The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
Dubois Method for Making Up
the Amount of the Pres.
ent Deficiency.
LOSS OF A MOTION TO TABLE 1T.
Final Conference Report on the Legis.
lative, Executive and Judicial
Appropriations Agreed To.


House measure known as the "flled
cheese" bill came up before the Senate to-
day under the lead of Senator Sherman,
who reported it from the Senate Commit
tee on Finance. It's object is to discourage
the manufacture and sale of an adulter-
ated article of food by imposing heavy
license OF manufacturers and wholesale
dealers, and its supporters advocated its
passage, not as u revenue measure, but as
a protection to dairymen and the general
public.
After couple of pension bills had been
passed unanimous consent was asked by
Sherman (R.) of Ohio to take up the filed
cheese bill, but objection was made by
Harris (D.) of Tennessee, who said no
agree ment could be made about that bill.
The request for unanimous consent was
tnereupon. changed by Sherman into a
motion to take up the bill, and that mo-
ton was agreed to-ayes SO, noes IA.
The filled cheese bill was then taken up,
and an amendment was offered to it by
Dubois (R.) of Idaho TO impose an addi-
tlonai tax of 70 cents barrel on beer.
Sherman moved to lay the amendment
on the table, which was defeated by vote
of 25 TO 80.
The amendment being before the Senate,
Villas opposed it, declaring that if the Sem
ators desired to kill meritorious bill-a
bill to prevent the constant and continued
preparation of injurious and shameful
frauds on farmers-the adoption of the
amendment was very skillful means to
defeat it utterly and entirely.
Dubois referred to the situation as lu.
dicrous one. Senators were eensured be-
cause they could not agree to reduce reve-
nue., but those who expressed their disgust
were those who would raise revenue only
in their own way.
Mills advocated the amendment and
criticized the position of Villas.
Without action on the beer amendment
the filled-cheese.bill went over and Buffers
bond bill was taken up, Pritchard (R.) of
North Carolina addressing the Senate.
Quoting from Sherman's speech in the last
Congress against the use of the 'resump-
ton fund.- for ordinary expenditures, he
said nothing had occurred to change his
mind since that speech was made. The
misappEcation of public funds had to be
| prevented, and there were only two ways
| to prevent it. One way was to pass an
emergency protective tariff measure, and
| the other was to take from the Secretary of
the Treasury the power to issue bonds ana
increase the public debt when there was no
necessity for such conduct.
! Lindsay 3D. of Kentucky opposed the
bond bill, expressing the belief that its
passage would result in a suspension of
specie payments within sixty days.
| At the close of Lindsay's speech the
bond bill went over without action.
The conference report on the legislative
appropriation bill was explained by Gull
| lom (R.) of Illinois. The Senate amend
ment in regard to register of copyrights.
he said, had been receded from. The
amendment fixing the time for the meet
| ing of the New Mexico Legislature on the
LIST of July, 1886, had been changed so as
to make the time the 30th of June, 1897.
The provision as to the Attorney General
designating where United States commits
sioners are to be appointed had been
| changed so as to give the authority to the
District Judge. and the provision as tn
deputy clerks OF United States courts had
been changed so as to allow the deputy
clerks of circuit or district courts to act
as commissioners with the approval OF
the judge.
The conference report on the sundrv
civil appropriation bill was presented and
explained by Allison (R.) of Iowa. ALI
SON stated the position of the House con-
ferees in opposition to the increase OF limit
OF cost of public buildings. That was the
case IN relation of buildings in Kansas
City, Mo-, Omaha and other places. The
House conferees also disputed the amend