Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-05-11
FORTY-SEyENTH CONGRESS.

THE Chinese bill came up in the Senate
on the 26th and was discussed by Messrs.
Slater and Hawley. Mr.. Edmunds moved an
amendment defining the expression. Chinese
laborers, as persons usually engaged in man.
ual labor. In the House the Lynch Cham.
bers election contest was considered, and
both majority and minority reports read.
There was some political talk and the billwas
laid over. .f
In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Sherman
introduced a bill directing coinage of stand
ard silver dollars only when demanded for
take up the bill to punish the unlawful GER
tification of bank checks was lost by tie
o0t the gh ecca Eay S assr
which the Chinese bill was taken up and de-
bated, without action. In the House, Mr.
report on the life saving service bill. The
amendment recommending the pension fea-
ture was adopted. The Lynch-ChaImers
both contestants was heard and the case laid
over.
THE House bill for holding elections in
West Virginia passed the Senate on the 18Th.
The conference report on the life-saving
service bill was adopted. The bill to reduce
fees on shipping was reported favorably: The
action. Consideration of the Chinese bill was
resumed, the question being upon con-
CURING. in the amendment striking out
strues the words "Chnese Iaborers to mean
both skilled and unskiled laborers. The
section was retained-yeas, 20; nays, 25. The
negative vote was made up of Democrats,
with Miller of California, Jones of Nevada,
Chilcott and Cameron of Wisconsin, Davis of
Illinois, voting yea with the Republicans.
The several amendments being rejected, tho
bill passed-ycas, 81; nays, l5. Adjourned
till May l:: In the House, resolution was
in Arizona. and calling on the Secretary of
War for Information as to the number of
United States soldiers nows in the Territory,
and whether the military force now stationed
there is sufficient to grant full protection to
the people. Consideration OF the Lynch
Chalmers contest was resumed. Mr.. Robson
argued that the House had the right to de-
eide the election regardless of the State court
decisions. MIR. Carlisle characterized this
as the very definition of arbitrary power,
but held that on no other principle could
the contestant obtain a seat No vote was
reached.
THE Lynch Chalmers contest came up in
the House of Representatives on the 29th, ard
the majority resolution declaring Lynch en-
titled to the seat, was adopted-125 to 81. The
conference report on the postal appropr1a-
ton bill was agreed to. The franking privi-
lege amendment was rejected. resolution
was adopted to send a sub committee TO New
York to take testimony in the Chih-Peru in
vestigation.
THE bill to repeal discrimination against
the appointment of ex.Confederates to the
army was discussed briefly in the Senate.
May /, and a division upon the pending ques-
ton to refer to the Committee on Judiciary
resulted q in favor, 10 against. Mr..
Saunders advocated a constitutional amend
ment making elective certain offices now APP
pointed by the PRESIDENT. :.. IT House by
to suspend the rules and adopt the
resolution designating May for the
consideration of the bill extending the char
tiers of national banks. Bills passed: Divid
in. Iowa into two Judicial Circuits: for the
sale of Miami Indian lands in Kansas; for the
erection of public buildings at Detroit. Mich,
$500 OgO: jackson. Tenn. $4,000; at Denver,
Colo, 100000; at Greensboro. \. O., $4,000; at
500 900: at Peoria, ILL.,, S2a5, 900; at Galveston,
Texas, Sl25,000. ." '.--.