Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-06-12

made in imitation and semblauGe OF but
ter. Mr.. COWles, OF North Carolina offered
an amendment repeating the statues taxing
the manufacture OF fruit brandy and aQ'
dressed the house in support of his PROPOSE
tlon5 appealing to the democrats to come
forward and vote to remove the Tar
and 60 home with a good conscience
All. IOWhn5euds amendment was rejected
Mr. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky offered an
amendment providing that the revenue col
lect6d under this act, shall be dedicated Il
the payment OF pensions. The 1nterna
revenue he SAID was q war tax and Unt
revenue derived from it should be devoted Il
the payment OF the expenditures rendered
necessary by the war. While he dlo not uEi
the ysten of internal revenue, NE did prefer Il
I TAX whisky and tobacco rather than the FOOD
clothing and shelter of the poor man andthl
Workingman. Pending action the com
mittee arose and the house adjourned.
In the use June 1st, Weaver, of Iowa
rising to question of privilege, sent to the
clerks desk and had read an editorial from
an Iowa paper, declaring that he had be
trayed the interests of his constituents by
opposing the OleOmargarin6 bill, intimlat
Ilg that the millions of Armour had then
I influence IN securing this opposition and de
clar1ng that he had obtained q seat In con
gress through fraud. All these charges he
denounced as untrue. He had been and was
still IN favor OF the OleOnIargariue bill
and 1t was false that he had been influenced
improperly IN his course III regard 70 that
I measure No charge OF 4LdlL Al4 DEEA
made against him IN the contest for his seat
which had been confirmed to him by the
house by an almost unanimous vote. The
house then went into committee OF the
whole on the oleOmargarlne bill. Mr.. Dun
ham, OF illinois, offered an amendment re-
duclng from ten to three cents per pound
the tax on OleOmargarine. Then amend
ments were offered liking the rate at and &
cents pound, but they were rejected; only,
however, after couple OF hours had
been consumed in securing q quorum
On motion of Hatch, of Missouri, the
amendment offered by Durham was amend
ed so as to Tx the rate at eight cents, and
as so amended, was agreed 70. MI
Negley and Mr.. Curtain. of Pennsylvania,
presented the protest of trades assemblies
OF western Pennsylvania, representing TO-
600 WorkIngmen, against the passage OF the
OleOmargarIne bill Mr.. IlImau, of South
Carolina, presented the protests OF OleOmar-
garins manufacturers in New York and
Brooklyn, and of the Charleston, s. c.,
merchants exchange against the bill. Pend
ing further action the committee rose. The
house then adjourned.
In the house June ?, O'Neiu. from the
committee on labor, reported bill to legal
ize the incorporation of trades unions
House calendar The house then went into
committee of the whole on the OleOmar-
garine bill. WellbOrn, Of Texas, opposed
the bill, and said there could not be found
III the history of the republic more danger
Gus precedent than would be established by
1t. O'Eerrell, OF Virginia. said 1t was not
the proposition to build up one honest IN
dustry at the expense of another honest IN
QusUry5 but TO build mp one industry at the
expense of q fraudulent, dishonest industry.
Then, IN accordance with an arrangement
made this afternoon, the committee rose and
reported the bill TO the house, the under
standing being that q vote should be taken
tomorrow, and that an opportunity should
be gwen to allow members to pass upon the
question OF reducing the rate of tax imposed.
The house then adjourned.
In the house on June 3rd the cousidera-
ton OF the OleOuargarlne bill was resumed,
On motion the Verblage of the section de-
filming OleOmargarine was changed so that
the latter clause of it should read, 'anC
mixtures and compounds of talICW
oil, annat6, and other cOlOrIug matter
and fat oil made in imitation or sem
Hence OF butter, and when so made anJ
calculated or intended to be sold as but
ing hotels and restaurants in the District o.
Columbia to placard the use OF OleOmaEgar
Inc, was defeateds yeas 81, nays 1I6. Mr.
Hatch submitted au amendment declarIuE
his opposition to 1t, however fixing the rat
I of tax on OleOmargarins at 3 cents a pound
Rejected. Mr.. Hatch then offered al
amendment fixing the rate at . cents
I pound. Agreed tO-l53 TO I'D. The bill
I then passed by a vote of 177 to lO1. Ever
l Kansas representative voted for the bill.
/ In the house on June 4th, resolution wa
/ adopted censuring Luthur +. MaEder. an en-
| plOye Of the house, OrreceiVing money from
I the city, of Jacksonville, mo, TO emplO
| counsel to influence the legislation OF con
/ gress. Mr.. BOutelle, Of Maine introduces
/ a bill relating to the duties on fish. Re
/ ferreds The bill repeats and strikes from
/ the free list the paragraphs providing TO
/ the free importation of tlsh fresh for 1mme
| diate consumption, fish sound, or fish blad
J der, or ush tongues cod sounds bake sounds
/ fish skins and shrimps, or other shell fish
/ 1t increases the duty on uacEerel from t.
= cents per pound; herring, picked o
I salted, from sc to lie per pound; on salmon
! picked and other hsh picked IN barrel
I and sailed cod sounds from lie to &c pc
+. pound; on foreign caught fish impOrue
. otherwise than in barrels or one-halt bar
I rels, whether fresh, smoked, dried sailed o
] picked from 5Oc to 81 Der IJU pounds
[ on anchOvies and saraines in boxes, in
] creased from IL and 25S per box; 4c pc
/ box and when imported IN amy other thai
/ in TIN boxes, from 40 to 80 per cent ad valC
rem. The paragraph providing for duty Ol
tin cans containing fish is stricken out
| The duty on hsh preserved IN oil, other thai
] anchOVIes and BardInes, is increased iron
thirty to forty per cent, ad ValOrem, and OF
. salmon and all other fish prepared or pre-
served from twenty-five to thirty per cent
ad ValOrem. The act is to take effect thirt
days after its approval. Adjourned.
In the house on June 9th the Pacific rail
road extension bill was nEst considered
/ Debate ensued for several hours. Final
on motion of Mr.. Holman am amendmen
was adopted increasing from forty to lift
per cent. the amount OF net earning
required to be paid into the siukin
fund IN case the companies refuse
accept the provisions of this aCt
The previous question was then Ordere
on the engrOssIng and third reading OF tn
bill, but the opponents of the measure show
ing disposition to hlabuster until 3 o clOc
and thus prevent q vote upon the bill itseL
Mr.. Crisp yielded to the inevitable an
I stated that he would endeaVOE to secure
vote on Tuesday next. The house then &C
l5urned-