The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-31
FORTY.sEvENTH CONGRESS-.

me OulucSo VII OCcuplcO the W0Ol0 6eSs
sion of the House of Representatives, March
Is. Mr.. Moore. of Tennessee, made q strong
speech in opposition to the measure, and MIR.
Brumm claimed that every Chinaman in the
country kept out an honest German or Irish.
man.
THE tariff commission bill was discussed
in the Senate, March %, Mr.. Beck replying to
Morrill,, and going liberallyinto the labor fea-
lures of the present tariff effects. The bill was
,aia az ses
In the House o message from the President
was received and referred announcing that
troops were sent to Omaha on an
to protect the State from domestic violence.
The Senate bill making further appropria-
lions for flood relief was reported with rec
that the Honss
money TO strengthen levees: agreed to-. In
the evening there was resultless struggle to
set day for consideration Of the Geneva
thus breaking tho quorum.
AMENDMENTS to the House bill creating
additional life. saving stations were discussed
in the Senate, March q, after which Mr.. Morgan
urged the necessity OF prompt tariff revision
by Q committee Of Congress In preference to
q commission. Mr.. PendletOn proposed an
masters, United States Marshals and judges
and Clerks OF tho United States Courts cleo.
tive. Bills were passed: To establish rail-
Way bridge .n acrSss the ssso%H between
AbercrOmbie military reservation; to remedy
defects In the law OF last year for the sale of
the remainder of the Otoe and Missouri res
amendment protecting tho rights of those of
the tribes who were not to have been re-
moved. 49,. In the House, the resolution was
ciai order for April ii. When the Chinese 6il
came up, Mr.. ButterwOrth, of Ohio, comment.
ed on the evils flowing from unrestricted i'm
migration, asserting that both the Repubh-
had declared against it. He did
not want the epitaph written over the grave
of this Republic, "Here lies the great and
IN attempting to give liberty to ali the world"
Laid over. A minority report from the Com.
mittee on Territories was presented opposing
the admission of Dakota.
THE consular and diplomatic appropria.
tion bill, with an amendment increasing by
Sc, 900 the amount set apart for State Depart
ment contingent expenses, passed theSenate.
March e2......In the House the Secretary OF
further food relief Is required. The Chinese
bill was taken up and Mr.. Washburn advo-
Gated it as means of preventing the great
Mr.. Kasson gave notice of amendments to
place the bill Gin harmony with the history of
the country" An allusfon to the fugitive
slave law DrOu&nC retOrt IrOm N1r. nam.
mond, of Georgia. An amendments was of.
fered limiting the operation of the law to ten
years instead of twenty.
In the Senate, March %, the bills in rela-
ton to the Venezuela award were indefinite
" postponed. The resolution for a reciproci-
ty treaty with Mexico was referred t. Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. The Indian ap-
bill came from committee, with
increasing the aggregate
amount to s.. s07 800. 80. in the House, de-
bate on the Chinese bill was resumed. Mr..
of South Carolina, and Mr.. Wise,
Of Pennsylvania, spoke in favor of the bill,
and Mr.. Morse and Mr.. Joyce opposed it.
Many members gave their views upon the
measure, and finally Mr.. Page brought the
debate to a close. In tho course of his re-
marks he said he witnessed scene the other
iay-he saw one of the lobbyists of q corpor-
alton walk in and congratulate q member
who had denounced this bill "The Six Chi
nese Companies, through their agents in this
city. swarmed in every corridor Of the Capt.
tOl, and had for weeks" He knew two rail-
road corporations that had united to defeat
this bill. A number of amendments were re-
ected, and the bill finally passed by vote of
l67 to IS.