Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-31
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tors? Is it the hot weather? Last week
there were blows and bloodshed be-
tween two discordant members Of the
House, and q vicious battle of words
between two Presidential candidates IN
the Senate. The present week opened
with % violent scene Of passion in the
upper House, such rs has not been
Witnessed in that august, dignlfed body
for years, and had The dispute occurred
outside the Senate Chamber, there
probably would have been a repetition
Of the Cobb-Laird incident.
And it was all about oleomargariue
and butter, or rs Senator Vance would
say, all about grease. He charac-
terized the Olemargarine blu as pro
lection gone to seed. ANY business
that came to Congress and invoked the
arm of the law to keep 1t alive at the
expense Of other business was unfit TO
live. He charged that the supports Of
the bill were inauen ced- by political
considerations; that butter, like con-
science, made cow-herds of them all .
The necessity of ''grease" to carry the
State Of New York two years hence was
what affected them.
But 1 viii return to the subject Of
Senatorial cOurtesies. While Senator
Ingalls, was making a speech IN Oppo-
sidon to Oleomargarine, he found in his
desk material for a satirical little speech
which he directed against Mr. Edmunds.
He pulled forth from some mysterious
recess q small vial containing coloring
northumberland at Burlington,
Vt, the residence Of Mir. Edmunds-
which was warranted to add i've cents
to the value of every pound Of butter
with which it was used. The Kansas
Senator then sarcastcaly referred to
the innocent, bucoIic farmer who jump
ed upon oleomargarine as a fraud hat
should be stamped out, while he doctor
ed up his own pale faced butter with
extracts that looked like iodine, until it
put on q rich, creamy hue, and added a
nickel a pound to its market price.
Somehow Senator Warner Miller, of
New York, who lives on q farm when
at home, felt attacked by this sally
His face grew red and white with anger
during the talk, and when he arose to
speak his voice was fairly quiyering
with passion, 1t took two or three
minutes for him TO repress the tempta-
tation to pounce upon the Senator from
Kansas. ''He charges me with being
directly interested in this measure,
shouted Mr.. Miller. otis rue I live
on a farm and keep q few COWS and
horses, and % some periods Of the
year 1 make butter and cheese. But
Tor every dollar that have received
from my cattle / have paid out ten, and
in no sense am 1 directly interested in
the pending legislation. Bursting in
to @ frenzied rage he defed Mr.. Ingalls,.
shook his fist in his face, stigmaGzed
the charge against himself as malicious
and untrue, called him q coward Tor
protecting himself behind the parlia-
mentary usages OF the Senate, and more
than inuma.od that he would never
have dared 10 say what he had outside
the Senate Chamber. He also describ-
ed Ingalls, aa o circus peddlers and told
aim Ii he failed rs u. s. Senator he
could probably make living by mani
pulating bogus jowelry.
The Senator from Eans2s, who was
nov thoroughly angry himself, dis
claimed haTiug had any reference TO
Air. Miller in his remarks, but retorted
that he was now going TO be personal
some himself. He has q Imitless vim
dictve vocabulary, and he drew liber-
ally upon his resources. He proceeded
TO say that it was a national indecency
and improperly for Mr.. Miller, who
was q dairy farmer, and personally in
terestcd in what the COW did Tor man
kind, to be chairman of the committee
which brought forward a bill to head
off all competition with the COW.
The Senate listened breathIessly to
this quarrel between two Republican
Senators, and Mr.. Butler, OF South
Carlonia, expressed the hope that the
comedy of the little bottle of coIoring
matter would not end with a CORY
tragedy. Il probably viii not, but the
Senate has reached the record Of the
House for breaches Of dignity. and it
would not be safe to say what it might
not be guilty Of. The demoralizing
effect of q session prolonged into the
dog days is quite apparent, and it is
evident that 1t is time for Congress to
adjourn. In case the tempers of Sen
ators and Members continue to fail
them as the summer advances, it has
been suggested that a special committee
of honor be appointed to consider these
personal encounters, You dare not
say that outside". has become the
watch-word of both Houses and most
of them do not.
As if apOlogizing for wasting the lit
lie remaining time OF the session in
private controversies, q bright light
may be seen these nights shining from
the dome of the Capitol. Il means that
Congress is in session, and some Of the
members are trying to work. The at
tendance at night sessions is not full
usually, but bills are passed more easily
than if the full quota of Members were
there to WrGugle and waste tize.
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At Stockton, Aug. 3Ist. the Green
hackers viii get together and place ia
nomination q candidate Tor l,rcress