Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-14
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CONGRESS.

o'clock. An amendment was offered
by Senator Teller, striking out ttlss 4
treaty prohibition against the sfNrstiss
fication of the Nicaragua cana when
constructed Senator Morgan con-
cluded his speech and Teiler# spo kei
for two hours in opposition to the
treaty. $E5 & .
House.--The house passed the
Grout oleomargarine bill by q vote ofs
1906 to 90. The substitute offered By
the minority of the committe ON
agriculture which imposed additional
restrictions on the SAFE OF oleou,a ~,
garine to prevent it's fraudulent sale
as butter and increased the; penal ties ss
for violations, yes defeated by q vote
of 113 to 17s. The bill as passed
makes all articles known as oleo-5
margarSae, .butterine, initiated butter
or initiated cneess transported into
any state or territory for consur,p--5
ton or sale subject to- the pone n
power of such state or territory.
but prevents any state or territory
from prohibiting the transportat ion
or sale of such product when pro
duced and sold free from coloTAtipn?
in imitation of butter. The bill In
creases the tax on oleomarg@ zine
eolorod in imitation of butter from
2 to 10 cents per pound and decreas-
es the tax on oleomargarine uIcol-
ored from 2 cents to II cent per
pound. 3s$ a3y s G I
Washington, Dec 1O.-SeiateA g Se
senate spent almost five hours in ieN-s
ecutive session considering the Hay
Pauncefote treaty. Morgan took is-
sue with Teller as to the purrogt Of
The first clause of the Clayt6n }wer.
treaty, claiming it applied only tos
Great Britain's right to fortify Ne
Nicaragua canal itself. Teller res
piled at some length, B. asserting
that the provision was of more gem
eral import as, he said. any one could
ascertain for himself by readings
President Buchanan's views upon the
subject when he was minister to Eng
land. The declaration then made
showed plainly, he said, that Eng
land had attempted to extend her.
rights beyond the immediate vicinity
of the canal. Teller repeated his dec
laratlon that the : United States
should construct the canal, if at all,
regardless of the English position
and without going through the for
mality of ratifying the pendins
treaty. % 5s s3
House-Thc first of the great sup
ply bills, the Legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, was
passed by the house today in record
time. The bill carries $$224 ,496, SOB and
has 131 pages, but there was less
than ten minutes debate uponSit. No
nfh o<r y
Washington, Dec. 11.Senate--
There were no set speeches on the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty in the execu~I
tive session of the senate today. Such
discussion as there was consisted OF
questions and answers directed to-
wards clearing lip doubts concern
ing the effect of the treaty generally
regarding the rights Of the United
States in Central America Bevers
idge, Lodge, Foraker, Teller, Money
Mason and Spooner part ipated III
the discussion. The GroMl oil omarsa
marine bill was referred to the cor y
mittee on agriculture. Clay Of GeoM
gia delivered vigorous address III
opposition to the ship subsidy bill.
House-The debate on the war rev
enue reduction bill opened in the
house today. Mr.. Payne of New York.
chairman of the ways and means
committee, spoke on behalf Of the
majority, and Mr.. Swanson of Vir-s
ginia on behalf of the minority. "a
resolution was adopted for the ap-
pointment of a special committee OF
five members to investigate the death
of Oscar l.. Booz of Bristol, Pa, who
Died recently, it is alleged, as re-
suit of haZing, received while a cadet
at West Point. This course was taxi
en- over the head of the military COM
mittee, which reported for allowing
the war department to conduct the
inquiry. 3,5S
Washington, Dec. 13.-In accord
ance with previous agreement tho
! senate in executive session took 8
vote at o'clock today on the $amend-
ment to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
authorizing the United States to de-
fend it's interests in the canal The
vote was taken by yeas and nays
sixty-five votes being cast in favor'
| of the amendment and seventeen
against it. The negative votes were
as follows: Baird, Beveridge, Frye.
Foster, Hansbrough, Lindsay, Mason,
McCumber, McEnery, Mcbride, Nor
gan, Money, Stewart, Tillman, Well
lington. Wolcott and Gallinger. The
committee amendment which was
adopted, was a provision to be in
serted after section 5, Of article 2 or
the treaty, and is as follows:
1T is agreed, however, that none
of the Immediately foregoing condi-
tons and stipulations in sections
numbered l, 2, 3, 4 and S Of this ar
ticle> shall apply to measures which
the United States may find it neces-
sary to take for securing it's own
forces and the defense of the United
States and the maintenance Of pub
| lie ORDER"
In open session Hanna spoke in IA
for of the ship subsidy bill. A5joint
resolution from the committee on
public buildings and grounds, direct
ing the appointment of q joint COM
mission to ascertain feasible loca-
ton for and probable cost ofsa hall
of records to be located in the Dis
trict of Columbia was adopted.
! House-The debate on the war rev.
enue reduction bill continued in the
house today. 1t was duh and feat.
ureless. II. s9 II n 4
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