The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-06

about nothing bat the Presidents forth.
coming marriage II Is the sole sub
ject Of gossip at the hotels, and .'soci-
lefy." generally. seem TO have now got
something to engage their attention
Legislation is nowhere alongside of the
su ject of the Presidents marriage.
In fact the man who would dare, in any
group tonight. try to Introduce a polit-
zeal subject for discussion would stand
a good chance Of being thrown into the
! Potomac River, or any other place of a
suitable character. as a public nuisance
As for the newspaper correspondents.
they are all silly. They are making the
wires red hot by the amount of matter
they are sending out, but the telegraph
operators are equal to the occasion.
For months Washington has been as
dull as dishwater. News has had To be
manufactured. The Presidents wed
ding, therefore. to the army of news
paper men here, is somewhat OF a god
send.
The attention of Congress during the
past week, in the House. has been de-
voted 20 the oleomargarine bill. This
bill seeks to impose a tax of ten cents
Der pound on Oleomargarine, and that
Il shall be called by that name-not sold
~ butter. The discussion on the bill
has been very amusing. some very
iaughable speeches having been made
upon the subject. One of the most
amusing was made by Mr. McAdoo. of |
New Jersey, last Friday. He was not
favor OF the bill. and did not think IL |
AZ all germane to the discussion that
hey should go into the question of the |
heaithfulness or unhealthfulness of /
oleomargarine. Much had been said as |
10 the inquiry of this article. The !
micros ope had revealed horrid sha es |
and thing creeping throughIit. but these |
could be found in almost any article of /
food. II they were going TO protect the 1
-tomachs OF the people BY depicting
their pockets. they should, he said. take
an the subject of Sausage LET them
take up the weird and mysterious sub.
ject of hash. Millions Of free Amer.
cans to-day in millions of boarding
houses throughout the land were being
supplied with and placed implicit con.
hdence in, a compound under the de
OF hash, which science
dared not engage and which no man
knew the contents of. He advocated a
heavy tax, say seventy-fve cents on
every dish of hash, and would compel
clearinghouse keepers to file in the
City Hail of every town or CITY an in
Eentory of the component parts cf this
most remarkable american ciSh-hash! ~
Il is needless to say that Mr.. McAdoo's
speech was received with great laughter
and applause. Every sentence bristled
With humor and for several minutes
every member of the House was con-
vulsed with laughter. Nevertheless, it
Is thought here that that the oleomar-
Sarine bill will pass the House. A vote
will be reached in a day or two. The
Dairy Association are here
n strong force, and IL will not be their
iault If the bill is defeated.
In regard 70 Utah matters, the bill
for an extra session OF the
legislative Assembly was introduced
oy Mr.. Hill. the chairman of the COM
nittee on Territories. in the House on
Thursday last, with a request that
consent be given for IT'S i'm
Mediate consideration. The speaker
-uled that it could not properly be con- I
idered during the morning hour.
Ehereupon Mr.. Hill stated that he
would renew his request at some future
lime. The following is the full text of
he bill: