Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

Garland, of the Judiciary committee,
gave notice that ou the 26th inst, he
would call up a bill to establish
court appeals, and added that IN
view of its importance and pressure
for action, he would then ask to have
the subject considered until dis
posed of.
The military, academy, and consul
lar and diplomatic appropriation
bills were reported to the Senate
with amendments. Also, bill for
the admission of Dakota as State.
Senator Brown presented pets
ton of the citizens of Albany, Ga,
for the increase of the appropriation
for the improvement OF the harbor
of Savannah.
The resolutions for the payment to
Senators Butler and Kellogg, of
$4,000, and $500 respectively, for
the expenses incurred by them in
vindicating their rights to seats, were
passed. It was conceded that
debate that there were no precedents
for such payment to successful mem>
bers, but it was explained that these
cases were exceptional, in that they
necessitated proof of the validity of
the Legislatures in each instance.
Senator Pendleton presented
memorial of the National Tobacco
Association, protesting against the
passage of any "free leaf tobacco
bill ;" also a petition from the same
association for the abolition of ex-
port stamps, and for sundry changes
Of the law in regard to the exporta-
ton of tobacco by rail and fees
paid to inspectors of the export of
tobacco. Referred TO the committee
on finance.
The Senate took up House bill
providing for the life saving service,
pending "a debate on which, the
tariff commission bill was again
taken up.
Senator Beck opened the debate,
criticizing the declaration recently
made by Senator Fry, of Ohio, that
he favored the protection tariff re
gardless of any considerations as to
revenue. Senator Beck argued that
aside from it's constitutional power
to raise revenue, Congress had no
authority whatever to legislate on
the subject.
Without action the Senate ad
journed.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-There
was but small attendance of mem
bers present when the House met
this morning for debate only on the
Chinese bill
Mr.. Speer, of Georgia, was the
first speaker, and spoke in favor Of
the bill.
Mr.. Speer said that in the contest
between the United States and
China the, former had no unequal
adversary. The little brown man
eulogized by Joaquin Miller was a
born diplomalist, and the United
States dealing with the renowned
empire thus was but measure of
self defense, and no other question
which could be presented to the pres
ent Congress was of more Importance.
Peace had its victories, and the
passage of this bill would be one of
the victories of peace which would
be hailed with the acclamation of al
most the unanimous people. When
the unanimous verdict of the entire
people, who had known the Chi
Dese since 1860, was weighed in the
scale, with the eloquence of the
gentleman from Massachusetts
(Rice) on the metaphysical subtleties
of the gentleman from Ohio (Tay..
lor), there was no doubt as to what
way the scale would turn He ar
gued that the bill was right, and in
literal accordance with the treaty.
But even were that not so, there
were reactions which would induce
him to vote for it, and they were
contained in the old maxim, 'sSalus
populi suprenaa est leG the safety of
the people is the supreme law.
What was the strength of the
numbers of the American people as
compared with the strength of the
Chinese, whom the opponents of the
bill would permit to come to this
country without let or hindrance
The statistics showed that if every
man, woman and child in the world
were formed in procession, every
third man, woman and child would
be subject of China
He took up in detail and replied
to the arguments presented by Mr..
Taylor, stating that he would op-
pose the eloquent theories of the
gentleman with some testimony
taken by the investigating commits
>tee, from which he made several
quotations to show that the effect of
Chinese immigration was to, cheaper
labor and drive American laborers
from the Pacific Coast. He would
contrast the statements of the gen
tleman from Ohio, that the Chinese
were not, as class, more vicious
than the rest of the people of
the world, and that they were
as cleanly as an equal number of la
borers anywhere, with the declara-
ton of that other Taylor, Mr.. Bay
ard, that morally, they were the
most debased people on the face of
the earth, and with his expressions
of disgust at the filth of Chinese
cities, be (Mr. Speer,) asserted that
the American laborer, who had built
up our country's prosperity in time
of peace and in time of war; on the
fiery crest of battle everywhere,
had fought our country's battles, and
achieved it's victories, was no more
like the miserable Chinaman than
Il to Hercules, or Hyperion to a
Satyr."
He compared the characteristics
| of tho Ghinaca ap1 co1orad race much