St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-28
FARMERS VICTORIOUS
An Oleomargarine Bill Pre-
cipitates a Struggle in
the House.
|, After a Hot Skirmish, Law
:, yers Are Defeated by Ag-
riculturists.
Alliance C0ngressme en- Get an
Inning and Reed Gets a
Roast.
Senator's Argue the Niceties
Of China's Non-Accept-
ance Of Blair.

duu the lawyers met face to face in the
house of representatives today, and the
result OF the legislative skirmiSh was a
decided victory for the agriculturistS.
For several sessions there has been de-
clded jealousy between the committee
On Judiciary and the committee on agri-
culture in the matter of oleomargarine
legislation. Today this contest for
prerogative was revived by the intro
duction OF bill by MIR. Hatch, of Mis-
souri,. to amend the present Oleomar-
garine law. This bill provides that all
oleomargarine transported into any
state or territory. or remaining therein
for use. consumption, sale or storage,
shall, upon arrival in such state or ter
rltory, be subject to the laws thereof,
enacted in the exercise of its public
powers, in the same manner as though
such oleomargarine had been produced
In such state or territory. and shall not
be exempt therefrom by reason of being
introduced in original packages OF 9TH
erWise.
Locking Horns.
81 ask that the bill be referred to the
committee OH agriculture" said Mr..
Hatch, who Is himself the chairman of
that committee. .'Under the rules the
bill should 90 to the committee on ju-
dietary" said Speaker Crisp. Mr.. Gull
berson, chairman of the judiciary COM
mittee, asked for the reading of the en-
tire bill, and then objected to it's ref
erence to the committee on agriculture.
Mr.. Hatch now formally moved that
the bill be referred to his committee,
and the yeas and nays were finally de-
manded. During the roll call much
activity was displayed by the members
of the two committees over the question
of reference. but the members from ag
rieultural districts generally rallied
finally referred to the agricultural COM
mittee by vote of 12s yeas to 1O8 NAYS.
Il introduced that BILL" said MIR.
Hatch, "in response to demand of the
dairy interests of every section of the
country, and the purpose of is to place
Oleomargarine in original packages in
the same legal condition in the states
that what is known as the Wilson
original package biIP places the sale and
distribution of liquors.
~ To Aid the States. .
. 1t'In other words, it is to give the great
dairy states which have. passed laws
upon the subject of the manufacture
and sale OF oleomargarine that police
control over the subject matter that the
states had prior to the decision of. the
United States Supreme court on the
original package :: question. i OBJ
jeeted to this. bill = going, to the
Judiciary committee for the SIM
pie reason that. congress had
by its deliberate action given to the COM
.nfittee on agriculture jurisdiction of the
subject matter of. zoleomargarine. and
that committee, after great labor and
the most careful reconsideration, had per-
tected and reported to: the house bill
tifatwas enacted intO:1aW. 1.1r ga
y {. From that time to this have uni
forIuly commended that all proposed
amendments to that act should, in fair
ness to the committee that originated it.
be referred to the committee on agri-
culture. l had no especial purpose in
view except to carry; out that set and
uniform praetice-of the house since the
sOleOmargarine biilabecame law. The
committee that inspired and success
fully shaped the oleomargarine bill into
such law that congress has never made
any serious attempt to disturb it should
control all proposed amendments to it. "
Call for correspondence
Mr.. Martin. of Indiana, presented a
resolution calling OH, the president to
put all correspondence had by him, the
Secretary of state, the secretary of war,
the secretary of the navy, the United
States minister to Chill and other public
officials, including officers of the navy
with each other and with any public
officials of Chilli, upon matters concern
ing the republic of Chilli during the
Balmaceda regime and since the over
throw of that regime, as to all matters
of public affairs of both the United
States and Chilli, growing out of or coll
nscted with the existence, beginning
and overthrow of the Balmaceda regime,
and the establishment and continuance
of the present government OF Chilli Re
ferred to the committee on foreign af-
fairs. sa
=. Mr.. Reed, of Maine, suggested that it
would be preferable to have the meas
ures referred as they were in the Fifty
first congress, through the medium OF
the speaker, but Mr.. MeMillin, of Ten
nessee. objected.
The discussion of the report of the
committee on rules was resumed, and
Mr.. DearmOnd, of Missouri, spoke in
favor of the committee report, and crit
icized the a.
Rulings of Reed
in the last congress. Mr.. Hooker, OF
Mississippi, though in general advo-
eating the proposed code, expressed
himself as in favor OF appointing a
steering" committee of fifteen mem
bers, who should decide what measures
should be brought to the attention of
the house. This was too large power
to vest in the committee on rules.
Mr.. Otis, of Kansas, congratulated the
country that for the first time repre-
sentative of the third party was per-
mitted to occupy the floor of the house
of representatives. That third party
CLAIMED to be founded on the equal
rights Jeffersonian doctrine. on the
|. Nashingtouian policy of Washington
and upon the Abraham Lincoln idea OF
the superiority of labor over capital. He
proceeded to criticise the rules as con
fefring dangerous power upon the
speaker, and upon the committee on
rules.
IoEM MIR. Watson. of Georgia, then took the
floor, and laid down the principles OF
Che Farmers Alliance party. 1t de-
Manded. he said, that national banks
should be abolished as banks of issue
that the coinage of silver should he
Haade free and unlimited; that
|, Alien Ownership of Lands
should cease; that senators should bs
elected by direct vote of the people
that the government should issue money
tor the people who needed it to perfec
their exchanges practically free of cost
and that through the subtreasury plaT
.H some better the people should have
/ the privilege of the use of that money
by giving such security as was in the
commercial world considered good.
The Peoples party. he said, demanded
graduated income-tax, and that nj
mans business should be built up at the
expense Of another man. These were
its principles; and the toiling million:
of the land were looking to those prln
ciples as their only means of relief. In
the course of his remarks Mr.. Watson
referred to the "ezarism of Mr.. Reed il
the last congress" This allusion gave
rise TO much merriment, growing prin
cipally from the fact that Mr.. Watson
| was Standing in the aisle directly il
front of the ex-speaker, The latte
looked up with
- A Benevolent Smile