Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-13
CATTLE INSPECTION.
Representative Mills Opposing the
Pending Bill.
MIR. SFOCKBRIDGE IN FAVOR OF IT.
His Plea in the House Today for
-- Pure Food.
ELECTIONS BILL IN SENATE.
SENATE.

| Among tIe Oils introduced ana referred were
| the following:
/ BY Mr.. Edmunds (by request)--Fixing COM
pei sation of assistant attorneys in the Depart
uent of Justice defending suits against the
| United States in the Court of Claims.
BY Mr.. Gorman-To establish a record and
pension Office in the War Department
Ey flr. Frye--To establish Il marine board for
I the .irauccment of the interests Of the mer-
- .u" inc.
'oR TIE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
luton offered yesterday by MIR. Rea-
=; ling on the Postmaster General for
Ir'o.m.iion az to the supplying of safes to the
Post O.ce Department was taken up and
agreed to.
Mr.. Casey offered u resolution calling on the
Secretary of Agriculture for information as to
the progress made in the investigation for irri-
Cation purposes under the deficiency act of last
session.
After considerable discussion the resolution
was agreed to.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Dolph. as to the denial abridgment of suf-
frage IN certain states, was taken up, but. In
the absence of Mr.. Dolph, it went over again
without action.
The Senate at 1:10 resumed consideration of
the election bill and Mr.. Jones (Ark.) made an
argument III opposition to it,
lie yielded TO Mr.. Daniel. who reported back
from the committee on public buildings and
grounds House bill for a public building at
Rome. GA. lcaicndar). and who offered a reso-
luton (Which was adopted calling on the Sec
rotary of the Treasury for information as to
the sums OF money with interest TO date adj
vanced by the states of Virginia and Maryland
to the United States to be applied toward erect
ing public buildings at the seat of government,
on the banks of the Potomac.
MIR. JONES AGAINST TIE ELECTION ELL.
Mr.. Jones characterized the election bill as
an attempt to deprive the people of the control
OF their own elections and to place that control
III the hands Of federal officers. 1t was. he said,
startling proposition and one which patriotic
men should carefully weigh and consider. 1t
proceeded upon the idea that the people could
not be trusted. There Was no other excuse
/ FOR Ii. Incrc was no other logical explanation
OF 1t. Whenever the people accepted that as
the correct theory the government would be
ended ard would become one not "Of the
people. by the people and for the people" but
OF centralized power-a vigorous government,
a despctism.
THE ESPIONAGE SYSTEM
proposed by the bill was like to that which
Peopled the wastes of Liberia did not belong
to the American people or the American civil
ization. and should find no place III il, stat
utes. The fundamental idea Of the bill
that the existing law for Watching the people at
B
the President expression. and that the defect
must be cured by taking elections out of the
hands of the people.
He had seen recently in a paper published in
his own state Il statement of the account ren-
dcrcd by Chief Supervisor McCure-onc item
Of which WAS 5000 for preparing instruc-
tions TO be given to supervisors-the rate
charged being 10 cents per folio.
| THE MOTION TO STRIKE OUT THE HOUsE-TO-HOUsE
CLAUSE
At the close of Mr.. Jones' remarks, as no
other Senator took the floor. the presiding Off
Ger (Mr. Bate stated that the question was on
Mr.. Gray's motion to strike ont the sixth sub
division of the seventh section (the house-to
| house ciause( and asked whether the Senate
was ready for the vote.
HOUSE.
In the morn n, hour Mr. Stockbridge md,
from the committee on commerce, called up
and the House passed Senate bill providing
that IL open steam launches of ten tons or
ind r one person may act in the double ca
pGcity Of pilot and engineer.
MIR. MILLS OPPOSES THE CATTLE INSPECTION BILL.
/ Mr.. Baker (NY.) called up Senate bill for the
! inspection of cattle and hogs and the products
/ and carcasses thereof, which are subject to in
terstate commerce. -
| Mr.. Mills TEX. in brief speech. earnestly
/ opposed lis passage. characteriZing it one of
! the most n charitable measures ever presented
! to Congress.
! Ii WIS proposition that the government
! shonld take absolute control Of the whole in
/ terstate commerce far it related to meat.
! Under its provisions TO cattle or hogs could be
slaughtered transported between states
until government official had in
| spected them. Congress might as well
! give to one man the power and labor Of the
I people. Why not recognize in the government
! the right to choose the occupation of the peo-
! pie? If this measure were passed let the people
surrender everything to the government and
confess that they were incapable of attending
| to their own comfort.
THE CRY FOR "PUEE FOOD
| Mr.. Stockbridge CMd.) in advocating the
measure aid that its object was to give to the
people meats tina. were i'll condition for human
! food and to take out of the markets those meats
which wonld have tendency TO spread disease
among the human consumers. From the At
/ lantic to the Pacific there was Il cry for pure
/ food. pure food did not mean simply that
! Their. should be no chicory in coffee and no
sand in sugar: it meant that the meats that en-
! tered into consumption should not be tainted
/ with disease injurious to the human being.
| The bill was referred to the committee OH
agriculture.
! The bill was further discussed and finally re-
! TERED to the committee on agriculture.
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