Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-18
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. Sherman's Defense. An Expected Review of Democratic Criticisms. NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION. Neither Party Willing to Back
 Down.
NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION.
ANOTHER WEEK OF FlLIBUSTERING.
The Ex-Secretary's Speech a Leading
 Feature.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

1 The Senate Deadlock-Neither Side Will 1 ling to Break It-Sherman to Reply to Democratic Attacks-Other Matters.
 l WASHINGTON, April 17.-Among the fea- l lures of debate in the Senate this week is the
 expected speech of Sherman. The recent re-
 marks of the ex-Secretary have been pulled to pieces and yariously commented on by all the speakers on the Democratic side, and upon | his return he can scarcely refrain from an- swering them. No clearer exposition of the Republican policy in the deadlock can be ex- 1 pected than he gave before, but he may enter | more fully into the discussion of the issue of l free ballot and fair count and it's bearing on the Virginia campaign The debate is not likely to be interrupted right away by execu- tive sessions, since the Republican caucus is still only matter of conjecture, and there is 1 some question as to whether the element anx- ious for confirmation will prove strong enough to bring about the caucus at all MT. Brown, of Georgia, stated to-day that the Democrats see no need of caucus on their
 side, even if they had to stay here all sum- mer. He did not know but that now was as
 good time as any for the discussion of some
 issues. Neither was there any great disad-
 vantage in continuing the session as ques-
 tion of inconvenience to the Senators. There
 stands the matter; the Republicans committed
 to position from which it would seem cow
 ardly to back down, the Democrats submit
 ting to the inevitable with the best of grace. For some time past there have been many
 complaints received by the Treasury depart
 ment from leading butter dealers in the Unit
 ed States in regard to the export of oleomar-
 garine. In the complaints it is alleged that
 large quantities of oleomargarine have been
 exported from New York and other points,
 which is being invoiced as butter and con-
 signed to certain foreign dealers by whom it
 is sold as butter. Under the existing Eng
 fish laws to sell oleomargarine by package
 without being plainly marked
 such subjects the dealer to heavy fine
 but this statute being evaded by
 English exporters breaking the packages and
 selling the contents in quantities of less than
 the original package as butter, it is urged that
 the only practical remedy is that collectors
 be empowered to cause such examination to
 be made of all packages exported as butter as
 will enable the contents thereof to be tested and the actual nature of it fully determined.
 The Treasury department is fully impressed with the necessity of afording some protec- tion to the dairy interests of the country, but the only authority conferred by existing law in regard to adulterations either exported or imported is in the matter of drugs. With a
 view of reaching some remedy in the prem ises the Secretary has referred the whole question to the Attorney General with 8 res quest that he be informed whether it will be competent for the Treasury department to adopt such regulations will meet the neces- sites in this particular, or whether legislation will be necessary to effect the desired result
 The proceedings of the International Sani- tary Conference, which recently adjourned, have all been printed. The resolutions agreed upon and which have been submitted to the favorable consideration of the govern ments represented, are follows:
 First-Each government shall have such an organ
 zed internal service will enable it to be regularly out the whole of it's territory O-0 --o>'-'--
 Second-Each government shall publish weekly ! bulletin of the statistics Of mortality in it's principal cities and ports and shall give such bulletins the largest possible publicity.
 Third-In the interest of the public health the | sanitary authorities of countries represented in the Conference authorized to communicate di- | formed of all important facts which may come to their knowledge but nothing herein contained shall relieve them from the duty of furnishing at the time the consuls in the1r respective Jurisdictions the information they are required to give them ment in Vienna and Havana of a permanent interna- tonal sanitary agency of notification and states that tnlrO agency De esGaDnSned ASla II deemed advisable the expenses of maintaining these several posts to be divided rato between the contracting governments. Paragraph five submits in detail l form for a bill If health.
 si1th-BiIls health shall be delivered at the port
 f departure by the responsible sanitary agent of the central government The consul of the country of | destination shall have the right to be present at the examination of ships made by the representative of the terrt 1rial government Under such rules may be laid down by international agreement treaty.
 Seventh-Bills of health granted in compliance l with international rules shall be issued gratis.
 Eighth-A temporary and scientific commission l shall be created by the nations most directly inter ested in protecting themselves against yellow fever and by such others may wish to take part in this arrangement to be charged with the duty of study
 ing all matters pertaining to the origin, development and propagation of that disease l
 The medical men attending the conference | as special delegates' made series of rec | concentrations which were not adopted.