The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-01-28
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Regular session.

washington, Jan. ZO.-Senate-Ine
senate required less than minute
Tuesday to dispose Of the motion to
refer to the committee on post offices
the various resolutions looking to an
investigation OF the post office depart
ment. The question had been previ.
ously debated for hours at time, but
Tuesday no senator manifested any
disposition to discuss 1t further and 1t
was adopted without negative vote.
After the passage of half dozen bills
the senate returned to consideration
of the Panama question. Mr. Quarles
spoke for almost two hours in sup
port of the course of the adminlstra'
ton and was followed by Mr.. Patter'
son, who criticised the presidents
course in Panama.
Eouse-The house considered the
Hepburn pure food bill, but did not
complete it. When the house was
ready to adjourn on motion oil Mr..
HeDhurn> recess was taken until
11:55 Wednesday,. This course will re-
tain the bill before the house without
interruption for consideration Wednes.
day. Just before the recess an amend.
ment coming from the democratic side
was adopted inserting the word "wil.
fully" relative to the sale of prohib.
tied adulterated goods by retailers,
which would make 1t incumbent on
the government to prove knowledge
on the part Of the retailers that such
goods was contrary to law.
Washington. Jan. 21.--Senate-Mr.
Patterson Wednesday completed and
Mr.. Platt (Ct) began a speech on the
Panama canal question. Mr.. Patter.
son declared that the president was
largely responsible for the revolt in
Panama, and announced his decided
preference for the Ncaraguan. route.
Mr.. Platt took this pronounccment for
Nicaragua as the text for his remarks,
saying 1t explained the mystery of the
otherwise unexplainable opposition on
the part of the democratic senators Of
the Panama treaty
House-The house passed the Hep.
burn pure food bill on a rising vote,
20l to GS. its opponents being unable
to secure a roll call on the bill. The
amendment of inserting the word
'wilful' with reference to tho persons
who sell adulteratcd or misbranded
goods and which would have COMPEL.
cd the government to prove intent to
violate the law by the venders was
stricken out on a yea and nay vote in
the house. Several attempts were
made to amend the bill, but no mate.
rial changes were made. The bill fixes
the standards of foods and drugs as to
their purity strength and character
and defines what shall be considered
adulteratons or misbranding of foods
and drugs It also prohibits inter.
state commerce, importation and ex,
portation. of such misbranded or adul.
terated articles. It is proposed to en-.
large the scope of the bureau of chem.
istry to include the bureau of foods
and impose upon 1t the duty of per-
forming all chemical work for the 9th.
er executive departments. This bu.
reau will be charged with the duty OF
inspecting food and drug products
which belong to Interstate or foreign
commerce. The secretary of agricul.
ture is given authority to employ
such chemists, inspectors, clerks and
laborers as may be necessary for the
enforcement of the act. One section
Of the bill provides penalties for the
introduction of adulterated or mis-.
branded foods or drugs and another
section requires the secretary of agri.
culture to prescribe rules and regula.
tions to govern the director of the bu.
reau of chemistry and foods in exam.
nations Of articles required to be in.
spected under Tire law. Violations OF
the law shall be reported by the sec
rotary nf agriculture to the proper dis.
trict attorney of the United States,
who is to direct the cause, the pro,
ceedings to be prosecuted without de-
lay.
Washington, Jan. 22.-Senate-Mr
Platt (Ct) concluded his speech on
Panama Thursday. He defended the
course of the president throughout the
Panama revolt and eulogized the exec.
utive personally as brave and fear.
less. During the morning hour Mr.
| Morgan spoke in explanation OF his
bill for the annexation Of Panama to
the United States, basing his argument
on the ground that the pending canal
treaty practically contemplated that
result.
House-The army appropriation bill
was under consideration in the com
mittee of the whole for five hours
most of which time was devoted to a
| general discussion of the tariff uues
ton. Mr. Hull CIa). chairman of the
committee on military affairs explain
ed the provisions of the army bill and
Messrs Parker !rep.. N. J.) and Prince
| (rep., Ill.) paid tributes to the army
as now organized. The only opposi
| tion to the army bill was made by Mr.
Baker (dem., N. W, who said he was
opposed to war,
| Washington, Jan. 23.-Senate--The
senate Friday adopted the resolution
| of inquiry concerning affairs in Pana
ma introduced on the 5th inst. by Mr.
German. and listened to speech or
the Panama question by Mr.. Dollivei
and another on the subject of reciproc
ity by amendments. Adjourned unit
| Monday
EIouse-The house passed 209 pen
sion bills and also resolutions calling
on the secretary of war and the attor
ney general for information as to the
number OF horses and carriages main
tanned at government expense for Off
GERS Of these respective departments
A bill permitting the withdrawal duty
free from the st Louis exposition o
articles donated to religious scientific