Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-08
FORTHWITH CONGRESS,
The Senate.
CHINESE IMMIGRATION

CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Senator Hamlin, from
the committee on foreign relations, reported
back the Senate bill to restrict the immigration
of Chinese to this country, and the committee
was discharged from further consideration. He
| then reported back the House bill for that pur-
pose. and asked that the committee be dis
charged from further confederation, but that
the bill be placed on the calendar. With the
| request, he gave notice that when the bill came
up he would move its indefinite postponement.
Senator Sargent gave notice that he would call
it up for consideration Wednesday next, and
spoke of the Importance of the subject to the
Pacific coast
NICARAGUA CLAIMS.
Senators Hamlin, Conkling, Kirkwood,
Eaton and Morgan We're appointed the select
committee, under the resolutions of Senator
Matthews, to examine claims of citizens against
| Nicaraugua.
| EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
| Senator Harris, from the select committee to
inquire as to the best method of preventing
epidemic diseases, reported a bill to prevent
the introduction of contagious diseases and to
establish bureau of public health. Placed
on the calendar.
Senator Matthews, from the select committee
to inquire as to the best means of preventing
the introduction of epidemic diseases, reported
| q joint resolution authorizing the committee
to sit during the recess of Congress, and to re-
| tain the services of three experts, who shall
visit Havana and such other places as the COM
mittee may direct to inquire into the history
of yellow fever. The joint resolution also re-
quests the Presidenu to invite the concurrence
| and cooperation of the Spanish government
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| made in furtherance of international COM
merce and the sanitary interest of men. Placed
| on the calendar.
THE CALENDAR.
The Senate proceeded to consider the bills
| on the calendar, and the following were passed
Senate bill to extend the provisions of the
| act of June g. 1873, in regard to prize money to
| all fleet officers.
House bill granting pension to Julia Watkins,
| widow of Thomas Fl. Watkins, late captain Of
Company B, Purnell Legion, Maryland. The
| above bill led to some discussion, during which
Senator Voorhees, said the commissioner of
pensions expressed the opinion that the bill
granting arrears Of pensions did not apply to
pensions specially granted, only to those grant
| ed under the general laws.
Senator Davis, of West Virginia, said he un-
derstood that it would take $32, 1000, 600 to pay
| arrears of pensions in cases now on the roll
| and there were l00, 900 yet to go on the roll,
| some of which would receive 81 900 or ST. 200
| arrearage. Although there were great many
deserving pensions. he thought Congress had
gone toe far. He believed the bill granting
| arrearage of pensions would take $50O00,O0O
| from the treasury. The commissioner of PEN
| sions had said that 20 per cent. Of the pensions
had been fraudulently paid.
| Senator Beck said that the commits
| sioner OF pensions told the commit
tee on appropriations that 20 per
| cent. of all pensions now paid were fraudu-
| lent. He inquired if the committee on PEN
| sions were aware of that fact, and if any steps
| had been taken to remedy the evil.
Senator ingalls,, chairman of the committee
| On pensions, replied that the committee had been
| so informed, but Congress had not sustained
| the committee in the measures brought forward
| to prevent wrongs. The pension bureau had
been making efforts year after year to detect
fraudulent cases, and last year, through the eff
forts of the bureau, half million dollars had
been saved.
PRIZE MONEY.
Senator Cockrell made motion to reconsider
the vote on the bill in regard to prize money to
the feet officers, which was passed this morn
ing. He said it would take 100000 or $780,
QUO from the treasury.
LETTER CARRIERS.
Senator Ferry submitted an amendment to
the postetice appropriation bill, which recently
passed the House, fixing the pay of letter car
rers. Referred.
COURTS.
Senator Conkling, from the conference COM
mittee on the bill providing for holding terms
Of circuit and district courts of the United
States for the district of Colorado, submitted a
report, which was agreed to and the bill
passed.
WAR CLAIMS.
The Vice President then laid before the Sem
ate the unfinished business, being the proposed
amendment to the constitution of the United
States, prohibiting the payment of claims of
disloyal persons for property injured or de-
stroyed in the late war of the rebellion.
Senator Edmunds, who is in charge of that
measure, consented that it be laid aside in
formally, in order that Senator Window might
address the Senate, in accordance with a pre-
vious notice. ts5sss
CoLoRED MIGRATION.
Senator Window then called up his resolu-
ton in regard to migration of colored people
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