The San Francisco call., 1896-06-05

far as the cheese bill was concerned, he
was opposed to it simply because Congress
had no right to engage in legislation OF
that character
Gear advocated the bill, stating that the
manufacture of filled cheese was very in
curious to the dairy interests of Iowa and
other States. The expectation OF American
cheese was constantly falling off, he said,
while the expectation of cheese from
Canada was proportionately increased.
The bill was advocated by Villas O.) of
Wisconsin and Chandler (R.) of New
Hampshire.
Vest offered an amendment declaring
That the special taxes proposed IN the
bill are to be levied and collected for rev.
enue and not to enable the Federal au-
thorities to inspect filled cheese. Laid on
the table-32 to IA.
Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada moved an
amendment, proposing duty OF 10 cents
a pound on imported wool. Laid on the
table-ayes 3d. noes II.
Mitchell (R.) of Oregon, referring to his
notice to offer the Dingley bill as an
amendment, said he had been appealed to
by Republican Senators not to complicate
lue plii Win the amendm emf.
Lindsay CD of Kentucky offered an
amendment repeating the eighth cent
dlfferential on sugar. Laid on the table
ayes 81, noes 16
The committee amendments providing
reduction OF the tax on manufacturers
from $500 20 $3.50 year for each factory
and on wholesale dealers from $3.50 to $500
year was rejected leaving the bill just as
1t came from the House. The bill was
then passed-ayes 81, noes Ii.
The bill declares that for the purposes
of the act the word cheese" shall be un-
derstood to mean the food product known
as cheese, and which is made of milk and
cream and without the addition of butter
or oils or fats foreign to such milk or
cream, with or without additional color
ing matter; and that certain substances
and compounds shall be known and desig-
mated as filled cheese" namely, all sub
stances made of milk or SKINNED milk,
with the admixture of butter, animal oils
or fats, vegetable or any other oils. And
it imposes a special tax of $400 year on
the makers (for each factory and $3.50 on
wholesale dealers. The vote in detail was
as follows:
Ayes-Aldrich, Allison, Brown, Butler
Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Davis, Dubois, Gal
linger, Hale, Hasbrough, Hawley, Hill Jones
New, Lodge, Mcbride, Mitchell (Or.), Mitch
ell Wis.), Morrill,, Nelson, Palmer, PETER, Per-
kins, Petligrew, Platt, Pritchard, Quay. Sew
ell, Sherman, Shoup, Smith, Stewart, Teller,
Turpie, Villas, Warren-37.
Noes-Bale, Berry, Chiffon, George, German,
Harris, Jones (Ark.), Lindsay, Mills, Morgan,
Pasco. Vest White-l3
Lodge moved to proceed to the consid-
Grafton of the bill to amend the immigra-
ton laws, but such opposition was mani
tested on the Democratic side by declining
to vote, thus exposing the lack of quo
rum, that he Withdrew the motion.
Thereupon the conference report (dnaI
on the general deficiency bill was pre-
sented by Hale, briefly explained and
adopted.
The following bills were passed: Senate
bill to place on the retired list as enlisted
men of the army four survivors of the
Lady Franklin Bay expedition.
Senate bill for the better Improvement
OF the Government reservation at Fort
Smith, Ark.
Senate bill constituting the acts of Con.
gress in relation to the awards of the life
saving medals.
The Senate at 6:15 adjourned until to-
morrow