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daily in favor Of the setting of time
for the hearing of the bill, although he
was opposed to the measure.
Teller and other Senators objected to

Teller and other senators OBJECTED to
giving special privileges to the bill.
No decision had been reached when
the morning hour expired, and the
filled cheese bill came up as the un-
finished business, Gear giving notice,
however, that he would renew his mo-
tion tomorrow morning.
Vest Dem) of Missouri addressed
the Senate in opposition to the filled
cheese" bill. He argued that it was
not as it professed to be. revenue
measure but was police measure, and
was therefore outside of the powers of
Congress.
Sherman Rep) of Ohio, in charge of
the bill, advocated it's passage.
Mitchell Rep) of Oregon gave no.
tice that we would offer as an amend
ment the Dingley bill, pure and simple.
White Dem) of California said that
SO far as the bill was concerned he was
to it, simply because Congress
had no right to engage in legislation of
that character.
Gear (Rep) Of Iowa advocated the
measure, stating that the manufacture
of filled cheese was very injurious to
the dairy interests of Iowa and other
agricultural States. The expectation
of American cheese was constantly
falling off, he said, on account of its
while the expectation of
cheese from Canada was proportion
ately increasing because Canada pro-
hibited by law the manufacture of
filled cheese.
The bill was advocated by Villas
Oem) of Wisconsin and Chandler
(Rep) of New Hampshire. Vest Of
fered an amendment declaring that the
special taxes proposed in the bill are
to be levied and collected for revenue,
and not to enable the Federal author
tiles to inspect filled cheese. Laid on
the table-32 to A.
Stewart Pop.) of Nevada moved an
proposing a duty of ten
cents per pound on wool. Laid on the
table-yeas 80, nays IT,
Mitchell Rep) of Oregon, referring to
his notice to offer the Dingley bill as
an amendment, said that he had been
appealed to by Republican Senators
not to complicate the bill with that
and he therefore would not
offer it.
Lindsay Dem.) Of Kentucky offered
an amendment repeating the eighth
cent differential due on sugar. Laid
on the table-yeas 81, nays 16.
The committee amendments provid-
ing a reduction Of the special tax on
manufacturers from $40O to $3.50 a
year for each factory, and on wholesale
dealers from $3.50 to 5000 a year, were
rejected without division, leaving the
bill just as it came from the House.
The bill was then passed-yeas 81, nays
13.
The bill declares that for the purposes
of the Act the word cheese" shall be
understood to mean the food product
known as cheese, and which is made
of milk and cream, and without the ad-
dition of butter or animal or vegetable
fats, foreign to such milk or cream,
with or without additional coloring
matter, and that certain substances
and compounds shall be known and
designated as filled cheese" namely,
all substances made Of milk or SKINNED
milk, with 1.-The admixture of butter.
animal oils or fats, vegetable or any
other oils. And it imposes a special
tax of $4O0 year on the manufacturers
wholesale dealers.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Brown, But
ler,, Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Davis,
Dubois, Gallinger, Hale, Hansbrough,
Hill, Hawley, Jones Of Nevada, Lodge,
Mcbride, Mitchell Of Oregon, Mitchell
of Wisconsin, Morrill,, Nelson, Palmer,
Feffer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pritchard,
PIatt, Quay, Sewell, Sherman, Shoup,
Smith, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Villas,
Warren-3I
Nays-Bate, Berry, Chiffon, George,
German, Harris. Jones of Arkansas,
Lindsay, Mills, Morgan. Pasco, Vest,
White-13.
Lodge CRep.) of Massachusetts, moved
to proceed to the consideration of the
bill to amend the immigration laws.
but such opposition was manifested on
the Democratic side of the chamber by
declining to vote, thus exposing the
lack of a quorum, that he withdrew the
motion.
Thereupon the conference report
(inaD on the general deficiency bill was
presented by Hale (Rep0 of Maine,
briefly explained and agreed to.
The following bills were taken from
the calendar and passed: Senate bill
to place on the retired list of 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
Congress in relation to the awards of
the life-saving medals.
yf>l~. Il Cd ,n1
until tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE con-
tested election case Of Murray (colored
Rep.) against Elliott Dem.), from the
First District of South Carolina, was
decided to-day the first thing. BY a
vote of 153 to "a Murray was declared
to be entitled to the seat occupied by
Elliott, and he was sworn in by Speaker
Reed amidst Republican applause.
The case of Martin Pop) VS.. Lock
hart Oem.), from the Sixth North Car
olina District, occupied nearly all of
the rest of the session, and at $40
O'Clock the House adjourned, WITH the
that the vote should be
taken the first thing in the morning.
In this case the majority also recon-
mended the seating of the contestant
(Martin).
The final report of the conferrees on
the general deficiency bill was present
ed and agreed to, and the following
bills were finally disposed of: To PEN
sion Mrs. Mary c. Gregg, widow of
General John Irwin Gregg, at $50 per
month; authorizing the restoration of
John N. Quackenbush to his rank and
place as Commander in the navy, and
his retirement by the President.
President Cleveland'S Family.
WASHINGTON, June Mrs. Cleve-
1..a pnfh E,ctbar Marion and the