New-York tribune., 1882-04-18

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tno wa.ional Government. 1t is reported 'ha'
INC Francis. Editor of The Troy Imes
'o"n ~ onnouted Charge d'Afaires in Portugal
'nd Nicholas Fish Minister Residen. III De-
az ..n, letter was received YESTERDAY py 'ho
S.vv Department from Engineer Mei''iie'
rup CHINESE BILL PASSED 81 lhb hoo"h'
I'LL my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSEl
,,.,,,,crov April 1.-THE short discussion Oh
49,, chinese bill in the House this afternoon
'"0 90 one of the most extraordinary scenes
s''N .,re.sed in that extraordinary BODY. + OF
e''. W., an bour disorder ruled supreme and speaker
r., Lost control of the House. Twenty memoelS
60 ,vere on the floor, shouting LOT recoehl-
- ond n,vinc the Speaker with parliamentary
.'~ios W. "points of order" and que stlohs Oh
.i,,;Ieco, The trouble rose mainly from inc uo-
70 Of the Democrats to foment DIVISION III '"0
ponrblican ranks and. if possible, 10 gam So,,0
no,fisan advantage for themselves. Chuoi ,n0
,nlo of the House. there may be nan houi uio
auss;on Of anv bill before the vote is taken oh ~
,rhon the motion is TO suspend the rules ana pass
!, and the rule requires that one-iai VI .n In
hou he allotted TO the friends and one-haiI W 'o
opponents of the measure ,oo
A. coon as Mr. Page moved 10 suspend the ruloS
ord mass the Anti-C chinese bill tins a11erh"on' M
willis Of Kentucky. who presented inc ininoi"S
nort against it, took the floor, as ne said 10 oPpo
!, He prcfaced his speech with the remark 'i'' iio
.horld vote for the bill, and then he went on 10
,,o its provisions because III hls opinion ihey arc
',oaro,e Mr. Willis finds it hard task to make
,Na,oc,c sneech. but he did the best he could
- Ia bod finished another class or opponents
".aon,oab bv Mr. Rice Of Massachusetts. demahdeu
I'm, They are men who arc opposed 10 'no
s"";nIa of legislation embodied In the bill, ana
H. ronld vote for no measure to restrict lhnlle'a-
,;on Mr. Rice asked hearing, and the DemocI"'s'
,bnk,ne this good time to worry the kepuohcans'
1T = olomor that he ought to be heard. Mr.
.os.ia tbot he did not care to speak In favor OF
A. h;u and asked that the vote be taken imlnedi-
.telv Mr.. Kenna, of West Virginia maze the poih'
of order that Mr. Page had no right to prevent 'ho
friends of the bill from being heard, ana was pro-
ceedine under the rule to state and discuss MS Po'
of order. when the Speaker stopped him.
Mr. Kenna is quck-tempercd as well as quicA-
witted, and he raised his voice aoo'o 'no
sonnd Of the pounding gayel and declared that
he would be heard, and that no Char
shopld ston him A dispute began between him ana
The speaker but the latter at last sad that ne hau
understood the gentleman TO ask a parliamentary
question, and when he went on 10 ane os then
allowed To 90 on and then the Speaker, declaring
tnat he could not see any difference DItweeh MI.
Kennas point OF Order anu q PalaII,i PIn'+ "a .
noH}nt az order and made a little speech de-
Rnandlng RD.ndd fair play for the real opponents
of the bill. After ne had concluded the
Sneaker said "1he Chair Is always wiling
10 listen 10 lecture to the House by the gentleman
from New-York OF any other person." with just
shade of emphasis on the last word.
Sir Page at last obtained the floor, and spoke hye
minutes In favor of lhe bill. Nj. KassOn closed the
discussion in a spirited and eloquent ten minutes IN
speech. which elected frequent applause. In two
or tbree keen sentences he thoroughly exposed the
inSncerity of the Democrats, who were stlll
snxious to pass bill that the President could not
csiions Of his constitutional oath. The real oppo-
nents of the bill were allowed no hearing. and IT
passed by vote of POI to 37-3 Democrats and 81
Republicans voting against 1t.