The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-01-23

The Senate has not been in session since
last Thursday, but it must not be supposed
that our venerable and dignifed upper
house has been idle for three days. An ad-
journment from Thursday to Monday does
not necessarily mean rest and recreation to
our legislative saloons The toll of a SEN
ator does not consist exclusively in making
dull speeches to his lislless and unlstenng
brothers. There is committee work to per-
form; knOtty questions of law, of finance
and of all the multilarious questions that
come within the perview of national polity
are discussed and partially digested before
they are reported to the house of Congress
in session assembled.
To-day ii is understood that the President
will send ina long list of nominations OF
census supervisors and it is probable that
much of time of the Senate during the pres
ent week will be occupied in the considera-
tion of these nominations.
In matter of political intelligence of a
sensational character, this is the dullest win
ter in the memory ofthe greyest haired den
i2su of newspaper row. Congress will not
be agtated. The warfare OF sections seems
actually TO be over. Whether this state of
things has been brought about by an exhaus-
tion of the questio n by the return of pros
perity, or by the counter irritant in Maine, it
is impossible to tell but peace in our large
domestic heterogeneity,o or something like it,
has come at last
The House Committee on education and
labor discussed for four hours Saturday
morning Representative Goods bill prohib-
iting Chinese immigration, and finally de-
eided to report iayorably uponit striking out
the section which provides for the abroga-
tion Of articles five and six of the Burlin.
game treaty. The bill prohibits the lam
ding within the jurisdiction of the United
States, or taking on board at any point in
China or any foreign port for the purpose
Of landing in the United States, greater
number than fifteen passengers upon any
vessel, under penalty of 500 fine, and i'm
prisoument not exceeding six months for
each Chinese passenger above the number
of fiteen. Itrequires the masters of vessels
to accompany their manifests of cargo with
sworn list Of Chinese passengers. 1t, also
provides that the penalties imposed for the
violations of the provisions of the bill shall
be liens on the vessels violating them. 1t
excludes from the restrictions of the bill !
persons officially connected with the Chi
nese government or any embassy there.ofor |
to persons rescued from shipwreck during
the voyage Of and by the vessels bringing
the same within the jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States.
The Ute chief Ouray has been in the city
for some days and has had frequent confer
ences with the Secretary Of the Interior. He
has confessed his inability to deliver over to
justice the murderers and ravishers of the
Meeker family, but proposes to select band
of his own tribe and hunt to death the NAL
elaetors. He depreeates the idea that his
whole race should suffer for the outrages
by few. 1t is not the policy of
Schurz to hurry the matter, but
10 delay, ii possible, to secure a surrender
of the guilty Indians, until the weather
shall favor military operations.