The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-28
THE 0L%E0MARGARINE BILL
|rHE SENATE BtGl,S CONSIDERATION
OF THIS MEASURE.
PROCTOR'S ADDRESS
He Characterfzes the Bill N q Meas
ure to Protect an Honest
Against n Fraud-The Moss-Rhea
Contested Election Case from Ken
lucky I'm the House-An Attack
Upon the Goebel Election Law-Mr.
Rhea's Defense of His Own Case

Washington, March 24.-Considera-
tion was begun by the senate today Of
what is popularity known as the oieo-
margarine bill The measure places ii
tax Of 10 cents a pound upon oleomar-
lgarine colored in imitation of butter.
land reduces the present tax OF ? cents
per pound on ol~eomargarine to one
lcolored form.
Senator Proctor. Of Vermont. chair
imam of the committee On agriculture.
made the opening statement in support
Of the measure. After presenting a
lgreat quantity of statistics bearing up
lon the subject. he concluded with the
observation that the pending bill was
"a measure to protect an honest pro-
duct against a fraud"
House VI Representatives..
Mr.. Boring, CT Kentucky. injected an
lattack upon the Goeoei election law in
Ito the discussion of the Moss-Rhea
contested election case from the third
kentucky district which again occupied
the OF the house today. but
Mr.. Rhea declined to be drawn into an
Iextended debate upon an issue not d.
Irectiy involved in the case. He con-
tented himself with paying his respects
Ito Mr.. BOreing, charging the latter Win
of the law or his own state.
Mr. khea made a strong presentation
of his side OF the case. but had not con-
|cIuded when the house adjourned. The
vote will he taken about 2 o'clock to-
morrow. The other TODAY
were Mr.. Bowie, of Alabama: Mr..
Powers, of Maine. and Mr.. Fox of Mis-
siSsippi.
Mr. Boreing, of Kentucky, denounced
severe terms the Goebel election law
which he declared was enacted to
crush the pubic WILL" and which. he
said, was used 10 turn out duly elected
state ofncers and place, in power de-
|leated candidates.. He said it made the
machinery Of the state an ad-
Junct of the democratic organization.
Under it the republicans had been abb"
to elect only 80 members of the legis-
out Of 100. although Beckham
had carried the state by only $500
plurality.
Mr.. Rhea drew a round Of applause
his party colleagues when he de-
.clared that if he believed he had been
to congress by fraud. injustice
or partisanship he would scorn To hold
a seat in the house. Referring to Mr..
Boreing's attack upon the elections in
Kentucky, he said, he regretted that
his colleague had played the part he
had. Il shall not say anything I'M
kind of or about him." said he, nor
against his political assistants in Ken
lucky, and l will not be taken from the
before the house further than to
say that speech disclosed the fact that
is both partisan and ignorant Of the
election laws of Kentucky"
Mr.. Rhea declared that the law which
lodged the final canvass Of the election
returns in the general assembly In Ken
tucky had existed ever since the state
had been a state. and that If William
Goebel had eve lived the law which
was invoked and which settled the con-
of 1899 would have been the same.
Mr.. Rhea declared hat the republi-
cans controlled the election machinery
o out of he five election precincts
which there were disputes