The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-03-25
FOR A GOLD INCOME.
Senator Cul1om Wants 50 Per Cent.
Of Duties Paid in Gold.
The Naval Appropriation BIZ Reported TO
the House-VIrginia Contested Elec-
ton Cass-BuI Relating to Adul-
terated Flour Introduced

of the senate yesterday was an ex-
tended speech by Senator Gallery, Of
Louisiana, in support Of the pending
national quarantine bill In the course /
Of his argument Senator Gallery said
that he wanted the whole quarantine
power in the hands Of the United
States Government, the only authority
which could make a quarantine effect
i've, and he added that he was as
stanch a states rights advocate as
any man
Senator Bacon, Of Georgia. inquired
whether be would object to the follow
ing amendment to the pending bill:
Nothing in this act shall be construed to in
terfere with the right Of any state OF munlcl-
paIity 70 protect its citizens from infectious
contagious or epidemic diseases BY such rules
and regulations as the authorities Of said state
or municip ality may deem necessary
In reply to Senator BacOn's inquiry
Senator Caffery said he saw no Objee-
ton to the terms Of the amendment,
as he understood it. If the state OF
municipal power were sufficient, he
said he would not insist that national
authority should be paramount But
It was evident that state and municipal
authorities were unable properly to
cope with epidemics- He desired that
the whole question should be handled
scientifically, so that power and au-
thoritv should be provided that would
be adequate to cope with yellow fever,
cholera and like disease
Senator Carter, of Montana, Of the
committee on territories, called up the
measure reported by him making fur
ther provision for a civil government
in Alaska and addressed the senate at
length upon it.
Senator Gallinger, Of New Hamp-
shire, who recently returned from a
trip to Cuba. announced that, yielding
to the kind solicitations OF many sen
atOrs. he would the next day, after the
morning business had been transacted,
briefly address the senat upon his OBJ
servations in Cuba, unless, meantime,
something should occur to prevent it
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, presented
the credentials Of his colleague, Sena-
tor Hanna, for the term as United
States senator, covering six years from
March 4. 1899. The credentials were
read and ordered fled
Among the bills passed were the fol-
lowing: To prevent the appointment
of cadets TO the naval or military
academy Of the United States, from
states, territories or districts IN which
such cadets do not reside; to raise the
age of protection for girls in the Dis
/ trict of Columbia and in the territories
/ to IS.
! Senator CullOm introduced bill
which had been sent to kim by the Ma
tionaI Business Mems league The
/ purpose of the measure is to provide a
! gold income for the United States and
/ is as follows:
/ That. in order TO provide a gold income to
I meet OBLIGATIONS required 70 be paid IN gold
l ana avoid unnecessarily increasing the govern
/ meut-s obIfratfOns in maintaining the gold re-
/ serve and 70 strengthen the public credit TO
/ meet all emergencies. 50 per cent Of the duties
/ levied upon foreign impOrtatiOns Of merchan-
/ dfse or manufactured articles OF other articles
| imported from foreign countries shall be paid
/ in gold coin OF the United states, and the re-
| naming 50 per cent in such currency OF the
/ United States as the secretary OF the treasury
may designate
At 4:40 the senate went into execu-
| tive sessiol and then adjourned
THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The naval
appropriation bill, carrying S35, 6SS, 05S,
was reported TO the house yesterday,
but as it had not been printed the con-
tested election of Thorpe vs.. Eppes,
from the EOurE0 virginia ulSbI1CL- ~ d
taken up and debated until four o'clock
when the house, owing to the illness
of Mr.. Rhea, Of Kentucky, who was to
speak adjourned
Mr.. Tawney, of Minnesota, a mem
Der OF the subcommittee OF the com
mittee on ways and means, submitted
a substitute for the bill introduced by
Mr.. Pearce, Of Missouri, relating to
ladulterated -four The substitute had
been drawn to meet objections TO the
Pearce bill The special tax to be
paid by manufacturers and packers OF
mixed -four is reduced from 500 to So
per annum- The tax on the product Is
reduced from 90 cents to four cents Z
barrel. The manufacturers and pack
ers Of mixed -four are required to mark
and brand their -four distinctly 50 a.
to prevent its sale for that which 1t Is
not The definition of mixed flour IL
the substitute bill is changed 50 as Z
make more explicit the term ''mixeC
-four"