The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-06-11

the plll erective ono IT IS now
The vote was taken after thrnn NV
of spirited debate. during whl.h ours
president was criticised and defonaue
the remarks at times being div,
and bitterly personal. The onnositiny
to the veto was expressed by Sonn.oh
Vest, sherman. Pettigrew. Hawai- ons
Butler. while the veto was deferdaa uu
Senators Villas, Hill and Bate WY
a partial conference report waS men
sented on the naval appropriation hin
Mr.. Quay moved that the senate III
cede from it's amendment reducino ~
number Of battleships from fonr nc
two. This brought on an eytendos
debate. In its course Mr.. TfIImoa
Is. c. spoke in his usual breezy wan
on "Armor Robbers" He referred :,
the grip by the throat which the ARM.
concerns had on congress. and. IookJna
around the senate, asked If there waro
attorneys of a lobby here or senator.
interested in securing the contracts
final vote on the item of battIeSh;nn
will be taken tomorrow.
The house began clearing thn dos,..
for final adjournment by eytondino
tlIt i'llS'l vi ltlt udllN Sessions In
addition to this Mr.. DingIey. the floor
leader of the majority. gave notice
that henceforth he should object TO ALI
leaves of absence, save such as were
requested on account of sickness. Tho
importance OF Keeping a quorum con.
stantly in attendance, he explained
compelled him TO take this step.
partial conference report on the gener.
al deficiency bill was agreed to and the
bill sent back for further conference
The Murray Elliott contested case
from the First South Carolina district
was debated for four hours. The vote
will be taken tomorrow.
Washington, June 6.-The senate had
n of the busiest sessions of this con.
gress to-day. Late in the day the filled
cheese bill was passed as il came from
the house by n vote of 81 to Il, thus
completing the legislation on this sub
ject. The measure defines filled
cheese TO embrace 'all substitutes
made of milk or skinned milk with
the admiXture of butter. animal ills
or fats. vegetables or any other oils,
or compounds foreign TO such milk
and made in imitation or SGmblance Of
cheese" Manufacturers of filled
cheese are taxed 800 annually: whole.
sale dealers. $3.50: retail dealers. 500
III addition 10 these taxes the product
itself Is taxed one cent per pound. and
imported filled cheese is taxed eight
cents per pound. in addition 10 the I'M
port duty. II is provided that filled
cheese shall he lacked by the manu-
facturers in wooden packages only and
branded with the words FILLED
Cheese" in bIack-faCed letters not less
than two inches in length. II also
provided that all retail and wholesale
dealers in filled cheese shall display in
n conspicuous place in their sale room
n sign bearing the words "'FiI!ed
Cheese Sold Here" in black EaCcd let
tiers not less than six inches in length
upon n white ground. Several efforts
TO tariff amendments 10 the bill
were defeated. An amendment by Mr..
Stewart of Nevada for "A tax of 10
cents per pound on wool was laid on
~ table, to -. Another amend
ment by Mr.. Lindsay repeating the IS
cent dlnerentlal duty on sugar was
~tahled-3l to rs. After the disposal of
tli' 'ii''Nt bbil an HIllll3lpI contest OT-
Cured Ove" Mr.. Lodges motion to take
up the immigration bill. The contro-
VerSr over the number of battlcships
remains open. Mr.. QUay's motion that
the senate reCede from it's amendment
reducing the number of ships from
four to two being defeatcd-17 to SO.
senate also defeated-17 TO 3t-a
motion by Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts
TO recede from its amendment relating
to sectarian Indian schools.
BY a vote Of 1I3 to SO the house de-
cided against the claim Of William
Elliott. from the First South Carolina
district. and gave the seat to George
W. Murray. Mr.. Murray is Il cOIored
man, and in the Fffty-first congress
was seated in place Of Mr.. Elliott. The
latter had Lib majority on the face
or II returns. but the committee found
that the former had carried the dis
by n majority Of 45f. Mr.. Murray
was given a round Of applause when
he came forward to he sworn i'm. Mr..
Elliott is the ninth Democratic MEN,
Der unseated by the present house.