The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-29

and machinery as that demand shall be ereatcd for
the employment Of the muscle now idle.
and the building ana employment of new
machinery, until every man and woman in the land
who will work shall find demand for his or her SER
vices ut compensation that will yield at least COM
Portable subsistence. That such commission be
q,ired to press the examination without delay and
NAL daily reports of the facts obtained to the end
that Congress may at shape the legislation that
is needed to restore the great market OF consumption
by the people.
In presenting the memorial senator DAVIS called
attention to the fact that it signed by $3.50 bust
ness houses firms and individuals some of the high
est officials in the country and large number OF the
clergy as well as by mechanics and laborers.
The first signature Is that of Mrs. Elizabeth Thomp
son. of New York, whose name is familiar from her
phianthropic agency in starting the recent yellow
fever investigation Among those that follow the
names of Governor Talbot. of Massachusetts. and
other members OF the State government; Rev. Ed
Mayor Ely. of New York; the Mayors of Trenton
PHILADELPHIA Wilmington and Baltimore: George
William Curtis, of New York, and many distinguished
| citizens OF Washington.
| MIR. DAVIS REMARKS
| Mr.. DAVIS said Mr.. Moody on handing the memo.
rial to him, happily observed that it the joint
| prayer Of culture. wealth and labor Continuing
he said :--Whatever difference of opinion there may
be to the OF labor difficulties il is quite
evident that the way out of them cannot be found
! without the statistical information asked for and
that the requests contained in the paper
able and entitled to the careful consideration Con-
gress. The labor problem forces itself upon the at
tention OF Congress and the country. 1t has already
| engaged body of earnest thinkers and will enlist
still more. The statesman who bring it to a
|
can obtain employment will receive the love and graft
tude of his countrymen and leave to history an i'm
| perishable pane.
SPEECH OF MIR. HoAR.
Mr.. HoAR rep) of Mass, said he thought it proper
to say that bill such the menioriasIs prayed for
the passage OF passed the House at the last session of
| Congress but one almost by unanimous vote. 1t
defeated in the Senate after considerable discus
sion. The men who represented what might be called
the discomfort in labor in this country and in Europe
although they may have gone astray in regard to
d nn aa payns Of fdp s nSn
OF measures by the government to obtain
statistics to throw light upon the ,, labor %,
this class Of seem to have agreed that the
| government should obtain information for its own
use and for the laboring men. He trusted the hon
orabe Senator from Illinois would be successful in
securing favorable action on this matter. The
memorial was referred to the Committee on Educa-
ton and Labor.
The vIcE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate
ton of December TO- 1878, transmitting the report
of the testimony of james Anderson in relation to
mony having been given before a committee of the
| House. It referred to the Select Committee
that subject. of which Senator Allison, of Iowa. is
| chairman
| THE WARREN MITCHELL CLAIM.
The Senate resumed consideration of the unfinished
business, being the bill to pay Warren Mitchell for
cotton belonging to him. taken by the government at
Savannah, Ga. It discussed at length by Messrs
Jones, OF Florida; Edmunds, of Vermont McMillan,
| of Minnesota; Voorhees,, of Indiana, and others.
| Mr.. VOORHEES,, (dcm.) OF Ind, during his remarks
bv taxation r. was in the Treasrv .a uro
ceeds OF Mr.. Mitchell's property The section from
| which a claim came had no influence upon him,
| whether it be from Massachusetts, Mississippi,
Vermont or South Carolina So far as he con-
| cerned he would vote for it if just.
with Mr.. Jones, of Florida, said when he called
! upon lawmaker the Supreme Court decisions
could have no more effect over him than his decisions
| could have the court.
Mr.. EATON, dem.l of Conn. said he had heard it
said that 81 600 worth of Southern claims
to be paid and as this was the first Que he would vote
against it, so that the people whom he in part repre-
! sented would know where to find him. There had
been hundreds OF thousands of dollars paid to good
loyal republicans and it about time to put
| stop to it. He had examined these Southern claims
| and there were not more than half dozen that he
would vote for. and they involved abont 100000.
At quarter to four p NJ. Mr.. MITCHELL trep.) Of
Oregon, moved that the Senate proceed the consid-
| Grafton OF executive business. Rejected without
division.
| THE MITCHELL BILL REJECTED
After some further discussion Of the bill to pay
Warren Mitchell his the Senate refused to
order its third reading-yeas II, nays 30. as fol
| lows:-
YnAs-Messrs. Bailey, Beck, Booth, Dorsey, Garland,
Gordon Grover Harris Jones of Nevada Lamar
Blaine Burnside Cameron Of snnsy vnnia CIsdee Cock
rs. Gsafa Dis; 9 a..
lam ysphsrsD~ nsrs.n Morrill, osesoy' Ransom o
Mr.. Mitchell, Of Oregon. who would have voted in
favor of the BILL paired with Mr.. Teller of Col
orado who would have voted against it. number
| Of other Senators stated that they paired
political questions. as mentioned in the following
roll CALL and. therefore. withheld their votes the
ton by some Senators. Many Of them did not state
how they would vote on the Mitchell bill.
The Mitchell bill having been disposed of Mr.. Ed
MuNDs of Vermont. moved to take up his resolutions
declaring the validity of the thirteenth fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the constitution of the
United States.
Mr. GonDoN. (dem) of Ga. moved to adjourn. Re-
Messrs. Harris (of Tennessee), Morgan fof Ala
bama), Hill tot deorgia) and Maxey of Tcxas) voted
The motion of Mr.. Edmunds to take up the resolu-
tons was then agreed to-yeas 20. nays I6-as fol-
| lows:-
YxAsMcssrs; Allison, Anthony. Bayard. Blaine Booth
Bruce Burnside Conk,ing Dawes Dorsey, Edmunds,
rgg. herman, Mcmillan. MciSerson, Mitchell Morgan,
Morrill, Oglesby Patterson, Rollins Saunders and spen
NAvs-Me.srs Bsrnvm. Beck, coekren, Coke Davis of
Nancy. Sausbury. Shields, Thurman. Voorhees, and
Pairs on all political questions were announced as
folows:- Messrs. Butler, Wallace. Eustis. Garland
| Grover, Jones of Florida, Mcdonald Randolph
Dennis, Ransom, Johnston whyte, and Davis of West
| Virginia, with Messrs. Cameron of Pennsylvania
| Chaffec Kirkwood. Teller, Christiancy Matthews
ingalls,. Paddock, Plumb. sharon. Sargent. wad-
voted in the negative and the republicans in the
affirmative.
floor this evening" and the Senate. at quarter past
| four p. NJ, on motion of Mr.. MORGAN. OF Alabama,
by rising vote Of yeas "a. nays II. adjourned until
tomorrow ut twelve o'clock
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1879.
| Mr.. ATKINS. (dem of Tenn, chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, reported the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill. 1t was re-
| fcrrcd to the Committee OF the Whole.
Mr.. MILLS. (dem.) of Texas. asked if the regular
order not the morning hour.
| CHINESE IMMIGRATION
The SPEAKER replied that It was not. The special
order was the bill to restrict the immigration of the
Chinese and the House proceeded imm cdiatey to its
| consideration
| 1t provides that master Of a vessel owned by
any citizen of the United States shall take on board
| at any foreign port any number OF Chinese exceed
| ing ten. with intent to bring them to the United
states under penalty of 800 for each such passen