Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-29
0LEOMARGARINE.
THE PROSPECT OF A DEADLOCK OVER
THE BILL.
A Dull Day in the House-The Death
Knell of Polygamy-Personal
Notes.
lFrom our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 2s.-The oleomarga-
rine bill CAME up again to-day immediately
after the readiBg OF the Journal. The
measure has now been pending since Mon
day. and II as far from 4 vote on the pas
sage now ~ it was when IL first came Nd.
There is every indication that at least two
thirds OF the members favor the bill, but
the other third are armed with amend
ments upon which they are prepared to
call for all the action under parliamentary
practice allowable. The outlook now Is
that there will be a deadlock on the
bill for some time 10 come; in fact, the enc
mics Of oloOmargarine have announced their
Intention Of sitting the matter out II II
consumes all OF the summer recess. The
opposition comes In the main from MEM
bers representing city constituencies, nOia-
bly, Chicago, in which city the industry OF
slaugbiering beeves and shipping the car.
cases TO the markets OF the East is grow
ing one. Around these slaughter-houses
the olcomargaIne factories are clustered.
making Use Of The otial for the manu-
factrre OF bogus butter The pro-
coedlngs in the House to-day were
on par with those proceedings
SINCE Monday. The utmost confusion
has marked the silHngs. individually, the
members are SICK OF the whole thing, and
would gladly>let the matter 60 by default
were 4 not for the fact that there are in the
ncigbbofhood Of 1000, 900 voters interested
IN The passage Of the bill, which 1t VIII not
10 10 slight. OlcOmargarinc has become q
by-w ord IT the Capitol and Is being ban
died about in all quarters.
The senate devoted the morning hour 10
the Pacifc railroad and.graut forfeiture
blll.
A prominent legal gentleman from Utah.
visiting in this city to-day. declared that
while senator Edmunds had been fritter-
ing over the subject o. polyg1my for years
without accomplishing anything, Nr.
Tucker had by hi. constitutional amend
ment struck The deaib-knell 10 the peculiar
institution Oi the LattcrDay saints.
Dr.. John summers. United STATES army.
a. LoudOun county, Va, with his wife and
daughter. j. at the Clir, ndnu Hotel
Tie House Committee on Military Al.
fairs has reported back Mr. Bcnncu's
bill 10 repeal the provisions OF the act OF
March 3. 1919, relating 10 the purchase OF
ans for The use Of states. The bill would
credit the State 81 Alabama with S2l ,l9G,
Florida with S7,Sl5, and North Carolina
with S23.G22 for arms thar were not drawn
between 1862 and 1869. The report re-
cOmmcnds the striking ont OF the pro-
vision of the bill directing the Secretary 10
pay the money over 10 the States, which
fAcctually kills the object sought by Mr.
Bennett in his bill.
Captain }. ID. Morrison, an cmpoye OF
The House Of Representatives. left for his
hone. in Rockbridgc county, Va, to-day.
Mr. Bethany, of Wilmington, \. C., aud
wife. are at The National; Thomas j. Tab
bot. Of Danville: T.. a. Hancock and wife.
Of Lynchburg; Rev. DR.. Wheat and wife. OF
Winchester. and \. J. GALLOWAY, OF North
Carolina. are Ut The Metropolitan.
ECv. sam. Small and Rev. sam. Jones,
the roicd rcyiIalI,tS, have engaged quarter
a, tie Metropolitan. They will bod SER
vices in Mount Vernon Methodist church
Sunday.
II t. expected that the Pan-Elcc'ric in
vos;ica;Ors VIII submit three reports 20 tAe
House, one each hy Me.srs. Boyle, Rqnncy,
and Hale. Testimony Is being taken at The
Interior Department to destroy the effect Of
the Nibcr affidavit, charging Bell with
using money 10 obtain his patent.
II is said that Senator Mahonc il being
urged by his friends to run for Congress IN
the Petersburg district.
Benjamin Chambers, OF Northumberland
county, Va, has received "A S1,3S0 contract
fer furnishing supplies to the Po't-Oiiice
DEPARTMENT.