St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-10

is barbarous and destructive; that 10 per
cent. of the animals perish in consequence
of this treatment, and the flesh of the re-
mainder is unfit for human food; and,
WHEREAS, 1t is charged the flesh of ami
mails so treated including that of the dead
and dying, is sold to the people, and cannot
when dressed be distinguished from sound
meats, and is source of many and various
diseases; and
WHEREAS, 1t appears by the report of the
committee on agriculture to this house on
January 81, 1875, that the loss by shrinkage
alone in the weight of animals, caused by
this system of transportation, amounted to
the immense sum of SS,000,000 on the bust
ness Of 1870, and must now be nearly or
quite SIC, 900, 900 per annum, and
WHEREAS, 1t has been charged that the
said railroads, by a system of favorftism,
give to a small number of persons, known
as the association of eveners, bonus or
gift almost of fifteen dollars on every car
load of beef cattle shipped from the west to
the east, and said sum being no part of the
actual legitimate cost of transportation, but
is, on the contrary, collected by the trans
porters and paid over to the so-called eveners
as mere gratuity, and
WHEREAS, The losses and charges above
constitute in the aggregate an enormous tax
on a necessary article of food, which must be
borne by the producer and consumer alike,
diminishing the profits to the meat growers
in the west, and placing meat food in many
instances beyond poor men in the east, and
WHEREAS, 1t is charged that the act of con-
gress requiring railroad companies to unload
stock in transit every twenty-eight hours is
habitually violated; therefore
RESOLVED, That the committee on commerce
be instructed to inquire whether those evils
do in fact exist, and to what extent they may
be remedied by law, with power to send for
persons and papers, and with directions to
report any time, by bill or otherwise.
Then struggle arose, as to which Of the
many pending special orders should obtain
precedence of consideration.
Mr.. Dingley essayed to bring up the ship
ping bill but the effort was unsuccessful,
the motion being defeated by &c to 156.
Mr.. Reagan met like fate, his motion to
consider the interstate commerce bill, being
voted down, yeas 101, nays 120.
The speaker ruled the unfinished business
was the Oregon central land grant bill.
Mr.. Stockslager, under an order made
Monday, asked the house to consider public
bills, and moved for the committee of the
whole for the consideration of such bills.
more prominent advocates of the Oregon
central bill unites in oppositions to the mo-
ton, but they were unsuccessful, and the
house by vote of yeas 100, nays 81, went
into committee of the whole, Mr.. Welborn in
the chair, as indicated.
Even then, however, there was no plain
sailing, for the first bill called up was by Mr.
Stockslager for public building at Keokuk,
Iowa, being objected to by Thompson, who
contended that, under the rules, the objec-
ton must be reported to the house and passed
upon by that body. The point was raised,
that the rule which required this course to be
taken had been suspended by the terms of
the resolution making this class of bills a
special order The chair having held the
point well taken. Thompson appealed from
the decision, and though the decision was
sustained by large majority of the commit
tee, the debate which took place enabled the
opposition to consume more than half an
hours time.
The Keokuk bill, which provides for the
ultimate appropriation of $3.50, 900, was then
advocated by Mr.. McCord, who presented
facts which, in his estimation, necessitated
the erection of building.
Mr.. Holman, in opposition, read from an
article in the Burlington Gazette rdiculing the
idea that the public business at Keokuk re-
quiredthe erection of building and setting
forth that this action would result in loss to
the government by the surrender of leases.
Mr.. McCord explained that the newspaper
article was the outgrowth Of neighborhood
quarrel. After six tedious votes by tellers,
the bill was laid aside with favorable rec
commentator.
The Vest bill was one appropriating $780,
900 for the erection of public building at
Waco, Texas. This was bitterly opposed by
Mr. Warner, on the ground that the popula-
ton and business of that city did not justify
the large appropriation called for, and ex-
pressed his disapprobation of linking these
bills together like sausages. There might be
some good meat, but there was pleanty of
bad. 1t was the worst form of legislation,
and until this special order was vacated, he
would resort to every parliamentary method
to defeat these bills.
Mr.. Buckner also entered this protest
against this species of legislation. The Dem
ocrats to-day stood where the Republicans
had stood two years ago. They were putting
on the cast off habilments of their friends,
the people had repudated the Republican
party, and elected the Democrats as the rep
resentatives of reform. Did this mode of
legislation look like reform?
Mr.. Mills, in advocating the bill, resented
the idea of the gentleman from Missouri lee
turing the Democratic party. In last con-
gress, when the question of building in his
own state was up, the gentleman had been
as silent as the grave.
Mr.. Buckner-'T was doing my duty, you
are not doing yours.''
''What did you do about st. Louis and
Kansas City," queried Mills. ''What has
made you so sudden convert to the cause
of economy9
II will tell you," answered Buckner. ''It
is because you have made ring and want to
get your share of the pork. laughter.
"You have got yours,' retorted Mills amid
renewed laughter and confusion. ''The gen
tleman is a singular statesman. He says we
were elected to reduce taxation. / want to
know whether he has not been stunning all
efforts to reduce taxation on clothing?"
mo sir, replied Buckner.
''You have been contending it would be i'm
polite and unwise to do anything, have you
not!' persisted Mills.
eyes sir, 1 have" replied Buckner.
"Oh," exclaimed Mills amid new burst
of laughter. ''The only trouble with the gen
tleman is, he has not got public building
in his little town, the name of which do not
know" An amendment reducing the ap-
preparation was lost, and then bill was acted
upon favorably. The committe rose and re-
ported the Keokuk and Waco bills to the
house. Without action the house took re-
cess until tomorrow at II o'clock
IT WAS PREMATURE.