The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
LAYING UP
BITTERNESS
CLEARY-TAWNEY RIVALRY HAS
DEVELOPED TO A DANGER
Gus STAGE
ANTI-oLEo BILLS AT A STAND
While the BucOIic Statesmen From
Minnesota Are Quarreling Over
Prospective LaureIs the
Same May Vanish.
FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
Washington, ID. C..

Washington, ID. G.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan, 16.-Some
people who can stand adversely are quick
ly boWled over by success. That would
appear to be the case with the people
who have been fighting oleomargarine
At the beginning of this session it was
generally conceded that their fight was
won; it was only necessary to pluck the
laurels Of victory and place them on the
brows of the COW.
But the valiant knights of the churn
have fallen to quarreling as to who won
the fight, and from quarreling they have
began to lay about with their cudgels
and Wback on another's heads. The
valiant Sir Jim McCleary claims the hon
or of leadership; which is disputed by the
gallant Sir Jim Ta1 ney. Roth hail from
the buxom state of Minnesota.
Sir Mac claims to be the only true
champion Of the cow, and has heralded
abroad his intention to fight unto the
death to maintain her reputation spotless
and her butter above reproach. Which
challenge is answered by Sir Jim with
curSings and revilings. The cow, he says,
was his inspiration and star of hope long
before his upstart rival had the pleasure
Of an introduction to her. His legislative
armor is full of dents in her behalf, suf-
fered in the dust and clash of tourney,
while this young Mac was playing soldier
thus do the two chiefs joust with words.
Dairymen Play With Danger.
The dairymen are beginning to be anx-
ious lest the lack of harmony in their
own ranks defeat the bill to eXterminate
| cleomarganine. Already they are dividing
into two camps; one division is in favor
of the old Grout bill, which leaves
small tax on uncolCred oleomargar1ne; the
| other is in favor of the Tawney bill,
| which removes all tax from the uncol-
| ored product. McCleary is the author of
the so-called Grout bill-the bill which
PASSED the house last session. and nearly
passed the senate. Tawney is sponsor
| for the new bill, with it's important alter
| alton.
| Behind Tawney and his substitute is the
! National Dairy union, of which Charles
Y. Knight is the valued secretary and
| lobbyist This organization levies tax
| on all creameries ard butteries through
out the country and the proceeds are
] rsed in sending out great volume, OF
I literature advising the cow owner Of the
| progress Of the Legislation and the do1ngs
| or misdoings of his congressman. often
| Mr. Farmer or Mr.. Dairyman is urged
| ia write to his congressman and tell him
| what to do That makes business for the
| congressman; for the letters begin COM
/ ing in by the bushel and they all nave
| to be answered.
This organization championed the sub
| stitute bill of Mr.. Tawnev. and IN its cir
| cular literature .4lere were hints ana SuS~
| gestions that Mr.. McCleary was too Of
| 6cious. It was charged against him that
he was trying to ''butt in and get Ut
tie political glory in his district and state'
| to be used later in campa5gn for the
United States senate.
McCIeary Starts a Campaign.
McCIeary did not like this verv well. 50
| he set up a publication bureau OF his
own. He entered into contract with
| printer and put a few clerks to work ad-
| dressing envelopes, and began business.
| First he entered into correspondence with
a lot Of darymen and got them to de-
nounce Tawney's substitute bill and to de-
| clare for the Grout bill. Of which he is
champion These letters McCleary print
! ed in circular form and spread abroad
among the other dairymen. He got up
another circular with ''Stand bv the
| Grout bill'' done in red ink and large
letters around the margins: While black
face type is employed to point out the ut
ter faIsity of the Tawney substitute. 1t
| is no better substitute for the Grout bill,
he declares, than oleo is a substitute for
genuine butter. That's the kind of shot
that goes home. When he read that
Tawney squirmed and tried to think Of
| a new curse.
! and McCleary are waging a warm fight.
| Tawney falls back on hte claim tAat he
| won the fight for the anti-oleo legislation
in the last session. and he has invented
a mean dose for his adversary in the
comparison of McCleary TO Sampson. He
says Admiral McClearv was not in sig
mailing distance of the fight but now that
the victory is won he comes steaming
up Just in time to send few telegrams
of congratulation and to claim the prize
money. It is understood that this is to be
the burden of the next batch of circulars
sent by Messrs. TawneY and Knight to
their constituents.
GrOut Sides With McCIeary
From General Grout himself comes a
letter endorsing the McCleary bill which
retains the tax of quarter of a cent
on uncolored oleo. Abiding to Tawney' S
proposal to remove this tax Grout writes:
Il think with YOU that the change
made in the oleomargarine bill of last year
by Mr.. Tawney's bill does not strengthen
it but weakens it and as a matter of
policy is very unwise, to say the least. -
Again he says: "The proposed change
from last years bill. as YOU will see. is
really a proposition favorable to oleo-
margarine. 1t would be gratuitous con-
cession to the false-butter business not
| demanded even by the business itself. and
that, too, at the expense of an honest in
dustry, and of honest consumers 1t is
full of mischief and should be avoided"
And thus when the cow-champions fall
out the oleo makers go on doing business
at the same old stand.
The hearings on the anti-oleomargarine
| bills were continued before the house
committee on agriculture today, and for
mer Representative William NJ. Springer
for the National Live Stock associa ton,
spoke in opposition to the large tax pro-
posed to be put upon artificial butter.
He presented a review of the foreign leg
isIation~to oleomargarine, showing a more
liberal treatment of this product in for
eign countries than in the United States.