Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-02
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoaD-US1oS.l

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RD-UsIos.)
WASHINGTON, May 1st.-Amopg the no
ticeable incidents Of to-day's Senate proceed.
ings was the announcement by Plumb OF
Kansas that II he had been present last Fri
day he would have voted for the passage OF
the Chinese BILL This swells the number
of thorough.going and reliable Republican
friends of the bill in the Senate to ten.
The Chinese Bill Not Brought Up In the
House.
WASHINGTON, May 1st.-The contemplated
effort to call up the Chinese bill in the House
Of Representatives for concurrence in the
Senate amendments was not made to-day,
there being no favorable opportunity for ask
ing unanimous consent, and it being also
matter Of doubtful expediency to force action
upon the amendments under suspension OF
the rules, even If Page could have obtained
recognition to make the requisite motions to
suspend them. In view of these considera-
tions, and of the large number OF Dames al
ready placed on Speaker Keifers list with
promises for recognition in their order, it was
deemed advisable to let the matter rest until
tomorrow, when a double chance will be Of
fered for procuring the desired action-hrst.
unanimous consent, and secondly, this fall
ing, by means of a motion to proceed to
business on the Speakers table, which can be
carried by simple majority. Meanwhile
Messrs. Morse and Rice, of Massachusetts,
and Hooker, of Mississippi-the three lead
ers most likely to object-haye promised that
they will not object to the amendments being
considered tomorrow, and there is very little
doubt that the Houses concurrence will then
be obtsined.
Townsend's resolution offered to-day for the
abrogation of all treaty stipulations permit
| ting the immigration of Chinese, except for
| finance, education or foreign commerce. was
so crudely phrased and so manifestly designed
only for political effect, that the vote upon 1t
possessed little or no practical significance.
More than hundred Republicans, including
all those except Page who have hitherto
placed themselves on record as in favor of ex.
Guiding Chinese laborers, contemptuouslY re.
| Trained from voting on Townsend's resolution
at all, and the total number of Represent
atives who responded to their names mum.
bered only fifteen more than bare quorum
The Chinese Question.
WASHINGTON, Msy 1st. - Townsend Of
Illinois offered in the House to-day joint
existing treaties with China permitting the
emigration of Chinese lsborers to the United
| States. The House refused second reading
by vote Of 100 to %, Page of Cslifornis
being the only Republican who voted for the
second reading.
The shipherd InQniry-senafGr Blair Be
fore the Committee.
WASHINGTON, May 1st.-Senator Blair sp
peared before the Foreign Affairs Committee
to- day, and began by reading general state
ment in relation to the subject under in vesti
| CATION, in effect as follows: 81 know
nothing of the membership of the Peruvian
| Company, except that of President Ship
herd. do not know of any member of either
house being in any way Whatever connected
with it, except myself, and my connection
with it was purely as counsel, with no pecu
mary interest whatever in the company, and
with no expectation whatever of pecuniary
reward" The statement then rehearsed al
some length the situation Of affairs in Peru
and Chile the witness sympathy for Peru,
and desire to prevent her dismemberment,
which led him to take keen interest 10 the
purpose and objects of the Peruvian Com
psny. Some time in August Shipherd wrote
offering witness, as retainer, stock in the
company. Witness replied that he preferred
a retainer in money, il he should take any
! fee. Shortly sfterward he (Shipherd) sent
| witness some scrip, which was subsequently,
|
Witness continued: so far as I know,
the affair of Shipherd had no influence what
ever upon the policy of our Government, and
never had the effect to alter or change it in
any conceivable degree" Witness then al
luded to aa interview with Secretary Blaine
which took place on the 25th and 26th Of
July, and added: II have no desire to PC
over in detail what occurred at these inter
views, unless it be the wish of the COMMITTEES
that should do so. desire to state that
never heard Shipherd make any mention, in
the presence of Blaine on any other occasion
in my presence, of his having made an offel
to Minister Hurlbut of $3.50, ,000 stock in ths
Peruvian Company. Neither did / ever havi
any correspondence with Minister Hurlbu
on the subject of the Peruvian Company
Witness had received letters from Hurlbut
who mentioned having received many com
munications from Shipherd, and said he coul(
not make him (Shipherd) understand that h,
(Hurlbut) could not act in the matter excep
on instructions from the State Department
Witness first saw the long letter of Shiphert
to Walker Blaine when he saw it in th
printed report of Shepherds examination be
fore the committee. He had however, beel
requested by Secretary Blaine to inform Ship
herd that he (Blaine) did not wish him (Ship
herd) to hold any correspondence with an,
subordinates of the State Department, ant
this desire be had verbally conveyed to Ship
herd. Witness knew nothing of the Credi
Industrial or their contract with Cslderon
Witness thought the Government ought t.
consider the kidnapping of Calderon breacl
of good faith on the part of Chile, and g
wrote Shipherd to act as though American
| ships were on their way. Witness believe,
should ships would be sent, as England's ha,
already been.
Blairs examination was continued t.
Wednesday or Thursday.
The Presidents Powers.
WASHINGTON, May 1st.-Senator Ed
munds, from the Judiciary Committee, re
ported back in relation to the President
message about the lawlessness in Arizona, tina
it was the opinion OF the committee that ad
ditional legislation is not essential to em
power the President to suppress lawlessnes
in Territories that he can, under the exist
ing laws, notify lawless gangs to disperse ant
cease disturbance, and if they do not ODE
this proclamation the President can then us
such force as he may deem necessary, includ
ing the army, to suppress lawessness AM
restore order. This was assented to, and tn
committee discharged.
The Public Debt.
WASHINGTON, May 1st-The debt state
ment shows a reduction of the debt durip,
the past ten months of the fiscal year wa
about S120, 000, 600, or nearly double that o
the corresponding months OF last year. l
would have been greater but for the decreased
internal revenue receipts caused by the agita
tion of the whisky tax question.
The New Anti.POlygamy Bill.
WAsHINGToN, May LIST. Representativ,
Haskelps bill to ameud the anti polygamy
| law passed this session provides The frs
election in Utah shall be held at time fxee
BY law for the election Of Delegates to tn,
Forty.fourth Congress, and that all elections
to be held at an earlier date be postponed t.
that time that all vacancies In offices re
sulting from the passage Of the Act of March
1882 not otherwise provided for, shall b.
filed by the Governor of the Territory unit
other provisions be made by law for films
such vacancies that in all prosecutions fol
bigamy, polygamy or unlawful cohabitatiop
no person shall be incompetent rs witnes,
by reason of any marriage or cohabitatior
between witness and the accused that the
Aos of the Legislative Assembly of Utah in
cooperating the Church of Jesus Christ oi
Latter Day Saints be annuled.
Cann0n's Demands-The Senate Bible
| Found.
| WASHINGTON, May 1st.-Ex- Delegate Can
non asks Congress to authorize the payment
| Of his full salary, mileage and stationery al
lowance for the whsle term of Congress.
The old Senate Bible, which disappeared
three weeks ago, was found this morning on
the Secretary's desk. where the purloiner had
secretly replaced it.
A Bad Indian Disposed Of.
CHICAGO, May 1st.-Some time ago the
Indian Department requested the military TO