Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-10
Seven Bills Passed Including Three
Amending Street Railroad Charters.
INSPECTION OF MEATS
The Subject Of Discussion in the
Senate Today.
THE SENATE.

ing:
For public buildings ct Bridgeton, N. J..
$4,000; Baton Rouge, La, Sl00, ZOO, ani
Taunton, Mass, s75,OO0.
For the construction Of post Office buildings
In towns and cities where the post Office re-
celpts have for the last three years exceeded
$4,000 a year.
ported bill fixing the times and places fol
holding United States courts in the state o.
Washington, and it was passed.
TO STRIKE SENATOR CALLS AMENDED SPEECH
FROM TIE RECORD.
MIR. Hoar, from the committee on privileges
and elections, reported an order for the strik.
ing from the Congressional Record Of the
words inserted by MIR. Call in the report Of hi;
remarks in the discussion with Mr.. Chandler
on the 10th Of February, and for the substitu.
ton OF the original report made by the official
reporter. The order was placed on the calen-
dar.
PUBLIC BUILDING BILLS, ETC.,
Other public building bills (for the state oi
Washington) were reported and placed on the
calendar as follows: Tacoma, 800, 900; Seat
Walla, s30, 900. Also DILL for the appointment
OF an assistant general superintendent and
chief clerk Of the railway mail.
REVISION OF SPEECHES.
Mr.. Hoar offered Q resolution (Which was
agreed to) instructing the committee on rules
to report rule defining the extent to which
Senators shall be at liberty to revise their re-
marks for publication in the Record
MIR. Plumb offered resolutions (Which were
agreed to) calling on the Secretary Of the In
terror for q statement as to the causes of with
holding patents for lands within the limits OF
the Union Pacific land grant; also for copy of
n do iny he
legal status Of Indians and Of lands within the
Indian territory.
THE SALT LAKE PUBLIC BUILDING BILL.
The bill appropriating s5OO, 900 for q public
building at Salt Lake City, Utah, was taken up
and passed, Mr.. Plnmb Withdrawing his amend
msnt to reduce the amount to S4OO, 1000
INSPECTION OF FOOD AND DRINK.
On motion of Mr.. Sherman the bill reported
by him from the committee on foreign rela.
tions on the 5th instant, providing for an in
spection Of meats for expectation, prohibiting
the importation OF adulterated articles of food
or drink, and authorizing the President to
make proclamation in certain cases and
for other purposes, was taken from the CAL
endar.
MIR. Manderson suggested that one of the
great troubles in connection with the exporta-
ton OF meat products was the municipal re-
quirements of foreign countries, and he asked
MIR. Sherman whether there was anything in
the bill that could remedy that trouble.
MIR. Sherman said that for several years past
restrictions had been imposed in France. Ger
many and Great Britain on the importation of
meat products. The English law required
beef cattle coming from the United States
to be killed at the place Of importa-
ton there, SO as to prevent the spread
OF possible diseases among English cattle. In
France the importation Of lard and pork pro-
ducts had been restrained by allegations that
they introduced trichin@. But the main trou-
bic was in Germany. The general complaint
made in all those countries was that there were
no meat inspection laws in the United States
such as existed in European countries.
TO HELP AMERICAN TRADE.
1t was believed that the passage Of the bill
would enable the proper authorities of the
United States to procure repeal and release
of the various restrictions, more or less and
that it would thereby add at least fifty mil
lions to the American expectation Of beef
products.
Mr. Platt asked Mr.. Sherman where inspec-
tions Of meat were to be made.
Mr.. Sherman replied that the inspections
were to be made at the port OF expectation.
Mr.. Platt remarked that that was actually
impracticable. At least he was so informed.
The circumstances surrounding the shipping of
meat products from the wharves at New York
WeEc suCu tudt tuere WOulU
hinder and impede and embarrass the business.
Mr. Sherman explained that his answer had
not been literally correct, and he quoted from
the provision in the bill on that point.
Mr.. Platt read an extract from an exporter in
New York to the effect that such provision
the meat export business and would do no good
to anybody.
BILL OF VAST IMPORTANCE.
Mr.. Bate remarked that several bills Kindred
to this one were pending before the Agricult-
ural committee; that it was a matter
of vast importance; that the pending
bill was substitute for the original bill and
had only been reported last week, and that
more time should be allowed for the consider
alton OF the measure.
Mr.. Sherman said that the question was now
matter Of correspondence between the United
States government and other governments
This was the season when the bill should be-
come law, before the summer
began. He hoped, therefore, that Senators
would allow the bill to pass at once; and if
there was any defect discovered in it that de-
feet could be remedied in the House.
The discussion was further participated in
BY Senators Allison, Plumb. Teller and Ed
munds, and was going on when the hour of 2
o'clock arrived, when the bill was laid aside
without ection, and
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL
was then taken up a. the unfinished business.
Mr.. Higgins addressed the Senate in advo-
cacy Of the bill He said that II the view which
he took Of it were correct it was the most i'm
portant measure now pending before Congress
THE HOUSE.
On motion Of Mr.. Owen Qnd.) the Senate
resolution was concurred in providing that the
Senate committee on immigration and the
House committee on immigration and naturali-
zation shall jointly investigate the workings of
the various laws Of the United States and the
several states relative to immigration from for
eign countries.
The resolution was 30 amended as to direct
the Joint committee to investigate the effect on
American workingmen which Is likely to follow
the purchase of American industries by foreign
capitalists; also to report to Congress the off,
cial correspondence on the proposal to make
Bedloe's Island, New York harbor, an i'm
migrant depot; what title the gov
ernment has to such Island; what
buildings, II any, are intended to be built on
the island, and what officers and employees it il
designed to employ in connection with such
immigration depot, and whether in the opin-
Ion OF the committee such island IL the best
and most suitable place for such depot
LIMITING oovH1NNENT pAYxINxs YoR rrIr-
PHONE RENTAL
Nh. Dorsey Qeb.) introduced for reference
the following:
4 bill making II unlawful after July I, 1890,
for any officer, agent or employe Of the United
N Ann nof k<H a.