The San Francisco call., 1906-06-20
HOUSE PASSES
THE MEAT BILL
Williams of Mississippi
Takes Fling at the
President.

WASHINGTON, June 19.-With prdc-
tical unanimity the House today adopt
ed the substitute amendment for the
Beveridge amendment to the agricul-
tural appropriation bill relating to
meat inspection, the Objectionable fea-
lures of the former amendment being
eliminated and the amendment per
fected to meet the wishes of the Presi-
dent. An effort was made to extend the
time of debate, but Wadsworth, chair
man of the committee on agriculture,
desiring TO get the bill into conference
as soon as possible, objected After
the adoption of the amendment the bill
was sent to conference. the conferees
being Wadsworth, Scott (Kansas) and
Lamb (Virginia).
Immediately after the disposition of
the agricultural appropriation a large
number of bills were passed under sus-
pension of the rules Through the eff
forts of Champ Clark of Missouri and
Williams of Mississippi the bill known
as the subsidiary silver coinage meas
ure failed of securing enough votes to
pass il under the rule.
Wadsworth in explaining the changes
made in the substitute for original
meat inspection amendment said that
the changes were mostly in verbiage
and then took them UP seriatim. He
the court review clause and the date Of
inspection In conclusion he said:
81 want to assure the House on be-
half OF the committee on agriculture
that the provisions of this bill will in
sure to the public rigid meat and meat
food inspection law"
Lamb (Va.), the ranking member of
the minority on the agricultural COM
mittee insisted that the bill was de-
fective in that the Government was
obliged to pay the cost of inspection.
1t was his opinion that the cost should
be borne by the packers.
Williams (Miss) enlivened the debate
by calling attention to the differences
of opinion between two sons of New
York (the President and Mr.. Wads-
WORTH
Now is the winter of our discomfort
made glorious summer by this son of
New York" said Williams, which
caught the humor of the House.
In a semi humorous vein Williams
continued:
I'VE must, under the rules of the
House. vote this proposed legislation
just as it comes to us, nursed by the
Speaker and the President and ap-
proved by the committee, because the
committee on agriculture could not
well do anything except approve after
these two great ruling authorities had
SDOhcH VIC must NOlS IL up VI vote
it down. There has been some thun-
dering in the index at the other end
of the line that was not followed up,
but we must remember. Mr.. Speaker.
you and I, even you much more than
1. that men of iron. like other products
OF iron, are subject to expansion and
contraction by the effect of the wealth
er applause and laughter)
For one, / had hoped that the thun-
in the indQY ahnrf rf1a c no
eviIdoers stand the expense of curing
their own evildoing would be followed
up more strenuously than it has been.
But here we are. We are faced with
this condition, and, being faced with it,
it is about as good an outcome as could
be expected
Nov, 1 wish to add this: There has
been some undertaking that has been
going on in connection with this mat
ter. and / want to pay my individual
tribute to a member of this House
think that in this particular legisla-
ton he has been mistaken. especially
upon the point of not making the evil
doers pay for curing the evil condition
brought about by their own action.
There has been some undertaking in
which there has been disposition to
charge all sorts of wrong motives to
the gentleman from New York (Mr.
wadsworth), the chairman of the COM
mittee on agriculture.
az served with him for eight or ten
years upon a committee of this House.
| have known him to cast more votes
against his own interests than any man
in this House. (Applause) He is
worthy son of noble sire (applause)
and an honest man IL God makes hon
est men. (Applause.) And 1 believe
He does If the abbreviated disturb
ance between the two gentlemen from
New York had come off my reasoning
would have been with the other gentle
man from New York, but my affections
and feelings would have been with this
gentleman from New York. (Applause)
"I think we have entirely too much
anyhow, too much tolerance for the
idea that whenever men honestly differ
about a public measure their motives
are to be impugned and their integrity
attacked" (Applause)
Adams of Wisconsin, whose efforts to
bring about harmony between conflict
ing interests have been crowned with
success, closed the debate The amend
ment was then adopted.