The sun., 1900-06-01
THEWORK OF CONGRESS-
Agreement Between Committee and
Senator CIark's Friends.
WILL ALLOW CASE TO REST.
The Senate Agrees to Another Cons
ference With the House ON
the Naval Appropria-
tiOn Bill,

| W aSnlnStOn, May 81. - Ine senate
committee on privileges and elections has
reachcd an agreement with the friends of
Senator Clark of Montana to allow the
senator's case to rest where it is, with the
understanding that no further steps shall
be taken to have either Mr.. Clark's or
| Mr.. Maginnis' credentials referred to
the committee and that no further action
shall be taken on the resolution of the
committee concerning Senator Clark's
original election.
| The senate has agreed to another con-
ference Oh the naval appropriation bill,
and Mcssrs. Hale, Perkins and Tillman
were named as conferees The points in
disagreement are the provision for armor
plate, ocean surveys and the course of
| instruction ut the naval academy.
| Senator GallingCr in the senate with
drew his motion to reconsider the vote by
which the Louisiana Purchase exposition
| appropriation was passed
Mr.. Bevcridgc introduced resolution
| providing for the appointment of a wom-
an commissioner from the Daughters of
| the American Revolution to be present ut
the unycling of the statue of Lafayette
! in Paris. In response to an objection
that one such appointment had been
made Mr.. Beveridge said that while this
was true there were two organizations of
the Daughters and that this resolution
was meant to give representation to the
| one not represented.
| Mr.. Daniel sought to secure considera-
ton for the bill providing for the pay
ment of the Hawaiian debt, but Mr.. AL
ison objected, saying he did so in the in
| terest of early adjournment and that
there would be time to take up the Ha-
waiian bill after the passage of the ap-
| preparation bills, of which only the sun
| dry civil, general deficiency and military
academy bills remained to be disposed Of
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
| then taken up, and Mr.. Gallinger adj
| dressed the senate in explanation of his
| motion to reconsider the vote by which
the amendment providing an appropria-
ton of S5,000,000 for the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition was passed. In doing
so he attacked the senate rule against in
| cooperating general legislation in an APP
preparation bill, comparing it to the fc-
ton of Eli Perkins and the idealism of
Jules Verne. He then cited numerous
| instances of general legislation in the
pending bill contrary to the rule.
Report on Grout Bill.
| The report on the Grout oeomargarine
| pills Which lluS Uttu IL sbUIce Ol lively
contention, was filed by the majority of
the house committee on agriculture, the
| minority also filing an adverse report.
Representative Henry of Connecticut
! drew the majority report, which says in
part
1--WE are of the opinion that the people
have ample cause for alarm ut the .tre-
mendous illegal growth of the oleomar-
garine traffic in this country during the
| past few years. which now appears 20
have reached proportions beyond the
power of the states to successfully regu-
late or control, and the present federal
laws are apparently altogether made
qrHtc for the emergency.
I'VE find that the very foundation and
cause of The enormous amount of fraud
and illegal selling of olcomargarine are in
| the great profits which are derived from
the sale of the imitation because of its
absolute counterfeit Of butter, which en-
ables INSCRIPTIONS dealers to impose
upon unsuspccting customers. These
profits are sufficiently large to cause the
retailers to run the chances of detection
and prosecution, and they are further
emboldcncd and encouraged through tho.
guarantees Of the manufacturers of pro,
lection against prosecutions under the n,
state laws. ~
"'rhe tax of 10 cents per pound uporS-s
| oleomargarine colored to resemble butter
will not deprive the manufacturers and
| dealers or consumers of any great amount
of legal right they now possess.
"Serous conditions require drastic
measures, and it certainly appears from
! the testimony of those representing the
producers of butter as well as from the
admissions of the witnesses for the other
side that those who are engaged in this
oleomargarine traffic have absolutely no
regard for state laws and regard the pub
lie as their legitimate victim, i'll whose
behalf they resent the interference of
the general government The continued
existence of such a condition we cannot
but believe furnishes a demoralizing ex-
ample to our people in trade, who are be-
ing tutored by this oleomargarine inter-
est in the art of evasion and defiance Of
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