Evening star., 1897-05-27
PRINTING PROTESTS.
senator GallfnEer's Remnrks on Ser.
retary Wilson's Conn mmunfcatfon.

senator GallfnEer's Remarks on Sec
retary Wilson's Communication.
In the Senate yesterday Senator Proctor
presented a communication from Secretary
wilson protesting against the passaee of
the antl-vivisection bill and asked to have
II printed as document. Senator Gal
hnger said he would not object this time.
out ne thought 1t was a vicious practice to
burden the printing appropriations with
communications for or against the bill at
thls time, inasmuch as committee of the
senate had passed upon the bill and SUBJ
m1tted report upon it. Mr.. Gallinger
added: =.
During the last Congress bill was pre-
sented for regulating the so-called subject
of viviseetion in the District of Columbia
For the better protection of animals was
the title of the bill That bill was referred
TO subcommittee of the committee on
the District of, Columbia, of which was
chairman. That subcommittee gave a hear.
ing to the parties inter ested. occupying
many hours. The opponents of the bill had
every facility afforded them for presenting
their side of the case. Not only that, but
a young gentleman connected with the De-
partment of Agriculture was given rea-
sonable time to present his views, and in
acdltlon to what he presented, thirty-fiye
closely printed pages were given to him
by the subcGn mittee as space In which to
documents bearing on the subject. Others
who were heard in opposition to the meas
ure were treated with equal courtesy and
generosity. and so far as I know no COM
paint whatever was made that the hearing
was not fair to all parties interested A re-
port was n ade. The bill went to the cal
eEdar, and for one reason and another it
was not re; ;ched for consideration.
immediately upon that report being
made, the opponents of the bill sent pro-
tests and memorials to the Senate and
through senators they were presented and
printed as documents Those protests for
the most part, reviewed the report of the
committee. taking exceptions to- the find
lngs, and in many instances they were mis-
leading. If not absolutely false. p.
AT the present session a similar bill has
been introduced, and by direction of the
committee on the District of Columbia
have reported it to the Senate. Immediate
ly these same gentlemen sent letters and
protests and memorials to the Senate, again
reviewing that report and taking exceptions
to the findings of the committee. Yesterday
papers of that kind were presented, and
again today paper is presented, 1 take
1t, arguing against the findings of your
committee. >.
Mr. President, am not going to OBJ
1ect to the printing Of this paper as q
document, notwithstanding I ought to do
so, but want to call the attention of the
Senate to the fact that there ought to be
some limit to this matter. For instance,
suppose the advocates of the bill should
present very formidable paper reviewing
the views held by these memorfalists, and
the memorialists who presented their docu-
ments yesterday, and again today, should
think 1t incumbent upon them, to review
the opinions of those advocates of the bill,
Where are we going to stop in printing
documents at the expense of the govern
ment regarding a matter that has been
fairly consider ed by committee. the hear
1ngs on which have been printed, and which
are available to all?"