The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-06-18
After passing 2so private pension bills
the senate adjourned

JUNE 7.-Senator Miller offered to-day In
the Senate q resolution to refer the Oleo-
margarine bill to the committee on agri-
culture. Senator Vest thought the bill q
revenue bill or nothing. The question with
him was simply whether the government
needed the revenue or not. lie believed In
taxation for revenue alone. rt
The question of reference then came to a
vote and resulted-fOr Mr.. Miller's motion,
%; against, 2l; so the bill was referred to
the committee on agriculture:
The consular and diplomatic appropria-
ton bill was passed.
JUNE SIN the Senate to-day Mr. Nor
I'll, from the committee on finance, reported
a bill creating an assistant secretary of the
treasury. lie asked immediate considera-
ton or tile Dill, Ill view, he said, OF the
emergency known to all senators. On OBJ
lection by Mr.. Hoar, the bill went on the
calendar, Mr.. Hoar saying it was bill of
too much consequence to consider Oh the
| instant.
A resolution asking information regard
ing the bonded whisky period was adopted.
A bill was passed providing for COM
mission of three persons, to be appointed
| by the president, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, to investigate
, the truth of alleged discoveries Of the spe-
cific cause of yellow fever.
| House.
JUNE I'm the House in discussing the
OleOmargarne bill Mr.. Hatch reiterated the
| promise that the section defining what
oleomargarne Is would be made so clear
| that no question could ARISE about the pro-
| duct paying the tax only when put up to
look like butter. There is still n possibili-
ty that the House will go further than the
Agricultural Committee and insist OH q re-
| duction OF the tax to five instead of eight
cents per pound. The bill will pass sub
stantially as it was drafted by the Agrcul-
tural Committee and approved by the Inter-
nal Revenue Department. Mr. Plumb of
Illinois made good hve-minute speech in
support of the measure. Holman of India
IA surprised some of his Democratic col
leagues by advocating It,
Mr.. McMillin of Tennessee moved during
the debate to-day to strike out the clause
which provides that half of the fines and
penalties imposed by this act shall go to
the informer. The House would not in his
judgment do itself justice if it enacted such
an obnoxious piece of legislation. The
motion was agreed too to %. Then, in
accordance with an arrangement made this
afternoon, the Committee rose and reported
the bill to the House, the understanding
being that q vote should be taken tO-mor-
row, and that an opportunity should be
given to allow members to pass upon the
question Of reducing the rate of tax inn
posed.
JUNE Sin the temporary absence of
the chairman to-day Mr.. Welborne was
chosen as speaker of the House pro tenn.
MIR. Hatch who has been an indefatigable
worker in support of the OleOmargarine
measure, and who has delivered two or
three speeches daily during its considera-
ton, took the floor to close, debate: He
made long speech, in which he reviewed
the remarkable contest over the bill and
defended the committee on agriculture
against the attacks that have been made
upon 1t.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Hatch's re-
marks and after a stormy struggle over q
point of parliamentary ruling the house
proceeded TO vote upon the pending amend
ments.
The amendment which excluded from
the definition of butter the product made
from milk or cream when additional color
ing matter is used was agreed to.
The amendment requiring hotels or res
taurants in the District of Columbia to pla-
card the use of Oleomargarlne was rejected
yeas, 80; nays, 116.
In accordance with an agreement made
in the committee Mr.. Hatch submitted an
amendment, which he said he did not favor
himself, fixing the rate of tax on Oleomar-
garlne at . cents pound. 1t was rejected
Mr. Hatch then offered an amendment
hXing the rate at cents pound. 1t was
agreed to'-yeas, 1853; nays, 122.
Mr.. Browne offered an amendment ex-
empting from the tax oieomargarlne when
sold under its true name. Rejected-yeas,
lis; nays, 1853.
Mr.. Mills moved to recommit the bill,
with instructions to the committee OH agri-
culture to report it back with an amend
ment imposing q tax on incomes. Lost
yeas, So; nays, 1873.
JUNE Son motion of Mr.. wilkins of
Ohio, senate bill was passed for the erec-
ton of public building at GAINESVILLE, o.,
with an amendment reducing the appropria
ton from $4,000 to 100000.
On motion OF Mr.. Struble, of Iowa,
senate bill was passed apprOpriating $780,
600 for the erection of public building at
Sioux City, Iowa.
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, from the commit
mittee on commerce, reported bill author
izing. the construction Of q bridge across
the Tennessee river'at Chattanooga.
JUNE I'm the House to-day Mr.. Cobb
moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill
repeating the preemption, tlmber-culture,
and desertland acts.
Mr.. Cobb and Mr.. Payson supported the
bill and referred to the frauds which had
existed, as they averred, in entries of land
under the acts which it was proposed to re-
peal; Mr.. PaysOn declaring that during the
last four years 90 per cent of the entries had
been fraudulent
Mr.. Springer said that under the preemp-
ton, timber-culture, and desert-and laws
vast areas of the public domain were being
fraudulently appropriated by cattle syndi-
Gates and foreign land-grabbers. An Eng
lish lord had recently acquired 5000 in Es-
ties park, Colorado, and this was but q
sample of the manner in which the public
domain was being taken up. If this bill
were passed the peoples lands would
hereafter be held for the peoples homes.
The motion to suspend the rules and pass
the bill was agreed to-yeas. 1888; nays, 40
Representative Miller, introduced in the
house an educational bill appropriating
$S,OO0OOO annually for ten years to secure
the benefits of free common-school edu-
cation to children between the ages of s
and Is years No money is to be paid |
to any state that does not maintain
by its own funds free common schools in |
each school district for at least two months |
in every year. The money is to be appor-
toned in the proportion that the illterate |
population over ~ years of age in each |
state bears to the whole number of such |
persons in the United States.
JUNE S.-The attack on Edwin NJ. STAN
ton by Mr.. Wheeler (Ala.) last Friday |
night was brought before the House to-day |
by Mr.. Kelley (Pa.), who called up the |
motion OF yesterday to expunge the Ispeech |
of Mr.. Wheeler from the Record. In lieu |
of the motion made yesterday Mr.. Kelley |
said he would submit q resolution reciting |
that Mr.. Wheeler had been guilty of an !