, 1883-12-20

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WASGIYGTo:. Dec. l3. Tine Pacit,
cGaa; meml els lad ;mnt.pr mcetin" al
tiir capital To-Day upon Chiue-c matters.
Beside the subcommittee. consisting OF
Senator DoIPh aHi CuI.=ieGsmam asSiiy
and Henley. representatives Budd Glas-.
cock and Sumner werr present. T,e
proposed amendment tp the Chinese
restriction act WIS taken up and dis
cHSScd. hut Il form was not finally agreed
on. Several uf those preScn5 not i.e-
longing 10 the subcommittee. have a
bill which they lad proposed to intro
ducc, Int which las been withheld, pend
!uG avtICr Uf The meeting of Pacific
coast Ilen Iers There is sumr diff .uIiv
in setting Il bill into form that will be
sufficiently explicit to sweep away the
objections in the or Iin;.l law. Sumner
! proposed an amendment tO shut out the
! Chinese i'll British Columbia, large num-
States Immediately I.pon the completion
OF the Canadian Pacific railway, on
which they are now employed. His
plan was to ClOthe all cOnstablas and
| police on the iiue III Washington Terri
tory with the powers of deputy United
| States marshal, attaching them to the
nearest district. and all magistrates with
| powers of United States commissioners
| This will constitute officers and tribunals
enough 10 arrest and examine Chinese
| upon their entering the country. Unless
something of this kind is done 1900 or
1900 will come into the United States on
the completion of their labor contracts,
without hiudrance. The plan was dis
us>ed and will probably be Incorporated
into the bill
The subcommittee Will meet again
tomorrow and finally decide questions
referred to them. \ bill will the be
drawn NJ, reported to the main organi-
zation and introduced Immediately.
Pacific coasters are sanguine of passing
1t promptly, as they will all unite and
ask for no other legislation on the sub
ject. They believe they have staunch
friends among the new senators, of
whom twelve have taken seats in the
upper house for the first time
The Proposed Worlds Fair.
SAN Francisco. Dec. I3.-The quts
ton OF holding a worlds fair in 1887 in
this city is meeting with marked atten-
ton at the hands of the most iniiuen-
tial citizens. At the informal meeting
last night Governor Stoneman read
telegram received from Washington,
signed by the United States Senators
and congressman from Oregon, Cali
fornia and Navada and the repretenta-
tive from Washington Territory, read
ing: I'VE cordially endorse the propo-
sition to hold worlds fair at San
Francisco in 1897" NJ. ID. Boruck stated
that the cost of the buildings would be
about S1,0G0,00O. 1t was proposed to
erect them in Golden Gate Park. He
hoped that congress would make an ap-
preparation for the purpose, and stated
that during the past four years Califor-
MA had paid to the Federal Government
S461 100000; therefore it would not be
immOdest to ask the Government for aid.
Irving W. Scott, prominent citizen,
had promised him that If buildings were
permanently erected ho would donate
$4,000 worth of works and similar sum
in money. Further meetings will be held
i'll the meantime. The belief i'll the feast
billy of the project is gaining ground.
MeSOol< to be Secretary OF the Senat,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The Republi-
can senators were in caucus from 10
until II discussing the organization OF
the Senate Malone was present At
the beginning motion wis carried to
proceed to the nomination of caucus
candidates. For Secretary of the SEN
ate Jones of Nevada nominated George
G. Gorham of California. Miller of
New York nominated General Anson G.
McCook of New York, and Harrison
nominated Major ID. Ramsdell of Indi-
ana. Eulogistic speeches were made
in support of each candidate, and run
ming debate followed, in which the
majority of the senators took part. Upon
an informal ballot the vote stood: Nc
Cook 16, Gorham Is, Ramsdell 3. 4
formal ballot followed Immediately, and
resulted: McCook 10, Gorham 13, Rams
dell 3. McCook was declared the nomi-
nee, and the caucus adjourned to re-
assemble after the adjournment of the
Senate.
The opponents of Gorham took the
ground that his attitude as a journalist
in respect to the Garfield Conkling diff
ferences and the star route trials, was
such as to create bitter enemies towards
him, and his nomination to the Secre-
taryship would have tendency TO re-
vive party differences whice are in pro-
cess of healing.
Malone made speech in defence of
Gorham, stating that while he was not
present to influence the result by his
vote. he had duty toward his consti-
tuents which he must perform. The
defeat of Gorham would be misinter-
preted, as in some sense a disapproval
of the liberal movement He knew such
Interpretation of the action of the caucus
would be erroneous. He eulogized Cor
hams work in connection with the
liberal movement, and stated that he
would support the nominees of the
caucus. Malone did not vote on the
nomination. Riddleberger was not
present.