Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-08
SUGAR BOUNTY CASE
Is Argued by Senator
Henderson.
TALKS FOR NEBRASKA.
He Makes Strong Protest Against
Comptroller Bowler Taking
Action on tho Case.
WAsllINoToN AVE-.

-, NAnliiNGTuNt AVE. Il
The nearing today oeforr Comptroller Bow
Ter upon the question Of The consttutlonaiity
OF the sugar bounty appropriations made BY
congress at is last session for the crops Of
1898 aud 1876 took place IN the conptrollef's
otlloe In the treasury building f'il
Ex-senator Mandefenn Of Nebraska made
the first argument In the case. lie said tina
interests under consideration were o. great
Importance not only 60 his state but to shs
entire United States. The bounty provided fnr
In the Mckinley laws was pledge Of the
government to reward solemn contract fns
u term OF years and the producers had 4
right to rely upon H. The state OF Ne
hraska, he said, had some to great expense
In eAtablishng experiment stations for tho
purpose OF teaehlng The people how 10 grow
the beots. AZ to Eolng To show the hard
chips which the tcpeal of the bounty hka
worked, he said that the Nebraska farmers
had this year planted 1000 acres Of heets or
5000 acres more than ever before under CON
tracts previously nude With the manuinc.
turors lie characterized The repeat of the
bounty law az an unilghieous, unjust aud all
most unlawful exercise Of congressional pre-
rogotiye and referred to Il "a a 'bnnco' pto-
cess. N
lie then explained the present bounty iesis-
iaton under which the preicnt claim Ia
presented
MIR. MAndefson declared that II by any
method In the treafufY department or tho
courts this boon u denied our factories. dls-
nster beyond any description and datress be-
You'd any capacity to paint Will result. What
we plead for now "a that our factories be al
lowed 10 exc out an existence. Wipe out this
industry and you wifi administer almost a
death blow to the West"
Tho speaker then discussed at length the
duties Of the Comptroller and biz authority
to act In this inetancc. which he denied.
The preNidont and congress. said Mt. Mani
deraun. had patacd on the coHs,itutonaliiy Of
this act and he refused to acknowledEs the
authority OF subordinate 20 paAl an ex-
post facto veto. Only tie Judiciary could do
thta.
Ifc Characterized tho action Of Mr.. How
ior as an oncroachment on the prcfoEatlve Of
tho executive and congress aud especially OF
the Judiciary.
senator Manderson made the paint that a
law providing for tho payment o. the bounty
was OF later enactment than the general
law defining the conirlroer'n duties and
should be given due weight as the latest In
structlon on the subject. ti.
senator caiIery aaked Mr. Mandorpon
whether Il waa not true that the hepubli-
cans had voted for the bounty az relief
measure and not "a going 10 establish .
bounty principle, 10 which General handef-
son replied that such was the case, Ne
commended that congress had the constitutional
right TO make donation Or grant Il u should
sec VI and quoted authority for the opinion:
Citlnr precedent Mr. handerton feisrfed
To thu opposition made by tht federAlhis %
tho purchase OF the Louisiana territory and
aald:
Suppose we had an onclal who had as
nunod 10 nudity that act BY refusing 10 par
out the money Appropriated. We v0uld nave
been a spectacle TOT the Gods and men. I
thank God IL waa not decided against the
purchase and hope We may 20 on Acquir-
Ing and purchasing until We get laval Ana
Cuba and other outlying asrlpa o. territory
toward which We have hesn looking with
longing eyea, suppose. TOO. a. comptroller
had refused to pay warrants for expenses dur-
ing tho rebellion on the ground that he had
doubts OF their constitutional validity, IN
that event | think there would have been q
rape OF the treasury and murder Oh the
comptroller" -.
After an hours recess for luncheon Mt.
Henderson resumed his argument desotins
| this portion Of his statement 70 thn conqti-
| tutiouality Of the bounty law. For We puF-
n,re on establishing the validity Of tho law
n this respect quoted many authorities cit
ing Liquidation and congressional debates a.
early az 1879 and coming down through the
history az the nation, He showed that from
no earllost DAYS bouutieu had been ooui-
mnn thing and claimed that only the slightest
| disposition had been shown IN e9hsresh y
| erItIelxe ttelr conatlhtonality. lie Expressed
mo onlnlon ,ha, 1000 IN gold would 70
sent abroad this year for sugar and eontend-
ed mat one d the best means for keeping our
gold al home was 70 produce our own sugar
The senator commended that as eonfuiu-
tional question there was no destination pe-
| tween encouraging an industry by grahuhk
a bounty and Imposing protective duv'
~ cannot" said senator Msnderson In con-
oiusion," deem II possible that all past preee-
| Ssn,. a,a n bc thrown to the winds and that
! ! new and startling and. as : pehe,s.
dangerous precedent 10 be ertapishpa py
.'a,,ess,, M nowler). believe such 8
danger to be most SERIOUS, not oh'y psea'se
Of the particular interest ihsoINsa ~. 20
threatening a ufufpaflon OF power nnch ~
Was neyor contemplated BY the founders ot
,bc royernmeni IN doing that you arc
star,,ng on A road which leads 10 dangers
M, rannot be forseen and 10 disasters which
Iii, nraye national In their character.
N" NJ Xavier asked senator Mandsrzcn aouic
,ras,,ons Tor The purpose OF making surc OK
.ss.,,,.n AZ 10 the force Of law on the
..a,,,,a s,,sts and among other things asked
~. IN. hs law could be tested. To this
NJ, Manderson replied that there were x-ss
Of testing the law, but as ne was ensskea "a "a
,bo amer SIDE he did not propose 70 SUCCESS
them 10 tho enemies. ..-.,.
AZ 4 O'clock tho hearing went over urut
,n.so o,elock tomorrow when Senator blanen-