The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-16

Washington, Feb. 15-Mr. Hill
Democrat of New York, and Mr..
Hale Republican) Of Maine. had a
little tilt in the Senate today.
Mr.. Hill complained Of the sloWness
OF the District Of Columbia committee
in acting upon a suburban railway
BILL in which New York men are inter
ested.
Mr.. Harris. Of the Finance Com
mittee, reported favorably the bill re-
pealing the one-tenth differentia1 on
sugar from bounty paying countries.
Mr.. Aldrich (Repubhcan) of Rhode
Island, in behalf of the Republican
members Of the committee, presented
q resolution providing for the reenact-
ment Of the reciprocity feature of the
tariff act of $780, providing for a
bounty on domestic sugar, and provid-
ing for deficiencies in revenue result
ing from the removal of the duty from
sugar. without effect, The report and
the resolution went to the calendar.
FaVorS Pooling.
Mr. Butler then spoke at length in
support Of the railroad pooling. Mr.
Butler said the headlines to Mr.
Chambers speech in the Congressional
. ~NNSS4A ANAIl1AllS " a SISdullO DOOl-
ing partnership" was "teeming with
Munschuausenism.'' Mr.. Chambers
gigantic partnership was in truth "a
gigantic hugaboo."
hir. Butler offered The opinions OF
experts showing that out of $500, 900 0OC
OF railroad traffic, only $4,000, 600 would
be pooled if this bill passed.
The Butler resolution was laid aside
and the poStof1ce appropriation bill
taken up. Several amendments were
presented and defeated.
MIR. Brfce sought to have the subsidy
of Sl96,O00 now given to the eastern
tast line north and south divided with
similar fast line in the west runnins
through Ohio, kentucky, Tennessee
Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana an6
Texas.
Mr.. Call added Florida.
Both amendments were laid on the
table-53 to %.
POStOfice Bill Passes.
The postoff1ce appropriation bill wa:
then passed without opposition.
The agricultural appropriation bill
WAS taken up.
Secretary Morton came on the fool
while the bill was being discussed
Ihe proposed amendment to the mea.
inspection law occaSiOned some dis
cussion- Mr.. Call said the present in
Spection laws were being invaded I'm
serupulous dealers were sending mea
goods abroad labelled as having passe,
government inspection, when no sucl
inspection had occurred.
Mr. Platt declared this was a, cover
plan 10 make Whole extension of tn
meat inspection system and it coult
not be justified as means Of conciliat
ing Germany
fiTf
said he, she should know il is a gam
two can play at
Mr.. Chandler said the change woui,
stop the shipment of the present stool
of canned meats. as there was n
means of inspecting the cattle slaught
cred. 1t would also give the bi
slaughter houses of Chicago. st. Loui
and Kansas City a corner on tn
canned meat business for the next tW
years.
In Behalf of Health.
NIr. Vest said that the change was i
behalf of health and life and not /
benefit packing houses.
Mr.. CullOm said it was imperative i
getting American meats into foreig
markets.
No final action was taken on tn
change In meat inspection or othe
items of the bin and it was laid aside
A Senate bill was passed cOnoernin
the plans and drawings Of the brtdg,
heretofore authorized, over the His
souri, river at Lexington, Mo. Also tn
bill compensating Northrup and Chic
for supplies to the Pottawatomfe II
dams; also a bill to authorize tn
Oklahoma Central railroad to cor
struct a railroad through Indian an
Oklahoma territory.
The Senate then held a brief execr
tive session, and then adjourned.