The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-08-27
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.
At the Nations CapitoI-what Is Being
Done by the Senate and House Old
Matters Disposed OF and Now Ones Con-

Done by the Senate and Houso-oid
| Matters Disposed OF and Now Ones Con-
| sidered.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Plumb
| nstructing the Committee on hules
: To issue orders that VIII prevent
the sale or drinking OF spirituous'
| vinous. or malt liquors in the SEN
! ate wing Of the Capitol was taken up IN the
| Senate on the 10Th inst Mr.. Butter move
! To adopt a resolution authorizing ana oiu
I recting the Scrgcant-at-arins 70 make uhlly
/ inspection and examination or the commit
! tee rooms and other apartments in the
Senate wing OF the Capitol ana 10 re-
: port 10 the Committee on Rules whether
+ he has found spirituOus, vinous, or matt
liquors therein. Mr.. German moNeu the
, reference Of the resolution and amendment
/ TO the Committee on Rules. The agricul-
1 tural college bill was passed by the House.
/ Representative StOckbridge OF Maryland,
; from the Committee on Commerce re-
> ported favorably To the House the senate
bill 20 provide for the inspection OF live cat
Z tie and beef products intended for export 10
foreign countries. The accompanying report
says the object sought 10 be attained Dy the
: proposed legislation Il the increase or inc
: exports OF American cattle and at the same
( time To increase their value % the American
farmer and stock raiser In the prices which
. they will command. The report refers TO
/ the discrimination made by European coun-
, tries against American meat products upon
/ the plea thdt Dy reason Oh inc Cphipi''N
! absence of inspection OF such products De-
/ fore shipment diseased meats were liable 10
/ be brought in and 20 an implication by
} those countries that when effective inspec-
/ tion was provided by the United states the
! restrictions would be removed. The estab-
! lishment of such inspection is provided by
| this bill.
| Mr. QUAY's resolution, fixing the time for
voting on the tariff bill and designating the
' other legislative business to be taken up at
this session. was laid before the Senate on
! the Goth. Mr.. Hoar demanded the yeas and
/ nays on agreeing 10 the resolution, ana then
| offered a. "A substitute for Mr.. Quays reso-
| luton his own proposition making IL In
! order "when any bill or resolution shall
/ have been under consideration for "a reason
| able time for any Senator 20 demand that
! debate thereon be closed. He also moved &c
| amend Mr.. Quays resolution by adding 10
1 IL provision 10 include In the business u
! be taken up the Federal election bill. and 20
| have the vote on IL taken Sept. 4. No vote
| ON IL was reached. The House amendments
| To the Agricultural College bill and 10 the
| meat inspection bill were laid before the
| Senate and concurred in. These bills
| now go To the President for his signature.
4 In the House the meat inspection bill
| was taken up. Mr.. Funston (kan.). Chair
man of the Committee on Agriculture, said
| that IL was proposed by this measure 10 open
| foreign ports 10 American meats. BY open
! ing those ports millions and millions of
/ foreign gold would be brought into this
| country and would relieve the embarrassed
! condition of all classes OF industry The
| bill was then passed. The House then pro-
| cecded under the special order 10 the con-
| sderation OF the bill defining lard. but with
| out dispOsing of the measure the House ad-
| journed.
| THE resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Plumb to prevent the sale OF spirituous,
vinous. and malt liquors in the Senate wing
| OF the Capitol was laid before the Senate on
! the 21st. the pending questions being on Mr..
4 Blair's amendment to add the words. ''And
| drinking" and on Mr.. Buffers amendment
| directing daily search for liquors in COM
] mittee rooms and other apartments Mr..
| Gibson suggested jokingly the extern
| sion OF the amendment 80 as To direct
| the search of Senator's desks. Mr.. Plumb
| objected 10 both amendments call
| culated TO belittlc the resolution. which he
| had offered seriously and in Difference &c
| public opinion. After debate the matter
| went over until the 22d. In the House
| the compound lard bill was taken up. Mr..
| Allen (Mich.) supported the bill. The agi-
! tation of this question had been provoked
| by the careful, thoughtful action of the
| farmers in their various assemblies and or
| CARNATIONS. Whether they were right
| wrong they called for IL. IL was not true
| that this bill in any way, shape or form
| affected the men who produced cottOn-seed
| oil The evidence of Fairbank * Co. and
| Of experts all over the country &c
| the effect that cottOn-seed oil was superior
| To hogs lard. II that were Il was alb
| surd that a tax OF two mills pound would
| prevent tho people who desired 10 use COM
| pound lard from purchasing that article. II
| il was true, as stated BY Mr.. Fairbank. thai
| compound lard could be made 81 20 per cont.
| OF lard and so per cent. OF cottOn-seea oil
| why not brand IL a. "cotton-sced oil come
| poundY' Why attach the word lard to
| IT. 1t was done for the purpose of selling
| the commodity as lard and by so doing
| defrauding the farmers OF the market which
they would otherwise possess No vote was
| taken on the bill.
THE paragraph. Us. OF the tariff bill re-
lating To wood screws having been reached
| In the Senate on the odd, Mr. Carlisle said
| that that was an article which American
| manufacturers were selling abroad very
much lower than they were selling them at
| home. lie produced price lists In support
| OF his statements also Il letter from the
American Screw Company of Providence,
| II. |. That was another illustration. he1
| said, of the policy adopted by the other
| sidc-in allowing drawbacks on exported
| articles. Mr.. Stewart said that the
| assumption that there was anything
wrong in the sale of American man
| ufactured goods ia foreign countries
| cheaper than az home arose from want of
| information. There was nothing wrong in
IL. and nothing injurious TO American con-
| sumers. That was the policy which Eng
| gland had pursued for the last century and
| which English statesmen had advised on
| all occasions. In the House Mr.. Henderson
| GIL submitted the report OF the Committee
| ON Rivers and Harhors on Senate amend
| ments to the river and harbor bill. recon-
| mending concurrence In these amend
| ments and agreeing To tho conference asked
| by the Senate. Mr.. Kerr Iowa raised the
| point of order that the amendments must
| first be considered In committee Of the
| whole. This point was sustained by the
| Speaker.
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