The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-01
Credentials of Martin Maginnfs. the
Rival Claimant from Montana,
VIII Also Sleep.
REPORTS ON OLE0MARGARINE
MAJORITY AND MINORITY VIEWS ON
THE CIRCUIT MEASURE.
Reasons for the Proposed Tax of Ten
Cents q Pound on Imitation But
er-Pensioners Dying.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

WASHINGTON, May 3L-An agreement
has been reached by the Senate committee
on privileges and elections TO let the Gre
dentials of Clark and Maginnis remain
Enacted upon until next winter, the reso-
luton declaring that Clark was not duly
and legally elected by the Montana Legis-
lature to take the same course. II is un-
derstood Senator Hoar intends to address
a few remarks to the Senate on the sub
ject. At least when an attempt was made
in the committee to reach an understand
ing that no one should say anything about
the Montana cases in the Senate at this
session Senator Hoar declined to consent
to it, saying he did not propose that his
mouth should be closed upon any subject
before the body of which he is a member.
in spite of this. however, the agreement
will be adhered to and the Montana cases
go over until next winter. This was
the only practicable course open to the
committee, for the Senate would refuse to
stay here simply to discuss and vote on
that matter.
Senator Beveridge. by request. introduced
a joint resolution to-day authorizing the
President to appoint a woman commits
sioner to represent the United States and
the National Society of Daughters of the
Revolution at the unwilling of the statue
of Lafayette in Paris, France, and at the
Paris exposition. There has already been
one woman commissioned. appointed by
law, to attend the unwilling and the ex-
position. but it seems that she represents
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, a different and apparently antagon-
istic society. 1t is SO late in the life of this
Congress that the proposition stands little
chance of seeing light. so that If the
Daughters of the Revolution want to be
represented in Paris they will have to de-
fray the expenses of the representative
themselves.
Senator Beverages bill to pay Porter.
Harrison and Fishback $500 for services
in defending ex-oficers and ex-soldiers for
acts done in obedience TO a superior Of
ficer in Indiana during the civil war. as
recommended by the judge advocate gen.
eral Of the army and the secretary of war,
was to-day favorably reported back to the
Senate from the committee on claims.
XXX
Representative Crumpacker's bill remov-
ing the charge of desertion from Gustavus
Adolphus Thompson, of Company B, Ninth
Indiana Infantry, and granting him an
honorable discharge dated July II, 1862, was
to-day favorably reported back 10 the
House from the military committee, with
an amendment that no pay. bounty or other
emoluments shall be paid Thompson by
virtue of this act.
Veterans of the civil war are dying off
at about the rate of three and one-third
per cent. per annum. COMMISSIONS of
Pensions Evans estimates that there are
about $3.50 00 survivors Of the civil war.
OF this number there were on the pension
rolls last year 742. 467. During the year a.
ISL p~ensioned veterans died. This number
is slightly more than three and one-third
per cent. Assuming that the death rate
among those not p~ensioned is the same as
among the pensioners the total number of
veterans who died during the year would
be about 30,S55. Commissioner Evans esti-
mates that the average age of the veter-
ans who still survive Is about fifty-nine
died last summer. seventy-five years after
the close of the war. AT the same rate
there will probably be a few survivors of
the civil war still living in 1910.
xxT
The special agent of the United States
at Honolulu reports to the Department of
State, under date of the 9Th inst, hat the
authorities have declared the Ha-
waiian islands free from infection of bu-
bonic plague since the Goth ult., and that
the quarantine of the islands was raised
on the last mentioned date.
XXX
The report on the Grout oleomargarine
bill, which has caused contention, was
to-day 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: w are of opinion that the people
have ample cause for alarm at the tre-
mendous illegal growth of the oleomar
garine traffic in this country during the
past few years. which now appears to have
reached proportions beyond the power Of
the States to successfully regulate or con-
troll. and the present federal laws are ap-
parently altogether inadequate for the
We find that the very foun-
dation and cause of the enormous amount
of fraud and illegal selling Of oleomar-
garine is in the great profits which are de-
from the sale of the imitation be-
cause of its absolute counterfeit OF butter.
which enables INSCRIPTIONS dealers 70 i'm
pose upon -unsuspecting customers. These
profits are sufficient to cause the retailer
10 run chances of detection and prosecu- !
ton, and they are further emboldened and
through the guarantees of the
manufacturers of protection against prose- |
cutions under the state laws.
1.-The tax of 10 cents per pound upon oleo-
colored to resemble butter will
not deprive the manufacturers and dealers
or consumers of any great amount of legal |
right they now possess We believe the
manufacture and sale of oleomargarine
will continue under this measure, and thai |
those who desire a cheap substitute for
will purchase the uncolored article.
only difference is that the counterfeit
colored In imitation OF butter. will
no longer be accessible TO hotel keepers. |
keepers and clearinghouse pro- |
~rrietors at such prices as will be an in |
ducement for them TO deceive their guests |
as is now, we believe. absolutely univer-
sal. where IL is served, and thus another |
class of consumers who nave been sub
iccted 10 imposition for more than twenty |
are eating butter fat or hog fat when they /
spread their bread. IT coloTed oleomar-
garine is served IL will be because IL is bet
ter, not cheaper. tEan butter. |
Serious conditions require drastic meas
ures. and IL certainly appears from the |
testimony of those representing the pro- |
ducers of butter, as well as from the adj
missions Of the WITNESSES for the other |
side. that those who are Engaged hi this
oleomargarine trafic have absolutely no re-
gard for state laws and regard the public
as their legitimate victim. In whose be-