The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-27
F0RTY.SEVENTH CONGRESS-.
SeDascs

George NJ. Chilcott qualified as the successors
Of Henry NJ. Teller as Senator from Colorado
ga bill was introduced by Mr.. McDill to
establish board of railway commissioners to
regulate interstate commerce. Bills were
passed appropriating $4,000 to purchase Of
Addison M. Sawyer his patent right for rifed
cannon shot, and relating to q claim for dam
ages by a collision between United States ves-
sci and ferryboat at Memphis, Tenn, in
1879. Mr. Kellogg spoke in favor of his bill
for improving the navigation of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers.
An affirmative answer was reported from the
Judiciary committee to the inquiry whether a
retired United States army oili"er can lawfully
hold civil Office under the United States
res LUTON was adopted calling for copy of
the diplomatic correspondence which passed in
the early part OF 1876 between the United
Statos minister in Madrid and the Spanish
secretary of state, concerning cases of
citizens OF the United States condemned to
death in Cuba. The agricultural appropria-
ton bill, the total of which was s414, 7SO. was
passed "A message was received from the
President submitting the question of pro-
posed congress of American republics to the
action Of that body.
The Senate unanimously insisted on is
al. oIrlI ent to the postolllce appropr alton bill
for .atable distribution OF special mail facili-
ties ON trunk lines Tho Mississippi river
improvement bill was further debated, Messrs.
Jones and Garland making appeals for relief
Tor the people of the flooded districts.
House.
A joint resolution was passed appropriating
s165,O to supply deficiency in the sppro-
priation for public printing and binding for
the current fiscal year. . "A bill was passed to
regulate the carriage OF passengers by sea,
changing the method of determining the
amount of space to be allowed each passenger
from superficial to cubic measurement.
The Utah contested election case came up
and Mr.. Cannon made vigorous defense OF
Mormonism The vote taken on the resolution
OF the minority, declaring Cannon entitled to
the seat, was 70 yeas to 1913 nays. The majority
resolution, declaring that neither Cannon nor
Campbell is entitled to the seat was then
adopted without division. Majority and
minority reports of the committee appointed
TO audit the expenses of the sickness an
burial of President Garfield were presented
The minority report says that the sums recon-
men led to be paid by the majority is exces-
Sve.
The short discussion of the Anti Chinese bill
gave rise to one of the most extraordinary
scenes ever witnessed in the House. For nearly
an hour disorder ruled supreme, and Speaker
Keifer lost control Of the House. Twenty
members at time were on the. floor, shout
ing. for recognition and plying the speaker
with parliamentary inquiries" "points
Of order" and Questions of privilege" +"
many uuo pHi WhS PdSneu ny Aol stus W o.
nays 81 Republicans snd 8 Democrats voting
in the negative. The following is the negative
vote: Messrs Bowman, Bragg, Briggs, Buck,
Carpenter, Grape, Dawes, Deering, Dingley,
Dwight, Farwell Qowa) Grant, Hall, Ham
mond New York; Hardenbergh, Humphreys,
joyce, McCoid, Moore. Merse, Norcross, Orth,
Parker, Ranney, Ray, Rice (Ohio,( Rice MAS
sachusetts.) Richie, Skinner, Shultz, Stone,
Thompson Qowa,l Van Aernam, Van Voorhis,
Wadsworth, Ward and Williams wisconsin, }
This bill is drawn with design to meet the
Presidents objections to the bill vetoed by him
last month. The provisions concerning regis
tration and penalties are stricken out, and the
time during which emigration is to be sus-
pended is fixed at ten years. 1t prohibits
Chinese naturalization by either State or Fed
eral courts and consrues laborers to mean
skilled as well as unskilled and also those en-
ployed in mining, and it provides for a system
of registration on departure from this country
which is equivalent to giving each Chinese now
in this country kind of check or ticket au-
thorizinS the admission OF one Chinese.