Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-23
PURE FOOD BILL IN HOUSE
Mr. AdamsOn Opens Debate in Opposition
TO Certain Features Of Bill.
TILT BETWEEN COCHRAN AND SULLIVAN
Tammany Orator Insists that state
Laws Cannot he Made Broad
Enough to Control
situation.

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I bill were debated by the leading lawyers
Of the house, the democrats splitting wide
on the question whether the bill took away
! from the states their police powers. Va
| rious features applicable to localities and
interests were discussed earnestly, but II
| was early apparent that the bill practically
! in the form it came from the Interstate and
| foreign commerce committee will be
adopted.
BY an unanimous vote the house passed
| the senate resolution expressing the sym
| pathy OF the United States with the He
| brews on account Of the massacres Of their
race in Russia.
The house without completing the pure
| food bill adjourned at 5.45 until IL o'clock
tomorrow morning
Cannon Breaks GaveI.
| Speaker Cannon, in announcing that the
| house was in committee of the whole for
| the further consideration of the pure food
bill, was so emphatic in his physical dem
onstrstion OF the gavel that the head few
! off and rolled among the clerks at the
| speakers table.
After the approval of the journal the
house at once plunged into debate on the
pure food bill, Mr.. Adamson (Ga) OPEN
! ing the discussion in opposition to GER
, tain features of the bill
! Mr. Adamson did not mean to say that
! all food legislation was vicious, but he EN-
phatcaily stated that such was true of
some OF the legislation contained in the
bill.
During the course OF his argument Mr..
Adamson was under a running fire OF ques-
tions, Mr.. Bourke Cochran taking excep-
ton to the position of the speaker to
states rights.
Mr.. Adamson, while discussing the several
sections of the BILL facetiousy remarked
that it has been asked what the republicans
| would do with the elephants they acquired
from the Spanish war. "A lot of Islands
that no other nation would have for 400
years and never will want for a century
to come. The fifteenth section settles that.
1t is the first authority administrative
declaration on the subject, that the term
territory as used in this act, shall include
the insular possessions of the United
States. That settles the question. But II
they are right about it instead Of being a
pure food law they will find it will rise to
curse them in the shape Of a very impure
piece of legislation, which. to be consistent,
will require them TO ask for a delegate
from the territories in the Philippine is
lands"
Richardson Asks Amendments.
Mr.. Richardson (Ala.) said he was pro-
found believer in pure food, but he would
like to have the bill amended in some re-
spects He argued that it was very easy
for the Gamer to separate his firsts from
his seconds, and he wanted to know what
objection there was to such a proposition
: IF a man was to sell me a commodity
he ought to be required to state what is IN
[ it," he continued. IF he is going to sell
| mo loo of Neu ORLEANS ,noIasaaS
l three -fourths of it is glucose he ought to
| be required to state it on the label Of the
barrel or the Jug"
| He then took up the consideration OF the
; straight as against "rectified" whisky. Mr.
Richardson being in favor of the straight
article and wanting the rectfed produc
so indicated. Along these lines he sait
that he believed that pure whisky, 'un
adulterated and genuine. guaranteed by tn,
government" would promote temperance
as the people of France thought that pure
: wines would promote it in their nation
1t was Mr.. Richardson's opinion that it wal
the spurious connections the adulterateC
stuff in the country, that puts the yer!
: devil into men and which results in murde
: and the breaking up of family"
= He then discussed, generally, the pro
! visions of the bottle-in-bond act an,
stated that at proper time he would one
an amendment striking out certain word
in the section.
. Tilt Between Cochran and Sullivan
|. During the speech of Mr. Adamson 0
II Georgia, in the house today on the pur
food law, there was a heated colloquy be
q tween Mr. Cochran of New York and Nj
II Sullivan of Massachusetts. Mr.. Sulliya
i supported Mr. Adamsoa in his contention
that the state had ample power to enforc
: pure food regulations He cited the pur
food laws of Massachusetts as tfltercin
the desire of legislatures to take care o
" the question along their own lines.
Mr.. Cochran calico attention to the cos
Of Illinois where I, had law relating t
the inspection of slaughter houses. bll
which had delibera taiy permitted the cir
- culation in other states of food product
t. dangerous to public health and then askei
Is us there no law I'm the federal government
Is TO save the people from their danger"
IL Mr.. Sullivan replying, said
# II remember not long ago that the gen
n tleman from New York stood on this foo
n and asked that the taxing power of thi
}. nation be exerted in order to proven
a abuses in insurance upon the theory tina
IT the sovereign state did not have sufficien
d power and virtue to deal with thos
abuses. And since that speech the grea
state of New York has acted and its leg
islature has INDICATED the wisdom an
the virtue of its people by regulating
: those abuses to the satisfaction of every
: body"
Cochran on States Rights.
. This remark evidently did not please MI
:, Cochran With voice pitched high an
= with intense gestures he replied: "Whe
q any action OF a state. whether it be per
= mssive or directory, empowers a citizen 0
it TO affect the condition of people in an
other state by circulating I'm the channel
e OF commerce anything dangerous to thei
a health and to their welfare It is time 70
Il action. There is no excuse for the exist
?. ence of federal government II that doe
u not prevent the present condition. II mus
step in and say all the powers OF tn
state you may use as you please insd
t your own borders. but you must use then
: with due regard to the rights OF other
when anything sanctioned by your law
passes beyond your borders and affect
u the daily lives OF people OF other states.
e (ApplauseD Now, Mr.. Chairman, one mo
ment with reference 10 the question abou
the great state OF New York / did sa,
that the taxing power OF this government
\ ought TO be exercised so as to limit insur