The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-27

WASHINGTON, D. O.. Jau,-There were
not many senators in the chamber to-
jy during the debate on the anti
on.jon bill, but those who were present
vipossed tho remarkable circumstance
o states rights Democratic Mills, OF
Texas, having his argument against the
coas,itusionality OF the bill sustained
BY the stalwart Republican HiscoCk, OF
New York.
MI, Mills declared his belief that the
eminent IN favor OF local self govern
nont prevailed from New England to
tbe Pacific Ocean and Mr., Hiscock as
serted that there had been rarely pre-.
,eptcd to Congress a measure in which
lass regard had been paid than was paid
in tho pending measure either to the
proprietles of legislation, or to consti'
tu!iona restrictions.
An effort to pass bill creating
commission on alcoholic liquor traffic
vayo Mr. Vest dem, an opportunity
oi yentiIating Ills views on such specI.
mens OF crank legislation" and on
those "pseudo.philanthropists who
wanted to use the powers Of Congress-
10 advance some special hobby to which
ihev ore deyoting their otherwise use.
Nj. Cullom Republican, Illiuois) in
troducOd joint resolution requesting
the municipal authorities Of Phlladel-
phia to lend to the United States gov
enmont the Liberty bell for exhibition
at tho Worlds Fair and asked to have 1t
nut upon its passage. Objection was
nude by Mr.. Hoar, on the ground that
1t was novel and extraordinary thing
TO place tho United States government
in the position OF a petitioner to q mu.
nicipal body.
Mr Quay, (Ponn.), had no doubt that
tho boil might be procured on u simple
application to the authorities OF Phila-
delphia The joint resolution was re.
ierrOd to the committee on the library.
Slr. Faulkner gave notice that on Feb
ruary IS he would present resolutions
in relation to the death Of his late col
league Mr.. Kenna.
The anti.option bill was then taken
up and Mr.. Mills, Dem, Texas made
a speech against the bill as being
aimed against the existence Of state
governments.
lie Mr. AIills) would not hesitate to
stand before any audience in the union
from the rock-bound coast Of Maine
acrOss to the Pacific ocean down to the
south and vindicate the right OF every
state in tho union to q government OF
its own people in its own wayj and he
would do it with the approval OF his
audiences. The general government
had no right to suppress immortality in
the states. Ifit had then 1t had q right
to establish immortality in the states.
1t had no right to punish murderers in
state. II it had then it had a right to
90 into state and turn murderers loose,
II by an india rubber system OF con-
struCtion Of the constitution Congress
had right TO regulate commerce in
statCs-asproposed in the pending meas
ure-it could go farther and regulate
the production Of the specified articles.
Passing on from the constitutional argu-
ment, Mr.. Mills declared that he
would not support the bill because II
was not regulation Of commerce, and
because it could not affect the price OF
cotton, wheat, corn or any other agrl.
cultural product. Future Sales" he
declared, were part OF the business
system Of the country. There was not
asCnator who could 20 to his state and
face his constituents after voting Ia
make all future" sales Of agricultural
products illegal. No senator who had
done 50 could stand up before the storm
oil Indignation which he would have pro.
voEed The military commandant Of 0
post could not be expected to go out
every morning aud buy the corn wanted
loF thousand horses. Contracts fol
theo supply OF corn had to be made oven
beiOFo the corn was planted or the land
pIoughed. Every one would admit that
asystem OF future" sales was absolute
~ necessary and essential to the facility
oI commercial transactions. The syS'
tenn was simply a utilization and CAPT
taillaIion Of credit
Mt. Hi'cock opposed tho bill. The
great volume Of wheat, corn and cotton
would not be diminished or increased
oy such legislation and yot tho propo'
sltlon was to take possession Of The
markets Of New York, Minneapolis
Chicago and New Orleans and to con
ttol tho manner In which contracts
shall DO madc.
10 believed that all legislation like
thaI proposed was vicious, and he DO.
ilevCd that II tho bill were crystalized
ihIolaw II would become the basis o.
Ile most gigantic trust that ever ex
hIsa In the United States.
When Mr.. Hlscock finished bill
speech Mr.. Blackburn, who had MOI
Ocen one Of his llstnorB, camc In to the
CIanbcr and noticing how iow sonaEorl
were present called attention 10 tht
laat A call Of tho senate followed and
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