Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-03
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
CHINESE IMMlGRATlON BILL IN THE HOUSE
WORK IN THE COMMITTEE ROOMS, Etc.

OAhN0bu lm0lUAn4lVN Ul41 IN LII uVUNU
WORK IN THE COMMITTEE ROOMS, Etc.
The House.
On motion Of Mr.. MORRISON QlL) the order for an
evening session tonight was vacated
THE CHINESE IMMIGRATION ACT.
The House then. on motion of Mr.. Lamb Qnd.),
11:15, went into committee OF the whole (Nr Cox.
OF New York, In the chair on the bill amending the
Chinese immigration act, and Mr.. Henley tCal.)
spoke at length in support OF the BILL which he said
ae oe 81 the nn from e
Washington Territories Congress could no moth
Ing nobler than to declare that In no event should
degrading contact and rulnous competition Win
the yellow skinned races OF the earth.
Mr.. George (Oregor) spoke in favor OF the bill.
Mr.. Rice (MaSs.) opposed the bill He undertook
to say that it added no single barrier whatsoever
to the incoming Of the Chinese Who showed best,
the DISCIPLES OF Who $50 years 6eoe Sa
others which you would not wish them to do to you,
or those who wear the sign OF Jesus Of Nazareth,
though he feared they did not always exhibit the
spirit Of the Master in their acts.
BAD PLACES EvBRYwHERE-EvKN IN WASHINGTON.
Mr. Budd (Cala-), inquired whether the gentle
man did not know that the Chinese had no regard
for their daughters; that they did not even give
them names THAT they sold them into prostitu-
ton; that they sold their wives and killed their
Ma Rice replied that he had not known more
than half OF that before He did know that%there
China, some in San Francisco, some in New YoKk,
The bin was intended to exclude English chinese
from the United states. Where was the treaty
right to do that? How long would England keep
her iron-clads from bombarding our cities II the
United States should refuse to her subjects,
Chinese though they were, the right to senfoot on
our shores?
Mr. Glasscock tCala.,, in brief speech, defended
the bill from Mr.. R1ce's criticisms.
Mr.. Sumner lCala.>, said that the purpose Of the
bill was to perfect the law enacted two years ago,
and remedy the defects which were found to exist
In 1t; and defended the propriety of that legislation
ON moral and religious grounds
The District i'm Congress.
THE FREE BRIDGE BILL
The free bridge bill as finally agreed upon will be
reported to the Senate Monday. AS stated in THE
SrAR 1T authorizes the payment of s125 900 for fee
made In ninety days; II not bridge is to be built
at the Three Sisters to cost not exceeding 1920 co.,
Capitol Topics.
BIDS AND BONDS OF STAR ROUTE CONTRACTORS
Second Assistant Postmaster General Lyman has
sent to Mr Springer copies of the bids and bonds OF
the contractors for the star routes Some of the
bonds appear to be Of doubtful worth One OF these
OF MIR. McDevitt, who was sent to the penitentiary
for fraud in his contracts is certified to by Post
master SnOwden, OF Philadelphia.
THE M'KINLEY-wALLACE CONTEST.
The contested election case Of Mckinley vs. Wal
lace Ohio will probably be voted upon by the
House committee on elections on Monday. The
subcommittee will report to the whole committee,
as already stated in THE STAR in favor of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's claim, Mr.. Robertson tKy.> having voted
with the republicans The democrats OF the COM
mittee say that the final vote Will not be effected
by their report and that the ma Ory report OF the
whole committee will be In favor of Mr Wallace.
IT, has hppn claimed Mr. McKfn1v,S hat
one other democrat would vote for him, giving him
majority OF one. This, however, is not cOnsid-
cred likely, as 1t Is claimed to be known that all
the democrats OF the committee except Robertson
are in favor Of Wallace's claim There will be two
reports made to the House In this case-the ma
jortty for Wallace and the minority Mckinley 1t
is thought that the House will sustain the action OF
the democrats In the committee.
PROSPECT OF TARIFF LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE.
The probability OF the Morrison bill passing the
House invests 1t with some interest in the Senate
Its chances in the latter body occasionally dis
cussed among Senator'S The prevailing impress
sion seems to be that neither the Morrison BILL nor
any other interfering with the tar1ff, could go
through the Senate at the present session but there
are Senators who contend that such a measure
would pass Senator Van Wyck believes that ii
the House sends over tariff reduction bill 1t Will
receive the approval of the Senate.
COMPUTATIONS AND A REJECTION.
The Senate In executive session yesterday con.
flrmed the following nominatons:-Henry W. Can.
non, of Minnesota to be controller of the currency
stephen Mofit, OF New York. to be collector of Gus
toms for the District OF Champlain, N. Y. Charles
H. stell. OF Kentucky. to be collector Of interna
revenue for the seventh district of Kentucky. The
nomination Of Samuel Thompson, OF Birmingham
Ala, to be postmaster at Birmingham, Ala, was
rejected.
VANDALISM AT THE CAPITOL.
For several days past an artist has been employ
ed at the Capitol repairing the damage to the var
statues and works OF art done by relic hunters
On one statue finger had to be supplied, on an
other toe, and some lrreverent vandal even stole
piece OF the marble which represents the Father
OF his Country.
MINOR NOTES.
The Senate was not In session to-day.
In the contested election case OF English agt
Peelle, OF Indiana, a subcommittee consisting OF
MeSsrS. Converse, Hart, and Elliott to-day, by q
majority vote decided to report to the full commit
tee in favor OF Mr.. English
The Missouri delegation in the House held q
meeting to-day to protest against the action Of the
river and harbOr cOmmltteein In cutting down the ap
propriation for the Missouri river. They have been
awarded by that committee little over half a
million, while they asked for million dollars
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