Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-27
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, May 26, 1886,

| l SENATE.-After routine morning business the Senate proceeded to the consideration of private pension bills on the calendar. A number of these At o'clock the bankruptcy bill was laid before MT Van Wyck asked that it be temporarily laid aside in order to take up bill providing for the agreed to the latter bill was taken up Mr Blair offered an amendment, which was agreed to, pro United States might become preferred purchaser and in such case the lands might be restored to the
 MT Blair offered another amendment providing that the valuation of the lands subject to taxation the Secretary of the Treasury, which was opposed Mr. sherman asked for the suspension of the tax ation bill in order to take up the bill heretofore ported by him from the Committee on Foreign the Chinese Immigration bill of 1ssf.' Unanimous MT. sherman explained that the bill simply in tended to explain the meaning of the existing law relating to Chinese immigration Several legal questions had arisen under the existing law as to which there had been some doubt or differ been attached to she e Wordp chnese dn aboE by Judge Field and another by a Massachusetts judge. test against the bill. Like the would amend this bill, he said would hereafter be regarded blotch or stain on our legislation.
 Mir. Sherman thought Mir. Hoar had enough on his hands without calling up questions that had tied. One who had watched the course of affairs on the Pacific coast, MT. Sherman said, must come not to open doors to wholly different from ourselves every characteristic of civiliza- tion. He didn't think it exactly question of reversing our old and time e-honored policy regard ing immigration. though some immigrants who would not be covered by this bill were bad enough, and MT. Sherman not sure that some exclusion must eventually come for the sake of the American nation.
 Mr. Ingalls, opposed the bill. He criticised the manner in which it had been taken up, slipped in through crevice of time and attempted to be railroaded through this body.'' The bill, he said disgrace to American civilization and it would not pass without some debate.
 Mr. Teller said if the Senator from Kansas sup posed that the advocates of this bill afraid discuss it he did not understand their temper. The bill was no disgrace to American civilization Every nation of the earth recognized it's principle, which was to exclude such persons as the people believed injurious to the welfare of the nation. The question was whether American labor to be compelled to compete with four hundred million of Asiatics who could be landed on our shores at ten dollars a head. We were told that the of humanity demanded the admission here of the Chinese-that the cause of humanity required that our own laborerS should starve in order to make room for men who when among us would have neither homes wives children The glory and strength of republic were the men who labored Mir. Teller denied that he was less loyal the great principles of freedom than the Senator from Massachusetts the Senator from Kansas.
 Mr. Sherman exclaimed that he called up the bill because it desirable to have it passed soon as possible He believed it would get the support of nine-tenths of the Senators
 The bill was postponed to a future day.
 At 5:10 p. m the Senate adjourned.