Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-06

bate on the tariff bill In the House will con-
true is an open question. With the Demo-
Gratis in their present mood It will be con-
tinued until they reap the full benefits of
the discussion. Beyond this and the appro-
Driation bills, there is now but very little for
Congress to do. Congress has so far done
very little. 1t has been dragging along
without anything special in view. 1t seems
to have been in fact only an idea to kill
time one day from another. The session
will close without anything of Importance
really having been done. The only subject
that has developed itself into any sort of
political issue is that of the tariff. If the
Democrats handle It to advantage they will
make great point. The tariff is going to
be the great issue in the next campaign.
THE PRESIDENTS HOURS.
The whisperings from the White House
about the Presidents hours continue. The
President does not go to bed until three or
four O'Clock in the morning. Whenever he
has party of ladies Or gentlemen at the
House In the early evening It is always fol.
lowed by a party of cOnvivial friends who
''don'd 90 home until morning." Upon
those nights that he has no special guests
the conviVial fellows come early and stay
until an early hour In the morning. There
is good deal of unpleasant talk about the
Presidents habits OF living, especially
among the straight-laced.
SENATOR HILL.
The reports from Senator Hill continue to
be encouraging. He is getting better and is
healing from the recent operation performed
upon him. But he cannot finally recover.
| t.
whom have talked.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, Mr.. Jonas, of Louisiana,
| presented a memorial received by telegraph
| from the various exchanges of New Orleans,
earnestly petitioning for favorable action on
the Mississippi levee appropriation bill and
| opposing any experimental schemes to
which the best engineering talent OF the
country is opposed. Read and referred.
The bill admitting Dakota as q State was
| reported from the Committee on Territories
without amendment. Placed on the
| calendar.
Mr. Miller, of California, introduced bill
| to execute certain treaty stipulatiOns re-
! lsting TO the Chinese identical with the
vatoed Chinese bill, except that the term of
| suspension of immigration is reduced to
| ten years, and that the time for it to go
| into fffect is made sixty days instead of
ninety days after its enactment) Referred
| to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr.. Morgan called up his Mexican reci-
| prOcity resolution, and after some discus
| sion, in which Mr.. Morgan said that the
resolution contemplated legislative action
| upon the tariUs Of The two nations, IT
passed without objection.
Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on
| Claims, reported bill referring the claim
of the State National Bank Of Louisiana for
cotton taken by the agents of the govern
ment in 1865 to the Court Of Claims for ad-
| Indication.
The Presidential count bill came up as
unfinished business. After some discussion
OF the status Of the veto message as a privi-
| legged question. Mr. Harris moved to post
| p0ne the unfinished business, with view to
aking up the vetoed Chinese bill.
A vote being taken, Mr.. Harris motion
prevsiled-yeas 90, nays % The vote was
party one, except that Messrs. Cameroo,
OF Wisconsin, Jones, OF Nevada, and Miller,
of Colorado, voted "aye" with the Demo-
Gratis. Messrs. Davis, of Illinois, and Ma
hone voted "no" with the Republicans.
The Chinese bill was then taken up with
| out opposition.
Mr.. Sherman moved to refer the bill and
message to the Committee on Foreign Rela
tiOas. Mr.. Sherman supported and elabO-
rated the objections of the PIeGdent, and
particularly of the Chinese Minister, and
| urged that as there was no occasion for
haste, the measure should be carefully per-
fected in committee with a view of obviat-
ing these objections.
Mr.. Garland EXPRESSED the opinion that,
in view of the protracted discussions Of the
measure in che Senate and House, It was i'm
probable that any new light could be thrown
upon II, and that as intelligent action could
be had at this time as well as at any other
the only purpose of the proposed reference
WAS to bury the bill.
Mr. Morgan argued that the motion, by
involving a virtual reconsideration of the
measure was an evasion OF the cOnstitu-
tional rt quirements Of a direct vote. Re-
ferTing 10 a memorandum of five objections
to the bill by the Chinese Minister, which
accompanied the veto, he said he believed
this to be the first instance ia American
history in which the President of the United
States had consulted foreign power about
which Congress was legislatIng, as to
whether the proposed legislation would be
agreeable to that power. So far as
concerned the President the objection of
the Chinese Minister had been worth more
than the arguments on which the bill had
passed Congress. Charging that the RePub-
lican administration has arrsyed themselves
in hostility to any legislation on the ques-
ton, he aTraigned the Republican party for
having assumed like attitude, and said the
Republican leader IN the Senate was now
attempting to smother the question and slip
around it by referring it to committee.
Mr.. Bayard followed in a long speech
against the references aud In defense of the
bill.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Bayard's speech,
the pending question being divided at the
IT quest of Mr.. Garland, the vote upon the
first branch, to refer the bill to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, resulted-yeas s,
nays ga party vote, except that Messrs.
Cameron of Wisconsin, Ingalls,, Jones of
Nevada, Miller Of California, Plumb, Sewell
and Teller voted with the Democrats in the
negative. Mr.. Davis of Illinois, also voted
ono"
The second branch, to refer the message
and papers, was also negatived-yeas 10,
nays 20.
On the question, shall the bill pass, not
withstandlDg the objection of the President?
the vote was-yeas 20, nays 81. The bill
failed a two-third vote. The vote in detail
is as follows:
Yess-Messrs. Beck, Bayard, Call, Came
ron Of Wisconsin, Cockrell, Coke, Davis of
West Virginia, Fair, Farley, German, Gro
yer, Hampton, Harris, Hill of Colorado,
Johnston, Jones Of Nevada, Lamar, Nc
Pherson, Maxey. Miller of California, Nil er
of New York, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh,
Slater, Teller, Vest, voorhees, and Walker
20.
Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Anthony, Blair,
Davis of Illinois, Frye. Dawes, Harrison,
Hawley, Hoar, Ingalls,, Kellogg, Mcmillan,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Platt, Plumb, Rollins,
Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman and WindOm-2l
Messrs Garland, Jackson, Jonas, Ran
som, salisbury, Williams and Vance, in the
affirmative, were paired with Messrs Ell
muuds, McDnl, Allison, Logan, Ferry,
Saunders and CoDger IN the negative.
Adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, the House, at 1925, went into CON-
mittee of the whole on the army appropria
tion bill.
Pending the question OF Mr.. Mason's ap-
peals taken yesterday from the decision of
the Chair, ruling In order that portion Of
the clause under consideration, which pro-
yides for the transfer of claims pending in
the Quartermaster Generals Department to
the Court of Claims, and out of order that
portion which regulates the manner in which
that court shall proceed to the adjudication
of the claims, the Chair stated that he had
not yesterday decided on the point OF order
as an entirety, but had merely indicated
what portions Of, the text would be and what
would not be in order, had separate points
been raised against them. There were,
therefore, he said, no appeals pending, aud
he proceeded to render his decision, sustain
ing the points Of order, and holding that as