The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-11
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Daily Proceedings in Senate
and House.

| SSA4~A 4AS\ASSs
IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED
Substance of the Measures Being Con-
sidiered by the Fifty-Fourth
Session-Senate.
Washington, June 6.-The senate
| had one of the busiest sessions of this
congress today Late in the day the
| filled. cheese bill passed, as it came
from the house, by vote of 81 to 13.
| subject. The measure is analogous to
the oleomargarine law. The bill de-
fines ''filled cheese" to embrace "all
substance made of milk, or SKINNED
milk, with the admixture of butter
animal oils or fats, vegetables or any
other oils or compounds foreign to such
milk, and made in imitation or SEM
blance of cheese" Manufacturers of
filled cheese are taxed $4OO annually;
wholesale dealers, $3.50; retail dealers,
$12. In addition to these taxes, the
product itself is taxed cent per pound,
and, if imported, filled cheese is taxed
cents per pound in addition to the
import duty.
| Washington, June 8.-Morgan gave
the senate spirited revival of the Gu
ban question today, after most of the
day was spent in waiting for conference
reports on appropriation bills. Nor
gan urged the adoption Of his resolu-
ton, calling On the president for in
formation in regard to the Americans
taken from the Competitor and now
under sentence of death in Havana.
He said the presidents action was
violation of law. Morgan declared
congress should not adjourn without
requiring the president to send war
ships to Cuba to demand the release Of
the American prisoners. On the sug-
gestion of Sherman, chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, the
senate went into secret session, and,
after agrument by Morgan, his resolu-
liminary movement equal to postpon-
ing action.
Washington, June 10 The senate
made but little progress today toward
final adjournment. The new deficiency
bill, framed to overcome the objections
of the president, by omission of claims,
was passed. An effort by Harris to
add war claims under the Bowman
act, aggregating 100000 failed on
roint of order. A final report OH the
postofice appropriation bill was agreed
to. The immigration bill was before
| the senate after 2 O'Clock, but Morgan
diverted the debate into discussion
on Cuba. He took occasion, during his
speech, to disclaim having made harsh
criticisms of the queen regent of Spain.
House.
Washington, June 6.-By vote of
1853 to 33, the house today decided
against the claim of William Elliott,
from the black or "shoestring'' dis
trict of South Carolina, and gave the
seat to George w. Murray. Murray is
colored man, and in the fifty y-frst con-
gress was seated in place of Mr.. Elliott.
The latter had 1874 majority on the
face of the returns, but the committee
found the former had carried the dis
trict by a majority of 464. Murray
was given round of applause when he
came forward to be sworn in. Elliott
is the ninth Democrat unseated by the
present house. The final conference re-
port on the general deficiency bill was
agreed to, and also partial report on
the District of Columbia bill. The
senate amendments to the bill to retire
Commander Quackenbush were adopt
ed. The conference report on the bill
to pension the widow of the late Sena-
tor George Spencer, of Alabama, was
agreed to.
Washington, June 8.-The house to-
day unseated two more Democrats,
Lockhart, from the seventh North
Carolina district, and Downing, from
the sixteenth Illinois district, and
seated in the place of the former, Mar
tin, Populist, who had been Endorsed
by the Republicans, and in place of
the latter, Rinaker, Republican.
Downing was the only Democrat from
Illinois. A good deal Of partisan feel
ing was aroused amcng the Democrats
by the ruling Of Panye, who was in the
chair, and on one or two OCCASIONS,
there was a mild reminder of the tur-
bulent scenes of the fifty first congress.
The Democrats left the hall in an effort
to break quorum, but Payne declined
to recognize the point of no quorum or
to entertain the appeal from chat de-
cision.
Washington. June 10.-In order to
guard against failure of a quorum in
the few hours of the session today, the
house revoked all leaves of absence and
ordered the sergeant-at.arms tu tele-
graph absentees to return at once. The
final conference of the postoffice appro-
priation bill was agreed to. This left
. ut four appropriation bills in confer
ence. The compromise relative to the
old settlers' claims in the Indian bill
was agreed to also, leaving only the
| sectarian school question in this bill
open. Bills and resolutions were
passed calling on the secretary of the
treasury for information as to steps to
be taken to procure settlement of the
disputed question of the liability Of
Virginia or West Virginia for $40, 900
worth of bonds in which the Indian
funds are invested; for the establish
ment of q site for the erection of a
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan; for scientific investiga tion of
the fur seal fisheries; to amend the act
for the protection of salmon fisheries of
Alaska.