Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-29
IN CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April U.s. The Joint
resolution passed providing for the at
tendance Of the two houses at the Ger.
emonies of unwilling the statue of
Chief Justice Marshall on May 10. :.
MIR. Cullnm from the committee on
railroads reported the original bill 10
establish commission to regulate
interstate commerce. Mr.. Cullom
stated that the bill WAS intended as n
substitute for several bills relating to
the same subject heretofore intro
duced.
Other bills were indefinitely post
poned, and bills reported We're placed
on the calendar.
The bill passed to consolidate the
bureau of military Justice and the corps
of judge advocates of the army.
The chair laid before the senate the
unfinished business of Friday, being
the bill to establish n bureau of animal
industry and to extirpate contagious
cattle diseases. The question was upon
the motion OF Mr.. Mcpherson TO re-
commit the bill to the committee on
agriculture. Lost 10y yeas 10, nay 80.
Coke moved to except the disease
known as Texas lever from the
diseases intended to be in
cluded within the meaning of the
act, so far as IL concerned their trans.
portation to market. Nobody had
ever called on congress, he said, to leg
islate against the Texas fever. Thirty
per cent of the cattle coming To Chi.
cago last year have been Texas cattle,
and the testimony from Chicago stock
yards was that there had been no dis
ease among them. The amendment
was agreed 10.
Plumb withdrew the amendment
proposed by the committee, which
increased the appropriation for
the purposes OF the bill
from S250,OOO to 100000
so as to leave the amount as it came
from the house.
Mr.. Morgan opposed the passage %
the bill. He said senators would make
laughing-stocks of themselves II they
were to 20 into the legislation showi
in the bill. Iii congress had the RICH
to slaughter peoples cattle because o.
distas it had a right TO deatroysgrow
ing cotton In order to avoid tht
ravages of the cotton worm. lie
moved to strike out the clause authoriz
ing payment for slaughtered cattle.
Mr.. Beck was willing to authoriz
examination as to cattle disease, bu
was unwilling to give power for indis
criminate slaughter, and SO give al
opportunity for widespread fraud.
Mr.. Plumb defended the provision
of the bill, but said he had prepare
an amendment which would to som
extent relieve the objection of tn
, senator from Alabama Mr.. Morgan
This amendment was to strike out a
together the reference to slaughter {
animals.
Mr.. Williams read from the repor
of the treasurer of the cattle commits
sion to show the existence
cattle diseases in this country
a He thought the testimony {
these disinterested scientific gentl
men better than that OF the intereste
+, cattle traders, who want TO sell the
= stock. He referred to probable earl
n action ~ the British government e:
). Guiding American beef, and THIS
: spite of the desire that the governmeI
. have cheap food for the people. AIT
. losing $4,000 900 by pleuro-pneum
MIA, it had found II high lime 70 TAI
action 10 protect her own cattle.
y Wilson sent to the desk ana M
:, read letter tn him from the commi
y sioner of agriculture In rep
9 to Wilson's inquiry. 81
y ing that the exclusion
D. American beef from England for
e least one year would probably be IN
y ,nediately decided upon by parliaInel
. 1t was understood the cattleinen
" England were determined to Keep 0
q American beef. The commission
u adds there never WAS a time when
4. was more important TO. ascertain y
u real condition of cattle in Amer
than now. Mr.. Wilson said u was
important fact that the Brltish -
eminent was taking positive steps
exclude American beef. We shot
Ne therefore show a aetermination 70 81
"a our cattle clean bill OF health,
x they are exported.
40 MIR. Morgan moved to fix the ma
81 mum Of compensation oil ihspec''