, 1879-02-16
Attorney Bangs Removal Be-
heved to Be a Consequent
Necessity.
The General Appropriation Bill Drag
ging Its Slow Length in
= the House.


| Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 15.-The jaded
Senate, after q continuous session from II
! o'clock this morning until this evening, passed
the House Chinese bill with some important
amendments. The struggle was u very sharp
| one, the opponents Of the measure fighting it
| at every step. The opposition, which began
| with only twelve votes, hadincreascd to-day, on
! the vote on Conklng's amendments, to thirty
! one votes, and it only needed q change OF one
vote to hare tied the Senate, aud to have left
with Fice-Prcsident Wheeler the responsibility
Of deciding whether the Chinese bill
should be 9 law or not The bill
was finally passed By vote Of 80 yeas to 26
| nays. After amending it so as to admit Chinese
youth who come to the United States to obtain
an education, and to permit shipwrecked
Chinese picked up at sea to be brought into
American ports,
THE BILL,
as passed by tue House, limited the number Of
Chinese who may be brought here to fifteen per
sons to each vessel, and made no exception
whatever.
The debate was more animated and interest,"
ing than yesterday, the most remarkable
speech being ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, of-:Louisi-
ana. He sharply attacked some Of the
bill. He did so for a different reason than the
fact that the Chinese can eat rice and rats, and
will work for less than Americans. He turned
the arguments of Blaine and other Republican
Senators Who advocated the bill against them
with
GREAT ADRo1TSEss AND FORCE.
He called attention to the fact that Republicans
were emphatic and harmonious in their denun-
Citations of the Chinese race, Jet when the Afri-
eau race was brought in question the
same Senators were to be found in
accord denouncing the white race. He
maintained that history showed that conflicts
cannot be avoided between the different races,
and that the inferior must go down before the
superior race.
Blainc made no attempt to reply to Eustfs'
assault on the Inconsistency OF his position,
although subsequently in the debate he was
frequently challenged BY that gentleman to do
SO.
SENATOR DAWES,
too. arzaigned Blaine on L ground similar to
that taken BY Senator Eustis. Altogether Alr.
Denny Kearney has triumphed.
Letters received here from San Francisco re-
port that the Chinese in California have been
looking with interest for the passage OF the BILL
as they think it will enable them to obtain in
creased wages. They regard Senator sargent's
movement as making corner in Chinese labor.
THE DEBATE.
To the Western associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 15.-The Senate oc-
cupied most of the morning hour in discussing
the bill to authorize tho Commissioners of the
District OF Columbia to adjust and fix the water
rates within said District, which was finally
passed, and the Senate resumed consideration
Of unfinished business, it being the bill to re-
strict Chinese immigration.
Mr.. Hamlin spoke in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Hamlin began his speech with tribute
to the late Senator Morton, whose unfinished |
report on Chinese immigration was interrupted |
By his death. He said that, as that Senator |
declared, this question involves some Of |
the fundamental principles Of our Coy |
ernmcnt. We negotiated treaty al |
most by force. By it We secured |
advantage, and In turn permitted un- /
limited Chinese immigration. Now we propose, !
in direct cout1avention Of Art. s Of that treaty,
to restrict immigration. He would prefer to |
proceed in the ordinary way, as we would do In
case of warlike European Power, aud as We
had recently done in the case OF England. He /
referred to the resolution passed at the last
SION auth orizing the President to open negotia-
tous to secure the modification OF the treaty, and
said he would drop this bill and trust all to that
resolution. II there Was not this hot haste to
override the duties OF the President, solution
OF this question would be had under tie resolu-
tion referred to satisfactory to even the people
Of the Pacific Coast.
Mr.. Eust,s put in plea for the white people
of Louisiana, and said be was surprised at the
attitude occupied BY the Republican Senators on
this Chinese question. He would vote for the
bill, although he believed the arguments against
it were overwhelming except upon single
pout,-the race question. When the question
Of race Was between the Chiuaman and the
white man, all denunciation vas against the
Cninaman, but when the question Of race was
white man and uegro, all denunciatlon was
against the white man. The Auglo-Saxon race !
in Louisiana had been invited to conflict with |
the negro race put over them to make laws II
there Has to be violence in San Francisco on
account OF tie presence Of Chinese, bow could |
Senator Blaine be surprised attn little violence
n louisiana How would the people OF Maine j
act? How would they conduct elections if the
African question should be submitted to them
IS it had been to the people Of Louisiana
Mr., Eustis could on1Y express bis gratiflca-
inn at 1he forbcarauce and law-ahiding spirit Of |