Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-16
Senate Takes 1t Up in Preference to
Ship Subsidy Measure.
NUMEROUS CALENDAR BILLS PASSED
House Resumes Consideration of
Sundry Civil Appropriation.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE NEWS

In the absence of Mr.. Frye, President pro
tenn, who is confined to his apartments by
| illness, Mr.. Perkins (Cal) occupied the
| chair at the opening of todays session of
the Senate
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) offered a resolution dis
charging the committee on the judiciary
| from the consideration of the so-called anti
trust bill, and providing that 1t should be
considered by the Senate. The resolution
| went over until Monday.
On motion of Mr.. Allison the Senate de-
cided to consider until 1 o'clock unobjected
bills on the calendar. Under that order the
following bills were passed: Referring TO
| the Court Of Claims the claim of William
E. Woodbridge for compensation for use
by the United States of his invention re-
lating to projectiles: authorizing the Caro-
lima Northern Railroad Company to con-
struct bridge across the Lumber river at
Lumberton, Robeson county. n. c.; pro-
viding for the payment of not exceeding $40
each to the former employees in the cigar
factory of VIM. NJ. Jacobs, at Lancaster.
Pa, the factory having been seized by the
government on account of frauds: to amend
the acts for the protection of birds and the
preservation of game and fish, and for the
prevention of their sale during certain
closed seasons in the District OF Columbia
permitting the transportation by steam ves-
sells of gasoline and other products of pc
troleum when carried by motor vehicles
known as automobiles when used as source
of motive power; providing that II shall be
a misdemeanor for a civilian to refuse to
appear and testify before military court
martial; regulating assessments for water
mains in the District of Columbia: author
izing the board Of supervisors of Pima
county, Arizona, to issue fifty-year 4 per
cent bonds Of Pima county. Arizona, to re-
deem certain bonded Indebtedness, not ex-
ceeding 900 but to include only legal
with the Seneca nation of Indians Of GER
tain lands near Irving, N. Y; providing for
the sending of girls under seventeen years
old. convicted in the District Of Columbia
of any crime, to the reform school.
Oleomargarine Bill Taken Up.
AT 1 o'clock the ship subsidy bill, as the
unfinished business. was lard before the
Senate. Instantly Mr.. Spooner (WisD de-
manded recognition. and moved that the
Senate proceed to the consideration of what
is known as the oleomargarine bill. The
motion was agreed to-45 to 2-Senators
Chiffon (Tex.) and Vest (Mo.) casting the
only votes in the negative.
Mr.. Hale (Me) appealed to Mr.. Proctor
''in view of the almost unanimous vote" by
which the oleomargarine bill was taken up
to permit a vote to be taken upon the
measure Immediately.
Half a dozen democrats were on their
feet at once. Mr.. Berry, gaining recogni-
ton, said: II want to say to the senator
from Maine that the almost unanimous
vote TO take up the bill was not because
the Senate is unanimously in favor of 1t;
but it was in order to get rid of, set aside
and give black eye to the ship subsidy
bill"
Not that they love Caesar less sug-
gested Mr.. Hale, smilingly but that they
love Rome more" uaughter)
A joint resolution ratifying agreement
between Tennessee and Virginia TO the
boundary between the two states was
passed.
Mr.. PrOctOr's Statement.
Mr.. Proctor (VtD, chairman of the COM
mittee on agriculture. from which the oleo-
margarine bill was reported, made a state
ment as to the bill. He was of opinion that
the enactment of the bill would put the
oleomargarine business upon a sound and
honest basis. and in the end the o,eomarga-
rine manufacturers would De the better for
the change.
rs it the object of this BILL" inquired Mr..
Vest (Mo.), ito collect revenue, IS it in
tended to discourage the manufacture OF
oleomargarine?'
The measure shows on its face" replied
Mr.. Proctor, that 1t it is partly for the
collection Of revenue and partly for the
protection Of the honest butter product
Mr. Proctor declared that oleomargarine
now was foisted upon the consumer as
butter
IT want to know" inquired Mr.. Stewart,
''if the principal object of this bill is not
to raise the price of dairy butter and thus
impose upon the common people?"
II think" responded Mr.. Proctor, that
it will have a very slight effect in that
direction He said the United States had
suffered much In its export of dairy pro-
ducts because of the substitution of oleo-
margarine for butter in the export trade,
and he thought this bill and the amend
ment to the agricultural appropriation bill
adopted yesterday would remedy the
trouble very materially.
THE HOUSE.
In retaliation against the action of Mr..
Cannon, chairman OF the appropriations
committee, yesterday in filibustering
oooinct the ma ssa ge of private claims Mr.