Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-17
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Senate.
SINKING FUNDS FOR BONDS

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Wilson in
troduced a bill to provide sinking fund for
the bonds issued in pursuance of the act OF
Congress of June 90, 1874, known az the 365
District of Columbia bonds. Referred to the
district committee.
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
Senator Mcpherson presented the petition of
the New Jersey Historical society in favor OF
erecting monument to Christopher Columbus
by the republics of the western hemisphere.
| Referred.
TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS.
Senator Mcpherson gave notice that Monday
| he would call up the Senate bill to amend the
| revised statutes relative to the transportation
of animals. He said the bill must be acted up
on to revive the exploration of cattle.
MEXICAN WAR VETERANS.
Senator Worries gave notice that Tuesday
next he would call up the resolution submitted
by him in April last to place the names of sur
viving soldiers of the Mexican war on the pen
sion rolls, to allow his friend Senator Shields
to address the Senate on the subject,
WATER RATES.
The Senate occupied most of the morning
hour in discussing u bill to authorize the COM
missioner of the District of Columbia to ad-
just and fix water rates within said district,
which finally passed.
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the unfinished business, being the bill to re-
strict Chinese immigration, and Mr.. Hamlin
spoke in opposition to the bill. He began his
speech with tribute to the late Senator Nor
ton, whose unfinished report on Chinese immi-
grafton was Interrupted by his death. He
&ol tl,&D -,
ton involves some of the fundamental princi-
pies of our government. We negotiated
treaty almost by force By it we secured i'm
portant advantages, and in turn permitted un-
limited Chinese immigration. Now we pro-
pose, in direct contravention of article of that
treaty, to restrict immigration. He would pre-
fer to proceed in the ordinary way, as
we would do in a case Of war like European
power, and we had recently done in the case
of England. He referred to the resolution
passed at the last session authorizing the Presi-
dent to open negotiations to secure modiica-
tions of the treaty, and said he would drop this
bill and trust all to that resolution If there were
not this hot haste to override the duties of tho
President. A solution of this question would
be had under the resolution referred to satisfac-
tory to even the people Of the Paciic.coast.
Senator Eustis put in plea for the white
at the attitude occupied by Republican sena-
tors on this Chinese question. He would vote
for the bill although he believed the arguments
against it we're overwhelming except upon the
single point of the race question.
When the question OF race was
was against the Chinaman, but
when the question of race was the wkite man
and negro, all denunciation was against the
white man. The Anglo Saxon race in Louisi-
ana had been invited to conflict with the ne
gro race put over them to make laws. If there
,s~1o -, Co..
of the presence of the Chinese, how could Sen
ator Blaine be surprised at little violence in
Louisiana? How would the people Of Maine
act? How would they conduct elections if the
African question should be submitted to them
as it had been to the people of Louisiana?
Eustes could only express his qualification at
the forbearance and law-abiding spirit of the
people of Louisiana. They desired to live at
peace with the colored race. He spoke of many
trihing things which would cause riot and vio-
lence, and said when the Spanish acquired Lou
isiana, there was great riot because the
to drink Spanish wines. Any one
who knew anything about the wines
of the two countries would not be surprised
that the French had their revolutionary in
stincts aroused, Qaugbter.) If the people
of the United States were deprived of any
strong stimulants to which they were accustom-
ed, for instance the drinking of whisky, of
reading the fiery speeches of his friend Blaine,
there might be great riot throughout the land.
(Laughter.)
Senator Davis, W. Va, said he was ready to
abrogate that portion of the treaty which al |
lowed the unrestricted immigration of Chinese,
because it was grievance to our people on the
Pacific coast, but he thought the treaty, as q
whole, was a benefit to the nation.
The pending question being the amendment
of Senator Conkline, submitted yesterday, the
amendment was rejected, yeas 81, nays 80, as
follows: