Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-03-23
FORTY.SEyEyTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE.
washington, March %.

The chair submitted a message from tne
Presidents. transmitting from the secretary OF
the interior draft of a bill to authorize the
payment for government transportation on
certain railroads. and from the secretary of
the navy a communication urging an appro-
priation of ST.. 900, under the head Of ''eon-
tingent equipment and recruiting" TO defray
recruiting expenses.
Mr.. Mcpherson, from the committee on
naval affairs, reported adversely bill to
equalize the pay of officers of the navy.
The following bills were introduced:
By Mr.. Anthony. to establish the office OF
assistant secretary of the navy.
By Mr.. Logan. amending the pension law
of June Is, 1874, SO as to include all soldiers
and sailors whose arm is amputated SO close
below the elbow or knee Joint. AS to render
the same so fa- useless as TO practically bring
them within the provisions of said act.
Up TO clock, the Senate was occupied
in the consideration of amendments to the
bill to promote the efficiency of the life saw
ing service and establish additional stations.
The discussion was confined to the salaries
| of the surfmen and superintendent. The
bill was not acted upon.
By unanimous consent the tariff commits
sion bill Irregular order) was temporarily laid
aside. The Senate then took up the consul
lar and diplomatic appropriation bill, and the
Senate committee amendments were read
and agreed to.
| Mr.. Beck moved an amendment requiring
that hereafter all commercial agencies,
whether paid by fees or otherwise, TO be
specifically enumerated with the compensa-
ton in each case, in the annual estimates of
the secretary of state. The amendment
prevailed, and the bill passed.
The Senate then took up the House life
| -, lp,n rs
fixing certain salaries, the bill was laid aside
! without action.
| Adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr.. King. OF Louisiana. a
resolution was adopted ..calling on the secre-
| tary of war for information as to what relief
is necessary for the sufferers from the over
flow of the Mississippi river and its tribu-
taries. At 80 the House resumed consd-
Grafton of the Chinese bill
/ Messrs. Washburn, of Minnesota, and
George, of Oregon, favored the bill.
| MIR. McLane advocated the measure.
| Mr.. kasson said that four ffths of the
House would willingly grant any reasonable
relief which the people of the Pacific States
would accept, but he did not wish to be fore
ed into position OF violating his conscience,
and the obligations of the United States
under the treaty.
ldr. Tucker denied that the bill was in vio-
lation of the treaty. Chinese civilization was
antagonistic to ours. The opponents of the
bill commended that there was already one an
tagonistic civilization in the country.
| Yes, continued Mr.. Tucker, and it is as
many as we can carry. The gentlemen will
not understand me as desiring to rake .p the
embers of an old struggle. Far from it, but
l mean to say that there is not philosophic
statesman in this land today who will not say
either that the problem of citizenship and
the strong power of the African race in the
South is a failure or that it is an unsolved
problem of the future. We have got that
one disease in body polite which God grant
that we may recover from, but for Gods sake
do not let us inoculate the body polite with
a disease of the same kind, with the ea that
we can get over that too. | believe that the
African is good deal better form of disease
than the Chinaman. The Chnaman is IA
polytheist, We a monatheist. The Chinaman
is polygamist. God save the mark we
mon0gamist.
Mr. kasson then offered his amendment
limiting the time of the suspension to ten
years.
The House at 30 took a recess until to-
morrow at 10 o'clock, Mr.. Page giving notice
that he would, at o'clock, demand the pre-
vious question on the bill.