The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-15
TELEGRAPHIC.
Congressional Proceedings.
TNE SENATE.
srhe schOOI Amendsmemt-PaesaSe u s"e
rraafv Mil.

Hawaiian Treaty Diil.
w.sutNaroN. Aug. IA The concur
rant resolution passed by the House Tor
: commission OF three Senators ana
three Representatives TO devise gov-
ernment for the District OF Columbia
~" Mr boutwell, offered resolution to
nav q clerk for indexing his Mississippi
report. Adopted.
fhe school amendment was taken up
Nv d vote OF % to 13 and discussed TO the
close OF the morning hour when IL went
The Hawaiian treaty was resumed. !,
Mr.. Norwood, Of Georgia. concluded
his speech. In conclusion he said the
eject OF the bill would be TO give 70
the Hawaiian islands q bonus of mil
lion dollars q year, aud would increase
the difficulties In the way OF their being
scu,iired nv the United States. He ar
rued that the Chinese upon the Islands
we're increasing, the Coolie labor was
increasing. and suppose the United
states should acquire them u would
nniv uet race OF Chinese, coolies ana
hall Breeds. The people Of his section
we're more Interested In the deteat OF
this bill than all OF the United states.
Besides, TO take the duty OF oI rice,
would be TO diminish Its price below tne
cost OF production In TINS country anu
three hundred thousand people were
dependept upon the production OF rice
In Eouth Carolina, Georgia and Louis
lana, and the interest OF all these peo..
Die would be injured by the passage OF
Mr.. Morrill,, OF Vermont, spoke
arainst this treaty. Mr.. Logan, OF ILL
nois, supported IL; Mr.. Boutwell,, OF
Massachusetts,, also.
Mr.. Gordon, Of Georgia, said u wns
his purpose TO have spoken on this Dill
at some length, but be was physlceaiy
unable to do 80. He protested against
me passage Of a law to carry into effect
= treaty 80 partial In its operation ana
a. ,ini,ist TO a number of the people Of
one section OF this country. One obJec-
tiou existed against this measure. u
matter Of policy, and another q matter
~ nrincjple. 1t aimed death blow at
the interests OF one section Of this coun-
try. was of doubtful constitutional pro-
priety. and therefore should be rejected.
lie knew the Southern rice and sugar
planters. and no people on the contnent H y
wege more capable OF self-sAcrihcing
nntriotjsn than they were. They were
tn favor Of free trade, but was 1t surpris-
inv that they opposed bill which pro.
tN,sed "a single out Of all our productions
those two upon which they solely de-
II was not Just, and, begging the par.
don OF the overwhelming majority Oh
this Senate, which thought proper TO
force upon his section the measure, ne
must say IL was not consistent with
that equality guaranteed, not only py
the Constitution, but by the formation
~ the American Union. Much less was
It lust to try this experiment upon
people who, by the vicissitude OF war,
had been made poorer than any other
people ever were before.
After further argument he moved TO
poatpone the bill to the second Tuesday
In November. Rejected.
The. bill was then read third time
and passed. Yeas. 30. nays IL, as
follows.
Yeas Allison, Anthony. Boutwell,. Burnside
bs%ssoqk bs@ss kaiop e ssgssf sfs frensSusssn hary
Roneld YoMllan Mitchell Morton; ,,,o,,,r1 0sSsey s;
Ger. Stevenson. Wadleigh and Wind2mn,H
soneS son' West % sYr' and Whyte.-ia St, Ia " 80
Messrs. Edmonds, Robertson, Gordon,
McCreery and Withers also would have
voted against the bill, but were paired
with Messrs. Conkling, Hitchcock, Bar.
mum. Wright and Clayton. who would
have voted for It,
Mr.. Spencer offered a resolution pro.
posing that committee should investi.
rata the election In Alabama, Several
Senators objected and 1t wentover
Recess.
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