The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-03
Discussion of the OIeOmargarine Bill
Turned Into a Dissertation ON
the American Girl.
SENATOR BAILEY LAMPOONED
FOR NOT STANDING By THE GIRLS
WHO RAVE OVER HIS BEAUTY.
Short Speech by MIR. Depew That Con-
vuIsed the senate and Caller
les with

the OleOHldfBdIllt Oil III the Otndlt lO-uds
was enlivened by two or three bright col
loquies between senators. Mr.. Bailey, of
Texas, concluded his speech begun yester-
DAY in opposition to the measure, occupy
ing most of the time devoted by the Senate
to-day to the bills consideration. His ar
gument was brilliant and at times eloquent
and attracted the careful attention of sena-
tors on both sides of the chamber and of
the occupants of the crowded galleries.
He was followed by Mr.. Depew. of New
York, in a bright and witty speech in sup
port of the measure. Mr.. Depew matched
his wit with that of Mr.. Bailey on the sub
ject 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 marriage of Mr.. Depew was
most happily fenced by the New York sem
ator in his reference to the love and ad-
miration excited i'm woman by "the youth
and beauty of Mr.. Bailey.
In his speech Mr.. Bailey referred to the
testimony of scientific experts who had
testified that oleOmargarine was a nutri-
tious and wholesome and healthful article
of food and to a decision of the United
States Supreme Court holding to the same
effect. Mr.. Bailey 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 if any senator should
vote for it to suppress the oleomargarine
industry he would do violence to his sense
of duty and to his obligations 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 measure. II
undertake to say" said he, that there is
tends or expects to raise revenue by this
measure" lie maintained that the pro-
posed bill contained a palpable and even
wicked violation Of the Constitution in the
placing of a tax on the article manufac-
tured and sold within a State.
CREAMERIES ARRAIGNED.
Mr.. Bailey sharply arraigned the cream
cries and cheese factories of the country,
the former of which. he said. was the real
hacker of the legislation proposed. He
could understand. he said, the Republican
policy of protection of industries. but this
new policy 10 legislate for the destruction
of industries was entirely incomprehensi-
BILE to him. In the pending measure. Mr..
Bailey said i'm conclusion, the majority
of Congress was endeavoring TO settle a
contention among competing manufacture
ers. 1t would be as just to place a tax
upon n cloth which looked like wool but
was not or which resembled silk but was
only a high-grade wooden fabric as it was
to enact the proposed law.
Mr.. Depew. who followed Mr.. Bailey.
said he never had heard a speech which
had so fired his fancy, so appealed to his
imagination 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 GUS
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lieved that man ought 10 be reached by
law because every man when he purchased
an article had a right to get what he paid
Tor. Ii was perfectly evident that no in
dustry with a good article could compete
successfully with a spurious substitute
with which the people were deceived.
In the course of his brief speech Mr..
Depew, referring to an allusion made by
Mr.. Bailey, said that the American girl
had been put in a wrong position before
the people of the United States.
Il forgot for the moment interjected
Mr.. Bailey. "a recent occurrence i'm the life
of the senator from New York or [ should
not have made the allusion." ILaughter.I
And but for that occurrence" retorted
Mr.. Depew, laughing, as he spoke. II should
have left a younger man to come TO the
defense of the American girl. 1t was the
senator's youth and beauty [great laugh
teri which astonished me when he made
that remark. IL he had been sOured and
disappointed in love, or if the sex had
treated him in some way that would lead
him TO remark about it like that 1 should
navy AAhts DhN nO Oif Odll
meet the senator, no one can see him So
cially, or in his grave and digni1ed posi-
ton, no one can see his photograph on
Pennsylvania avenue without recognizing
that his geniality, his happiness, his elo-
quence have come because the American
girl has admired him and loved him.
Long continued laughter And he never
ought TO have gone back on her to-day by
saying she is a fraudulent specimen of liv-
ing oleomargarine." ILaughter.1
At the conclusion of Mr.. Depew's re-
marks Mr.. Bailey and Mr.. SpoOner became
involved in a colloquy as TO some legal
Twill the senator from Wisconsin say"
Inquired Mr.. Bailey. that the object of this
bill is to raise revenue?"
Il say that the object of this bill is to
raise revenue replied Mr.. Spooner. I'm
other words l say that i'm the exercise of
the discretion which the Constitution gives
us, we select this article as an object of
taxation"
but is it Ohe raising of revenue) the
paramount object?" inquired Mr.. Stewart.
1T is the primary object" replied Mr..
spooner.
sisted the Nevada senator.
An amusing c~olloquy then followed be-
tween the two senators aS TO the meaning
of the words paramount" and primary"
Among the bills passed by the Senate to
day were the following: For the relief of
John l.. Smithmeyer and Paul j. Pelz. in
connection with the plans for the Con-
gressional Library building: providing that
sessions of the United States District Court
shall be held i'm Winston. y. c.. on the sec
: ond Monday of July and January of each
year; authorizing 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:
authorizing the construction Of a traffic
) bridge across the Savannah river from the
> mainland within the corporate limits of
Savannah 10 HutchinsOn's island i'm Chat
ham county. Georgia: authorizing the Pres
. ident TO issue to a. w. Huntley a certihcat e
+ of honorable discharge; authorizing the
secretary of war 10 deliver old pieces of
ordnance to the Indian war veterans: au-
thorizing the secretary Of war to furnish to
the mayor of Detroit, Mich. condemned
cannon for a statue of the late Maj. Gen.
Alexander McComb; TO extend the time
| for presentation Of claims to reimburse the
Governors of States and Territories for ex-
. penses incurred by them in aiding the
United States 10 raise and organize an
army ~ the var with Spain TO Jan. 1. 1903.
and seventy-one private pension bills.
The Senate at 1856 went into executive
session and at $40 adjourned.
sundry CivfI Bill Passed.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-The House to-