The state chronicle., 1892-12-21
Senate.

IulucOidtt uduStT.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 90 After the
routine morning business was disposed
of, the army appropriation bill from
the house was presented and referred to
the committee on appropriations.
The concurrent resolution for the holi
day recess was laid over without action,
on objection from Mr.. Shermon, of Ohio
A resolution for the assembling of the
TWO houses on Wednesday, February s.
to witness the count of the electoral
votes was offered by Mr.. Teller, of Col
orado, and referred.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Bate, of
Tennessee, on December 6, to repeal all
statutes relating to supervisors of elec
tions and special deputies. was taken up,
and Mr.. Bate proceeded to make an
argument in its favor These laws, he said :,
have been in operation Tor over twenty
| years and have not iecOnclled the people
| to their harsh interference with stfairs be-
longing exclusively to the states 1t was not
surprising that The late political revulu
tions of 1890 and 1892 had swept from
power the party which enforced the ma
chinery FIR interfering with the elections
of the states. The force bill has been
a potent factor in the late overwhelming G
! defeat of the republican, party. TIE Ia "
which we propo e to have repealed. was
the germ or protopiasm Of the force bill,
1t was that bacillus which has poisoned
elections and inocuiated them with
fraud From the supervisors of elec
tions, and the armed deputy marshai,
the step to the army at the polls is but 6
short one The dty has come to bring
the federal government back to thoSt
duties for which it has been provided
The late elections have brought int
power party pledged to reform-not
only fiscal but elective, In not only the
tiriff but all the federal machinery thai
intelfered with state aft lis, and to wip'
out absolute power winch has no right
full place in the American fedora! system
The bill went over without action.
On m ,tion of Mr. Teller the McGarra
han bill went over until to no row,
Mr.. Black burn, of Kentucky, moveC
to proceed to the consideration OF tn
HUDSON river bridge Dill.
Mr.. Washburn of Minnesota, aske,
whether, if the motion prevailed, til
anti option bill would not lose its piac
of privilege rs ''uDfioished business y
The presiding offieer on. Harris, Q
Tennesseel. stated that it would.
Mr. Black ourn-I ask unanimous con
sent to proceed to the consideration {
the bridge bill
Mr. Frye. of Maine-I object.
. Mr.. Blackburn | hen l renew th
motion.
Z Mr.. Frye-I hope the senator wi
holiday recess
f Mr.. Blackburn-On what ground
that request based2
e Mr.. Frye-I have telegram heI
which will read. preparing to do s.
, Mr.. Blackburn object to any dt
bate unles we are permitted to deoat
r the bill on both sides.
q Mr.. Washourn L demand the yes
and nays on the motion of the senate
from Kentucky.
0 The vote was taken and Mr.. Blacl
burns motion was rejected yeas L
1t nays Al.
e The anti option bill was taken up az
k Mr.. Palmer, If Illinois, addressed tt
.s senate, explaining and defending h
l. objections of the bill. He argued th
l. the meaning aud effect of the propose
bill was to give to the collectors OF /
g ternal revenue absolute authority ov
IS all contracts made by any person for Il
le sale and future delivery Of property
gave them an authority to look IN
,f the business of every man and any ul'
~ " in the country. The bill was ohje
, tionable on broader grounds. He HI
heard much of ''the rights of the states
and he had supposed that no par
Ill was prepared to say that the 1edel
i government could interfere in the ex'
lie else of public powers in the sta-es
IN senator. he apprehended, would rlsk |
" reputation as a lawyer or legislator
IS claiming that congress possessed t
Id power to prohibit dealings in options
ee futures 10 the states. The attemI
or however, was but thinly gu'sed IN t
,ir bill to thrust the jurisdiction OF the Il
as eral government into states to define
W. punish crimes, The bill resCrted To
sd trick, or expelieDt, or subteTfuge,
nm decentralization, of being put in the 70
90 of a revenue law; and III that way it v
he sought to find power to prohibit optic
A and to define and lunish sales for fut'
in delivery The senator who called
hit bill revenue measure knew that
ar term was a misnomer
Without concluding his speech,
Palmer yielded the fl Dor-the anti opt
ID bill goi g over without action-and
,ut senate, at p. m, adjourned till to n.
nd row.
ace
y a House of Representatives.
his WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.--There wei
ch, bakers doza n leaves of absence gran
M in the house this morning, some of tt
eing on account of illness, but the