Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1886-08-05
wssY:.fTcs LETTER.

WASHINGTON. July ,4th, 1880

between Two t'sS''N'N CT
a, the lower house, aud 4 VICIOUS Dat d
lie oil words between two presiueniiai .
candidates in the Senate. The pres :,
.nt weeA opened with a violent scene OF q
passion in the upper house, such as has L
not been Witnessed In that august, Dig
nitied body for years, and had the DIS
putc occurred outside the senate
chamber, there probably would nave
bccr repetition OF the Cobb Lard IN ,
c.drnt
And it is all abou. oleomargarine
and butter, or Us Senator ance
would say. all about grease. ne
characterized the olcomargarine Dill
as protection gone to seed. ANY
business that came to congress ana
invoked the arm Of the law to keep II
alive at the expense OF another DuSi.
ness was unit to live. lie charged
that the supporters OF the blll were IN
auenced by political considerations;
that butter, Ike conscience, made
Cow herds vi them all. The necessity
of "grease" to carry the state OF New
YORK two years hence was what
affected them.
But / will return to the subject Of
Senatorial courtesies. While Senator
ingalls, was making a speech IN sup
port Of olcomargarlne, he found IN
lis desk material Tor satlrlcal little
speech which Inc directed against MIR.
Edmunds. He pulled forth from
some mysterious recess small vial
containing Coloring matter-manu-
featured at Burlington, VT, the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Edmunids-which was
warranted to add five cents to the
value Of every pound Of butter with
which il was used. The Kansas Sem
ator then sarcastically referred to the
innocent, bucolic farmer who jumped
upon o,eoInargarine as a fraud that
should be stamped out, while he doc
tored up has own pale faced butter
with extracts that looked like iodine,
until it put on rich, creamy hue, and
added a nickel pound to its market
price.
Somehow Senator Warner Miller, o
New Yorh, who lives ON 4 farm when
at home, felt attacked by this sally
His face grew red and white with an
ger during the talk, and when hs
arose to speak his voice was fairl,
quivering with passion. 1t took two
Or three minutes Tor him to repress thu
temptation to pounce upon the sena
tor from Kansas. "fIe charges m,
with being directly Interested In TIN
measure" shouted Mr.. Miller. at !
trne l live on farm and keep a tev
COWS and horses, and at some period
of the year l make butter and cheese
But for every dollar that l have re
ceived from my cattle l have paid on
ten, and in no sense am ! directly In
terested in the pending legislation.
Bursting into frenzied rage, he az
fed MI. ingalls,, shook his fist in h
face, stigmatized the charge again
himself as malicious and untrue, Gale
him a coward for protecting himse
behind the parliamentary usages
the senate, and more than intimate
that he would never have dared to S;
what he had outside Of the sena
chamber. lie also described lngal
as a circus peddler, and told him 1t
failed as u. S. Senator he could pro
ably make a living by manipulatil
bogus jewelry.
The senator from Kansas, who "
now thoroughly angry himself, d
claimed having had any reference
MIR. Miller in his remarks, but
torted that he was now going to
personal some himself. He has III
itless vindictive vocabulary, and dr.
literally upon his resources. He p'
cceded to say that it was a natiol
indecency and improperly for A
Miller, who was a dairy farmer, a
personally interested in what the C.
did for mankind, to be chairman
the committee which brought forwa
a bill to head off all competition "
the COW.
The senate listened breathlessly
this quarrel between two republic
senators, and Mr.. Butler OF So
Carolina expressed the hope that
comedy of the little bottle OF col
ing matter would not end with a 6
tragedy. 1t probably will not, but
senate has reached the record OF
house for breaches Of dignity, ane
would not be safe to say what
might no be guilty Of. The demo
izing effect Of session prolonged
the dog days is quite apparent
It's quite evident that 1t Is time
Congress to adjourn. In case
tempers OF Senators and Members
tinuc to fail them as the summer
vances, it has been suggested tn
special committee Of honor be appo
cd to consider these personal enct
tiers. "You dare not say that outsl
has become the watch-word Of
Houses,-and most Of them do nc
As if apologizng for wasting the
remaining time Of the session IN
yate controversies, bright light
be seen these nights shining from
dome Of the Capitol. 1t means
Congress is in Session, and SOM
the members are trying to work.
attendance at night sessions is moi
usually, but bills are passed more
than il the full quota of Men
were there to wranple and waste