, 1890-05-30
POWELL "PUlVERIzED.
Stewart Replies to an Article
Written by the Major.
Vest Fights for the Western
Stock Raiser.
Senate Financiers Tackle the
Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, May go. -Stewart, ris-
ing to a question of personal privilege,
had read an article from a local paper
containing a statement by Maj. Powell,
director of the geological survey, in ref
erence to Stewards recent resolution, in
which Powell spoke Of the movement as
instigated by land sharks and spectators
for the purpose of ''gobbling up the irri-
gable lands and establishing a sort Of hy-
draulic feudal system" Stewart sketched
an outline of what had been done in the
work of stimulating irrigation in the far
West recently. Powell, he said, had used
more than half OF the appropriation in
vast and expensive surveys of 10 practi-
cal use for the object in view, and init
mated that Powell had enormous power
in both houses from his giving employ
ment to a lot of Young men, sons and
relatives of members of congress, and
that he kept an morn lobby in Wash
ington to control the action OF congress.
The bureau of geology and mineralogy
was nothing. Stewart said, but a mass of
humbug and foolishness.
German defended Maj. Powell as a
valuable public officer who discharged his
duty faithfully.
Teller introduced a joint resolution set
ting forth that it is the determined policy
of the United States government to use
both gold and silver as full legal tender
money under the ratio now existing in
the United States, or which may here
after DO 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 being on the following
substitute offered by Gray to the substi-
tote from the judiciary committee. That
fermented, distilled or other intoxicating
liquors, transferred as an article of com
merce or brought into any state or terri
tory from a point OF place outside of such
state or territory for use. consumption or
sale therein. should not be exempt nor
should the owner or person in
the possession thereof be exempt from
the operation of any liquor law or regula-
tons, control. police or taxing power of
such state or territory affecting or appi
cable TO all other like property by reason
of such liquors being in the original pack
age Of importation or transportation as
subjects of interstate or foreign som.
merce. Gray's amendment was agreed
to-yeas &c, nays 20. The nays were Al
len, Allison, Bates, Blair, Blodgett, Coke,
Dawes, Edmnnds. Eustis, George. Hoar,
Ingalls. Moody, Morrill,. Paddock. Plumb,
Power. Sherman, Vest and Wilson OF
Iowa.
Vest moved TO amend the substitute BY
making it apply 10 fresh beef. veal, NUT
ton, lamb and pork, and argued that if
the bill was 10 become a law it should not
be confined to intoxicating liquor. This
was the first time he knew
of when tie supreme court sug-
suggested remedies. The proposed law
would produce 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
the exclusion of alcoholic stimulants
He had served on the senate committee
in relation To the beet business and found
an alarming state of things in the inspec
ton Of beef cattle.
The vote on Vests amendment was:
Yeas 5, nay 80, the yeas being Call, Nor
gan, Payne, Stewart and Vest.
Wilson of Iowa offered a substitute for
Gray amendment, providing that liquors
transported into any state or territory for
hSSs SJIoubtibu vi saii WI EiOlARtJ suhll,
on their arrival. be subject to the opera
ton and effect Of the laws Of such state
or territory enacted in the exercise of its
police power and should not be exempt
therefrom by reason of their being en-
closed in original packages. The Wilson
substitute was adopted-23 t. 20. The
bill then p~assed-34 to 10.
Voorhees, moved 10 amend the title by
making it read: "A bill u override the
decision of the supreme court of the
United States In its Interpretation and
construction Of the constitution on the
subject oil commerce between the several
states, and thereby relieve the state Of
Iowa from the consequences of her mis-
guided legislation Rejected.
The title was then amended on motion
of Wilson of Iowa to read: "A bill to
limit the effect of regulations of commerce
between the several states and with for
e'gn countries in certain cases."
The river and harbor bill was received
from the house aud referred to a commit
tee, and the senate adjourned until Mon
day.