Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-10
SUGAR BOUNTY CASE
Senator Gallery on ths
Question.
BOWLER AGAIN SCORED.


c.. NAhhlNGTON, Aug. 2.
SENATOR Gallery took the noor whom the
sugar bounty Matins was resumed TODAY. i'd
nesah hy elicitng IRON Mr. Bowler a brief
statement Of his position. which that gentle-
man said was based principally on the be-
III mat tho law was UNCONVENTIONAL MI.
Vancry then laid down the following prupun-
Tons as containing in brief the points which
nc would attempt to make:
l. That the judiciary power lodges by cxi
pIs@ eenaulauens! erani In the judicial de-
partment aud ttht alone.
:. II any judicial function lodges In any
otner department Il must be by express con-
Htltutlonai grant and u n lodges III the axe
outiNe department al all Il must DO in lis
chief alone and not in lis suhordlnatcn.
>, Voneedlng for arguments sake that tho
bounty law "a not constitutional. II ia not so
oieary 80 as 70 warrant the Interpretation that
u 10 Unconstitutional even from court much
less from ministerial onlce. II ia not plima
faclc unconstitutional.
4, Even coneedng the uncunatitutunaii,y
OF the law, the power lies In congresa ~ Ap-
proprlate money especially where II Is am
proprlated for the purpose Of repairing a
wrong or inlary Indicted by congress It.
self.
lie then proceeded to claboraf, those pcints
in an argument devoted almost exclusively
10 the eoustliulicnailiy Of tho bounty law.
Mr. bowler frequently during Senator CAT
fcrya femarkE Indicated that the duncuity
which he niowlerl encountered was 10 md
authority on the part Of conErcs. 70 r,.cnact
legislation which has been deelstsl uttAnsti-
tutonal and have II considered hinNng on the
executive officials, but Mr. cAncry slntended
that tho congressional power was nsilmltod.
Speaking Of the uncertainty Of such questions
whom every other occupant o. the comp
troller'a offce executed hls own opinion, he
called Mr.. Bowler'a attention to the fact that
h. v-7e sublcct to removal at the VIII OF tho
president.
m" he said. "your views DO not sult
him, he can get a comptroller whose Views
do suit him" II the comptroller WAS 10
be given tho power which Mt. Bowler was
disposed 70 claim, that once would be-
come Of only less judicial Importance than tbs
United States supreme court. Mr., Chiiery
said after the sugar trust became convinced
that a duty was to be placed on sugar Il
rannhclscd all the corners Of the globe for
aukar until In July, 1884, Il had aecurod be-
tween 800 and 1000 milton pounds more ~
sugar In this country than there had been
the year before. In consequence Of thin ac-
ton, tho price Of sugar had been lesa under
the ad yalofom tariH than when sugar waa
free. lie dwelt on The dauage that had
been done 10 the sugar industry, which he
said was trembling In the balance Lerge
sugar plantations could be bought for e
song.
Mr.. canory referred 70 Mr.. noNief'A IN
tontlona % a proposed usurpatipn executive.
naylng that saoh action wan more likely
to destroy tho constitution than rebellion IT.
aelE 1t was blow more destructive than
doath, sapping the vltals OF the republic ~
was nenessary that the various departments
rhouid DO maintained independent OF each
other.
"You have" he said. Invaded the judi
clary and oyerthrcwn II. Lot u be under
atood that there Is q power behind al thcae
sranta from the people, and that there "a
such thing as an end Of government. and
OF constitutional control
81 therefore bsg. you TO pause on tnn
threshold Of this action, weigh the dangcfu
and responsibilities Of the atop you are ABOUT
90 take"
Mir, cAffofy consumed the entire day with
his argument. and as a consequence tho con.
clualon OF tho hearing was continued until
tomorrow.