Connecticut western news., 1882-04-12

of any crime or offense aeains
 the law of such foreign country; ant
 the right of trial in such cases within
 reasonable time, to be confronted
 with the witnesses against them, tt
 have compulsory process for obtaining
 witnesses in their favor, and to havl
 counsel for their defense. Referred tt
 the Committee on Foreign Relations.
 MT. Farley moved to lay aside tht
 pending order and proceed with the con
 sideration of the vetoed Anti-Chinest
 bill. He sald that the excitement 1T
 San Francisco was so great that violence
 was apprehended. The motion finally prevailed, 29 to 25. MT. Sherman sup.
 ported and elaborated the objections ot
 the President, and particularly of the
 Chinese Minister. MT. Garland said
 that the only purpose of the pro. posed reference was to bury the bill. Mir. Bayard said it was useless for the friends of the bill to expect, by refer ring the bill, to change it's features in accordanceswith the Presidgnt's obiec. tions, and that they were compe1led to see it knocked in the head bY what he called Chinese veto" On the ques- tion, Shall the bill pass notwithstanding the objections of the President? the vote was yeas %, nays 21, so the bill failed, two.thirds not having voted in the affirmative The vote is as follows Yeas-Bayard, Peck, Call, Cameron (Wis.), Cockrell, Coke, Davis (W. va.) }, Fair, Farley, Gorman, Grover, Hamp- ton, Harris, Hill (Oels Johnson, Jones ( (Ney:) Lamar, cPherson, Maxey, Miller fCal ), Miller (N. Y. }, Morgan, Voorhees ana Waikerw29 'e9''
 Nayg-Aldrich, Anthony, Blair, Davis 1IlL)s Dawes, Frye, Harrison, Hawley,, ;Hoar, Ingalls,, Kellogg, McMi lillian, Mitchell, Morrill,, Piatt, Plumb, Rol- Gns. Sawyer. sewell, Sherman, and Wndom-2I. ~-oet s.-s .'.=--se -~r- .5e ss 2
 Paired = Garland, Jackson, Jonas, Ransom, Salisbury, Williams and Vance in the affirmative, with Edmunds, McDill, Allison, Logan, Ferry, Saun- ders and Oonger in the negative.
 MT. Miller, of California, introduced bill to execute certain treaty stipula- tions relating to Chinese. It is identi- cal with the vetoed Chinese bill, except that the term of suspension of immigra- tion IS reduced to ten years, and that the time for it to go into effect is made sixty days instead Of ninety days after it's enactment. ssss .i4 1 ..s s--s@Ss7I
 MT. MOrgan's concurrent resolution. inviting the President to call the atten- tion of Mexico and the United States to the desirability of increasing the trade between the two countries and placing it by mutual legislation upon more reciprocal basis, was passed.
 The Senate bill to fix the day for the meeting of the electors of the President and Vice President of the United States and to provide for and regulate the counting of the votes for the President and Vice. President and the decision of questions arising thereon. came up as the unfinished business. MT. Pugh reviewed the bill, and commended particularly its funda- mental proposition vesting the electing power solely in the States and the counting power solely in the two Houses. It comedies to each State the decisi on of all contests as to the electors. and makes the evidence 1t presents of the result conclusive on the two Houses. and prohibits the rejection of the vote of Q State except by the concurrent votes of the two Houses. The bill was passed. a a
 Mir. Farley introduced bill to exc. cute certain treaty .stipulations in rela- tion to the Chinese. It is identical with the vetoed bill, except that the term of suspension is made sixteen years.
 MT. Miller, of New York, from the Committee on Post Offices, reported an additional bill to provide for ocean mail service betwecn the United States and foreign ports. It is identical with the measure reported by him on the 18th of March in behalf of the same com mitee. T fE.s
 HOUSE.
 There was sharp debate in the House on MT. Orapo's motlon to sus- pend the rules and pass a resolution making the bill to extend the corporate existence of national banks a contiuu- ng special order for April 15. MT. Bland opposed the motion, and declared ais hostility to national banks and na- Iional bankers. MT. Springer opposed the motion because 1t would interfere with the tariff. commission and other important bills on the special or der calendar. I MT. Hardenberph aeclared that the national bank bill transcended in importance any other on the special calendar, and he favored the motion. MT. Crapo, sMr. Dingley and others spoke in favor of the motion. but upon the vote it was lost-122 to 78 there not being the necessary two. thirds vote in the affirmative.
 MT. Page of California asked unani- nous consent in the House to introduce 8 bill to carry into effect the, treaty st1pulatlons with China. It reduces the period of suspension to ten years. Then two other similar bills were introduced. one fixing the limit of suspension of immigration at fifteen years by MT. Willis. of Kentucky, and another fixing the limit at sixteen years by MT. Berry, of California. All were referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. The Speaker presented mes- sage from the President transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, asking for an appropriation of $5Ol, ,33O to supply deficiencies in the matter of army transportation. Re- ferred.
 On motion of MT. Valentine, of Me- braska, bill was passed appropriating $2O, 900 for the purchase end distribu- ton of seed to the sufferers from the overflow of the Mississippi River and it's tributaries.
 s2 THE CHINESE BILL VETOED.