Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-02
AT THE CAPITAL.
What the Nations Law
makers Are Doing.
Senator Vest Introduces q Lot
of Meat Bills.
The Customs Administrative Bill
Further Considered.
The House Passes the Senate Antitrust
Bill with Only One Dissenting
Vote-Notes.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

WASHINGTON, May lin the Senate,
4oday, West, from the select committee
on meat products, requested four meas
ures-the first, a concurrent resolution
asking the President to inaugurate dip
lomatic correspondence with the author
tiles of Great Britain to bring about the
repeal or modification of the existing
quarantine regulations of the United
Kingdom; the next one, providing for a
national inspection law, requiring all
live cattle to be inspected when ex-
ported; also, that cattle intended for
expectation, or the meat of which is in
tended for expectation, be subjected to
inspection at the place where killed; the
next is intended to prohibit monopoly
as to the storage capacity of steamships
carrying cattle to foreign countries. He
said the evidence showed conclu-
sively that at the port of New York the
practice obtained among steamship
companies of leasing or contracting
sometimes a single vessel, sometimes
all the vessels of line, for number Of
months in advance, to one person. The
other bill reported is intended to pre-
vent the discrimination which now ex-
lists on all the railroads running from
Chicago east, under which no mileage is
given to any improved cattle cars carry
ing live cattle from the West to the
East.
Vest asked, in the name of the cattle
raisers OF the country, that the bills be
f,lrn
day.
Cullen recognised the Importance of
the measure and declared himself
anxious to secure their early considera-
ton. He asked Vest whether the report
was very long, or whether it could be
printed soon.
about 100 pages, typewriter matter, and
he supposed it could be printed in a few
days,
The Customs Administrative bill was
taken up, the pending question being on
Gray's amendment securing to an
aggrieved importer the right to bring a
common-law suit against collector.
Hiscock proposed an amendment to
the effect that the court in its discretion
may receive additional evidence and
send difficult questions of fact for trial
to a jury.
After a long discussion, Gray's amend
ment was laid on the table by the party
vote. The bill went over until tomor-
row with an agreement that the Senate
proceed to vote on the bill and the pend
ing amendments at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, without further debate.
After executive session the Senate ad
journed.
House Proceedings.
The House adopted resolution for
the immediate consideration of bills from
the judiciary committee in the following
order: Senate bill relating to trusts /;
House bill relating to copyrights; House
bill relating to bankruptcy, and several
other bills as the committee may call up
today or tomorrow.
The measure known as the Antitrust
bill, was then taken up. An amend
ment, by Bland, making it unlawful for
any contract or agreement to prevent
competition in the sale or purchase of
any commodity transported from one
State to another, was adopted, and the
bill was passed with a single negative
vote.
Adams, of Illinois, called up the Inter
national Copyright bill, and explained
its provisions without action. The House
then adjourned.
During the debate, Cannon announced
that the tariff discussion would begin
next week.