The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-03
WASHINGTON.
OLEOMARGARINE Is STILL
THE THEME OF BIT
TER DISCUSSION.
THE BANKRUPTCY AND OTHER I'M
PORTANT BILLS TAKEN UP
IN THE SENATE.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

On motion of lIr. Dolph, the senate resumed
consideration Of the Northern Pacific bond tor
feiture BILL and it was debated until o'clock, when
the matter went over till Tomorrow and the bank
ruptcy bill was placed before the senate.
| After Mr.. Hoar, by unanimous consent had se-
cured some verbal amendments to the bill, Mr.
George moved to strks ont all sections but such as
provide for involuntary proceedings in bank
ruptcy.
MIR. Hoar moved to lay Mr. Georges amendment
| on the table,
The vote on the Hoar motion was, yeas, IA nays,
25 so the senate declined to lay Georges amend
ment on the table The bill then went over till to
morrow.
Mr. Plumb then called up the conference report
on the postotice appropriation BILL and, on his
motion. the senate insisted on its amendments,
and reappointed Messrs. Plumb, Beck and Siahone
as conference committee on the part of the
senate.
On motion of Mr. Plumb the senate took up the
bill to prevent the acquisition of real property by
aliens -
MIR. Plumb said he would personally prefer to
have a bill in some respects more restrictive than
the present one, but the bill represented the views
| of the committee on public lands.
| Mr.. Sherman called up the supplemental Chinese
immigration bill. that which leXplains the meaning
of the original bill on the same subject passed in
1882 and Ss4. The bill passed as reported from
| the committee.
Mr. Sherman called up the bill to indemnify the
Chinese for losses incurred by the riot at Rock
Springs, Wyoming. He said he regarded it as
good policy, good chr stianity, good humanity, to
reimburse the injured party
Mr.. Cockrell and MIR. Mitchell opposed the bill,
and Mr.. Edmunds favored it.
Without action on the measure the senate ad-
| journed
! WASHINGTON, June 1-Mr. LafoOn, of Ken
lucky, from the committee ON public lands, re
ported ill for the forfeiture of the land grant TO
| the New Orleans, Baton Rouge Nicksburg rail
road company. Placed on the house calendar.
| The house went into committee oi the whole on
the oleomargarine bin. The first amendment in
order was tht. offered by Mr.. Daniel, OF Virginia,
| abolishing the tobacco tax. Rejected! to III.
| An amendment, also offered by Mr. Daniel, ab9l-
shIng the tax on fruit brandy, was rejected by %
to l25.
| MIR Dunham, of Illinois, offered an amendment
reducing from 10 cents pound to scents pound
| the tax on oleomargarne.
Amendments were offered fixing the rate at 4C
| and &c pound, but they were rejected only, now
ever, after couple OF nOurs nau Deen CohSulleu LII
On motion of Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Durham was amended 30 as
to fix the rate at &c, and as 30 amended was agreed
| to.
Mr. Brown, of Indiana offered an amendment
eXempting from the &c tax oleomargarine winch
has been ascertained to be pure and Wholesome
and which is sold under the proper name. LOST
Mr. McRae, of Arkansas, offered an amendment
exempting from taxation oleomargarine into whlcu
| cotton seed oil enters. Rejected.
| Mr. Durham moved to strike out the taXauoI
| section LOst-3O to l34.
| Messrs Helley and Curtin, of Pennsylvania
presented protest of the trades assembly OF west
ern PENNSYLVANIA, representing7N, 0O workingmen
against the passage of the oleOmargarine bill
Mr.. Tillman, of South Carolina presented pro
test of oeomargarine manufacturers in New lork
Brooklyn and the Charleston Merchants eNchanS
against the bill.
He vigorously defended the manufacturers o
oleomargarine which was the poor man g butter
and denounced the proposition to tax 1t outot eX
istence.
MIR. Parker, of New York, protested against th'
petitions presented by Messrs. Kelly and Curtain
being regarded as an expression of sentiment o.
1Og0j persons. They were signed by the officers
of the order and not by the men themselves. Few
persons could be reached, easily worked npon, ant
induced to act in the matter.
Mr. Butterwurth of Ohio, would vote for any
measure which would separate the dairy industry
from the oleomargerine industry, but he would
not vote for measure, which would compel MS
constituents if they wanted to buy substitute FOL
butter to pay ten cents pound for 1t more than
they would otherwise have to pay, simply because
it entered on the field as a competitor of butter.
Mr. Faruuehar, of New York, regretted his col
league (Mr. Parker should have sought to break
the force of remonstrance presented by Mt. Curtin
-intimating he did not represent the sentiment 0f
workingmen and no officer of the trades assembly
| would ever dare to hold congress for such an eX-
preston of opinion. That was a falsehood, and
that he never heard of case in any assembly
where the officers had taken upon themselves to
formulate opinions that were not held In common
by the whole brotherhood.
Pending further action the committee rose, anC
the speaker appointed Messrs. Blunt, Riggs and
Bingham as conferees on the post
office appropriation bill.
The house then adjourned.