The Portland daily press., 1882-01-27
XLVII tn Congress LIST Session
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.
A motion by Mr. Anthony for adjournment
| from to-dry until Monday was negatived
Mr.. Ferry reported as amended the bill to
enable the Postmaster General to delegate au-
thority to sign warrants for immediate consid-
Grafton but was prevented by Mr.. ingalls, OBJ
| jecting.
Mr.. Miller of California from the committee
on foreign relations reported with amendment
the bill to enforce treaty stipulations relating to
the Chinese, and he gave notice that he would
ask to have the bill taken up Wednesday.
Mr. Allison introduced a bill to provide
reserve fund for the redemption of United
State notes.
After the morning business the Senate re-
sumed consideration of the Sherman 3 per
cent. bond bill, and Mr. Sherman proceeded to
close the debate
After further remarks by Messrs Sherman,
Morrill, and Window, the Senate refused, % to
| 40, to lay the bill on the table. proceeding to
consider separately the pending amendments.
| A long discussion ensaed upon suggested mod
| ifications but without action on the amendments
the Senate went into executive session.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Page, of California, from the Committee
on Education, reported bill to regulate, limit
and suspend Chinese immigration. Ordered
printed and recommitted.
Mr.. Cox, of New Yark, offered a resolution
between the State Department and our minis
ter at st. Petersburg relative to the expulsion
of American Israelites from Russia and the
persecution of Jews in the Russian Empire.
| Referred.
| Several bills were introduced and appropri-
| ately referred, when the House resumed con-
| sideration of the report of the Committee on
| Accounts, designating the committees entitled
| to employ clerks, which provoked jacose de-
bate, participated in by Messrs.: Cox, McCook,
| Cobb and others. The report of the committee
was finally adopted.
The Senate bill granting an additional pen
| sion to the widow of President Lincoln was
| passed.
The Speaker laid before the House number
| of messages from the President which were APP
propriately referred Among them was the
report from the Secretary of State with accom-
panying papers in response to the resolution OF
the House of the Oath inst. calling for cores
pondence touching the efforts of this Govern
ment to bring about peace between Chilli, Peru
and Bolivia.
The House then proceeded to the considera
ton of the resolution reported from the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, requesting the
President to obtain from the British Govern
ment list of American citizens imprisoned in
England.
and made radical speech in favor Of the reso-
luton, in the course of which he said:-Theo-
dore of Abyssinia had once taken it into his
head to arrest some Englishmen travelling in
his territory. England interfered and by Eng
lish force those prisoners have been released,
the capital Of Abyssinia laid in ashes and the
king killed. He (Robinson) did not ask any
thing more in this case than that America
should do the same thing. Qaughter.) 1t was
good precedent. If we have any respect for
American citizenship, if we have ears to hear
their grooming above the tinkle of the goblets
of champagne by which the representatives of
our Government are deafened SO they cannot
hear them if our ears can hear them, ask no
more than that we follow the example of Eng
land. "Send over troops enough to take these
men out of prison, and lay London in ashes by
our artillery. Admiral Porter is idle; Gen.
Grant is out of the army and wants to get
back; Sherman is pretty good general Let
us send these men over with enough force of
American cannon to take these prisoners out of
English bastiles Mr.. Robinson continued at
length and was followed by Mr. Cox in brief
remarks.
The House then, at 4.45, took recess till
7.3O, the evening session being for debate only.
When the House met at 7.30 but six members
were present. Several of these started to
make speeches on various subjects but con-
cluded by asking leave to have them printed in
the Record. Leave being granted the House,
after half hours session, adjourned.