Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-09


ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD UNION
WASHINGTON, March Sth-The Alcoholic
Liquor Commission bill came up.
Bayard's motion to commit it to the Fl
nance Committee was rejected by vote Of
26 to 10, party vote, except that Cameron
Davis (Iil.) and George voted 10.
The bill was then laid aside. and the
Chinese bill proceeded with, and Pistt op
| posed it.
Platt continued speaking until after
o'clock.
A vote was then taken ON Ingalls, amend
ment, to reduce the period of suspension from
| 30 to 10 years, and it was lost by tie vote oI
% ayes against % noes.
TIE affirmative vote included at least foul
Senators who, while preferring the 10 year:
period, will nevertheless prefer to vote foI
| the longer period than vote against the bill
Several Senators who are in favor of passing
| the bill without amendment were absent
temporarily.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Ayes - AlGricii, Allison. Blair, Brown
Cockrell, Conger, Davis Of Illinois, Dawes
Edmund., Frye. Harris, Hoar, ingalls,, jack
son, Lapham, McDill. McMillen, Mitchell
Morrill,. Saunders, Sewell, Sherman and
Teller-23.
Noes-Bayard, Beck, Call, Cameron oi
Wisconsin. Coke, Fair, Farley, Garland
George, Hale. Hampton, Hill of Colorado,
Miller of Califcrnia, HIi;ltr Of New York,
Morgan, Ransom, Slater, Vest and Walker
-23.
Pairs were announced between Davis Of
West Virgisis, Salisbury. Butler, johnson,
Kellogg, Jones of Florida. and Grover,
against the amendment. and Window, Ferry,
Hswley, Plstt, Pugh, Rollins and VsG
Wyck iu the affirmative.
Camden was also paired.
Hoar rose and resumed the discussion, al
the close OF which, on motion of Brown, an
| amendment was adopted allowing the Chi.
| nese to make their signatures by Aarks with
| witness.
An amendment was also adopted. provid,
ing that the bill shall not take effect antii
ninety days after it's passage.
Hale then moved an adjournment, and
there being On division . ayes against %
noes the presiding officer, at 6:10 declared
the Senate adjourned, without opportunity
being afforded for c3ll of the ayes and
noes; so the bill went over till tomorrow.
The Outlook in Regard TO the Chinese
Bill.
WASHINGTON, March Sth.--The most inter.
esting feature Of the Senate proceedings on
the Chinese bill to-day was the vote on
Ingalls, amendment TO reduce the period OF
suspension from twenty years to ten years,
which was lost only by tie vote. When
the bill is reported from the Committee OF the
Whole of the Senate, this amendment will be
again offered, and will again aft I'd test Of
Al s 10 -
the bill as it stands, aud OF the strength Of
the combined enemies and hslf.heafted
friends of the measure. Meanwhile an anal
ysis Of the vote taken to-day, in connection
with the full list OF Senators who were absent
or announced as paired, indicates that the bill
will pass by clear msloIity OF at least i've
or ak, even if the attempt TO reduce the term
of suspension shall again be unsuccessful, and
that with the proposed or some other mate
rial reduction this majority would be brgely
increased The % Senators who were Eec5rded
| against the amendment are of course reliable
supporters of the bill In its present form. and
TO this number must be added the seven who
were announced as paired on the same side
! of the question. The thirty Senators who
| voted, or were announced as paired, in favor
of the amendment include t,ur, namely,
| Cockrell, Tel er, Harris and Jackson, who
are considered certain to vote for tho iii
| with the twenty years suspension clause I'M
altered in case their preference in this re-
gard be oserruled, and Pendletop, who was
temporarily detaine1 from the Senate cham
ber to-day, is known to favor the bill as it
stands this leaves thirteen Senators .unac-
counted for, whose positions on the main
question are believed to be as follows
Against the bill in any form-Anthony. Cam.
eton of Pennsy lvsnia and Hill OF Georgis.
For the bill - Gormsp. Groome, Lamar,
Vance, Voorhees, and Williams. ID ,ubtfui-
Logan, Mahone, Plumb and Sawyer. 1t will
thus he seen that, assuming equal activity
and equal success by the friends and oppO-
nents Of the bill in securipAthe attendance Of
absentees, or obtaining pairs for them before
the bill reaches the stage of hral action,
its passage by the Senate in the most
desirable form is probable, and its passage
with reduced term OF suspension is certain.
The friends of the bill are very confident,
also, that in case the term Of suspension is
shortened in the Senate, the original provis.
Jon can be restored in the House, and finally
retained Though the instrnmeItality of q
friendly committee of conference. The vote
on adjournment this afternoon had no signi6-
canoe except desire of small majority of
Senators TO 60 to dinner, instead of remain
ing to listen to several threatened speeches.
1t is in fact doubtful whether the motion
would not have been voted down had any op-
portunity been offered for the opponents of
adj lurnmeat to demand roll call, but Judge
Davis instantly followed up his announce
ment that on division there were % ayes
against % noes by bringing down his gavel
with resounding thud, and declaring The
ayes have it, and the Senate stands adjourned
until tomorrow" His capacious stomach
evidently felt the need CT replenishing, and
the Senate greeted his announcement with a
general laugh and sympathetic mods of ap-
proval. 1t is not likely that anything would
have been gained, however. by attempting to
crowd the bill throu1h this evening. The
Pacific coast Senators believe that in a fuller
Senate to morrow it will have greater
strength, and that to-morrow's session will
bring it to the final test.