Morris tribune., 1886-07-21

OLE0MARGARINE BILL.
IT CAUSES CONSIDERABLE DEBATE
IN THE SENATE.

A Motion to Refer It to the Committee
on Finance Defeated-The Four Princi-
pal Points In the New Extradition
Treaty-Capital News Notes.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 10. After vot-
ing down every attempt to amend the COM
merce committees amendment of the river
and harbor bill Friday, the senate passed
the bill as amended by the committee, re-
ducing each sum appropriated % per cent
by a vote of yeas, 81; nays, ii. The yeas
were: Allison, Beck, Blair, Conger, Cullom,
Dawes, Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, German,
Gray, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hoar, In.
Malone, Miller, Payne, Platt, Ransom,
Salisbury, Sherman, spooner, Stanford,
Teller, Wilson Of Iowa, Wilson of Maryland
81. The senate then passed the naval ap-
preparation bill and adjourned.
Saturday Dawes submitted a report on
the presidents message vetoing the bill Civ
ing the right of way through the Indian
reservation in northern Montana, recon-
msnding the passage Of the bill notwith-
standing the presidents objections He
stated that the report was unanimous, and
that he would take an early decision to call
it up for action, Miller called up the oleo-
margarine bill-the house bill defining
butter and regulating the manufacture,
sale, Importation and expectation of oleo-
margarine reported by the committee on
agriculture without amendmentI The bill
was read in full. The question whether the
bill should be now considered was decided
in the aff1rmative-yeas e, nays l3-as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Allison, Blair, Cockrell, Conger,
Cullom, Dawes, Edmunds, Evarts, Frye,
German, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hoar,
Kenna, Logan, Mcmillan, Malone, Miller,
Padine, Platt, Plumb, Sherman, Spoonsr,
Stanford, Teller, Van Wyck, Wilson Of
Iowa-20.
Nays-Beck, Berry. Brown, Coke, Gray,
Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Marcy, Pugh,
Vance, Walthall, Whitthorne, and Wilson
Of Maryland-1S
Beck moved TO refer the bill to the COM
mittee on finance. He said it was tax
der the rules of the senate, be considered
by the COMMITTEES on finance. 1t not only
dealt with internal taxation; but il changed
the tariff laws There was no report from
the committee on agriculture; but the mag
nitude of the bill was set forth in a report
by its friends in the other horse. In this
report it was stated that about 200, 600 900
pounds of spurious and imitation compounds
were manufactured annually. This amount
if taxed as proposed would produce rev.
nue. of $4,000, ,00O; or Gf the quantity inn
ported was large possibly S15,000,000
There was already surplus of 500, ,000, 900
and here was proposition that would add
$40, ,0oe, 900 or so. Oo0, 900 more to that sur
plus, and yet, without any report, it was
proposed to pass this bill, while 1t was ap-
parent that every additional dollar of taxa
ton imposed was only adding that much
more not only to the burdens of the tax
payers but to the embarrassment of the
treasury Under that condition of things
the finance committe which had to deal
with internal and tariff taxes should con.
slider the measure, and il his measure was
rejected it would show an intention to push
the bill through against all precedent. Mr..
Miller opposed the motion to refer, contend
ing that the result Of such reference would
be to bury the bill and carry it over for
this session.
Marcy advocated the motion to refer on
the ground that it was a tax bill and there
fore the committee on agriculture had moth
ing to do with it A demand for such tax
had never come from the people, but had
come from rival industries. If oleomar-
gerine was unwholesome its manufacture
should be prohibited whenever congress had
the power to prohibit it; but if wholesome,
there was no more reason for taxing it than
there was for butter. cheese meat and any
other article of food
After further debate, the motion to refer
the bill to the committee on finance was re-
ID, nays 20
At the night session of the house Friday
only one pension bill was passed.
In the house, Saturday, Zach Taylor of |
from committee on expenditures
N the treasury department, reported reso- |
luton cxpunging from The Record the reso-
ntion purporting 10 have been reported |
from that committee in reference to charges |
against R. D. Lancaster referred. Holman |
of Indiana, from the conference committee |
on the legislative bill; reported disagree. |
nent. The house conferees represented thai |
he senate would not yield upon the amend |
nent making appropriations for senator's
private clerks. Oates of Alabama moved that
he house recede from its disagreement to
he amendment The motion was lost and |
! further confersnce ordered
A number of committee reports were
after which the house proceeded
o consider the fortiication appropriation