The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-06-04
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-


bate on one Of the bills covering q case that
had been rejected by the pension Office, Mr..
Cockrcll said the chief OF the division, who
had rejected 30 plain and we'll proven o
case, ought to be discharged from the ser.
vice OF the United States.
HOUsE-Several senate amendments to
the pinsley shipping bill were n0n-con.
.urred in, including that Of Senator
Frye authorizing the president to retaliate
on Canada for such acts as the seiz-
ure Of American vessels. Bills were in
PRODUCED TO consolidate customs districts;
to revive the income tux for the payment
in the treasury for educational purposes.
The bill to tax bogus butter was dis.
cussed.
SENATE.-The commissioner OF pensions
was the subject OF IL lively and bitter de-
butte in the senate, and was pronounced ON
impostor by Mr.. Ingalls,.
Mr.. Voorhees, defended Commissioner
Black with much warmth and oarnestness.
Tho president sent two moro mes.
sages to congress- vetoing pension
bills, and they are liable to create another
feeling is being awakened by these vetoes,
especially those which refer to cases which
have once been rejected Mt the pension Of.
flee, and it is believed that nearly all Of
these vetoes will be passed over the presi.
dents head.
The bill to secure the appointment Of
Lieut.. Greedy, Of Arctic inne, as adiutant
general Of the army. with the rank oimajor
Of cavalry, was indefinitely postponed.
The Atlantic & Pacific railroad grant for.
ieture bill passed. The bill increasing the
pensions OF soldiers and sailors who have
lost an arm or leg passed.
M.
mission OF South Dakota was reported ad.
whole territory was reported favorably.
The greater part 81 the day WIS devoted to
debate on the bill to tax oleomargarine,
which was continued ut an evening session.
Mr.. Henderson (lowa) said: The farmers
had to got fair play In this chamber.
and il it were not given it would DO
taken. lie believed that there were enough
votes on both sides OF the house to protect
the interest now clamering for protection
without the help OF men who never raised
their voice except to defend the protection
tariff. Willie he had never seen oleomar.
garine mentioned in the Bible Shakespeare
had described the process OF manufacture,
and he read from Macbeth the description
OF tho connections oi the witchs broth.
SENATE.-Senator Edmunds reported
favorably from the committee on foreign
relations the following described bill oi
Senator Morgan OF Alabama:
Directing the attorney general to bring q
suit in the mime Of tho United
States in the supreme court OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia against Ben We'll,
to determine whether the awards Of
the Mexican claims commission in the
We'll and La Abra cases were pro.
cured by fraud, and il 80 to secure judy.
mcnt against the claimants, their heirs and
assigns o recover the amount paid. Tho bill
to tax railroad land grants WAS briefly con-
sidered, when the bill supplementins and
amending the Chinese immigration act Of
1884 came up. 1t was, after debate, post
poned.
HousE.-Another day was spent on the
oieomarsariLe bill. MI. Hammond offered
an amendment making it unlawful for any
merchant or shopkeepcr i'll tho District Of
Columbia or the territories to sell oleo.
margarine without labelling it in Il con.
spicuous manner. and requiring hotel,
restaurant and boarding house keepers
who use ocomargnrine to place in their
dining rooms n placard bearing the words,
"rhis house uses olcomargarine," and
to have the same words printed on the bill
oi fare. Agreed to-92 to So. Mr.. Ham,
mond also offered an amendment provid-
vision. Lost-5S to 100. Mr.. Durham
moved to reduce from 5000 to 500 the
special tax on manufacturers OF oleomar-
g.rine. Mr.. Breckenridge (ky.) denounced
the bill. Adjourned.
SENATE.-Thc senate had under discussion
the bill reported by the committee on public
lands to forfeit that portion OF the
Northern Pacific land grant from Wal.
lula to Portland, over which it 10
understood the company does not
not want to build. v an Wyck tried to
west Of Bismarck. with the exception OF the
right OF way, but withdrew it and substi
tuted modified amendment. Before any
action WAS taken under the amendment
the regular order-the eulogies ON the late
Senator Millcr-was taken up.
HousE.-Wednesday WIS spent in fill.
clustering on the "eomargarine bill This
factions opposition was INDUCED III because
the friends Of the measure would not per.
init any reduction to he made in the sl,cc-
ial tax rates imposed, which in the case OF
manufacturers Of olsomarCarine are fixed
mt 5000 per annum. The opposition
claim that these rates as well as the
tax of 10 cents per pound, are excessive
and unjust, and are prescribed to destroy
the industry in the special interest ofdairy-
men. Many opponents OF the measure nrs
willing that the manufacturers shall bs
placed under federal law and regulation,
but will not consent that law shall
be made that will entirely suppress IL,
Representative Brcckinridye OF kentucky
reported favorably from the committee on
ways and means II bill to provide:
Manufactured tobacco, snuff and cigars
may he removed for export to a foreign
country without payment OF the tax under
l,tfi
ternal revenue shall prescribe. The bill al.
80 repeats section 1851, OF the Revised
Statutes, authorizing the appointment OF
one or more inspector Of cigars in each COL
lection district, to receive AZ accommodation
such lees from manufacturers as the com.
missioner OF internal revenues NAV pre.
scribe.
sENATE.-Theb hi Il to forfeit the lard grant
OF the Northern Pacific railroad from Port
land to Wallula created n good deal OF in.
terest in the senate, and the amendment OF
Senator Van Wyck to include in the for.
lecture seventy-iive miles over the the Cas-.
that will probably defeat the bill. Sen.
ntor Edm unds intimuted that the
bill would never pass will, that provision
in it, and III id that tho remaining ak
weeks OF this session were not long
enough for that purpose. Some of the sen
ntors hold that the Van Wyck am cndn,cnt
confirms to the Northern Pacific all Of
the land it now holds, except those
included within the provision, and there
fore they object to it. Other sel,.
tors object to FORGETTING the land in the
Cas- cade branch on the ground that the
railroad company needs it to complete the
line, is faithfully enlcavoring to do 30,
and that the inhabitants OF the territory
should have the benefit Of road in that
direction to compete with the Canadian
Pacific.
HousE.-The whole OF Fridays session
wis devoted to the discussion Of the cleo.
margarine bill. Mr.. Townsend offered an
amendment reducing the tax on u pound
OF oleomargarine from 10 cents to cents.
MIR. Butterworth supported this amend.
ment. He warned gentlemen on Ills side oil
the house that when the time had come to
this country when congress- was willing to
wipe out one industry which could flourish,
simply because it was the competitor oil
another domestic industry. the specter Of
free trade would stalk through every tow,
and village of thecountry within FIVE years
and it ought to.
Mr.. Hiscock IN. W said: All the wit, thu
invective, the fiibustering Of the bull hut
ter men. the hog-fat butter men. the soap
Stease butter men, could not drive the
farmer ont of court The Agricultural 81 nd