Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-03

support of the measure.
Mr. Depew matched his wit with that Of
Mr.. Bailey on the subject OF the American
girl, and the sallies Of the two senators
were greeted with shouts OF laughter both
on the floor and in the galleries. The
Texans keen reference to the recent mar
riage Of Mr.. Depew was most happily
fenced by the New York senator in his
reference to the love and admiration ex-
cited in woman by the youth and beauty
of Mr.. Bailey.
budget of Bills.
When routine business had been concluded
in the senate consideration OF bills on the
calendar was begun and the following were
passed;
For the relief OF John l.. Smithmeyer and
Paul j. Pelz, in connection with the plans
for the congressional library bill; author
izing the White River Railway company to
construct a bridge across the White river
in Arkansas; authorizing the appointment
Of John Russell Bartlett as a rear admiral
on the retired list of the navy; providing
for the Issuance Of patent to the town OF
Basin City, Wyo., to the municipal authori-
ties thereof for the use and benefit of said
| town. confirming in the state of South
| Dakota, title to a section of a land here
JOlOTe granted TO Indt Stato anu dulnOT-
| izing the president to issue to A. w. Hunt
ley a certificate of honorable discharge;
authorizing the secretary of war to deliver
old pieces Of ordnance to the Indian war
veterans; authorizing the committee to
furnish to the mayor of Detroit, Mich, con-
demned cannon for q statue of the late
! Major General Alexander Maccoom, U. s.
A. extending the time for the presenta-
! tion of claims to reimburse the government
| of states and territories for expenditures
/ incurred by them in aiding the United
| States to raise and organize an army in the
war with Spain to January, 1903; granting
land near Salt Lake, Utah, for a miners
home.
BciIey Defends the Industry,
Mr.. Bailey resumed his speech on the
oleomargarine bill, conceded the right Of
congress to enact the proposed bill as a
revenue measure and every senator who
supported the measure to raise revenue
was entirely within his conscience and his
oath of office, but IL any senator should
vote for it to suppress the oleomargarine
industry he would do violence to his sense
| of duty and to his obligation Of Office
| He declared that the purpose Of the bill
was not to raise revenue and in support
of his assertion quoted the statements OF
the principal proponents of the pending
measure.
Mr.. Bailey sharply arraigned the cream
cries and cheese factories OF the country,
the former of which he said were the real
hackers of the legislation proposed 1t
would be as just, he said, to place tax on
a cloth which looked like wool, but was
not, or which resembled silk but was only
high-grade wooden fabric, as it was to
enact the proposed law.
Depew Supports the Bill.
Mr.. Depew of New York followed Mr..
| Bailey and supported the bill. He said he
had never heard a speech which had sc
fired his fancy, appealed to his imagin-
alton and had had so little effect on his
judgment as that OF Mr.. Bailey. He had
been taught that competition was the life
of trade, but competition ought to be
honest.
II a merchant deceived his customers
by foisting on them a fraud he believed
that man ought to be reached by law, be.
cause every man, when he purchased an
article, had a right TO get what he pad
for 1t was perfectly evident that no in
dustry with a good article could compete
successfully with a spurious substitute
with which the people were deceived. Ir
the course OF his brief speech Mr.. Depew
referred to an allusion made by Mr.. Bailey
l said that the American girl had been put ir
wrong position before the people of the
United States.
Contest In wit.
Il forgot for the moment" interjecte[
Mr. Bailey, "a recent occurrence in thu
life of the senator from New York or
should not have made the allusion .
(Laughter)
"And but for that occurrence" retortet