The Portland daily press., 1882-03-23
XLVIIth Congress LIST Session
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March %.
The chair submitted messages from the
President transmitting from the Secretary
of the Interior the draft OF bill to
authorize payment for government transporta-
ton on certain railroads, and from the Secre-
tary of the Navy communication urging an
appropriation of $4,000 under the head OF
contingent equipment and recruiting" to de-
fray accruing expenses.
Mr.. Mcpherson, from the committee on
naval affairs, reported adversely bill to equal
ize the pay of officers of the navy.
Bills were introduced as follows: By Mr..
Anthony, to establish the office of Assistant
Secretary of the Navy; by Mr.. Logan, amend
ing the pension law of june Is, 1874, SO as to
include all soldiers and sailors whose arm or
leg is smputated so close below the elbow or
knee joint as to render the same so far useless
as to practically bring them within the pro-
visions of said act.
Up to o'clock the Senate was occupied in
the consideration of amendments to the bill to
promote the efficiency of the life saving SER
vice and establishing additional stations.
The discussion was confined to the salaries
of surfmen and superintendent. The bill was
not acted upon.
By unanimous consent the tariff commission
bill Irregular order) was temporarily laid
aside and the Senate took up the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill, when the Senate
committee amendments were read and agreed
to.
Mr.. Beck moved an amendment requiring
hereafter all commercial agencies, whether
paid by fees or otherwise, to be specifically
enumerated, with compensation, in each case
in the annual estimates of the Secretary of
State. The amendment prevailed and the bill
passed.
The Senate took up the House-life saving
bill. After adopting an amendment fixing
certain salaries, the bill was laid aside without
action.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr.. King of Louisiana a reso-
luton was adopted calling on the Secretary OF
War for information as to what further relief
as necessary for sufferers from the overflow
of the Mississippi river and tributaries.
At 80 the House resumed the consider
ton OF the Chinese bill. Messrs. Washburne
of Minnesota and George of Oregon favored
the bill.
Mr.. McLane advocated the measure.
Mr. Kasson said 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 forced into
the position of violating his conscience and
obligation of the United States under treaty.
Mr.. Tucker denied the bill was in violation
of the treaty. Chinese civilization was an
tagonistic to ours. Opponents OF fine bill con-
tended there was already one antagonistic
civilization in the country. YES" continued
Mr.. Tucker" and it is as many as we can car
desiring to rake up the embers of the old
struggle far from it. But mean to say there
is not philosophic statesman in this land to-
day who will not say either that the problem
of citizenship and the strong power of the
African race in the South is failure or that it
is an unsolved problem of the future. We
have got that one disease in the body polite
which, God grant, we may recover fsom; but
for Gods sake do not let us inoculate the body
polite with disease of the same kind with
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believe African is good deal better form of
disease than Chinaman. A Chinaman is a
polytheist, we monatheist. A Chinaman is a
polygamist; (God save the mark) we mono
gamist.
Mr.. Kassan then offered his amendment linn
iting the time of suspension to ten years.
The House at $40 took a recess until tomor-
row at 10 o'clock. Mr.. Page giving notice he
would at o'clock demand the previous ques-
ton on the bill.