Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-07-11

hare acted upon any bill o. report from 4
COMMITTEES favoring the FIXTURE Of such
lands. ,!ss e e
~; 4, ne senate Thursday the Etz John Porter
vote being 81 10 q. The Chinese Bit has
passed without amendment as it car,e from Tie
house by . vote spf 43 to- 10 The fortii
ton bill passed, with an amendment increas-
ING the amount saoo, COG. The Atlank IL Pa
bat amended IN such shape as to leave the
lands undispossd Of unit ths legal proceedings
prescribed BY the act are terInina ted So $ fs1:S
s in executive sessions the senate confirmed
the following nominatio ns. John 7. Morgan,
chief {nst5ce q the supreme eonrt 81 Idaho
supreme court Of yoming !; Clarence Pullin,
New Mexico, surveyor general Of New Mexico:
Washington Berry, California, receiver Of pub
lie moneys, Olympic, Washington Terri
tory; William Boult, Louisiana, register
ia. Felix d. Clark, register 81 lis land
Office Of Des Moines, iowa; Rowsell a. Wheel
g, Indiana, agent for Indians at Pima agency,
Arizona; q. Wheeler Combs, Maryland general
appraiser OF merchandise, Baltimore; William
sH Stevens, Nevada, srnelter and refiner of the
United States mint Carson City. d h $.5&%
sConsuls George !. Bromley, California,
TEN Tsin; Henry May Brint, Callao; Archibald
Z. Brown, New Jersey, Algiers; Robert H.
Davis Pennsylvania, ST Paul De Toando; E.
". Horsefeld, Iowa; Trieste, Joseph a. Jones,
Massachusetts, Alden; Amos T. Learned, New
Z Sydney, n s "; 4. a. shakenord,
Curaco. .E&1 I8{ NJ. 5f%a;; El5a,i5455t IA
The senate passed without amendment the
house bill anlendatory Of the anti Chinese act
Of May, 1856 B The bill which passed the house
on the Sd ult, imposes additional restrictions
upon the landing Of Chinese laborers in this
country, and is directed to the exclusion Of
skilled and unskilled Chinese laborers, whether
subjects OF China OF any other foreign power.
Tho same restrictions that are imposed upon the
landing of Chinese arriving from China or other
foreign countries are made applicable to Chi
nese arriving by land routes, the purpose of
tation Of this CLASS OF persons by way of coun-:
tries contingent to the United States. Heavy
penalties are imposed upon masters and own
ers of vessels and all persons who may aid and
abet the landing OF Chinese laborers in viola
ton of the provisions Of the act ~ = i
j The contest Of Mr.. Botkin against Maginnis
of Montana was decided BY the house election
committee. All of the charges were oyerruled
and the committee, by unanimous VOTE adopted
report that the contest was unwarranted and
brought ton frivolous grounds, and ordered
Messrs. Ranney and Hepburn, leading Repub-
hcan members Of the committee, ia present the
report to the house. !, 4'!!+,s s1,l "a g. -
4 The following nominations were sent to the
senate on the 9TH: John A.SKasson, Iowa. en-
voy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiarv
Of the United States to Germany; Alphonso Taft
of Ohio, envoy extraordinary and lninister y,len-
N. Francis, New York. envoy extraordinary and
minister p1enipotentiary Of the United States to
Austro- Hungary; Lewis Richmond Rhode
Island minister resident and consul general
Of the United States st Portugal; Samuel e. M.
Byrnes, consul general at Rome; r. c. Will
1iar,,a cO,Sn1&j sranaral at Havana. Ward