The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-20

ty taxing every son OF n gun.
He thought beefsteak needed protection
As well Us butter and intimatei that the
supporters of the bill were influenced by
political consideration, that butter like con
science made coHherds' of them all
Great iaushtor,l The necessity of grease
To carry tie state of New York two years
hence va, what affected them
Butler offered an amendment extending
the principle of the bill to wines and H.
guors, which Miller moved 10 lay on the
table, remsrbiug that be had learned from
the committee or appropriations that if this
bill was out of the way the appropriation
hIlls mi Eht all l-. disposed Of and ongress
adj 'ourn next week.
To avoid cutting of debate, however,
d Her consented 70 withdraw his motion
ami cray addressed the senate IN OPPOSITION
OF the bill
He thought o!eomargarine should be sold
for what 1t IS under its true name but
thought that congress could only compel
this distinction in the territories
Harris opposed the bill, saying that the
only power which congress had to pass the
bill was its power TO levy taxes for revenue
lie had offered an amendment makin- it
unlawful to sell oieomargarine within the
District of Columbia, or the territories un.
e,s it was distinctly marked as such Fuc-
ther than this congress could not 60.
Harris amendment was rejected yeas
Is, nays -.
Beck argued that if the bill were to lie
passed it would be but right and logical 10
sngraft it on the bill offered by Butler He
maintained that the POSITION of the senator
rom New y ork in regard to this bill WIS
Just the same a. be occupied year or two
igo when he tried to have the white
VINE vinegar factories taxed or
suppressed in the interest of the cider vine
gar factories OF New ork The argu-
ments which Miller had made then for the
apple growers were the same as he made
now for the dairy men lie Beck quoted
from the argument Of Senators Sherman
Hawley, ingalls,, AMI Hale in opposition to
that bill to show that the same reason ap-
piled to the pending measure Kentucky,
Beck continued, made as good
butter as New York made, but
no kentucky farmer or dairyman asked
20 be protected against any body who manu-
| featured what anybody else wanted This
bill was protection run mad Congress
! might as well undertake TO protect the
breed of horses against the raising OF mules,
Or to protect coal miuers against the com
! petlon of natural gas
Butler addressed the senate in advocacy
| of his amendment, and had read various
! papers tending to show how imitation AMI
bogus wines are put on the market. He re-
| garded this whole system OF legislation
however as unconstitutional and vicious in
! the extreme. Miller renewed the motion 70
| lay Eutler's amendment on the table and
it was agreed to-yeas, -; nays, Is.
EGmunds wished to correct the impress
sion which some senators seemed to have
that the bill proposed to tax one interest
for the benefit of another interest He did
not so understand the bill If he did he
should be against it He supposed that out
of every hundred people who ate these
! OeomdTEarine compounds ninety mine be.
/ lieved that they were eating butter in the
/ grandmO5hers and themselves when chill
dreu understood that term
Saturday the house debated the fortified.
tons bill until adjournment Much criti-
cism of the committee was INDUCED in for
I bringing in an appropriation of $500 900
whore 81 0h0 600 was asked. A motion to
( make The appropriation -, 800 600, and an
/ other to make it $500 90 were voted
down.
! The house Monday after the reading OF
/ The Journal, resumed consideration OF the
/ tortiijcatIon appropriation bill. the pend
/ ing question was on the Randall amend
/ mrnt proposing TO reduce from s5Gu, O0J to
-iOu,UD, the appropriation for the aTIna.
/ uenJ OF sea coast defenses. Randall with
drew his amendment and offered another
/ when was adopted by unanimous consent,
I providing that the gum, p. oiecJiles, etc.
/ iurrhas 1t shall be of American manufact
nre. The biz was then passed.
The next business Was the consideration
I q: he senate concurrent resolution for the
printing! a ,0OO copies o. the third anpua
report OF the civil service commission
| agreed to, yeas 13S, ma a..
! Morrison of Illinois, from the COMMITTEE;
en rules, reported resolution ordering
night sasnons for Monday night and Tues
( day night, to consider bills from the com
/ mittea on postoflices End post roads ant
I commerce bridge bills, and after debate II
/ was adopted.
! From the conference committee on the
bill repeating the redemption timber Gu!
!
complete disagreement In referring th'
! points OF difference between the two houses
lavson of Illinois condemned in severe Ian
! guage the senate amendment which provide
that after final proof OF tina claimant [undel
the homestead or presumption laws and tn
issuing of the duplicate receiver receipt i
it snail be proved to the satisfaction of tn
commissioner that fraud has entered int
the title acquired by the claimant
unless it shall appear that the land has BEEF
sold or conveyed to a bonatide purchase
for available consideration, the commi;
sioner shall suspend the issuing OF the patent
lie regarded this provision as an incenliv
t. fraud as it required the commissioner
issue patent il the land had been sold to
bonafde purchaser even though the origin;
title had been acquired by fraud. Ston
of Missouri also antagonized the amend
ment which he said spread its protectin
wing over the most hardened land shark
on the continent