
making 1t apply to fresh beef veal, mutton,
lamb and pork, ard argued if the bill was to be-
come law 1t should not be confined to intoxi-
eating liquor iris was the first time he knew
| OF the supreme court suggesting remedies The
| proposed law would produce chaos but if he
was wrong in his position and the friends of the
bill We're right, thea he wanted to give the cat
| tie raiSerS OF tie west the same privil eros
exclusion of alcoholic stimulants. He served
Oh the Senate committee relating to TIE beef
business and found an alarming state OF things
| III the inspection OF Deet cattle. The vote on
Vests amendment was yeas, 3; nays So; the
yeas being Call, Morgan, Payne, Stewart and
Vest.
|
Grays amendment providing that liquors trans
ported into any state or territory Tor use con-
sumption or sale, or storage shall on their ar
rival be subject to tho operation and effect of
the laws of such state or territory enacted in
the exercise of its police power and should not
be exempt therefrcn by reason of their being
enclosed in original packages. Wilson's sub,
stitute was adopted SIS to 20. The bill then
passed 81 to TO- TIE vote was as follows: Yeas
Allen, Allison Blair, Call, Casey Colq,,itt.
Cuilom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph. Edniun ds;
| George, Hawley. HiscoclS, Eoar, Ingalls, Jones.
of Nevada: Mcmillan. Mitchell Moody EIoriill.
| Paddock Plat, Plumb, Power, Pugh, SAWYER,
Spooner, Stewart, Stockbridge, Walthall'
Waskbu,n and Wilson, OF Iowa.
| Nays-Bate, Blodgett, Cookrell, Coke Harris.
Jones, of Arkansas; Tulpie, Vance, Vest and
! Voorhees,
Voorhees, moved to amend the title by max
ing it READ: "A bill to override the decision of
| the supreme court of the United States in its
Interpretation and construction of the constitu-
ton Gil the subject OF commerce between the
several states and there3y relieve the state OF
Iowa from the consequences of her own mis-
guided legislaticn.'' Rejected
The title was then amended, on motion OF
Wilson, of Iowa. to read: "a bill to limit the eff
feet OF the regulation If commerce between the
several states and with foreign countries in GER
| tain cases.
The river and harbor bill was received from
the House and referred TO the committee, an6
the Senate adjourned until Monday.
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