The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-24
The House, After a Protracted Debate,
Passes the Anti.Chinese Bill
bya Large Majority.
Senate's Work.
The American Branch of the Red Cross
Society to Aid the Overflow
Sufferers.
Aid for the Unf0rtunates Coming from
Other Quarters.-Aspects of the
Disaster.
The New York Post on Futures...Th
Stock Market. o
The President Signs the Anti.Polyg.
amy Bill.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
Forty-seventh Congress,


WASHINGTON, March 23.-Mr. Window,
from the committee on foreign relations, |
adversely senate bill in relation to |
the Venezuela awards. Indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. George, from the committee on agri-
culture, reported as substitute for several
measures before that committee q bill to
constitute the department of agricul-
ture an executive department, and TO en-'l
large its powers and duties. Placed on
the calendar.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Johnston
appropriating 100000 for the erection of
public building at Lynchburg, Virginia.
On motion OF Mr., Kellogg, the secretary
Of war was directed to transmit information
of the amount of supplies, tents
and transportation furnished by his
department to the several states for
the relief of sufferers by the Mississippi oyer
flow and what further supplies will be
necessary, with an estimate OF their cost
Mr.. Morgan called up his pending con-
current resolution declaring for treaty of
reciprocity with Mexico.
Mr.. Sherman said there was opposition
on both sides of the. chamber to all reci-
procity treaties, and. moved reference of the
resolution to the committee on foreign re-
lations.
The life saving service bill was again
taken up and discussion upon the amend.
ments, proposing new stations occupied
the remainder of the time allotted to the
The additional stations provided for in.
cluded three on the South Carolina coast,
near Georgetown, Charleston and Beaufort,
Inserted on motion of Mr. Hampton; and
one near Tybee Island, one near Bruins
wick, and one near Cumberland island on
the Georgia coast, inserted on motion Of
Mr.. Brown. The Florida senator's spoke In
advocacy of new stations on the Atlantic.
and Gulf coasts of Florida. The bill was
not acted upon finally.
At 2:l0 the tariff commission bill came
up, and Mr.. Salisbury opened debate in
opposition to it, followed by Messrs. Gar
land, Frye, Aldrich, Williams and Beck.
The Indian appropriation bill was re-
ported from the appropriation committee
81, so, 900.
Miller, OF New York, wasawsrded the floor
for tomorrow on the tariff, and at $3.50 the
| senate went into executive session. When
doors were reopened the senate adjourned
until tomorrow.
| HOUSE.
The house met at 10 O'Clock In continue.
ton of Wednesdays session, and debate on
the Chinese bill was resumed. The debate
on the Chinese bill lasted till the close oi
Wednesdays session.
Alter the formal opening Of to-day 3
session, the morning hour having been
sumed consideration of the Chinese bill.
At 3 o'clock the previous question was
ordered on the bill and amendments which
were offered by various members.
| Page then took the floor for the closing
hour of debate, but yielded ten minutes TO
Robinson, of Massachusetts,, and Curtin, Of
| Pennsylvania. Curtin said, now that con-
gress had come face to face with the square,
unadulterated question Of labor, 100000
| Chinese laborers in California took the
place of 100 600 American laborers, and the
naked question was presented to congress
whether that state of affairs should
continue. When the Pacific coast
came and asked that American labor should
be preferred, the whole American people
were touched by the appeal. and it was the
right and duty of congress TO protect
American citizens against the introduction
of "Heathen Chineeh labor. This Amcri-
can government should set up for itself and
say to all the world: I'VE shall say who
shall come and who shall not come-who
shall become citizens, and who shall not ~
He then proceeded to give brief history OF
the conflict of the European ami Indian
races, and he was frequently interrupted
with applause. lie had to speak OF
another race the negro race, stolen
from his home in Africa. Then the people
of Massachusetts, had forgotten the sublime
Declaration of Independence. The people
were fayorably impressed with the colored
race. When the gentleman from Massa.
chusetts (Hooker) spoke the other day,
beautiful and poetical and classic as were
his remarks, there was mute eloquence In
the wave of his armess sleeve, which
brought to him (Curtin) the consolation
that America was q unit and would
remain unit now and forever. lie pro.
California to undergo the evils of Chinese
immigration. Put 10000 Chinese down in
Massachusetts, to displace the enlightened
workmcn of that great state, and the VIC.
lencc of Puritan denunciation would drown
the utterance of the sand lots and BRAN.
bles of California. In conclusion, he stated
that he would vote for the bill as u stood
because II was thought by representatives
of the Pacific coast that II would remedy
the evil Of which they were complaining.
tier brief speech by Cannon, Of II.
fornia, took the floor aud closed the debate.
The house then proceeded to vote on
amendments.
That OF kasson, reducing the period o
the suspension Of immigration to ten years
was rejected-yeas, il0; nays, 1J0.
| Butterworth's amendments, limiting the
term OF suspension TO fifteen years, was
lost without call Of yeas and nays.
! A large number Of amendments wer,
then voted upon, but were all lost, bu,
without division being called the bill was
Il A AZ