Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-03
57TH CONGRESS-.
Depew Has the Best of a Joking
Tilt With Bailey.
Recent Marriage Of Former and
"Youth and Beauty" of Latter.
The House Passes the Sundry Civil Ap-
preparation Bill.

Washington, April 2-Discussion of
the oleomargarine bill in the Senate,
today, was enlivened by two or three
bright colloquies between senator's.
Bailey of Texas, concluded his speech
begun, yesterday, in opposition to the
measure, occupying most of the time
devoted by the Senate to the bills con-
sideration. His argument was brilliant
and at times elaborate and attracted
the careful attention Of senator's on
both sides of the chamber and of the
occupants of the crowded galleries.
he was followed by Depew of New
York, in a bright and witty speech in
support of the measure. Depew
| matched his wit with that of 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
marriage of Mr.. Depew was most hap
| PLY fenced by the New York senator
in his reference to love and admiration
excited in women by the youth and
beauty of Bailey.
When routine business had been COM
pieted in the Senate, consideration of
bills in the calendar was begun and the
following were passed:
For the relief of John l.. Smithmeyer
and Paul j. Peiz, in connection with the
plans for the Congressional library
building; authorizing the appointment
of John Russell Bartlett as rear ad-
m,ral on the retired list of the navy:
also Il private pension bills.
| Consideration then was resumed of tbe
oleomargarine bill, Bailey CTex.) continu-
| ing MS speech begun, yesterday. He re-
1erred to the testimony of scientific ex-
perts VINO had testified that oleomarsa-
| rlhe was nutriciOus and wholesome and
heaithful article of food and to a decision
| OF the United States supreme court to the
| same effect.
| Bailey conceded the right of Congress
| 10 enact the proposed bill as a revenue
| measure, and every senator who support
| ed the measure to raise revenue was en-
| tlrely within his conscience and his oath
| Tor 1t to suppress the oleomargarine in
| dustry he would do violence to his sens.
| or duty and to his obligations of Office .
| he declared the purpose of the bill was
| not 10 raise revenue. and in support OF
| his assertion quoted the statements of the
| principal opponents of the pending meas
ure.
81 undertake to say" said he. "tba1
l
| either intends or expects to raise reye-
| nue. by this measure
He maintained the proposed bill con-
tanned a palpable and even wicked viola
| ton of the constitution in the placing
or tax on the article manufactured and
sold within a state
Bailey sharply arraigned the creamerics
and cheese factories of the country. the
| former of which he said was the rca
packer of the legislation proposed He
| could understand, he said, the Republi-
can policy of protection of industries
put this new policy to legislate for the
destruction of Industries was entirely in
comprehensive to him.
In the pending measure, Bailey said. in
conclusion. the majority of Congress was
endeavoring to settle a contention among
competing manufacturers 1t would be
as Just to place a tax upon a cloth which
looked like wool but was not, or whicn
reSembled silk but was only high grade
woolen fabric, as it was to enact the
proposed law.
Depew On. " followed Bailey and sup
ported the bill. He said he never had
heard speech which had so fired his
fancy, so appealed to his ina gination and
had had 50 little effect on his judgment
as that of Bailey. He had been taught
that competition was the life OF trade
but competition ought to be honest. If
a merchant deceived his customers by
foiSting on them a fraud, he believed that
man ought to be reached by law, because
every man when he purchased an article
had Il right to get what he paid for 1t
was perfectly evident that no industry
with a good article could compete sue
cessfuly with a spurious substitute with
which the people were deceived
In the course OF his brief Speech
Depew, referring to an allusion made by
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
Bailey, +" a recent occurrence in the life
of the senator from New York. or |
should not have made the alluson''
Qaughter).
And but for that occurrence" retorted
Depew Laughing as he spoke) II should
have left a younger man to come to the
defence of the American girl. 1t was the
senator's youth and beauty great laugh
teri which aStOniShed me when he made
that remark. If he had been soured and
disappointed in love, or if the sex had
treated him in some way that would lead
him to make remark about ii like that,
| should understand him. But no one
can meet the senator. no one can see him
socially, or in his grave and dignifed po-
sition, no one can see his photograph on
Pennsylvania avenue, without recogniz-
ing that his geniality, his happiness. his
eloquence, have come because the Amcri-
can girl has admired him and loved him.
dong continued laughter}.
And he never ought to have gone back
on her, today, by saying she is a fraud
ulent specimen Of living oleomargarine"
Uaughter).
At the conclusion of Depew s remarks,
Bailey and Spooner became involved in
colloquy as to the social phases Of the
bill. ''Will the senator from Wisconsin
say" inquired Bailey. that the object Of
this bill is to raise revenue?"
II say that the object of this bill Is
to raise revenue" replied Spooner. In
other words, l say that in the exercise
of the discretion which the constitution
gives us, we select this article as an OBJ
ject of taxation.
But is it tthe raising of revenue) the
paramount object?" inquired Stewart
(Nev-).
'.It is the primary object replied
Spooner-
But not the paramount object per-
sisted the Nevada senator
An amusing colloquy then followed be-
tween the two senators as to the mean
ing of the words paramount" and ..pri-
mary
The Senate, at As, went into executive
session and at $40 adjourned.
IN THE AOtJSE