The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-02
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
transportation of Meat-The Customs
Administrative Bill.

transportation of Aieat-The Customs
Administrative Bill.
WASHINGTON, May L-Mr. Vest to-day
presented and explained the report of the
special committee of the Senate appointed
in May, 1888, on the transportation and
sale of meat products. 1t is a long docu-
ment of about 100 typewritten pages. ac-
companied by copy oftne testimony taken
by the committee in prosecuting its inquir-
les at st. Louis, Chicago, aud
New York, and is signed by
all the members of the committee, Messrs.
Vest, Coke, Plumb, Manderson and Far
well. The legislative measures proposed by
the committee to remedy the evils OF the
traffic we're set forth-in Mr.. Vests state
ment. These are four in number. The
first was a concurrent resolution asking the
President of the United States TO inaugur-
ate diplomatic correspondence with the
authorities of Great Britain TO bring about
a repeal or modification of the existing
quarantine regulations Of the United King
dom.
NATIONAL INSPECTION LAW.
The next was one providing for national
inspection law. and requiring that all live
catil lie shall be inspected when exported, and
also that cattle intended for expectation Tor
the meat OF which is intended for exporta-
tionl shall be subject 10 inspection at the
places where killed.
The next was intended to prohibit the
monopoly now practiced as to the storage
capacity of steamships carrying cattle to
foreign countries, and the fourth was one
intended to prevent the discrimination
which now existed on all the railroads be-
longing to the trunk lines association, and
that embraced all the roads running from
Chicago east-ulder which no mileage is
trxfxrn -
carrying live cattle from the west to the
east.
THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE BILL.
The customs administrative bill was taken
up, the pending question being on Mr..
Gray's amendment securing TO the
aggrieved importer the right TO bring a
common law suit against the collector. In
the course of the discussion which followed
Mr.. Hiscock presented an amendment
which he said it had been agreed by several
members of the finance committee to offer.
1t was to insert the words: "And said court
IN its discretion may receive additional
| evidence, and may in its discretion Ito pro-
mote justice) send difficult questions of fact
| for trial to jury" He believed that that
| provision would be satisfactory to every
| one.
PURELY A NEW YORK PROPOSITION.
Mr. Vest drew from Mr.. Hiscock an ad-
| mission that the amendment had been pre-
pared only about thirty minutes previously,
| and MIR. Allison said that the amendment
| was not the result Of any action by the
| finance committee, but Of the two New
York senators, Messrs. Evarts and Hiscock,
alone. Mr.. Allison moved to lay MIR. Gray IS
amendment on the table, which was agreed
to by a vote of 81 yeas to 16 nays IA party
vote.
| Mr. Coke moved to amend the bill by in
sertiDg provision that no allowance for
damage to imported goods shall be made
unless they are sold at public auction. This
was rejected.
Mr. Gray suggested that he had other
amendments to offer, and it was agreed by
unanimous consent that they should be
printed and 20 over till tomorrow, and
that at o'clock to- morrow the Senate shall
proceed to vote on the bill and all pending
| amendments without further debate.
After an executive session the Senate
| adjourned.