The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-15
TIE CLEO BILL PASSES.
Imitation Butter Subject to Police
Powers OF States.
House Voted on the Bill Yesterday-The
Homestead Law Debated in the Sem
ate and Passed.

House Voted on the Bill Yesterday-The
Homestead Law Debated in the Sem
ate and Passed.
Washington, January 14.-In the House
this morning a number of private pen
sion and other minor bills were passed.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, Democrat OF Massachu-
sets. secured the passage vi resolution
calling on the Secretary of tho Navy for
an estimate Of tie cost OF putting the
frigate Constitution IN n condition to
make the journey from Portsmouth. n.
H.. to Washington, to be used as naval
museum.
The bill increasing to $50 the pension
of Martha Custis Garter, widow OF Rear
Admiral S. P. Carter, y. S. N, went
through without objection. Later. Mr..
Loud, Democrat of California, stated that
if his attention had not been distracted
at the time the bill was read, he would
have objected to it.
The bill, discussed yesterday, to make
oleomargarino aDd all other imitation
dairy products subject to the laws OF the
state or territory into which they are
transported, was called up by Mr.. trout
Republican 1f Vermont. The proposit-
ion was on the general ground that the
bill provided interference with the pow
er of Congress to regulate Interstate COM
merce. The right of state to prevent
import ration into it's boundaries OF pro-
duct which the laws of that state prohlb-
ited was a basis for arguments in its
favor. Z
Mr.. Lacey, Republican of Iowa, main
tanned that under the present laws olso-
margarine was imported into the states.
the stamped covers removed and iml1a-
ton sold as real butter.
Mr.. Cannon, Republican OF Illinois,
protested against any attempt to shnt
o1eomargerine out of the markets entire
", He said oleomargarine was far more
cle.nly and healthier than three-fourths
of the butter manufactured in the Unit
ed States There was, he said, mora war
rant for making oleomargarlne than Tor
the work of shoe manufacturers IN Mas
saohusetts In making shoes so clevsrly
that they were able to sell them for calf.
(Applause)
MIR. Boatner, Democrat of Louisiana,
to that section of the Constitution guar
| ranteeing the rights of every state III Its
relations with the Others
Mr.. circuit, Republican of Vermont,
callad for the reading of the bill by para
graphs, to permit the offering OF amena-
ments. The first offered was by MT.
Tucker, Democrat of Virginia, and Mr..
moved to strike out the last word, in
order to make a defense Of the maDufact-
urers of Massachusetts, against whose
integrity insinuations had been made
during the debate on the bill. His com
plimentary references were applauded.
MIR. Tucker called for division on his
amendment which "would completely
circuit, aud it was lost, 90 to SO. An
amendment was adopted providing that
oleomaraarine in transit should not be
subject to the police power of any state
through which it might pass. An earnest
appeal for the bill was made by Mr..
Henderson, Republican of Iowa. He
said the opposition to the bill came from
the great cattle interests of Chicago and
Kansas City, from Mr.. Armour and Mr..
Swift, who kept down the price of cat
tie to the injury of the farmers and stock
raissrs of the west. A telegram from the
Baltimore City Produce exchange in ia
vor of the bill, was read, and Mr. Grout
moved the previous question which was
ordered. An amendment providing that
nothing in the act should be construed
to forbid the sale of oleomargarine ex-
cept in such manner as would advise
customers of it's real character, was
agreed to. A motion for the third read
ing of the bill was carried by rising
vote, 1872 to So. The yeas and nays were
demanded and the bill ordered to q
third reading, yeas 1876, nays Sc. The bill
was passed without division.
| The Presidents message vetoing the
bill to create a new judicial district in
Texas, was referred to the committee or
judiciary.
MI. Sherman, Republican of New
York, presented the Indian appropriation
bill. The House then adjourned.