New-York tribune., 1882-02-08
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


In the House to-day a resolution was adopted,
ON motion of Mr. VANCE Dem y. c., directing the Post
General to furnish the House with such iniorma-
ton as he may concerning the custom OF subettng
the contracts carrying the United states mails
Mr.. CRAPO GIcp., Mass.), chairman of the Committee
on BauKlng Currency, reported bill TO enable Ma
tlonal banking associations 10 extend Their corporate
Mr. BITcKNER DEM MOI presented the minority
report wAicn with the report Of The majority was re-
ferred to tne House calendar.
Affairs, reported back adversely the Nicaraguan
Claims Dli. and 1t laid upon the table.
Mr. GIliSON dem, Lao. from the Committee on Com
merce reported bill 10 extend the limits o. the port Of
New-Orlcans. House calendar
Bills were reported from the Committee ON Public
Bundings he erection OF public buildings al Syr-
cuse ~ Y, BrOORiyu. ~ Y, and scranton, Penn. They
were referred To the Committee of the Whole ,
At the conclusion oi the morning houf Mr. PAGE
Rep CALI called up the special order. being the bl to
restrict Chinese immigration.
Mr PREsC RI d;ep., y y antagonzcd this with a
motion to take up ior present consideration the APPof
tIunment b and ~ the order sci ing apart to0iy or
tue consideration OF The Chinese bl made 1t snhsei lent
10 appropriation bills ana tue App0rtlonhtht b,I' MI
Page Welded bat ASKED nat i be made special ordeI
for consideration soon ~ the Arporonmcnt bi and
tde Post Onicc Appropriation DI were disposed oi'
Mr.. ELLIS Dein, Lll objected ,
Mr.. WILLIS Dem" KY thought hat the question OF
Chinese immigration should 9e settled now
Mr. PACE appealed 10 the House for present con
sidration the question. For years the people of CALI
Iornd haI been ashlu3 Ior some lttlHaIo 10 Icie,t
the PacIlc coast from The evlr Oi tnncsc mmgrdlou
Mr.. PRESCOTT tnen demanded tnat the Airport ION
mcnt bin should ne taken up rs lNutStu question:
affecting as It did the organization OF tine House.
order tnat the ApporuOnment bill did not present a
question OF privilege, aud III the course Of MS argument
declared that there was combination OF me Kepesen-
tauvcs of New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois 10
bulge" ths bili through III spite oil every thing
Mr. VAN NOORlllr (Kep., \. " ana MI. tAMERON
Rep III deucd the existence OF any such cOnOina-
Tne poip OF order was discussed at length. and
finally the SPEAKER rulcd tDat tno Apportonmen mi
presented privileged question ana ONeifulcd uc point
Mr. PAGE raised the question of consideration.
The House dtclded-yeas, 1895 nays, 10 cOu5ldef
finn Ault ID
Ey hhauin0us consent Mr.. RYAN rep, KanJ was
nnr,tfro o rrporl from the Committee on AppropIa-
ilon- the Indian Appropriate b ana II wac referred
TO rne Committee OF ,tHT Hn'lci ut aPpfopll4-eo e.,
and 9jl 900 greater the amount appropriated Tor
the year The number Oh agents is reduced from
Mr. CASSIDY Rep., New reported from the Commit
tee on Mines ana Mining substitute Tor the Beliord
b relative the rights OF adverse claimants IN ease
wnere application IL made Tor limited states patents to
mlneral lands. 1ne substitute provides hat an adverse
when the mlne Is located may file the usual oath OF
protest required by law during the period Of pubc-
tOn by duy authorized agent or attorney IN acL 1t
was referred to the House calendar.
Mr PRESCOTT was |arded the floor for the purpose
of debate but Yielded the hOr for the Offering OF amend
mouts, which were submitted as follows;
BY 1r ANDERSON (Rrp, Kanl-FixinS the num-
Der OF Repre- roscutatyes at 32J.
By Mr. BURROWS tKcp., MIch.)-M 32l.
BY Mir JOYCE uiep.. GA go. 49, ~ ,
by By Mr. BRIGGS Rcp.. y. HJ-At t32I
| BIZ Mr. ROBINSON Nicp. Mass.J-At 800.
Nr PRESCOTT then proceeded to review elaborltcly
Republic. lie thought that the bill presented by the
Committee Census was "A 1ar one. some members
might think that the RADIO OF representation proposed
by the blll-l54 2sJ-WaH too large but ne cUnendcd
nat was greater comparatively tnan was the ratio
| OF 80 900 IN 1880.
Mr. ROBINSON (Mass) opposed the bill of the com
mttce, declaring that II took away Representatives
from the states of California, Rhode Island ana Florida
and poured tncm"nO the apH OF Newly ork, Pennsyl J.
yauia and Illinois The bill tuli Of parduONcs
MIR. HORR dem, MlchJ opposed tine bill as being an
outrage Oh common lie CTiucisrd the speech OF
Inc gentleman NcwIOTk (Mr. PRESCOTT iOr the In
nation the appurtlOnntnJ should DC based some
what upon the wealth OF the various states. Inat
gentleman claimed tuat New York snould nave another
member because happened to own bonds ana other
prOucrty The gentleman could not have been In ear
nest Nnat made NeWlOrk what sue was-tne metrOpO-
liz of the kely To be the money centre the
wor,ol She was wealthy because the small safes had
laDorcd build her up and IL dd not come with good
grace from attempt 10 strike Gown the political
power OF those little states manner wrong
unjust upon its face. lApplause.l
CIACE (kep., X. H. commented upon Mr. Gres-
declaring that though thode Island was
Door, gentleman mad stated, everything she had
belonged tO ana not 10 German bankers or English
bankers. II appOrtiOnment were to be based upon
wealth gIt MAKE very great difference to New
YORK whether stocks were mp or down, whether Gould
and Vanderbilt bulls or bears The method
OF appOrtOnlnent adopted Dy tue Committee on Census
was one tnat are dark He trusted that IL
might be OF the tricks that arc VAIN Pending
further discussion, the House at 300 T. IN adjourned.