The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-06

gether satisfactory to him, but he ronsid-
cred It the best that could be had under
the circumstances. In the course Of bis
remarks he denouqosas the sale 81 oieomaf>
garine as "colo-sal fraud"
Mr. Tawfey SPOKE on Tue desirability Of
adopting the rule He denounced oleo-
| margarine. He regretted that the Commit
tee on Rules had not seen fit to give the
House an opportunity to vote On the bill
Mr.. Davidson advocated the adoption Of
the rule
Mr.. Bailey of Texas replied to Mr.. Grout.
He said it was attempted to invoke the
power of Congress TO stifle competition be-
tween two commodities. m
Mr.. Lorimer reviewed the legislative
history Of the Grout bill. The delay in
| reporting the bill was due, he charged,
TO the butcher people. He told Of the
| opposition to the Grout bill that had come
from cattlemen, cotton growers, and labor
unions. He said the Grout bill was not
to prevent the fraudulent sale Of oleomar-
garine, but to tax the industry out of ex-
istence. Mr.. Henry of Connecticut urged
the adoption of the rule.
Mr.. Allen of Mississippi, one of the fore
most opponents of the Grout bill, declared
that the advocates of that bill had delayed
the consideration of the subject. II the
House wanted to stamp out fraud 1t would
vote for the substitute; If it meant to
stamp out industry it would vote for the
Grout bill He made plea to the House
that the members should read the report
Of the minority of the Committee on Agri-
culture and the substitute bill offered by
that minority.
Mr. Pearre spoke for five minutes, say
ing at one point in his remarks that oleo-
margarine was even corrupting the morals
of the people.
Mr.. Hawley advocated the adoption of
the rule. He opposed the Grout bill and
the blind bigotry Of the opponents of
oleomargarine" The rule was adopted.
Mr.. Burton presented conference re-
port on the Emergency River and Har-
Dor bill. The provisions of the House bill
remained substantially intact The Senate
amendment for a harbor at Guam was
retained. The report was adopted.
Mr.. Hull presented the conference report
on the Military Academy Appropriation
bill. The conferees on the part of the
House agreed to the amendments advance
ing the rank of the Major General Com
handing the Army and of the Adjutant
General, and giving the President authority
to increase the number of cadets at the
Military Academy by appointing two cadets
from each State and cadets-at-large. This
increase was opposed by Messrs Hay, Jet,
and Henry of Mississippi. and advocated
by Messrs Hull and Marsh.
During Mr.. Marsh's excited and vocifer-
Gus speech, he was repeatedly interrupted
by ironical applause and shouts of Wow!
WOh!" and cheers for the Democrats.
On the order for the nrevious question
Mr.. Sulzer demanded division, resulting
in ayes 12O, noes G.. and the previous
question was ordered. On the question of
agreeing to the report. the ayes were
l12, and the noes 81. The yeas and nays
were demanded and ordered and the Clerk
began the roll call.
The vote was-yeas 1913, nays 81. The
vote was announced at 1890.
Under the provisions of the bill md the
conferees' report, which was adopted, the
senior major general Of the Army, who is
General Miles, shall have the rank and pay
of lieutenant general. 1t is further pro-
yided that the succession to this rank snail
be by line officers only, which precludes the
possibility that General Corbin may sue
coed to the com mand OF the Army By the
terms of the bill the Adjutant General shall
be entitled TO the rank and pay of q mcjor
general. Il
Mr. Foss presented the conference report
on the Naval Appropriation bill Mr.. Fos5
said there were still three !, matters OF
which there was disagreement. One IVES
the question of ocean surveys. the other OF
commissioning naval cadets, and the third
the question of armor plate. Mr.. Rixey
moved that the House recede and concur in
the Senate amendment in the, matter Of
armor plate. He wanted a separate vote
on each of the points OF disagseemcnt.
Mr.. Foss moved that the House further
insist on its position regarding surveys and
cadets, and this motion prevailed.
Mr.. Rixey's motion to recede on the
armor plate question was lost-96 to As.
Mr.. Foss moved that the House further
insist on its amendment to the Senate
amendment concerning armor plate, and
this motion was carried. The bill was
sent again to conference.
Mr. Pearre called up the conference re-
port on the bill for the extension of the
Metropolitan Railway. According to the
report the cost Of widening Columbia Road
is to be borne one-half by the property
owners and one-half by the railroad COM
pany and the District Of Columbia This
was agreed to.
At five minutes past o'clock this morn
ing the House voted on a motion to take
recess. Mr.. Payne moved to take a re-
cess till o'clock and Mr.. Hopkins amend
ed this by making ii 9 O'Clock. On
division the motion of Mr.. Payne prevailed,
when Mr.. Lentz raised the Soint OF no
quorum, and a call of the House was
ordered In the Intervening time the
members engaged in horseplay and the
making of mock motions.
At 1:30 a. IN. point of no quorum was
raised, and call OF the House was or
dered. No quorum was obtained. The
members present were smoking and ex-
changing jokes. Business was at a stand
still.
At $3.50 O'Clock The House took re-
cess until o'clock this morning.