Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-16
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Nat to be Reached this Session.

Mt to be- Reached shis Session.
WASHINGTON, February 18TH
In the House yesterday Southart
stated that tie Committee on revi
sion of the law relating to the elec
tion of President had last session
reported q constitutional amend.
ment in regard thereto. 1t was
evident that 10 action would be
taken this session, and leave was
granted the gentlemen to print any
remarks they might desire to make
in relation to the amendment.
Bragg, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported bill au-
thorizing the President to appoint
Jas. Shields, of Missouri. Brigadiei
General on the retired list in lieu
of a pension which he receives.
White arose to a point of order
and great confusion was caused by
Franklin coming over to the Re.
publican side of the hall and charg.
ing the Republicans with duplicity
Tho Great raclnc Coast struygre-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15th.-Sar-
gent said this amendment was not
Objectionable in principle, but it
was no use to the bill. A nation
had the right of self-defence, and
when it exercised the right it took
the consequences. 1t was not neces.
sary for us to assure the Emperor
of China that he had any such
right.
Thurman said the amendm ent
was, in effect, saying to the EN-
peror of China "You can stop all
commercial intercourse between
the United States and China and
we will not take offence. He, for
one, was not willing to say to the
Emperor of China that, on account
of the passage of this bill, they
could close the five Chinese ports
against us.
Hereford also thought the amend
ment was mischievous. 1t was an
invitation to the Emperor of China
to drive every American citizen
out of China. The amendment was
rejected, yeas q, nays 80, as fol-
lows: Yeas-Messrs. Anthony,
Bruce, Burnside, Butler, Cameron,
of Wisconsin, Conkling, Canover,
Davis, of Illinois. Davis, of West
Virginia, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry,
Garland, Hamlin, Hoar, Howe,
Ingalls,, Kellogg, McCreery, Mo.
MILAN, Mathews, Maxey, Merri.
mon, Morrill,, Oglesby, Rollins and
Withers, 81; nays-Messrs. Allison,
Bailey, Barnum, Bayard, Beck,
Blaine, Booth, Cameron, of Penn
sylvania, Cake, Dennis, Dorsey,
Eaton, Eustis, Gordon, Grover,
Jones, of Florida, Jones,
of Nevada, Kirkwood, Lamar, Nc.
Donald, McPherson, Mitchell, Nor
gan, Paddock, Patterson, Plumb,
Ransom, Sargent, Salisbury, Saun-
ders, Sharon, Spencer, Teller, Thur.
man, Voorhees,. Wallace, Whyte
and Window, 80.
The bill having been considered
in Committee of the Whole, was
then reported to the Senate and all
the amendments made In tho Com.
mittee were concurred in.
Conkling renewed in the Senate
his amendment, which had been
voted down in Committee of the
Whole, and said he renewed it in
the belief that a great nation had
better not, by doubtful means, seek
to accomplish that which might be
done by means sanctioned and rec
ognized by civilized nations. Sup.
pose there were one hundred and
twenty thousand Chinese in Cali.
fornia, how much would the mum.
ber grow between July 1st, 1879
when the bill takes effect, and Jan.
uary 1st, 1880, when his proposition
would take effect? What was that
brief period in the life of q nation
Sargent said the Senator (Conk.
Iing) would come back there In
January and oppose any legislation
to give the people of his section re.
lief. The amendment simply prom.
ised relief, in which his people
would be disappointed.
Mr.. Conkling again spoke in sup,
port of his amendment, which, he
said, would preserve the honor o.
the American people. Had the
Committee on Foreign Relations
reported this amendment his belief
was that the very Senators whc
now stood like greyhounds in the
slips, straining upon the start tc