The age-herald., 1901-02-17
Quick Work Made of the Numerous Private Bills
SOME DaiRYING EXPERIENCES
Proctor Milked 250 Cows and Had Fifty Years Experience, While TilIman Went From Dairy
 To Governors Chair.

Washington, February 16.--At the con- clusion of the morning hour in the Sem ate today when the unfinished business, the shipping bill, was lafd before the body Mir. Spooner. Republican, of Wis consin moved to proceed to the consid- eration of the oleomargarine bill. By a practically unanimous vote, only two Senators voting in the negative, the mo- tion prevailed Thus the subsidy bill was displaced as the unfinished business and tho oeomargarine bill was placed in that order After little over an hours consd- eration of the measure 1t was laid aside fin order that unobjected bills on the call endar might be considered. Nearly zoo bills, including 197 private pension bills, were passed during the day.
 In the absence of Mir. Frye, president pro tenn MT Perkins of California occu- pied the chair at the opening of today's session of the Senate.
 MT. Jones of Arkansas offered resolu- tion discharging the committee on the Judiciary bill from the consideration of the so-called antitrust bill, and providing that 1t should be considered by the Sen ate The resolution went over until Mon- day
 On motion of MT. Allison the Senate de- cided to consider until l o'clock unob- jected bills on the calendar. Under that order the following bills were passed: Re- ferring to the court of claims the claim of William E. Woodridge for compensa- tion for use by the United States of his t1nr izing the Carolina Northern Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Lumber river at Lumberton, Robe son County. North Carolina: permitting the transportation by steam vessels or gasoline and other products of petroleum when carried by motor vehicles known as automobiles, when used as source or motive power; providing that it shall be a misdemeanor for c civilian to refuse to appear and testify before military court-martial; au' aorizing the board of supervisors of Pima County, Arizona, to issue 5O-year per cent bonds of Pima County, Arizona, to redeem certain bond ed indebtedness not exceeding $l47,000, but to include only legal bonded indebt- edness.
 Subsidy Bill.
 The ship subsidy bill, as the unfinished business, was then laid before the Sen ate MT. Spooner of Wisconsin, demand ed recognition and moved that the Sen ate proceed to the consideration of what is known as the oleomargarine bill. The motion was agreed to. 45 to ?. Senators Chiffon of Texas and Vest of Missouri calling the only negative votes.
 MT. Hale of Maine appealed to MT. Proctor "in view Of the almost unahl- nous vote by which the oleomargarine bill was taken up," to permit vote to he taken upon the measure Immediately, Half a dozen Democrats were on their feet at once MT. Berry, gaining recog- milton. said: 1T want to say to the Sen ator from Maine that the almost unani- nous vote to take LID the bill was not because the Senate is unanimously In favor of it. but it was in order to get rid of set aside and give a black eye to the ship subsidy. restcd Mr. Hale, smiingly, but, that they love Rome more Naughter)
 A join; resolution ratifying an agree noent between Tennessee and Virginia as The boundary between the two states was passed.
 MT Proctor of Vermont, chairman Of inc committee on agriculture, from which the oleomargarine bill was reported, made a statement as to the bill He was of the opinion that the enactment Of the Dill would put the oleomargar1ne business up- on a sound and honest basis and in the end the oleomargarine manufacturers would be the better for the change
 "Is 1t the object of this bill," inquired MT. Vest of Missouri, "to collect revenue CT is it intended to discourage the manu- facture of oleomargarine?
 "The measure shows on its face," re- nlied MT Proctor, that 1t is partly for the collection of revnue and partly for inc protection of the honest butter pro- 0uct'
 "I want to know inquired MT. Stew art If the principal object of this bill is not to raise the price of dairy butter, and thus impose upon the common peo- ple?"
 q think" responded MT. Proctor, "that it will have Q very slight effeGt in that direction.
 Took Humorous Turn.
 The discussion took q rather humorous turn when Mir Proctor and MT. Tilman began comparing their respective ex- neriences in dairying. MT. Proctor said he n1ilked 250 cows and had had fifty wears of dairy experience
 Mir rillman said he used to carry hS butter to market every Saturday, and yent from the dairy to the Governors chair.
 The South Carolina Senator declared that the reStrlctloDS on coiorlnS should apply to butter and oleomargarine alike. and he caused much amusement by the ,,ebemence of his denanciation of "axle crease" and all other decoctions, concoc- tions and contraptions put off on the pub lie although he held that if purchaser wanted axle grease he was entitled to have fl.
 Without completing the bill 1t was laid aside for the purpose of taking up House 1to,
 Among the bills passed were the follow ing: To incorporate the National Society or United States Daughters of 1872; to nay 5000 to the trustees of Holston Sem mary at New Market, Tenn, for the oc- cupation of their property by Union troops during the civil war: to pay $6O0o 10 the trustees of Carson Newman Col