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SUMMARY OF CONGRESS
Senate Sessions.


1O9TR DAY.-The Northern Pacific Land
Forfeiture bill was taken up The pendnins
question was to table the amendment or MT.
Van Wick which woul | forfeit oil laniS CO.
termin )us with and adjacent TO such parCs
of the proposed line as should not have been
completed at the date of the passage OF tnis
act. The motion to table was oe1eateu-
yeas, %: nays. 2e... :Atter Iurtnel uiSru' son
sion the Senate went into executive session.
and when the doors were reopened adjourned
till Tuesday next. a..
11ITB DAY.-The Senate insisted on its
steamship amendment 10 the Postofhce Dill.
and passed the act to prevent the ACQUISITION OF
the luhlic domain by aliens. Inc OIL W
idenlnify China for the Rock Springs mas'a-
ere was called up, but no vote was nau.
111th DAY.-Mr. Brown spoke against the
Bankruptcy bill :. Mr.. Cullom introdu ;ea
ioint resolution p:opo sing an amen1meae 10
the Constitution prohibiting polygany.::..
Tba Senate then continued the discussion
Of the Hill to forfeit the land grant OF tne
Northern Pacific Railroad between Wacnlea
Junction and Portland. =.
ll2rH DAY.-Mr. Dawes presented petit
tio, from the City Council of Gloucester,
Mass. which was appropriately referred,
praying for retaliation on the Canadian
Government for the seizure of American
fishing vessels. Mr. Dawes said that it
seemed to many persons that there was some
dilatorineSS on the part of those ciotned
with the duty of protecting our commerce.
He inquired whether the Committee on For
eign Relations could give some assurance
that might go to the public that measures
>'3'ild lie taken which would protect
our citizens in their rights Mr.. Ed
munds said the Committee had no
power to protect American commerce or
Anne .ican citizens, and iutimated that the
Government was moving too slow, ana
shoull send a cruiser to Canadian waters to
protect our rights Mr.. Hale said the matter
were looking with anxiety to see
the administration come up to what
had been the intention of Congress. :. The
bill providing for the taxation OF railroad
grant lands was taken up. The Senate bill
was substituted for the House bill and COM
mittee of coufere ice appointed. The Con-
sular and DIPLOMAT" Appropriation bill was
appropriation has been increased by the
Senate committee by si9,7 7Oo-
House Sessions.
18TH DAY.-The House went into Com
mittee of the Whole to-day on the Oleomar-
garine bill the pending, amendment being M
that one offered by Mr.. DANIEL VA
from S4S to s25. Rejected. Mr.. Van
Schaick (Wis) presented protest from
the Executive Board of the Knights of Labor
of Milwaukee against the passage OF the bill.
On motion of Mr.. Hatch (Mo.) an amend
ment was adopted allowing retail dealers IN
oleomargarine to pack the compound In
paper pa .kages. .Th , evening session was
devoted to consideration OF the pension bills.
12STH DAY.-The House resumed consid-
Grafton of the Oleomarga"ine bill, and the
pending amendment of Mr.. Townshend Ito
reduce the tax from 10 cents to 2 cents per
pound) was rejected, 6I-W. Amendments
offered by Mr. Reagan tTeX.) and Mr.. War
ner MOI exempting from tax oleomargarlne
which is not manufactured for sale as butter,
were rejected. Mr.. Daniel (Va.) offered an
amendment a5olishing the tax on tobacco,
which was advocated by Mr.. McAdoo IN. j.
18TH DAY.-The days session was passed
in debate on the Oleomargarine bill. The
amendment offered by Mr.. Daniel lVa-l to
abolish the tobacco tax was rejected-52 to
Ill. The amendment offered by Mr.. Daniel
to abolish the tax ON fruit brandy was also
fered an amendment reducing from ten cents
q pound to three cents pound the tax on
oleomargarine On motion Of Mr.. Hatch
(Mo) the amendment offered bv Mr.. Dun
ham was amended so as to fix the rate at
eight cents, and as so amended it was agreed
to- Mr.. Brown Qnd.) offered an amendment
exempting from the eight-cent tax oleomar-
SdTlQe WHICH nus Dteu ttS Z! Ieilueu W oo Pui Q
and wholesome, and which is sold under its
proper name; lost-44 to o. Adjourned.
131sr DAY-Ths debate and filibustsring on
the bill to tax imitation bitter was practl-
cally brought to an III just before the ad
journment Of thu Hou;e The only thing
accomplished during the day was al
agreement to strike out the clause giving
to the insormer one-half tho penalty for any
violation of the provisions Of the act. AT
5P. NJ the COMMITTEES Of the Whole arose ana
the bill was reported t. the House. Then th'
bill went over for final action to the follow
ing day.
132D DAY.--The Oleomargarine bill was
taken up. The amendment was disagreed to
which excluded from the definition Of
''butter" the product made from milk or
cream when additional coloring is used.
The verbiage of the section defining
the latter clause of it shall read: "And mix
lures and compounds of tallow. beef fat, ,suet,
lard, lard oil, vegetable oil, annotto and other
coloring matter intestinal fat and offal fat
made in imitation or semblance Of butter, or
when SO made, calculated, or intended
to be sold as butter or for butter" 4"
Mr.. Hatch offered an amendment fixing the
rate at five cents pound Agreed to-yeas,
153; nays, 132. Mr.: Browne Qnd.) offered an
amendment exempting from tax oleomar-
garine when sold under its true name.
Essetsd Ms sT nosed as nays se lSs Sscommt m
the bill with instructions to the Committee
on Agriculture to report it back with an
amendment imposing a tax on incomes.
Lost-yeas, 35; nays, lSS. The bill was then
passed-yeas, III; nays, 10l. The announce
ment Of the result was received with ap-
plause.