The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-06-03
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

vate pension bills were taken up.
Mr.. Cockrell insis ted on having the re-
ports read in a number OF the cases, and had
some OF the bills that he considered ofdoubt-
full propriety postponed. In short de.
bate on one OF the bills covering a case that
had been rejected by the pension office, Mr..
Cockrell said the chief OF the division, who
had rejected SO plain and well proven u
case, ought to be discharged from the ser
vice Of the United States.
HousE-Several senate amendments to
the Dingley shipping bill were non-eon-
,urrcd in, including that Of Senator
Frye authorizing the president to retaliate
on Canada for such acts rs the seiz-
ure OF American vessels. Bills were in
PRODUCED to consolidate customs districts;
to revive the income tax for the payment
OF pensions, and to distribute the surplus
in the treasury for educational purposes.
The bill to tax bogus butter was dis
cussed.
SENArE.-The commissioner OF pensions
was the subject OF u lively and bitter de-
bate in the senate, and was pronounced an
impostor by Mr.. Ingalls,.
Mr.. Voorhees, defended Commissioner
Black with much warmth and earnestness.
The president sent two more mos
sages to congress vetoing pension
bills, and they are liable to create another
discussion at any time. A good deal OF
feeling is being awakened by these vetoes,
especially those which refer to cases which
have once been rejected at the pension Of
flee, and it is believed that nearly all Of
these vetoes will be passed over the presi-
dents head.
The bin to secure the appointment Of
Lieut.. Greedy, OF Arctic fame, as adiutant
general OF the army, with the rank DINA or
of cavalry, was indefinitely postponed.
The Atlantic 4 Pacific railroad grant for
ieiture bill passed. The bill increasing the
pensions OF soldiers and sailors who have
lost an arm or leg passed.
HousE-The Harrison bill for the ad-
mission OF South Dakota was reported adj
versely, and the Springer bill to admit the
whole territory was reported favorably.
The greater part OF the day was devoted to
debate on the bill to tax oleomargarine,
which was continued at an evening session.
Mr.. Henderson Qowa) said: The farmers
had to get fair play in this chamber,
and if it were not given it would be
taken. He believed that there were enough
votes on both sides of the house to protect
| the interest now clamering for protection
without the help OF men who never raised
their voice except to defend the protection
! tariff While he had never seen oleomar-
garine mentioned in the Bible, Shakespeare
| had described the process OF manufacture,
and he read from Macbeth the description
of the connections Of the witch's broth.
| SENATE.-Senator Edmunds reported
favorably from the committee on foreign
relations the following described bill OF
| Senator Morgan of Alabama:
Directing the attorney general to bring a
! suit in the name OF the United
! States in the supreme court OF the Dis
| triet OF Columbia against Ben We'll,
or his legal representatives or assignees
| to determine whether the awards OF
the Mexican claims commission in the
| We'll and La Abra cases were pro-
cured by fraud, and if so to secure judy
ment against the claimants, their heirs and
assigns to recover the amount paid. The bill
to tax railroad land grants was briefly con-
sidered, when the bill supplementing and
! amending the Chinese immigration act OF
1884 came up. 1t was, after debate, post
| poned.
| HoUsE.-Another day was spent on the
oleomargariLe bill. Mr.. Hammond offered
! an amendment making it unlawful for any
merchant or shopkeeper in the District OF
| Columbia or the territories to sell oleo-
margarine without labelling it in a con.
| spicuous manner. and requiring hotel,
restaurant and boarding house keepers
who use oleomargarine to place in their
dining rooms placard bearing the words,
This house uses oleomargarine," and
| to have the same words printed on the bill
OF fare. Agreed to-92 to S5. Mr.. Ham
mond also offered an amendment provid-
ing penalty for the violation OF this pro-
vision. Lost-5S to 100. Mr.. Durham
! moved to reduce from $500 to 500 the
! special tax on manufacturers OF oleomar-
garine. Mr.. Breckenridge (Ky.) denounced
the bill. Adjourned.
SENATE.-The senate had under discussion
the bill reported by the committee on public
| lands to forfeit that portion of the
| Northern Pacific land grant from Wal
lula to Portland, over which it ia
understood the company does not
not want to build. Van Wyck tried to
| amend the bill SO as to forfeit all the lands
west OF Bismarck. with the exception of the
right OF way, but withdrew it and substi-
tuted modified amendment. Before any
action was taken under the amendment
the regular order-the eulogies on the late
Senator Miller-was taken up.
| HoUsE.-Wednesday was spent in fill
! clustering on the oleomargarine bill. This
factious opposition W as INDUCED in because
! the friends OF the measure would not per-
| NIT any reduction to be made in the spec
ial tax rates imposed, which in the case oil
| at 5000 per annum. The opposition
claim that these rates as well as the
tax of 10 cents per pound, are excessive
aid un iust, and are prescribed to destroy
the industry in the special interest OF dairy
| men. Many opponents OF the measure are
willing that the manufacturers shall be
placed under federal law and regulation,
but will not consent that a law shall
be made that will entirely suppress it.
Representative Breckenridge of Kentucky
reported favorably from the committee on
ways and means bill to provide:
Manufactured tobacco, snuff and cigars
may he removed for export to a foreign
country without payment OF the tax under
such regulations as the commissioner OF in.
ternal revenue shall prescribe. The bill al
30 repeats section 1851, of the Revised
Statutes, authorizing the appointment oil
one or more inspector of cigars in each col.
lection district, to receive as compensation
such fees from manufacturers as the com.
missioner of internal revenues may pre-
scribe.
SENATE.-The hi II to forfeit the land gran
OF the Northern P acific railroad from Port
land to Wallua created a good deal of in
terest in the senate, and the amendment o
Senator Van Wyck to include in the Tor
fixture seventy-fve miles over the the Cas-
cade mountains awakened an antagonist
that will probably de feat the bill. Sen
ator Edm unds intimated that tn
bill would never pass with that provision
in it, and So id that the remaining 81.
weeks Of this session were not lon
enough for that purpose. Some of the sen
ators hold that the Van Wyck am endmen
confirms to the Northern Pacific all O
the land it now holds, except thos
included within the provision, and there
fore they object to it. Other sena
tors object to FORGETTING the land in tn
Cas- cade branch on the ground that tn
railroad company ne eds it to complete tn
line, is faithfully endcavoring to do SO
and that the inhabitants OF the territor.
should have the benefit Of a road in that
direction to compete with the Canadian
Pacific.
HoUsE.-The whole of Fridays session
was devoted to the discussion OF the oleo
margarine bill. Mr.. Townsend offered a.
amendment reducing the tax on % poun'
OF oleomargarine from 10 cents to cents
Mr.. Butterworth supported this amend
ment. He warned gentlemen on his side c
the house that when the time had come t.
this country when congress was willing t.
wipe out one industry which could fouris
simply because it was the competitor c
another domestic industry, the specter {