The Somerset reporter., 1906-03-01
In Washington

AAbSl ulACCn yChlh VI iuOlC ia 1tbb ht
rious consideration of the subject the
Senate on Wednesday passed a pare
food bill by the decisive vote of 63 to 4
The bill makes it misdemeauor to
manufacture or sell adnlterated or mis-
branded foods, drugs, medicines or
liquors in The District of Column ia the
territories and other iDsular posi- essions
of the United States and prohibits the
shipment of such goods from one state
10 another or to a foreign country. 1t
also prohibits the receipt of such goods.
Punishment by fine of $500 or by i'm
prisonment for one year or both, is pre-
scrbed 10 case of corporations, Off
cial, in charge are made responsible,
The treasury department and the de-
partments of agriculture and of COM
merce and labor are required TO agree
upon regulations for The collection and
examination of the articles covered by
the bill. and no specific provision is
made for investigation except by the
department of agriculture The inves
legations by that department are placed
in the hands of the chief of the bureau
of chemistry, and if he finds that the
law has been violated, the secretary of
agriculture is requested to report the
facts TO the United States district attor-
ney, who In turn is requested To insti-
tute proceedings in the Federal courts
The bill also defines foods, drugs. medi-
cines and liquors and also defines the
standards for them. There is an exemp
tion for dealers who furnish guarantees
against adulieration and misbranding
BY vote of to the Senate commit
tee on Interstate commerce agreed to
report the Hepburn railroad rate bill
without amendment but the resolution
adopted reserved to the mem bers of
the committee freedom of action con
corning amendments offered in the Sen
ate. The court review feature is now
the only question at issue In regard to
this bill now before the Senate Attor.
ney General Moody, 1t is said, contends
that the Hepburn bill ia constitutional
and that there is no danger of it's being
overturned by the United States Su-
preme court.
\ bill has been introduced in Con.
gress to authorize the president to sus
pend the duty on coal In case there is a
strike of the miners.
Mr. Keifer of Ohio introduced a bill
NJ onday to reduce the number of repre-
sentatives in the House of Southern
of negro voters The bill makes the re-
duction as follows: Alabama from 8 to
8, Arkansas from 7 to5, Florida from
3 to 2, Georgia from II to 6 Louisiana
from to 8, Mississippi from to 5,
North Carolina from 10 to 9, South Car
DINA from to 8, Tennessee from 10 to
8, Texas from l6 to II. Virginia from 10
to s
The House adjourned, Monday, out
of respect to the memory of Ex-Spsaker
Henderson, who died last week
Before finally adjIuring the Congress
on uniform divorce laws for the several
states adopted the following resolution
which seeks to make even more string
ent the laws pertaining to the "migra-
tory" character of divorces: Each
state should adopt statute embodying
the principle contained IN the Massachu
sets act, which is as follows: If an in
habtant of this commonwealth goes In
to another state or country to obtain a
divorce for cause which occurred here
or for cause which would not author
ize divorce by the laws of this com
monweath, divorce 80 obtained shall
be of no force or effect in this common
wealth
A resolution was elso adopted provid-
ing that fraud or collision in obtaining
or attempting to obtain divorces should
be made statutory crimes by the crimi
nal court
The report OF the committee on res
olutions on the subject of marriage
licenses and marriages was covered by
resolution which declared: That
while the congress does not regard the
consideration of marriage laws as within
the purvew of the call under which it
assemblies, it desires to express it's
earnest hope that some suitable effort
be made by some other body to secure
uniform marriage laws and especially a
uniform marriage license law; and It
would respectfully recommend the mat
ter to the considerations of the commit
tee on uniform state laws
IL was further recommended that the
necessity for annual collection and pub
location of statistics on divorce would
greatly assist him in combating the di.
yorce evil At present but eleven states
such statistics
Advice is as plentiful as good examples
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