Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-24
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the Secretary of War was directed
to transmit information of the
amount of supplies, tents and trans
portation furnished by his depart
ment to the several States for the
relief of the sufferers by the Miss
sissippi overflow, and what further
supplies will be necessary, with an
estimate of their cost.
Senator Morgan called up his
pending concurrent resolution de,
claring for reciprocity treaty with
Mexico.
Senator Sherman said. that there
was opposition on both sides of the
chamber to all reciprocity treaties,
and moved the reference of the
resolution to the committee on
foreign relations. Agreed to.
The life saving service bill was
again taken up, and the discussion
upon the amendments proposing
new stations occupied the remainer
| of the time allotted to the calendar
The additional stations provided for
include three on the South Carolina
coast near Georgetown. Charles>
ton and Beaufort were inserted
on motion of Senator Hampton, and
one near Tyhee Island one near
Brunswick, and one near the Cum
berland Island on the Georgia
Coast, inserted ON the motion of
Senator Brown, of Florida Senators
spoke in advocacy of the new stations
on the Atlantic and gulf coasts of
E lorida.
The bill was not acted upon, and
at 2:10, the tariff commission bill
came up, and Senator Saulsburg
opened the debate in opposition to
it, followed by Senators Garland,
Frye, Aldrich, Williams and Black.
The Indian appropriation bill was
reported from the appropriation
committee, with amendments, max
ing it's total amount S1S0,7O0.
Senator Miller, of New York, was
awarded the floor for tomorrow, on
tariff, and at 335 the Senate went
into executive session, when the
doors were re>opened, and adjourned
until tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March %
The House met at 10 o'clock in cons
tinuation of Wednesdays session,
and the debate on the Chinese bill
was resumed.
The Chinese debate lasted till the
close of Wednesdays session. Af-
ter the formal opening Of to>day's
session, the morning hour having
been disposed with, the House at
1926 resumed consideration of the
Chinese bill.
At 3 o'clock the previous question
was ordered on the bill and the
amendments which were offered by
various members.
Mr.. Page then took the floor for
closing. the hour of debate, but
yielded ten minutes to Mr.. Robinson,
of Massachusetts,, and Mr.. Curtin, of
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Curtin said that
now Congress had come face to face
with square unadulterated question
Of lahor. 100000 Chinese laborers
in California, took the place of
100000 American laborers, and
tue naked question was presented to
Congress whether that state of facts
should continue. When the Pacific
Coast came and asked that the
American labor should be deferred,
the American people were touched
by the appeal, and it was right
and duty of Congress to protect the
American citizens against the intro
duction of heather Chinese labor
This American government should
set up for itself and say to all the
world: "We shall say who shall
come and who shall not" He then
proceeded, in eloquent language, to
give brief history of the conflict
of the European and Indian races,
and he was frequently interrupted
with applause. He had to speak of
another race-the negro race, stolen
from his home in Africa. Then, the
people of MASSACHUSETTS, had for>
COTTON the sublime declaration of
independence. The people were
familiar with the colored race. They
know it well. The negro, as dis
turbing element in politics, was
gone.
When the gentleman from Missis,
sippi, Mr. Hooker, spoke the other
day, beautiful, poetical and classic
as were his remarks, there was mute
eloquence in the wave of his armless
sleeve, which brought to him (Cur-
tin) consolation that ADleriea was a
unit and would remain a unit, now
and forever. He protested upon
compelling the people of California
to undergo the evils OF Chinese
immigration. Put 100000 Chinese
down in Massachusetts to dis
place the enlightened workmen
of that great State, and the violence
of Puritan denunciation would dwarf
the utterances of the sand lots and
brambles of California. In conclu-
sion, he stated that be would vote
for the bill as it stood, because it
was thought by representatives of
the Pacific Coast, that it would
remedy the evil of which they were
complaining. After a brief speech
by Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, in support
of the bill, Mr.. Page, of California,
took the floor to close the debate.
The House then proceeded to
vote on the amendments. That OF
Mr.. Kasson, reducing the period OF
suspension from immigration to ten
years, was rejected, yeas 100, nays
131. MIR. Butterworth' amendment,
limiting the term of suspension to
fifteen years, was lost without a
call of the yeas and nays. A large
number of amendments were then
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