The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-06-11

which obtained its charter or any grants of
land Of peculiarly aid from the United
misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not
more than $4,000 or Imprisonment for more
than one year.
On motion of Mr.. Plumb the Senate took
up the bill ITO prevent the acquisition Of
real property by aliens" Mr.. Plumb said
he would personally prefer to have had q
bill In some respects more restrictive than
the present one; but the bill represented
the views of the committee on public lands.
The bill was passed.
House.
MAY 26.-In the house to-day the Dunn
free-ship bill was laid aside to make. way
for the oleomargarine bill, and the house
went into committee OF the whole, MIR.
Springer In the chair.
Mr.. Hatch sent to the clerks desk and
had read a telegram from Chicago saying
that the protest of several hundred men,
bers OF the Chicago board of trade against
the action of the directory favoring bogus
butter had been mailed.
Mir. Kelley said that from the day the
war closed he had striven to relieve the
farmers of the country from the invidious
taxes on their productions, and in their in
terests he was to-day fighting this effort to
add another internal burden to those they
already bore.
Mr.. Henderson sharply criticised Mr.. KEEL
ley's position as inconsistent with his past
record, and said that the farmers OF Iowa
wee praying-almoSt demanding-the pas
sage OF the bill, and that the western cOun-
try would have protectlon-by argument If
possible, but by war if necessary.
On motion of Mr.. Breckenride an amend
ment was adopted-G5 to 43-to the section
defining 'butter" so as to exclude from
that definition the product Of milk or cream
when additional cOloring matter is used.
der false pretense, and he would vote
against 1t. The bill was not here to put
money into the treasury. IL the governs.
ment needed internal revenue, oleomarga-
according to his theory. Taxation always
deprived a citizen Of something he might
otherwise have, and therefore those things
should be taxed which he could best do
without.
amended so ss to require oleomargarlne to
be sold for what it was he would vote for
it, but not for destroying one industry in
favor of another.
Mr.. Breckenridge offered an amendment
including within the definition of "oleO-
margarine" butter containing any coloring
matter. Lost-52 to l03.
MAY 27-ln the house to-day Mr.. Ding
| ley from the committee of conference, sub
mitted the report OF that committee on the
Dunn shipping bill. Mr.. Breckenridge OPP
members of the house had an opportunity
to examine the provisions of the bill care
fully. Mr.. Dingley said that, in view of
the fact that country WAS attempting to
discriminate against certain class OF
American vessels, it was proposed by this
bill simply to extend the authority given
| by the act of 1923 so that the president
might issue his proclamation withholding
from the vessels of any country which dis
eliminated against our vessels.
Mr.. Breckenridge said he had understood
the gentleman from Arkansas (Alr. Dump
to state that this bill had nothing to do
with the Canadian troubles.
Mr.. Dunn replied that all the fishing
question had to do with the provision was
that it had furnished the incident showing
that any country could Withdraw privileges
| from American vessels, and that there was
no law confering on the president the au-
thority to retalate. He was in favor of
the freeSt commercial intercourse, but he
was not unmindtul Of the law of self-preser-
walton.
MI. Reagan hoped that the conference
report would be agreed to, and that the En-
| glish government might be notified that
| the United States meant to insist on equal
privileges for its vessels to those which it
accorded Canadian vessels.
| MIR. Reed said the present difficulty arose
out of the attempt of Canada to ignore all
the advances of civilization in the matter of
| the commercial relations of the world.
| The pending proposition was simply to
arm the president with the right to deprive
| the Canadians of the privileges of which
they deprived citizens of the United States.
| The report was agreed to without divi-
sion.
The house then went into committee of
| the whole for the further consideration of
the oleomargarine bill. Thepending amend
ment reducing the special tax imposed on
manufacturers of oleomargarlne from $500
| to 500 was loSt-44 to 1l9.
Mr.. Reagan offered an amendment OK
| tending the provisions of the special-license
tax section to watered milk, adulterated
butter, ancient eggs, sanded sugar, glucose
sirup, artificial honey, and a long list OF
chairman (Mr. Springer) declared the
amendment out of order, from which MIR.
Reagan took an appeal. The decision was
| sustained-13l to SO.
MAY 2S.-Mr. Miller of Texas, at a
meeting of the House Committee on Edu-
| Blair educational bill. 1t appropriates
| SIS, 0O0, 900 annually for ten years. to be dis
| tributed among the states and territories
| according to the ratio of iliteracy estab-
be paid to the state on July of each, year,
beginning with July 1887, and to be ex-
| pended in maintaining public schools under
state laws. The provisions of the Blair
| bill requiring reports from the states re-!
| garding the disbursement of the money, to
| which objections were made on the ground
| Of interference with state rights, are elimi-
| mated from the Miller bill. In states main
| tanning separate schools for white and
colored children the bill proposes to distri-
butte the money between the white and
cOlored schools in proportion to the ratio
| the races bear to each other. The bill will
| be introduced in the House
JUNE 1.-Mr. Blount, from the house
committee on Postofiices and Post roads,
to-day reported favorably q bill to prohibit
the mailing of any letter, circular, or writ
ing concerning lottery or gift enterprise
or any paper containing an advertisement
| in any lottery or information regarding its
| drawings. Violations of these provisions
are made punishable by fine and imprison-
| ment.
Substantial progress was made to-day In
the consideration of the oleomargarine bill
and the committee on agriculture now
thinks it sees its way clear to speedy ter
mination of the tedious fight Several Sec
tons were passed upon this afternoon in
consequence of concessions OH the part OF
| the committee TO the demands of the Opp0-
sition. Every effort has been made to Sc
cure reduction of the tax per pound with
out accomplishing anything more than
waste of time.
Wonderful Discovery.