The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-14

! for the i'll treatment of a Jew, Don Pacifco in
| Athens. Lord Palmerston had been called to
account for the position he had taken, on the
| ground that there was no international law to
sustain it, but after days debate the principle
maintained by him had been fixed in England so
| firmly that it had never since been shaken. The
| United States itself had demanded indemnity
from China for violence done to its citizens by a
mob and by the armament of England bonn
harding Chinese cities aud China had paid the
bills, though some of the damage had been done
| by the armed forces of England. When Eng
land, through her carelessness, mad let loose its
cruisers, which had driven our commerce from
| the seas, the United States had exacted indem-
| nifty, and he trusted that there would be now an
arm as long and voice as strong to exact in
demnity from England for the injuries her sub
| lectS were nov perpetrating and seeking to per-
| petrate upon American fishermen. Applause.
| The President had assured Congress that
| the outrages at Rock Springs had been commit
| ted by aliens, as had the outrages in Chicago
| which had been shocking the country, and he
| Mr. Rice hoped that the murderers in Chicago
would De visited with that punishment which
had not yet been visited upon their fellow assas-
| sins in Wyoming.
Mr.. McCreary, Of Kentucky, was in favor Of
| going as far as the treaty between the United
States ane China would allow In prohibiting
Chinese / o.rers coming to this country. The
| question OF ldemnity to the victims Of violence
| at Rock Springs was very important. If it stood
alone he did not know that he would support
| the resolution, but when he remembered that
| Congress had already passed law to restrain
| Chinese immigration, and that there Was bill
| now pending to extend the term of restriction,
he inclined to be in favor of the resolution;
| but there was no treaty stipulation and no law
that compelled the indemnity to be paid If it
were paid it would be paid for the benefit Of the
| poor, helpless, unfortunate men who had been
| the victims of the assault.
| MIR. Phelps, of New Jersey, said he believed
a. 1x,,s,@ se&v~
ton asked it to do. and what the resolution pro-
| posed to do-pay the Cinnamon for the property
that had been destroyed, not as act of charity
but because it was sound policy, because it was
reciprocity for hundred acts OF indemnity per-
formed by Chinese under similar circumstances
and because it was an international obligation.
Mr. Clements, of Georgia, supported the reso-
luton.
Mr.. Carr, of Wyoming Territory, moved to
amend by inserting after the appropriation the
words ''or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary," on the ground that the appropriation was
entirely too large He favored the absolute pro-
hibitiol OF Chinese immigration, and held that
the responsibility for the mob at Rock Springs
rested upon Congress on account of its refusal to
listen to the demand of the people of the Pacific
coast for such prohibition.
AS the morning hour was about drawing to a
close. the committee rose. and Mr. Belmont
| made an effort to limit the debate. but. pending
action, the hour expired, the resolution was rele-
gated to its place upon the calendar and the
House went into committee of the whole-Mr.
Hatch, of Missouri. in the chair-on the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
MIR. Belmont, of New York, moved to increase
from $4,000 to $3.50, 900 the appropriation for
contingent expenses at United States consulates.
| The motion was agreed to- and the bill re-
| ported to the House and passed.
Then contest for precedence arose between
the interstate commerce bill and the bill en-
larging the powers and duties of the Department
OF Agriculture. The latter came out victorious,
and was considered in committee of the whole.
Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky, heartily sup
| ported the measure, and argued that the United
STAGES, the grand agricultural empire of the
world, should elevate the DEPARTMENT. of Agrcul-
ture TO the dignity of other executive depart
ments OF the government 1t was time there
should be Secretary of Agriculture to look after
the great questions that might arise for the
benefit Of the farmers of the country.
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas. pointed out the const-
tutional objections which he had to the BILL and
discussed the superiority of the bill introduced
by him to create a Department of Industries
which he proposed to offer as a substitute for
the pending measure.
Mr.. Breckenridge. of Kentucky opposed the
bill. To make the Commissioner of Agriculture
Cabinet officer, to give him an assistant secre
tary, with nothing whatever TO do, to increase
the expenditures Of the department would
neither dignity American agriculture nor tighten
the burden upon its shoulders. Coming from
an agricultural State. he would do anything he
| more he examined the bill the moro it appeared
to him that it would do no good. He protested
against any legislation which would place the
farmers in class by themselves. When the
Secretary of Agriculture came to sit at the Cab
met table he would cease to be agriculturist.
and would become politician. The Secretary
of War was not soldier. the Secretary of the
Navy was not sailor, the Secretary of the In
terror was not an inventor, nor a pensioner, nor
a homesteader These gentlemen were pol
| iticians; they represented States, they rep
resented influence. and when the Secretary
OF Agriculture sat at the Cabinet table, he would
be gentleman who represented certain sec
ton and who had certain political influence and
weight. 1t the heavy burden of taxation
which kept the agricultural industry from NOV
ing This was the clog which kept it from
advancing. Agriculture did not need to be
crowned with a Cabinet Office Take off this
burden. remove this clog, and agriculture would
be crowned by her own exertions without asking
favors from President or Cabinet officers. All
agriculture wanted was free, unrestricted un-
burdened chance in the great battle of life
| LApplause
Mr.. Weaver. of Iowa, favored the bill, which
would give labor status which it had not yet
| enjoyed Labor was organizing for great con-
| test with monopoly, and it had right to be
| heard in every council that might pass upon it's
| condition and upon the need of power and
respect that must be given to it.
| Pending further discussion the committee
| rose and the House adjourned.
Incendiarism at Chicapo