The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-17
IT'S GIVEN ONLY AN HOUR
Laid Aside for Unobjected Bills on the
Calendar.
WEAKLY 300 BILLS PASSED YESTERDAY
AIMING THIN Was One Authorizing the Caro-
lima Nor thern Road to Build Bridge
Across Lumber River. TilIman
on 0Ieomargarine.
CRy the Associated Press.)

(Ry the Associated Press.)
Washington. Feb. 16.-Ar the conclusion
OF the morning hour in the Senate today,
when the unfinished business. the Ship
ping Bill was laid before the body, Mr..
Spooner rep. Wis., moved to proceed to
the consideration of the Olemaragarine
Bill. By practically unanimous vote,
only two Senators voting in the negative,
the motion prevailed. Thus the Subsidy
Bill was displayed as the unfinished bust
ness and the Oleomaragarine Bill was
placed in that order. After little over an
hours consideration of the measure, it
was laid aside in order that unobiected
asbgifs on the calendar might be considered.
Nearly 300 bills including 1877 private
pension bills were passed. during the day
In the absence OF Mr.. Frye President
pro tenn, who is confined to his apartments
by illness, Mr.. Perkins tCali.) Occupied the
chair at the opening of today's session of
the Senate.
Mr. Jones (Ark.) offered resolution
discharglng the Committee on the Judi
ciary from the consideration OF the SO
called Anti Trust Bill and providing that
il should be considered by the Senate.
The resolution went over until Monday.
On motion o fMr. Allison the Senate de-
->cided to consider until one o'cloclt TN
objected bills on the calendar. Under
that order the following bills were
passed:
Authorizing the Carolina Northern
Railroad Company to construct a bridge
across the Lumber River at Lumberton,
Robson county. y. Is.
To amend the acts for the protection
of birds and the preservation of game and
fish. ana for tn; proven sion of THEM sale
during certain Niosed seasons in tne Dis
trict oil columbia
Permitting the transportation by steam
vessels of gasoline and other products Of
petroleum when carried by automobiles;
fr0viding that ii shall be a misdemeanor
fer a civilian to refuse to appear and
testify before a military court martial.
Al ] o'clock the Ship Subsidy Bill as
the unfinished business was laid before
The Senate. Instantly MIR. spooner (Wis.)
demanded recognition and moved that the
Senate proceed to the consideration of
what IS known as the Olecmargarine
Bill. The motion was agreed to, As to 2,
Senators Chiffon (Texas) and Vest (Mo.)
casting the only votes in the negative.
Mr. Hale (Me.) appealed to Mr.. Proc
Tor lin view of the almost unanimous
vote" by which the Oleomargarne Bill
was taken up to permit a vote to be
taken upon the measure Immediately.
Half dozen Democrats were on their
feet at once. Mr.. Berry gaining recogni-
lion, said: Il 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 it;
but il was in order TO get rid of, set
aside and give a black eye to the Ship
subsidy Bill"
SLUG THREE gww-
that they agreved at anything | have
"a ThsqL ga k
A joint resolution ratifying an agree
ment between Tennessee and Virginia
us to the boundary between the two
States was passed.
Mr. Proctor. (Va), Chairman of the
Committee on Agriculture, from which
the Oloemargarine Bill was reported.
made statement as to the bill.
The discussion took a rather humor-
Gus turn when Mr.. Proctor and Mr.
Tillman began comparing their respec-
tive experience in dairying. Mr.. Proc
tor said he MIXED $50 cows and had had
nifty years of dairy experience.
Mr. Tillman said he used to carry his
butter TO market every Saturday and
that he went from the dairy to the Gov
ernor's chair. The South Carolina Sem
ator declared that the restrictions on
coloring should apply to butter and
oleomargarine alike and he caused
much amusement by the vehemence of
his denunciation of "axle grease" and
''all other decotions, connections and
contraptions put off on the public" al
though he held that if a purchaser
wanted axle grease" he was entitled
TO have it. The Senator spoke of one
kind OF butter that was so strong that
man had to put a brick in the top
of his hat to get the taste out of the roof
Of his mouth.
Without completing the bill it was
laid aside for the purpose of taking up
unobjected house bills.
Among the bills passed We're the fol-
lowing:
To incorporate the National Society
OF Unite States Daughters of 1872: to
pay 1000 to the trustees of Holston
Seminary, at New Market. Tenn for
the occupation of their property by
United States troops during the Civil
War: TO pay $4,000 to the trustees OF.
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