The morning news., 1892-03-08
SESSION OF THE SENATE
1Er. Morgan Occzp-ss Affection - tse
ODsotnz of ne Session

T Er. ACEEsE OCCE PES Ag1e- Eto1 ~ re
Ops1inz q re Session
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{ at uDdsr the co1stlt1roo- Afssr E c7iloquy
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sidsr he vote by which ". Clsgsss's claim
I Wa r=isctsd-
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr
/ Cal Il rsspsct &c railroad comrsniss II
/ Plorida infiuenciuE the senatorial election
Of l5Sl. and for opening % TIE settlement Of
ths railroad land ressrysfions IN that s.sts
was taken up and Hr. Call addressed tie
Senate upon thsu-
TIE LAND RESOLUTION REFKREKD.
At the close Of Mr.. Calls remarks tie
resolution IS 20 railroad lands in Florida
was referred 20 the committee On public
lands, and the othsr resolution was allowed
to remain on the tsbIe
The pure food bill sas then taken up, and
Ar. Berry sddrszsed the Senate. A bill Of
s1ch great importance, be said, should not
pass without being thoroughly debated ard
fully Understood. II the position taken By
The senator from Missouri (Ar. Vest, as 20 It's
aDpllcation 20 articles not subjects Of inter
state commerce were correct, sectIoDs and
S were clearly unconstitutional: and If Mr..
Paddoek's contention that those sections
applied only 70 articles Of interstate
commercsl were correct, then the bill would
De wholly Ineffective and would accomplish
nothing except TO provide places for g large
number Of individuals.
coULDs'T BE EFFECTIVE.
IL was utterly impossible, III. Berry
argued, 20 make such laws effective. II the
evil could be suppressed il could be done
most effectively By the states. The power
Of suchslegislation il the District Of Colum-
bia was beyond question, and yet he
doubted vhsther il in any city Of the same
size there was more adultsTated and mis-
branded foOdisold than in the citV Of Wash
ingtOn. He Ascribed the motive ofithe
bill 70 syndicatss who controlled the
lard Industry Of the country.Sand
who sought % put down the cotton seed oil
industry, which competed with them, and
brought the southern states Sl5, ,o0o, 900 a
year. II wss not because these syndicates
aRaA -wf l. - -
was pure or impure, but because they found
that they could not charge the price they
had been charging and compete with the
cotton seed industry.
PADDOCK DKEIEs THE CHARGE.
Mr.. Paddock challenged Mr.. Berry TO
point out single provision in the bill that
would favor one industry at the expense Of
any other industry
Mr.. Berry replied that if the parties in
terested in the lard business could induce
the Secretary Of Agriculture 70 use the
powers which the bill would confer upon him
70 pronounce against the purity Of cotton
seed ell, that industry would be crushed and
driven out OF the market and competition
against the lard industry would be DESTROYED
he trusted that the bill would not pass. IL
II were limited by the constitution 70 arti-
cies IN actual course of transportation il
would be Ineffective; and IL IL was INTENDED
TO interfere with articles in a state not in
course Of transportation ft was clearly un-
| constitutional and no senator should vote
for it.
PALxER's VIEWS.
After long colloquy between Messrs.
Bate and Butler on one side and Mr.. Pad
dock on the other. Mr.. Palmer expressed
mis- sympathy with the purpose Of the bill,
but the method Of carrying that purpose
into effect as expressed in the bill, be argued
| strongly against.
| Finally the question Syas taken on Mr..
Coke's motion made some days ago to strike
out sections and g. These sections
| require persons manufacturing or selling
drugs or articles Of food to furnish samples
70 agentsof the Secretary of Agriculture for
analysis, and provide penalties for refusal.
The vote resulted, yeas I3, nays
| 10; no quorum. Those voting yea
we're: Messrs. Barbour, Bate, Berry, Gail
| Chiffon, Cockrill, Coke, Colquitr, Palmer,
Turpie, Vest, Villas and Voorhees,. Those
voting nay were Messrs Allison, Davis. Gal
linger, Kyle, Paddock, Peffer, Perkins, Pet
tigrew. Proctor, Sawyer, Shoup, Stock
bridge, Teller, Washburn and Wilson.
Mr.. Platt was paired with his colleague.
Mr.. Hawley, who, Mr.. Platt sail, would
have voted yea. As there was no quorum
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