The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-26

x;;' xGF of the legislation proposed by the
Cook severely criticized the depart.
ment Of agriculture for spreading
false reports as to the nature Of
diseases among American cattle.
He had carefully read the consulor
reports and found NO pretense of any
animal having foot and mouth DIS
ease or pleur0 pneumonia ever being
landed in England or any other Eu>
ropean countries. If the bill passed
with the .overshadowing powers it
gives the commissioner of agricul-
ture, Cook would recommend his
people to get rid of their cattle as
soon as possible. There was but one
reason he thought why the agricultu-
raj department had given such wide
publicity to the absurd reports about
the cattle disease, that was that
that department was determined to
aggrandlze itself at the expense of
the cattle interests.
Williams sai6 he was himself .
stock raiser and he knew that nine~
teen-twentieths of all the stock
raisers of the country favored this
measure, and to say there is no
pleuro pneumonia in this country is
absurd. It was, he said, in New
Jersey, New York, PENNSYLVANIA,
Maryland and the District Of Colum-
ola. Williams had himeelf seen 1t.
MoDh~---.- OSssu uo uAU uOC 1~~AA
able u find any in New Jersey.
Williams acknowledged the emil
nence of DR.. Mcpherson as an au-
thority on constitutional law and
matt ters affecting the navy, but he
didn't think the gentleman would
recognise pleuro-pneumonia II ne
saw 1t. If that disease should once
spread on the plains it v ould be an
ine-adicable damage. and the duty
was imperati ve to stamp 1t out. Will
liams had no douot of the entire con-
stitutionality of the action by the
national government. It was no
use for constitutional lawyers to hang
the question up between the devil
and high water. Laughter.J Inc
evil had to be met.
Brown, representing the minority
committee on woman suffrage, SUP
mitted the views of that minority In
opposition to the measure recently
reported hy the majority Of the conn
mittee which proposed q c0nstltu-
tional amendment granting the right
of suffrage to women.
Pending debate on the pleuro pneu.
monia till the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session and soon adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Randall,
from the committee on appropria-
tions, reported back the naval appr0
| oriations bill with the Senate amend
ments and moved non-currence II
these amendments.
Kasson thereupon raised point Of
order that the amendments must first
be considered in committee Of tht
| whole. The bill was an important
one, affecting a. it did the conetruc
ti0n of new naval cruisers, and die
not think the House should pro for
| ma express on.currence In tht
| amendments before they were refer
| led TO the committee of the whole.
| Randall said be could not move K
70 into committee of the whole a. h'
had agreed not to interfere with th'
| tariff bill. At this time the action o
the appropriations COMMITTEES in rec
ommendinx non-concurrence In tn
amendments was to expedite the ap
propriation bills and secure on earl!
adjournment.
Townsbend, from the same com
mittee, reported back the postotftc,
annronriation bill with Senate amend
ments and moved non-c0ncurrence II
these amendments.
on point of order by Kasson thi
bill and the amendments were AIS
referred to the committee OF Tn
whole.
The greater part of the day wa
consumed in discussing the conteste'
election case OF Woods vs.. Peters, Q
Kansas: there being two reports. IN
majority report favoring Peters q
the sitting member, was adopted.
Cslkins requested Kasson to with
draw his point Of order wnicn st sen
the naval appropriation blll WI. wy
senate amendments to the cominl'
tee of the whole, but Kasson deciine
as no satisfactory agreement could
arrived at Is to the time to be above
The House then went into con-
mittee of the whole, Converse IN u
chair, on that bill. ..a .ddo
Randall said the Senate bad sdoe
% important amendments increasin
the appropriation to the extent
sR 42S $50 and one amendment wnlc
reduced it S, ,O0O. -..,1
Kasson said the main Important
of the amendments was not !!
omonnt of money appropfiateo y!
The object of the appropriation: !.
. was proposed to secure armament Il
AZ % new vessels now In process
oownletion and proceed with u
o"nsf sfruction of four new cruiser
he recalled the time when s tne Un'ts " =
States Ss Navy was the pride OF :,
o. oon Country and when no banquet N uenor ~
= oomniete without toast ~ nono. r
3 co tSa srmy and navy. There W. "
. ~" ~" snch navy to-day; ana 1919 Inc r'' ~
}. no uo;s Ss Club and the Free Iraoe n VI,
met and banquetted ts .;tSeF x1seeot Of the rS :,