The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-19
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Debate ON Original Package Bil1-yotc to
Be Taken.

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Debate ON Original Package Bill-vote to
Be Taken.
WASHINGTON CRY, July 1S.--In the House
the committee on rules reported a resolu-
ton providing that the House shall imme-
diatelv proceed to the consideration of the
original package bill, the previous question
TO be considered ordered on Moneay after
the reading OF the journal; that the House
shall then consider the bankruptcy bill, the
previous question to be considered in order
on Wednesday after the reading of the
journal. Breckinridge. of Kentucky, raised
the question of consideration, and the
House decided. yeas 115, nays 55, to con-
slider the resolution. One hundred and
four members were announced as paired.
Tne resolution was modified so as to pro-
vide that appropriation bills shall not in
terfere with the consideration of the two
bills; adopted. The original package bill
was then taken up.
T. b. Taylor said that never had such q
blow been given state rights as by the
ascertainment that under the constitution
citizens of foreign state might take into
another state any property that was sub
ject OF commerce and there sell it without
liability of taxation. While he preferred
the House substitute, he feared its adop-
ton would endanger the legislation. Con-
sequently he advocated the Senate bill.
Culbertson of Texas said that if Iowa
would prohibit the importation of intoxi-
eating liquors it could exclude tobacco,
and it could go farther than guarding the
health and morals of the citizens 1t could
protect its own productions against those
of other states. 1t would be better to
amend the constitution than to mangle it
by these make-shifts.
Adams of Illinois did not believe a
remedy for the original package saloon
would be found in either of the proposed
measures. He argued in favor of substi-
tute defining an original package of intoxi-
eating liquors in bottles as case contain
ing not less than a dozen bottles, and not
in bottles as a cask containing not less than
five gallons.
Reed of Iowa whose decision as Judge
was overfuled by the decision of the SUI
preme court, spoke in favor of the pro-
posed legislation. If any relief was to be
given the people from the wrong and evil
to society growing out of the decision of
the supreme court, it lay in the direction
pointed out by the pending bill. It dele
gated no power to the state, but merely
exercised the power delegated to congress
to regulate commerce among the states.
Henderson of Iowa said that no decision
rendered by the supreme court since that
court had decided that the human soul was
proper article of merchandise, had SO ex-
cited the people of the county as the origi-
nal package decision. No good citizen
would fail to submit to the decision, and
he (Henderson) would not sit down with
folded hands and wait until the supreme
court made another decision. While he
was willing to recognize the decision as
just, still he was unwilling to sit still and
submit to the operation of it if there was q
lawful remedy and he believed there was.
Let the gentleman not forget that the SUI
preme court in throwing this thunderbolt
into the republic did not fail to send with
it cure. 1t cried out to congress: while
we believe this to be our duty. we believe it
your duty to remedy the evil" The people
of the United States appealed to congress
for action.
Pending ngfurther debate the House took q
recess, the evening session to be for con-
sideration of private pension bills. Moth
ing was done at the evening session, there
being no quorum.