Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-20

! government to do as it pleased. That was
the position of some Senators. He sub
mltted in all candOr and frankness that OF
| all violations and Gisregards OF the con-
! stitution, this bill was the most fragrant
and unblushing that was ever introduced
! IN Congress. Having referred to artificial
! colorIng OF butter, he asked an eXplana-
! tlon of that and whether that was not it.
self fraudulent,
Mr.. Miller explained what the practice
In this matter was, claiming that it was
| perfectly proper and innocent.
vERMoNT's LITTLE GAME.
| Mr.. Ingalls,, in calculating that ques-
tion, produced vial of cOloring matter
and commented upon the circular ac-
companying it. The preparation, he said,
| ''preteuded" to be manufactured at Bur-
lington, Vt. Laughter at the expense OF
! Mr.. Edmunds. This vial, he said, was
warranted by the firm which put it up
| perfected butter cOlOr'-at Burlington,
| VT, "tor dairy purposes" and was war
ranted to color 300 pounds of winter
| butter. 1t had been pretended, he said,
that the dairymen of Vermont and else
where were engaged, in their bucolic
honesty and simplicity, in struggle
with the herculean efforts of the manu-
| facturers of oleomargarine. One sentence
| in the circular recommended the colorlng
matter as giving butter ''a tint like the
! highest grade of Jersey butter, and no eX-
pert can detect"
ITS COST AND VALUE.
! The fourth recommendation in that cir
cular was that the cOloring matter was
| economical in use, required no labor and
was cheaper than other cOioring matter,
walls of three sizes costing 25c.. soc. and
81. and colOring respectively 300, 100 and
! 1000 pounds Of butter. He almost heSl-
tated to read the last paragraph.
Several SenatOrs-Let US have it.
| 1t was: 1--WE warrant it to add at least
&c. per pound to the value OF white butter
| laughter and return dollar for every
cent it costs" This (saId MI. Ingalls,,
| holding up the bottle, Is the preparation.
| 1t looks like tincture of iodine. 1t is
manufactured at Burlington, VT, for the
| use of daIrymen, and is warranted to add
| &c. per pound to every pound OF white
! butter that they make IN winter time.
| He explained how this ''auXiliary to the
dairy" had come into his possession,
when as a member of the District of Co
| lumbIa Committee he was investigating
| alleged adulteratiOns of food.
CRITICIsING THE COMEDY.
Mr.. Miller rose to reply. He was not
sure, he said, whether this little trag-
edy Mr.. Butler suggested comedy y
whether this little tragedy or comedy
| or burlesque had been Tehearsed between
the Senator from South Carolina and the
! Senator from Kansas. There seemed to
! have been a perfect understanding be-
! tween them. They must have been ''set-
ting up o. nights" rehearsing it. The ad-
vertisement given to this Burlington
manufacturer of butter cOlOring could
not have been got by him Tor
| $50,000 in ready cash. He Mr..
Miller) knew nothing about this
| cOloring matter. When the distinguished
Senator Mr.. Ingalls, was going over it's
wonderful qualities he was carried back
to his boyhoOd days, when on general
training days" he used to see man
standing on a wagon auctioneering his
bogus goods or bogus jewelry, or Offering
to the people some ''elixir of life"
! " neither the Senator had ever had any
! experience of that kind he Mr.. Miller dId
not know, but the Senator had shown
great aptness for it. If the Senator failed
in his present calling he could certainly
succeed In that kind of work.
MR.. INGALLS, RED CRAVAT.
Ithad always been known that cOloring
tmatter was used in butter just as salt
was, and nobody ever regarded 1t as
! fraud. The Senator from Kansas usually
! came to the capitol with flaming red
necktie. Why not wear one of the natural
| color of the cocoon? Because the Sena-
tor admired some other color, and that
was true of butter and OF everything else.
Mr., ingalls, said that the Senate would
| bear him witness that in his observations
! he had made no personal attack upon, or
personal allusion to, the Senator from
| New York. He had simply presented
what be believed to be legitimate argu-
ment in the matter. The Senator from
| New York, however, had seen ut in his
| reply to descend into the arena OF person
altles. His humor was very much like
the attempt of a hippopotamust to dance
on a slack rope. Laughter.l The Senator
! had seen fit to refer to his Mr.. lngalls)
Youthful avocatiOn ana to present the
spectacle of a country peddler dealing IN
bogus jewelry aud eleXirs.
A BLOW FROM THE SHOULDER.
To that ne Mr.. Ingalls) had this re-
mark to make: That whatever he might
/ have done be mad never stood before the
Senate advocating measure in which he
had the strongest personal interest, as the
Senator from New York had done. That
! Senator was in the dairy business. He
owned dairy farm and herd of dairy
cattle, putting its produce on
the market as the product of the
! Oak Hin or Oak Leaf Creamery,
and he used the whole power OF his
official station rs a Senator and as chair
man Of the committee to get Gin the first
place) the measure away from the COM
mittee to which it belonged and referred
to his own committee, and then he stood
on the floor of the Senate, day after day,
| advocating q measure which was to in
crease directly the profits of his own
product. After Mr.. Ingalls, had delivered
This sentence with great emphasis and
effect, he paused for several seconds amid
the most profound silence.l He then pro-
ceeCed.
THE CONTROVERSY NOT OF HIS SEEKING.
He had not invited this controversy.
! He mad not made any reference TO the
! Senator from New York. If the Senator
desired or thought IT. advisable TO pursue
| the subject on personal grounds he would
! find that he Mr.. ingalls, would not de.
cline the invitation. A more shameful
spectacle had never been presented TO the
! American people than had been presented
! in regard TO this measure. In the other
! house 1t had been under the leadership Of
! the chairman OF committee whO was
| nimselfengaged in the dairy business, and
| in this body that gentleman was reinforced
| BY the chairman OF the Committee on Az
! rculture Mr.. Miller), who was engaged
| in the same business, and who was TO
profit directly by the legislation.
ATTORNEYS FOR RAILROADS.
The Senate had heard something about
| ATTORNEYS who were members OF Con-
gress not being permitted TO take fees
| o0aIpat the Government in cases Whprp