The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-03
AFFAIRS IN CONGRESS.
SENATE AND HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
InfornatIon Wanted Ga Expedited Postal Routes.
A North CarOllaA Internal Revenue Dis.
trIst Ia Bad ODER -COnarnltIOa Of
cOnlllus-Ths Chine" Bill.


trist ia Bad -COnarmltIOa Of
COnlllHg-ThS Chinese Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-In the Senate
to-day Mr., Plat, from the Committee on
Patents, reported iavorably the billtO regu'
late practice in patents; also, adversely, q
bill for the reiunding Of fees in all cases ol
void registration trade marks.
Mr., Sawyer, from the Committee on
Postoffices, reported iayorably with the
amendments a bill to provide for the payment
Of the amount duo the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids & Northern Railway Company for
the transportation Of United States mail.
Mr.. German offered a resolution di.
recting the Postmaster General 10 trasmit
statement giving the amount expended
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1881, for special facilities for last mail a
listsiof the railroad companies receiving
the same and the amount paid TO each
company, the additional services furnished
by each company, II any, and TO what ex.
tent the service has been expedited; also
a detailed statement Of the contracts for
special fast mail facilities during the pres
ent fiscal year TO date, the amount TO be
paid TO each railroad company and the
characteT Of the additional service to be
performed by each company. Adopted.
Mr.. Vance offered resolution recitlng
the cost OF collecting the internal revenue
tax in the Sixth collection district OF North
Carolina, being nearly 10 per cent greater
than ut any other district in the United
Stntes; that many charges against officials
are openly made in the newspapers and
elsewhere, and are generally believed. The
resolution provides for the appointmentby
the President OF the Senate, OF a committee
OF three TO investigate t'c charges and
complaints, with power to compel the at
tendance Of witnesses, etc.
MIR. Sherman regarded the resolution as
extraordinary, and in nature, an executive
order. He supposed it referred to the
matter pending in the executive session
and before the Committee on Finance. He
would not object to calling on the Treas.
ury Department for information, but he
certainly objected to u recital about which
the Senate could know nothing.
Mr.. Vance said that he had twice applied
for the information he desired-once by a
Senate resolution and then by letter TO the
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, and in
each instance had encountered a clear and
unmlstakable evasion Of his demand. The
matter had been public scandal in North
Carolina for ten years, and as he wanted to
get at the truth he would insist upon vote
on the resolution at the earliest moment.
The matter was laid over under the objec-
ton rule.
The Senate took up the Chinese bill, and
Mr.. Glover spoke in its advocacy.
MIR. Fmley, replying to the points made
in the speech OF Mr.. Hoar, quoted from
Senator Morton's minority report in 1915
on the Chinese in California. The conclu-
sion OF its author is, that this class could
only be protected from persecution and
outrage by our giving them suffrage and
citizenship, their influence US citizens
being sufficient to ensure their protection.
He then asked Hoar to state suuaIely
whether he endorsed this sentiment 'and
favored the enfranchisement and naturali-
zation Of the Chinese
MIR. Hoar replied that he was in favor Of
admitting to citizenship all foreigners who
renounce the foreign allegiance and were
attached 10 q government. lie would APP
ply the test with reference to character, not
the color Of the skin OF the applicant. He
was quite as willing 10 admit 10 suffrage the
young Chinaman who last wear received
Ii. D. at Yale college, or the learned and
admirable gentleman vino died at Cam.
bridge last week, as the California persecu-
tors OF Chinese, whom Senator Morton has
described nd al
ians."
Mr.. Farley, resuming, denied that the
people OF California had oppressed or mai.
treated the Chinese, but without concIu-
ding yielded for an executive session, and
when the doors were reopened the Senate
adjourned.
The Senate confirmed Roscoe Conkling
Associate Justice OF the Supreme Court;
Aaron A. Sargent Minister to Germany;
and VIM. T. Poston United States Attor-
ney for the Western District OF Tennessee.
The vote on Conkling's confirmation is
understood to have been thiny.ninc yeas
against twelve nays-eight Democrats and
four Republicans, namely Hoar, Dawes,
Morrill, and Hawley. sargents nomination
was confirmed without division.
In the House there was a good deal Of
confusion this morning owing to members
demanding recognition Of the Speaker.
The contested election case Of Mcdowell
vs.. George, from Oregon, was dismissed.
A letter from the Director OF the Mint
stated that from March 7th to December,
1851, the average monthly cost OF silver
bullion purchased by the Treasury was
S2,O61 sos, and the average amount Of coin.
age s., ,290S9l.
The House went into Committee OF the
Whole, Mr.. Rice, OF Massachusetts, in the
chair, on the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill, which appropriates
81, l9S,530, being ST., 900 less than last year
and $4,000 less than the estimate. q
Mr.. Burrows, OF Michigan, gave brief
explanation OF the various provisions OF
the bill, asserting that the committee in
drafting the measure had endeavored,
whilenot crippling the diplomatic service,
to strengthen the consular service, by
which would be widened the avenues Of
trade.
Mr.. Whitthorne (Tenn.) in a speech
commended the foreign policy Of the ad-
ministration Of General Garfield, and the
steps taken by Secretary Blaine to modify
the Clayton.Bulwer treaty and his attempts
TO bring about an understanding between
the powers representingthe American peo-
pie in American governments in regard 10
the question as purely American.
Bouncing Bucket shops.
CHICAGO, March 2-The committee ap.
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