Butte semi-weekly miner., 1886-07-24
CONGRESSIONAL COURTESY,
Mr. Hatch, Of Missouri, Pays His
Pious Respects to Senator
ingalls,, Of Kansas.
yhe OleOmargarine Bill is Amended
and Passes the Senate
After Debate.
What the Treasury Officials Think Of
the Surplus Bill-The Chinese
Question Again.

WASHINGTON, July 2O.--In the Senate to
d,v MIR. Miller presented the memorial o
+be Evangelical Alliance OF the United
c+o+cs referring to the recent outrages ant
,,assa cres perpetrated on Cinnamon OF
.,o poc;fc Coast, with letter from tn,
tnoncb of the Alliance in China. settin,
tar,b the injurious effect OF the outrages OF
A., Americans and Christians in tn,
Chinese Empire. He thoroughly endorsed
the sentiments embodied IN the memoria
and LATTER The memorial was read in full
I'D roferred to the Committee on Foreigr
Revatious. At 1O:45 o'clock the Sen
ote resumed the consideration of thu
Oleomargarine bill and was addressed by
Mr.. Brown in opposition to the bill. Mr.
Hawley spoke in support OF the bill. Mr.
Eyarts also favored it, and Mr.. Ingalls, ad
dressed the Senate. He said that towards
the close OF the debate yesterday, exasper
ated by personal illusions intended to be
which on reflection he was persuaded had
exceeded the limits OF propriety in debate
and he avaied himself OF this the first pub
lie occasion to express his regret. He
then proceed to argue against the bill. He
thought the whole sub ject was being treated
inyerscly, beginning at the close and con.
sidering it downward. The fundamental
question to he considered was not whether
the General Government possessed
police Epower to interfere, through
taxation or otherwise, but whether
oleomargarne was a, product detri-
mental and injurious to the general
health and general welfare. He assumed
that the most latitudinarian interpreta-
ton of the situation would not claim there
was any power in the general Government
70 prevent fraud simply as fraud. The
fundamental question was whether oleo-
m,rca,ine was a healthiul, nutritious
rroduct. Ii it were, then oleomargarine
had exactly the same right to ask a tax
on butter as butter had q right to ask a
fax on oeomargarine. Ii it were Il health
full food product, then this bill was a
bin to spoliate. 1t was not a bill for rev.
enue but bill for contiscation and de-
struction German chemist has re-
Gently discovered means for max
Ing saccarine from coal oil,
of such intense sweetness that
a single teaspoonful would change
barrel OF water into syrup. What should
be said of this discovery by which, ii all
that was said OF it were true, the cane
sugar industry was to be uprooted and de-
stroyed.
Mr.. Miller appealed to the friends OF the
measure to see that the bill should not be
amended in any particular, because at
this stage OF the session any amendment
might be fatal to the bill. Mr.. Ingalls,
moved to reduce the tax from 5 cents
pound to 2 cents. Agreed to. Yens 32;
nays %. Mr.. ingalls, moved to insert the
word knowingly in connection with the
sale OF oleomargarine. Mr.. Miller moved
to Law the amendment on the table. Re-
iected. Yeas 27: nays 80. The amend
ment was then adopted. Mr.. Ingalls, moved
to amend the sixth section by striking out
the minimum penalty, being the words "iess
than SlOO' and the words ''less than six
months" Mr.. Miller moved to lay the
amendment ON the table. Rejected-yeas
%. NAYS 80. The amendment was then
adopted The bill and amendments were
reported to the Senate, and the bill as
amended was passed. Mr.. Miller moved
that the Senate insist Oh the amendments
to the bill and ask the House for confer
ence Agreed to. Mr.. Allison called up the
Sund,y Civil Appropriation bill. Recess
until this evening.
The evening sessionwas devoted to the
consideration OF the Sundry Civil bill.
Several amendments were suggested and
discussed, and the Senate adjourned.