Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-19
SENATE AND HOUSE.
THE RESOLUTION TO LIMIT DEBATE
INTHE FORMER.
A Bill to Repeal the State Bank CircuIa-
ton Tax-Thc Original Pack
age bill.
iBy telegraph to tho DIspatch.l

| meaning OF the resolution was az 10 ue-
terminate resolutions offered as well rs 20
amendments pending. The former practice
had been, he believed. 10 provide for ternl-
mating debate on known proposition, ana
so on and SO on. He certainly was in favor
| of such a resolution a. that. but If il meant
20 close debate on amendments not yet OIL
fered, that was quite another thing
Mr.. Allison: The resolution is an exact
copy of the resolution that has been
adopted by the Senate on many occasions.
Mr.. Edmunds: Then it is all right.
| Mr. Allison: do not ask for its considera-
| tion this morning.
The resolution was laid on the table. sub
ject to call hereafter.
Mr.. Dawes. from the Committee on
Indian Affairs. TO which was referred the
Presidents message vetoing the bill TO
change the boundaries of the Uncompahgre
Indian reservation, reported it back with
| out recommendation, and at the same
time reported a new bill for the same pur-
pose, but framed to meet the Presidents
objections.
QUESTION AS TO A VITO.
A question having been asked as to the
disposition TO be made of the veto mes
sage the presiding officer (Mr. Ingalls, said
that the Constitution required that the
| question whether the bill should pass, the
objections of the President 20 the contrary
notwithstanding, should be submitted 10
| the Serate. IL was not necessary. how
| ever, that that question should be suit
mitted at the particular time the bill aud
message were placed on the calendar.
IRRIGATION SURVEYS.
The consideration Of the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill was resumed, the pending
question being las on yesterday the amend
| ment increasing from r200.0 to r3OO.OO0
| ba tnnOQraIl
survey, one half of which sum shall be eX-
| pended west of the 10lst meridian, and so
much of the act of October 2, 1888, entitled
ian act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government Tor the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. and for
other purposes" as provides Tor the selec-
tiOp and location of reservoirs ana canals
upon public lands, and the reservation OF
irrigation lands, is hereby repealed: pro-
vided that the reservoir and canal sites
heretofore located or selected shall remain
segregated and reserved from entry OF set
Element until otherwise provided by law
After long debate upon line with those
of the two or three preceding days the
amendment was agreed to. Other amend
ments recommended by the Committee on
Appropriations were agreed 10, including
the following Striking out the item OF
$40, 600 for al irrigation survey; the item
Of $50 900 for engraving maps, and the
| item OF Nf,JuU ltI tut I'ht VI 'hi''-A''iH0
IN Washington.
The bill was then laid aside. sixty-three
pages having been disposed OF out OF to-
tai of III.
Mr.. Allison gave notice that he would
ask the Senate to remain in session tO-mor-
row until the bill could be completed.
To REPEAL THE cIRcULATIoN-TAx.
Mr.. Vance introduced bill providing
for the repeal of the tax of 10 per cent. on
the circulation of State banks, and pro-
| yidinp that no higher rate of tax shall be
levied on such circulation than on that of
national banks. Referred to the Finance
Committee
After brief executive session the Sen
ate. at 6:l0 o'clock, adjourned TIL to-mor-
row at IL A. Nj.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Hit, of Illinois. asked unanimous
| consent for the immediate consideration OF
the Joint resolution providing that no.
thing in the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation bill shall be construed to delay
or interrupt the prompt translation, publ.
cation. and distribution of the reports OF
the proceedings Of the international Con-
ference.
Mr.. Rogers. of Arkansas, objected.
| Mr. Cannon. of Illinois. from the Com
| mittee on Rules, reported resolution pro-
viding that the House shall immediately
proceed 10 tho consideration OF the
''oririnal package BILL" the previous
question 10 be considered as ordered, ON
Monday after the reading of the Journal;
and that the House shall consider the
bankruptcy bill, the previous question TO
be considered as ordered. Wednesday after
the reading of the journal.
Mr. Breckenridge. of Kentucky, raised
the question of consideration. The House
decided-veas ll5, NAYS 55-to consider the
| IN hnn ~
| members were announced as pared on
this vote.
MIR. McMillin, of Tennessee, said that
the order provided two days tor the con-
sideration of each Of these important
measures. Exception was made OF con-
ference reports on appropriation oills. Inc
| conference report on the District OF Co.
lumbia appropriation bill was now pend
ing. It's consideration might consume
three quarters of the time set apart for the
consideration of the original package and
bankruptcy bills A time was fixed for the
final vote on these measures without regard
TO the status in which they were when that
time arrived.
THE HOUSE SHOULD BE DELIBERATIvE.
He believed that the House OF Repre-
sentatives ought to be a House of Repre-
sentatives. Ii ought no longer TO be q
government of the House by the Committee
on Rules, but ought to be government
of the House by the House itself. 1t was
a method of proceeding to which he OBJ
iected. The House was no longer de-
Lucrative body. The only deliberative
body which the people had was the Senate
of the United States. Measures of the
, Importance of those mentioned in resolu-
tions should receive the deliberate con-
sideration of the House.
Al the suggestion of Mr.. Adams, of Hi
nois, the resolution was modified so as to
provide that appropriation bills shaii not
interfere with the consideration OF the two
bills, and the resolution was then adopted.
THE "oRIGNAI-PAcKAGE" BILL.
The " original-package " bill was then
taken up.
Mr.E. b. Taylor in advocating the mea-
J sure said that never had such blow been
gwen to State sovereignty and State
rights as had been given by the ascertain
ment that under the Constitution OF the
| United States citizen of a foreign state
: might take into another State any proper
tv that was the subject of commerce and
there sell il without liability 10
the burden of taxation. He did not
advocate the bill in the interest
, ton sentiment. but because the best lnte-
rests Of the whole people demanded ITS
| passage. While he infinitely preferred the
House substitute, he feared that Its adOp-
ton would endanger legislation, and conse'
quently he advised the adoption OF the
4 Senate bill.
THE MEASURE ARGUED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Mr.. Culberson. of Texas. argued against
the constitutionaiity of the proposed legis-
4 lation. For one he was not willing 10 vote
; for a measure that made his State mendi-
cant asking for the privilege of exercising
a police power which she had never dele
gated to Congress and which was inherent
in her. If the House substitute should
become law il would be as well 10 strike
from the Constitution the clause giving
Congress the right TO make commercial re.
gulations. Commercial chaos would ensue
. When this proposition became a law oul
great commercial supremacy would toppl'
and fall. If the State of Iowa could pro,
hibit the importation of intoxicating
louors II could exclude tobacco and il
could 90 further than guarding the health
and morals of It's citizens-it could protect
, its own products against those of Other
States. Ii would be better to amend the
Constitution rather than to mangle it 10y