Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-07-21
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
First Session.
SENATE.

The chair presented the resolutions of the
constitutional convention OF Dakota, praying
for the admission of South Dakota as . State
and for a territorial government for North
Dakota. Referred to the committee on ter
ritories.
MIR. Blair, from the committee on pensions,
reported back the pension bill vetoed by the
President, with the recommendation that
some of them be passed.
Mr.. Pugh waving, for the present, that he
would call up the PAYNE election case, the
Senate, at ll.45, resumed the consideration
of the oleOmargarine bill, and was addressed
by Mr.. Brown in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Hawley spoke in support of the bill
He said that the discovery of the invention
had been working a revelation. The new
product was said to be nutritious and nearly
as good as butter, and he supposed it was in
most cases harmless and in many cases nu-
tritious, but oleomargarine patents as re-
corded in the patent office were not agreeable
reading. The right to make and sell oleo-
margarine. was not doubted or denied, but he
held that the people had a right to know
what they were buying. Of course that prin-
ciple applied also to other things, coffee,
spices, etc., and if this were no: the most ex-
traordinary and exceptional case, he should
not be in favor of this legislation. The prac-
it offered the enormous premium of 100 per
cent. as temptation to dishonesty, and the
inevitable effect of it was dishonesty. On
the whole he believed the bill WAS justified
and to be constitutional
Mr.. Call supported the bill and Messrs.
Evarts and Ingalls, spoke against it.
MIR. Ingalls, prefaced his remarks by the
statement that he regretted his observations
(personaD of yesterday. He moved to reduce
the tax from five cents pound to two cents
agreed to-yeas 80, nays 2S.
Mr.. Ingalls, moved to insert the word
knowingly" in connection with the sale of
oleomargarine; agreed to.
MIR. Ingalls, moved to amend the sixth Sec
ton by striking out the minimum penalty,
being the words 'less than $780," and the
words LESS than six months " Adopted.
Voting was interrupted so as TO order
conference of the committees on the naval
appropriation bill and on the bill repeating
the laws pertaining to public lands.
Messrs. Hale, Logan and Beck were ap-
pointed conferees on the former, and Messrs.
Dolph, Plumb and Cockrell on the latter.
The remaining amendments were adopted
without question and the bill, as amended,
was passed-yeas 81, nays q, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Black
burn, Blair, Camden, Cameron, Chace, Con-
ger, Cockrell, Cnllom, Dawes, Dolph, Ed
munds, Evarts, German, Hale, Harrison.
Hawley, Hoar, ingalls,. Logan, Mcmillan,
Malone, Henderson. Miller, Mitchell,
Palmer, Payne, Plat, Plumb, Sawyer, Sew
ell, Sherman, Spooner, Stanford, Teller and
Wilson OF Iowa.
Nays-Messrs. Beck, Berry, Brown, But
Ter, Call, Coke, Colquitt, Eustis, Gibson,
Gray, Hampton, Harris, Hearst, Jones OF
Ark, Maxey, Pugh, Ransom, Riddleberger,
Vance, Vest, voorhees,, Walthall, White
horne and Wilson of Md.
The section as to penalty, as amended.
reads as follows:
EVERY person who knowingly sells or
offers for sale or delivers or offers to deliver
any oleomargarine in any other form than in
new wooden or paper packages, as above de-
scribed, or who packs in any package any
oleomargarine in any manner contrary to
law, who falsely brands any package or
affixes stamps on package, denoting less
amount of tax than is required by law, shall
be fined for each offense not more than $1,000
and be imprisoned not more than two years."
MIR. Miller moved that the Senate insist on
its amendments to the bill and ask the House
for conference. Agreed to.
Mr.. Allison called up the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill.
Mr. Pugh moved that bill be laid aside
temporarily and that the report on the Payne
election be taken up. An objection was made
to this proposition.
MIR. Hoar suggested that the three reports
instead of being read be published in the
record, and that recess be taken until 8.
That was ordered and the Senate, at $40,
took a recess until s.
At the evening session the Senate took up
the sundry civil appropriation bill After
disposing of rs pages of the bill the Senate
adjourned