Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Senate TO>ddv.

Senate To-day.
The Senate bill appropriating $50 600 for public
building for the use OF United States courts post
Office and other government offices at Fort Wayne,
Indiana, was reported favorabiy, and. on motion
OF Mr.. Voorhees, passed.
Mr.. Beck called up his bin to punish the unlaw-
full certffcation of bank checks. He said it was
identical with a bin which passed the House soon
after the Black Friday troubles in New York.
The bill was laid over until tomorrow.
The bill authorizing the government Of the United
States to accept the invitation OF the government
OF the Netherlands to take part In general colo
NAL and export trade exhibition to be held in Am
sterdam in 1883, and appropriating 5000 in aid
Mr. Edmunds objected to the bin for the relief OF
the political disabilities OF DR.. A. Sidney Tebbs,
to repeal section 1918 us. Resfsed Statutes prohib
iting any person who has been. in the service OF
the confederate states from being appointed to
The bill was laid aside without action at the ex-
pirat1on of the time devoted to calendar business
and the Senate then resumed consideration OF the
Chinese bill.
Nominations To-day.
The President sent the following nominations to
the Senate to-day:
To be commissioners under section of act to
accept and Easify the @ submitted by the
Henry Page, OF Colorado; James F. Gardner, of
Colorado and jackson orr, OF Colorado.
co%p at La konert foRry
Indian agents Jadatnan r. Mlnnis, OF Colorado,
Mayhugh, o. Nevada, for western shoshone
agency, in Nevada
cnstoms s,of souer Louisiana ap
Rard Of Louisiana, assistant appraiser, district OF
Postmasters- s. Ieay1tt at Exeter,
aica, N. T., H. s. Beebe at Canisteo, N. Y,
Elizabeth Smith, at Coya1ohorie, N. T.; Abram
at Freeport. Pa; Nelson r. English, at Key West,
Florida; VIM. g. Stewart, at Tallahassee, Florida
519a a BsthRny Me &d EIs,
Ida Carpenter, at Butler, Ind; VIM. N. Hayes, at
Kingston, N. Y; VIM 7. swfggett, at Whining
ton, Del
House Of Representatives.
The Speaker laid before the House message
from the President, transmitting report OF the
Secretary OF State in regard to the international
fisheries exhibition to be held in London in 1883.
Referred.
On motion of Mr.. Valentine Senate amendments
to the agricultural appropriation bill were non
concurred in.
THE CHALMERs-LYECH CASE.
Mr.. Calkins, chairman OF committee on elections,
called up the contested election case of Lynch agt
Chalmers from the sixth congressional district OF
Mississippi
Mr.: Randall raised the question OF considera-
ton.
The House decided-yeas 115, nay s9-to consider
the election case.
Mr. Atherton demanded the reading of the re-
port.
The reading OF the report consumed an hour and
half, and, at its conclusion, Mr. Pettibone OF
Tennessee. took the oor in support OF the case OF
the contestant, Lynch.
The District I'm Congress.
Speaker Keifer has appointed Representative
Hoge, OF VIVA, member Of the House committee
on the District OF Columbia, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death OF Representative Allen, OF
Missouri
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON RAILWAY.
The House committee on Pacific railroads failed
to obtain quorum this morning. A special meet
proposition to grant right way to the incorpora-
tors OF the National Railway Line, who propose to
run fast lines between washington and New York
Amendments to the bill are now pending before
the committee empowering the Secretary of the
original fncorporatOrs fail to complete the road in
a given time, and making 1ta penal offence to sell
the charter.
Capitol Notes.
THE NEW ANTI-CHiNEsE BILL
In the Senate yesterday, the proposed amend
ment to the House bill regulating Chinese immi-
grafton, to strike out the section prohibiting any
state or United States court from admitting Chi
nese to citizenship, was defeated-yeas g. nays 32
oe s afma1ve ma t voteS coming from tne repueica,ns
ing out the section which defines ''Chinese labor
ers' to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers
and Chinese employed In mining, was adopted
yeas &c. nays 2S-Mr Davis, OF Illinois, voting with
the republicans In the affirmative. and Messrs MIL
Ter, Of California, Jones, of Nevada and Cameron,
OF Wisconsin, with the democrats. No further ac-
ton was taken ON the bill.
IMPRISONED AMERICANS IN IRELAND
After his speech yesterday, Mr.. Robinson, of N.
Y, withdrew the resolution submitted by him in
reference to the imprisonment Of American c1ti-
zens by British authority, and resolution offered
by Mr Cox requesting the President to continue