The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-07
XLVIIth Congress-1st Session.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 6.
Mr.. Dawes introduced and moved present
consideration of bill appropriating $4,000 to
provide for deicienc in subsistence OF the
Cheyenne aud Arrapahoe Indians. Passed.
Mr. Farley introduced q bill TO execute GER
tain treaty stipulations in relation to the
Chinese. 1t is identical with the vetoed bill
except the term of suspension is made 16 years.
Referred to the committee on foreign relations.
Mr.. Rollins introduced a bill to enable cor
poratioDs to become sureties on official bonds.
An order for adjournment from today
until Monday was adopted.
Mr.. Vest from the committee on commerce
reported adversely the bill to exempt vessels of
less than % tons on inland waters of the United
States and not engaged in transportation of
passengers, from inspection and license. In
definitely postponed.
number of minor Senate bills were passed
and the Presidential connt bill came up as I'M
finished business.
Mr.. Pugh reviewed the features of the bill
commencing particularly its fundamental
propositions vesting the elective power solely in
the states and counting power solely in the two
Houses. He reviewed what he regarded as the
positive dangers OF the present system to show
the desirability of the measure.
Mr.. Garland in opposition to the bill argned
that the matter was to be regulated not by leg
islation but by an amendment to the consttu-
ton. He thought in attempting to construe
and enforce constitutional clause the bill
Mr.. Morgan said he would vote for the bill
because it would secure some agreement for
counting the vote, but he did not regard it as
of any practical utility because the Presiden-
tial vote might be counted in violation of the
statute and no tribunal would undertake to re-
verse the result of the count as declared by the
two Houses.
MIR. Blair said the provisions of the bill sur
rendering to state tribunals power to declare
who is an elector, was an abandonment OF ma
tional power to state jurisdiction, as the power
to count the vote was inherent in Congress. He
was willing to go to the extent OF saying that
Congress should be oyerruled by the stale
where the two Houses disagree as to counting
of the vote of that state. He submitted an
amendment on that point, which, after re-
marks by Mr.. Hoar to the effect that the judi
cial power of a state is more likely to be inn
partial than Congress on the question, was re-
jected. The bill then passed by viva voce
vote.
Adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Calkins, chairman of the committee on
elections, reported the resolution in the Lynch
Chalmers contested election case from the 10Th
Congressional district of Mississippi declaring
the contestant Lynch entitled to the seat
Laid over for future action
Mr. Ryan of Kansas from the committee on
appropriations reported back the Indian APP
preparation bill with the Senate amendments
and recommending concurrence in the same
but non-concurrence in majority OF the
amendments. The report was agreed to-
Mr.. Page asked unanimous consent to in
troduce bill to carry into effect treaty stlpula-
lions with China. 1t reduces the period OF
suspension to ten years.
Mr.. Springer stating that the House had al
ready passed bill for that purpose objected;
whereupon Mr.. Page declared he would ask
for consent to introduce it if it took until the
end of the session.
On motion the Valentine bill was passed APP
propriatine S20,0 900 for purchase and djstribu-
ton of seed to the sufferers from the overflow
of the Mississippi river and its tributaries.
Several bills were introduced and referred
and the House went into committee OF the
whole on the tariff commission bill.
Mr.. Kasson stating in reply TO question,
that he hoped to ask vote on the measure by
the Middle of next week.
The measure was discussed by Messrs. Nc
Kinley and Simonton, the latter gentleman
denouncipg the bill as cowardly refusal by
Congress to meet its constitutional obligations.
The committee then rose.
Mr. Page then introduced his Chinese bill
and it was referred to the committee on educa-
ton and labor.
Messrs Willis and Berry introduced similar
bills and they were referred to the same COM
mittee.
Mr.. Van yoorhis introduced bill (already
published) to regulate immigration keierred
to the committee on commerce
A message from the President was read
transmitting a communication from the
Secretary of War asking for an appropriation
of $501, 230 to supply Deficiencies in the matter
of army transportation of supplies. Referred
Adjourned until tomorrow.