The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-13
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WIsmsoros, April 6,--Mf. Jonas, o
Louisiana, presented memorial receives
by telegraph from the various exchanges 0
New ORLEANS, earnestly petitionng for IN
yorable action on the Mississippi levee ~
preparation bill, and opposing any expert
mental schemes TO which the best engineer
ing talent of the country Is opposed. hea'
and referred.
The bill admitting Dakota as u state wa
reported from the committee on territories
without appointment Placed on the calen
dar. ,-,..,
hill TO execute certain treaty stipulation'
relating to the Chinese identical with the
vetoed Chinese bill, except the term of sus
pension of immigration is reduced to ter
wears. The time for ii to go into effect is
made sixty DAYS, instead of ninety days,
after its enactment. Referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations.
Mr.. Morgan called up his Mexican recip'
rocity resolution, and after some discussion
in which Mr.. Morgan said the resolution
contemplated legislative action upon the
tariffs OF the two countries, 1T passed with
out objection. ..
Mr.. Jackson, from the committee on
claims, reported bill referring claim OF
the state national bank of Louisiana, for
cotton taken by agents OF the government
in 1865, to the court OF claims Tor adJudl-
cation.
The presidential count bill came up as
the unfinished business. After some dis
cussion of the status of the veto message
as a privileged question, Mr.. Harris moved
to postpone the unfinished business with q
view of taking up the vetoed Chinese bill.
A vote being taken, Mr.. Harris motion
prevailed-yeas, %; nays, 20. The vote
was partisan except that Cameron, OF Wis
do n,NI - nj III.
fornia, vetoed aye with the democrats.
Davis of illinois, and Malone voted no
with the republicans. .,
The Chinese bill was then taken up with
out opposition. =, ,.u
Mr.. Sherman moved to refer the bill and
message to the committee on foreign rela-
tions.
Mr.. Sherman supported and elaborated
the objections of the president and partlcu-
larly of the Chinese minister and urged
that there was no occasion for haste and
the measure should be carefully perfected
in committee with view OF observing
these objections.
Mr.. Garland expressed the opinion that
in view of the protracted discussion on the
measure in the senate and house, 1t was
improbable that any new light could be had
at this time or at any other; the only
purpose of the proposed reference was to
hurry the bill.
Mi. Morgan argued that the motion, by
involving the virtual reconsideration
of the message, was an evas-
ion of constitutional requirement.
Referring to the memorandum OF the live
objections to the bill by number which
accompanied the veto, he said he believed
this to be the first instance in American
history in which the president OF the Uni
ted States had consulted foreign power
concerning measure about which congress
was legslating, as to whether the proposed
legislation would be agreeable to that
power. So far as concerned 1.-THE the
president, the objection of the Chinese
minister had been worth more than the ar
guments on which the bill had passed con-
gress. Charging that the republican ad-
ministration had arrayed itself in
hostility to any legislation on the question,
he arraigned the republican party TOR hay"
ing assumed like attitude and said the re-
publican leader in the senate was now at
tempting to smother the question by re-
ferring it to the committee.
Mr.. Bayard followed in long speech
against reference and in defense of the bill.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Bayard's speech
the pending question being divided, at the
request of Mr.. Garland, the vote on the first
branch Ito refer the bill to the committee
on foreign relations) resulted-ayes, Is (;
nays, 80 party vote except that of Ca Nm
IL,
vada Miller, of California, Plumb, Sewell
and Teller voted with the democrats in
the negative. Davis, of Illinois, voted no.
Second branch Ito refer the message and
papers, was also negatived-yeas, 10; nays,
On the question, "shall the bill pass,
Notwithstanding the objections OF the presi-
dent" the vote was-yeas, %, and nays,
l6. So the bill failed, two-thirds not hay
ing voted in the affirmative. The vote in
detail is as follows:
Yeas-Bayard, Beck, Cole, Cameron. of
Wisconsin, Coke, Davis, of West
Virginia, Fair, Farley, German,
Grover, Hampton, Harris, Hill, Of Colorado,
Johnston, Of Nevada, Lamar, McPherson,
York, Morgan. Pendleton, Pngh, Slater,
Teller Vest, Voorhees, and Walker. To-
Nays-Aldrich, Anthony, Blair, Davis, of
Illinois, Dawes, Frye, Harri-
son, Howley, Hoar, Ingalls,, Kel-
logg, Macmillan, Mitchell, Morrill,,
Platt, Pugh, Rollins, saTy.ers, Seweli'
Garland, Jackson, Jonas, Ransom, Sauls-
bury, Williams and Vance in the afiima
tive were paired with Edmunds, McDill
Allison, Logan, Terry, Saunders and Con
ger in the negative.
Adjourped.
HOUSE.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, the house at 1925 went into COM
7nittee of the whole on the army appropria-
ton bill. 49,
Pending the questionsio appeal taken
Yesterday from the deci elm OF the chair,
ruling that portion Of the ause under con-
sideratioR, which provides for the transfer
of claims pending in the quarter-master
generals department 70 the court OF
a,.N 81 gE1A
portion which regards the manner in
which that court shall proceed TO the adJu-
dication of claims, the chair stated that he
had not yesterday ruled on the point oil or.
der as an entirety, but had merely indicated
what portions OF the text would be and
what would not be in order. Separate
points having been raised against them,.
there were, therefore, he said, no
appeals pending, and he proceeded
10 render his decision sustaining the point
of order and holding that the transfer
feature was in part obnoxious TO the rules
the whole clause must be eleminated.
Hiscock, of New York, then offered an
amendment providing that no money APP
propriaied in the bill shall be used in the
Investigation OF claims by the quarter
master generals department.
Thompson, Of Kentucky, moved 10
amend the amendment by transferring the
claims 20 the court Of claims, " zen claim
ants may 10 desire.
Blackburn, Of Kentucky, In opposing
the amendment, said that grave accusations
had been made against officials In quarter
master generals and cOmmissary generals
departments. There were practices eN-
isting in those departments in the
matter Of adiudicating claims, which
no honest man could defend, and
no legislature should permit them 20 CON
tinue. lie had evidence on his desk 70 tha y
tbose practices had prevailed and the oili-
cials we're guilty, as there was ground %
snspect, there were parties charged Win
biadkfnnil who were ns guilty - ilt re-
ccivers. thai the evidences Of improper prac-
tees were correct IL had taken OCCASION
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