The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-06-03
FORTY NINTH CONGRESS

1"1AA IL SoSeiHkiSH
ousE, May 24-Among obills introduced
was one to revive the income tax, the rro-
! ceeds to be used in paying pensions. The
| chief topic of tho day was the bill to tax
o'eomargarine ten ceDts per pound Mes>rs.
Scott, Hopkins and Hiscock favored the
tax and M"ssrs. Reagan and Hammond ou-
posed.
SENATE, May 4-Several private pension
bills was considered and tAen q long &C.
bate ensued on the subject of open execu-
| tive sessions, followed Dy short debate
on the bankrupt bill. It was day in
which nothing was accomplished.
SENATE, May 25-The pension bill wasie-
bated at longth very vigorously. Senator
Ingalls, assailed Commissioner OF Pensions.
Black, claiming be had secured his own
| penslOn.fraudulent]y and was now trying to
prevent those honestly entitled to pensions
from securing them Senator Worries re
piled defending the Commissioner. The
bankruptcy bill was then debated until adj
jOurnment.
house, May 25-Mr. Springer from the
| committee on territories reported his bill
to enable tho people If DAKOTA to form a
constitution and State so7crnment. He
also reported against the Harrison bill for
the admission OF Dakota which hss passed
the senate. Tho bill taxing oieomargarine
ten cents per pound was debated the entire
session and an evening session held until
IL O'Clock to continue the debate. No vote
was reached.
SENATE, May 26-Tko bill to tax railroad
land grants was considered but flu allv Ibid
aside to take up the bill prohibiting Chinese
immi grafton. Senators Sherman AMI Tel
Ter favored the bill and Senators Hoar and
Ingalls, opposed it. No vote was taken.
HOUSE, May rs The entire session was
devoted to discussing the bill taxing oleo-
margarine. Kelley of Penn, and Merriam
of Ill.,, were the leading opponents Of the
bll' An amendment was put on requiring
hotel keepers in the District of Columbia
print on their bills of fare ''this house uses
oleomargerine," and also to have placards
IN their dining rooms to the same effect.
The debate continued until adjournment.
SENATE, May 27-The bill FORGETTING un-
earned lands granted to the Northe1n
Pacific was considered at length. The
burden Of tie argument in behalf of the
forfeiture was that it was in the interest
Of the settlers The debate closed without
vote in order to pronounce the usual
eu!o9ies on the late Senator Miller of
California.
House, May a7-The leading topic of the
Jay was, as usual, the OIL lcV ylng tax on
oleomargarine ard, as usual, no vote was
reached. variety of amendments were
offered taxing other food limitations but
they were uniformly voted down.
SENATE, May 2s-The topic for the day
was the bill forfeiting Northern Pacific
lands and the bill for taxation of railroad
lands. No action was taken on either, but
the debate was long and animated. No
vote was taken and the Senate adjourned
until Tuesday.
HOUSE, May 2s-As soon as private bust
ness was disposed of the oleomargerine
bill was again taken up and discussed
section by section. Numerous attempts to
amend were lost and the house adjourned |
until Tuesday pending motion to reduce |
the tax from 10 cents to cents per pound. |
SENATE, May 29-Not in session.
House, May electromagnetic was the
''contiuued story" of the house proceed
ings. An effort was made to reduce the !
tax from 10 to two cents per pound, but it
was voted down by IS to g. Numerous
other amendments were also voted down.
the friends of the bill seeming to be de-
termlned to prevent auy amendments,
Adjourned until Tuesday.