The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-26
LIE NENN.
The Mississippi River Improvement
Bin Passes the Senate ut Last,
In Somewhat Grip.
pied Form.
In the House Discussion Arises Over
RObins0n's "American Pris.
0nerS" Resolution.
The Sickcning Tale Of the Butchering
by the Hostiles in Arizona
Territory.
The New York Post on Futures--The
Stock Market.
Sergeant Mason's Case Before the Su.
preme Court.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Forty-seventh Congress.

Forty-seventh Congress.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-Reports from
the committees were made and disposed of
as follows:
BY Mr.. Aldrich, from the committee on
finance, adversely on the bill to refund to
the North Carolina railroad company
moneys unlawfullv collected from il by the
United States. Placed on the calendar.
Alter the the close of the morning busi-
ness senate resumed consideration of the
Mississlppi river Improvement bill, appro.
priating S63,OOO,OOO. All pending amend.
ments to increase the appropriation and
apply part Of the money ior the benefit of
the levee system were withdrawn and the
bill passedby viva voce vote without OBJ
lection.
After a struggle for precedence the sen.
ate took up the house Chinese bill. the
hrst question being on the concurrence in
numerous amendments reported by foreign
relations committee.
All of the committee amendments to the
two last sections (the 14th and 18TH were
agreed to be read. The committee.
amendment striking out the 18th section
which prohibits any state or United States
court from admitting Chinese to citizenship
was rejected, and the section retained
yeas, ~; nays, 80. The committee is
amendment, striking out the 10th section
which defines the words Chinese laborers. y
wherever used in the act to mean both
skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese
employed in mining, was carried by-yeas
20; nays; 2S. The vote was a party one. ey
cept that Messrs. Miller, of California
Jones, of Nevada, and Cameron, of Wis
consin, voted mo" with the democrats
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Illinois, voted "yes" with thu
republicans.
The amendments having been gon,
through with by the committee, the bill wa.
reported to the senate with calls for separ
ate votes on some of the amendments.
After speeches by Messrs. Hoar and Nor
gan. the bill went over.
After an executive session the senate nd
journed.
HOUSE.
Calklns, OF Indiana, chairman Of the com
mittee on elections, called UP the contested
election case of Lynch vs.. Chalmers.
Atherton, OF Ohio, q member Of the com
mittee, stated he was not physically able Il
proceed with the discussion to-day, where
upon Calkins said he would proceed TO, on,
hour and then allow the case to go over.
Randall raised question of consjdera
tion upon which vote was taken and Tho
house refnsed--ayes, 81; nays, l2l--to con
slider the election case.
Carlisle offered a resolution reciting the
fact OF the removal Of Andrew Devine, on,
of the official stenographers of the house
and that it is stated on part of Deyinc tba
the action OF speaker does not constitute
removal for cause within the meaning O
the rule and instructing the committee
on Judiciary to make full iniuir,
into the case of Devine AMI
the validity of the speakers action, and re
port at any time their conclusion, will
such recommendation as they may deem
proper. Adopted.
The resolution offered by Robinson, O
New York, yesterday, discharging the com
mlttee on foreign affairs from further con
sideration of the resolution asking TO
executive information touching the impris
onment OF American citizens abroad, wa,
then taken up.
Robinson read a preamble ard series O
resolutions which he would offer if the re
solution be adopted, and spoke in condem
nation of the course of our government
in the matter of the imprisoned
suspects in Ireland. He demanded the re
call of Minister Lowell and the serving o
notice upon England that the suspect
claiming American citizenship must hay,
an instant trial or release, and in the even
OF such notice not being complied with, Mr.
Robinson wOnld fight.
Cox, of New York, followed Robinson t,
the same effect, but in milder speech.
Orth, OF Indiana, chairman of the com
mittee on foreign affairs, hayin.
charge of the subject, said this oues
tion was one Of the most delicate an,
interesting questions before congress, bu
he begged OF the house to inform itself o
the question before il moved to discharge
the committee from its further considera
ton. lie wanted the house to be fully ant
thoroughly posted with regard to the con
sequences OF its action, and TO know when |
starts on a journey where il will lead. III
did not'want this government to be com
PEELED to take the backward track. He ha,
sympathy with.th Irish people and with al
people who were deprived Of thoir rights
but there was a great difference between
sympathy and duty. This government II
view Of the treaty obligations should not us
It's sympathy to toment trouble in neigh
boring country. He defended the president
the state department and the foreign re
lations committee from the impuiation
cast upon IL, and said that all had becl
diligently studying the problem, whicl
proved the most intricate and delicate
which had entered into our diplomats
since the close of the war, I,
show the importance of the house beinf
IN possession of information before actin,
upon such an important question. He de
clared that McEnry, one OF the men in
cluded In the resolution, was not an Ameri
can citizen. that another, O'Mahoney, a
the time of his arrest, was holding otlic
in Great Britain. The house was calIc,
upon to demand the release of a man VIII
was not an American citizen. and N
warned the house that when one nation de
mands OF another, she must be prepared /,
take the consequences of that demand.
Deuster, also a member of the ioreig,
relations committee, said rany one iancic,
that these questions were not ,lcba'able. o.
were speculative questions, he was mis-
taken. He advanced it as his opinion Nm
u the members votes should be recordc,
In this resolution here to-day, IL nigh
transpire that the vote cast bv any membe
IN the American congress ut its present ses
sion, was frnught with more gravity. Tn
state department realized the ilnportanc
Of the question whether the house did o
did not. lie was vested with con
tidcntial authority, but he coul,
| Imagine nnrtv In (,rprt gritai, which, ..,.