Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-29
Attempt to Charge Inspection to PAokeu
Receives Nineteen Votes
DISAGREEMENT REPORTED TO SENATE
Upper House at oncs Orders Another Con.
ference on Measure.
PUBLIC BUILDING BILL DISCUSSED
All Efforts to secure Increases In
Appropriations Except for san
Juan, r. l., Customs House
Are Unsuccessful.

WASHINGTON, June B.-By a vote Of
1893 to IS the house voted "a, stand by The
house conferees on the meat inspection
amendment to the agricultural bill and the
conferees were reappolnted.
Mr.. wadsworth called up the partial con-
ference report on the agricultural appro-
priation bill in the house today and 1t was
agreed TO without discussion.
Mr.. Wadsworth then moved that the
house insist upon its disagreement to the
meat inspection amendment. This was
adopted on a division. Then Mr.. Wads-
worth sprung surprise by sending to
the desk resolution that II IL the sense
Of the house that tho conferees do not
recede from their amendments known as
the meat inspection amendment and the
house was face TO face with a contest with
the senate.
Mr. Wadswworth, after referring to the
disagreement about the date going on the
cans and insisting that II was not neces-
sary. passed 10 the legal question involved.
His platform was: The passage OF the
bill is necessary for the protection OF our
foreign commerce and for the beneht OF
public health.
A vigorous protest against placing any
charge on the packer was made by Mr..
Burleson CTex.) The packer, he said,
would Immediately shift the burden on the
cattle grower.
Mr.. Humphrey CWash.) talked about the
devils in hell" in conjunction with the
packers paying the cost of inspection and
inveighed against their insulting demands.
Mr.. Henry Crex.) wanted TO be right on
the question and said he would vote that
the government should pay the tax. He
called attention 20 the quarantine bill,
which provided that the government should
pay the cost.
Rally around the conferees." was the
slogan of Mr.. Payne IN. ". Stand by
the judgment OF the house Put the In
spection upon the government, where II
belongs, and make this inspection a model
| for the world"
The resolution that II was the sense OF
the house that the conferees refuse to re-
\ cede was then adopted. i@-to 1. The ad-
vocstes of making the packers pay for the
inspection endeavored to secure a roll call,
but only nineteen members demanded It.
House Adopts Conference Reports.
The house worked under forced draught
| today and accomplished an immense
amount OF business preparatory to adjourn
ment at the weeks end. Conference re-
ports on a number OF measures were
adopted without debate, but II required
! special rules In other particulars TO ehect
consideration and adoption of some Inn
portant conference agreements
Interest centered about the conference re-
ports on the railroad rate bill and the ag-
ricultural appropriation bill. Both were
considered and adopted under a blanket
rule permitting the consideration OF con-
ference reports without being printed In the
| record.
On the rate bill there wss a general ex-
preston OF satisfaction that that measure
| had been perfected.
without taking recess the house labored
from II O'Clock THIS morning until adjourn
ment at IL o'clock tonight, during which
time many bills on the private calendar
| were passed
After the legislative business which kept
the house at the grindstone until o'clock
had been disposed Of crowded galleries
listened to another series of political
| speeches.