The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29

upon the Texan BnOuteO. NJ uuoEu"' ~
House divided and the tellers reported ayes Q.
noes 1e2. The whole morning hour was fritz
tered away in motions Of this kind. and the
bill went to the wall.
Objections frivolous at the beginning OF the
session may. however. become necessary IN
the interest OF the public business near the
end OF the session.
It begins to look as though the dozen or
more Investigations ordered By the House
may result in the publication OF a dozen or
more volumes OF Testimony and reports. Mt tho
expense OF the Government and no leRisla-
ton. Meantime the Republicans. under the
leadership Of Tom Reed. are wary and active.
watching every opportunity to score a point
at the expense OF the Democracy. And they
claim that they are scoring the points
II.
Thursday. Jan. 10. and Saturday. Jan. 81.
we're set aside for the consideration Of bills re-
ported from the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. The committee spent
Thursday In clearing its decks OF small bills.
About s o'clock in the afternoon 1t called up
the North River Bridge bill for consideration.
Mr.. Covert had taed to get it considered By
unanimous consent earlier in the day. but Mr..
Campbell If New York objected. When Mr..
Wise called It IN In the timo allotted to his
committee. Mr.. William A. Stone OF Pcnnsyl-
vania played tho part with it that Buck Kill
gore played when the Brooklyn Monument bill
was before the House. He illibustered. There
upon Mr.. Wise withdrew the bill and gave the
floor to Mr.. Rayner. q member OF his commit
tee. This gentleman called up the National
Quarantine bill. He asked unanimous con-
sent to substitute for the bill a Senate bill
known as tho Harris bill. It had been sent
over to the House from the Senate. and was
lying on the Speakers table. 1t had not even
been referred to the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce. Objection was made
by n New York member Mr.. Rayner then
moved that the Senate bill be substituted for
the House bill. The Speaker promptly told
him that there was NO rule OF the House to
authorize such q motion.
well. them" replied Mr.. Rayner. " will
act on the House bill"
Thereupon a New York member raised tho
question Of consideration. Others took up
Kilgore's tactics. moving for q recess till the
House adjourned.
The subject did not come up again until two
days afterward. Mean time Republican and
other newspapers asserted that Tammany was
fighting tho bill They based their assertion
upon the action Of New York members who
had opposed It's consideration. This was
the only foundation for tho report. The
6CIlOu VI Luo NOW ! u was cboAy
explained. The Green Bridge bill. which had
been amended 30 as to satisfy the local au-
thorities In New York city. had been brought
| up late on Friday evening. Opposition was no
! sooner developed than the bill was withdrawn
! and the National Quarantine bill substituted.
The House was restless and ready to adjourn.
| and the New York mcmbers preferred to have
the matter come up on Saturday morning
under the special order. This was all there
was Of 1t.
On Saturday morning it did come up under
the special ordor. The call had got away
from the controhoi the Chairman OF the COM
mittee. Mr.. Wise. and was In the hands OF Mr..
Rayper. There were protests against the bill
from Boards Of Health In the South and from
other places. 1t was regarded as a violation
OF the rights OF the States. 1t was believed
that a National quarantine fully as strict, II
not more strict. might be maintain ed without
running over the Stnte authorities.
How the bill proposed to obliterate State
lines was shown in it's third section. This sec
ton gave the Secretary OF the Treasury power
to override State regulations MS to Qunra ntine
and to make the Surgeon General Of the Ma
rine Hospital serve as his Lieutenant. When
the bill came up. efforts to secure reading Of
the majority and minority reports from the
committee were throttled. 1t was probably
the only bill that has passed the House this
session where a request for the reading of
these reports was refused. Debate was lin
tied under promises that were not fulfilled.
and the bill was spurred through the House
with u tenacity OF purpose unusual In this
Tho result was an exciting discussion. The
Tammany members were Ly no means pron,i-
Mallory OF Florida. Mr.: Hooker Of MississippI.
s Gsn. s 1aie a.l, 81 a mSss The M heh ling mr. Of c aIRns,
| ain nly udvnpufaI n N nmanhnnnf III. M nat
oppose tho Bill. The Republicans sustained Z.
ths imperial features Of AZ .IIl In IN almost
sssss'rs,!ss .D q ''f Sssss s0n q the i ',I lsn5; con- 81
rights Democrats were opposed to it. but were
Unable Imitieo tE e. ag5S w upon "a Z pso 1pd am Get y
were lighting Ike Ri!I. It could not have b @en
prominent in ADVOCATING It's passage. Il Is as
follows:
r,oy,asa, that nothing in III: &C. contained shall DO
modify; pr or suspend any rules; precautions: or ,sgu,a.
s ADOPTS; SS y NJ. e; 2, 1 $ys,s Sisa .& q. %sy i ss.s IL :ssl /:
ssi IL Any "y t poE Pst 81 The 'aI un nnis.ray 81 States as.e atsSs 81 aus sny y;s.
s s,s;p:! :$;a ssSs ss q, s .ssS vessel :: :S. irs sa s'. s:S nj HE'D
fHered as l an amendment. his provided for a
s ssSssrs sa as SSsaarfSn IN ,sd IN F iSSTslsp Ports Ports, n msns
the state laws remaining unaffected. In re;
prevented any United States Consul from
giving "a clean bill OF health to any vessel from
any infected port. rs was done In the case OF
the Moravia. This WAS voted down under an
national quarantine on the other side would
admit the immigrants here indsiance OF State
quarantine.
The discussion again became hot and acrl-
monious. Orators ramped the aisles tearing
passion to tattsrs and picturing pestilenes in
every tins. and did theeir best to pusSt the JAM
osrats over State lines. Their efforts failed.
When the Committee Of the Whole reported
the hill to the House an effort was made to re-
commit It with instructions. The instructions
States rights Amendment. and substituted the
Senate bill. giving the Government more
power than Il would have had under the orr
glnal bill. This was voted down by so yeas to
ataEmatiye. pGta Republican IN the negative.
Mr., Rayner sent the Senate bill to the CLERKS
desk and asked that 1t be substituted for the
bill Just adopted in the Committee of the
Whole. II this proposition carried he said