Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-24
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIyES.
Cabinet Meeting-Proposed Quaran-
tine Station The Chinese Cues
ton - Minor Notes.


United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, February 23d.-Several
bills were introduced and appropriately re-
ferred.
Morgan offered preamble and resolu-
ton, which at his request were ordered
printed and laid on the table for the pres
enl. The purpose of the preamble and
resolution is to show that the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee has not the authority to
arraign the Attorney General, as it did in
its recent report and accompanying reso-
lutions in regard to the refusal of the At
torney. General to transmit to the commit
tee certain papers in regard to removal
from office which had been asked for by
that committee. The preamble says, re-
ferring to the recent Judiciary Committee
| resolutions " If said resolutions are adopt
! ed as being true upon fact and as a matter
of law, they will thereby announce as the
judgment of the majority of this body.
without any trial according to law, that the
Acknowledgement of the United States is
guilty of and condemned for willfully COM
hitting an offense in the conduct of his of
flee, which is III violation of his official duty
and is subversive of the fundamental prin-
ciples of the Government of the United
States. The Attorney General, if he has
willfully committed any offense that is in
violation of his official duty, and is subver-
sive of the fundamental principles of the
Government of the United States, is only
amenable to the condemnation of the Sen
ate when the Senate is sitting with the
Chief Justice of the United States as a
! of Ipop s.al,t aor,tf tn hoo do do
upon the articles of impeachment presented
by the House of Representatives"
Hoar called up the bill appropr,ating
S250,000 for the erection of monument in
Washington city to the memory of General
Grant
The bill was passed.
On going to the calendar, among the bills
postponed to later day was the woman
suffrage constitutional amendment, Blair
saying that, although it was very import
ant measure, it could not be discussed I'M
der the five-minute rule.
The education bill was placed before the
Senate, and Gray took the floor in opposi-
ton TO the BILL
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, February 23d.-On motion
OF Forney, resolution was adopted grant
ing leave to the Appropriations Committee
to sit during the session of the House.
The morning hour was consumed in the
consideration of the bill to annex the
northern part of Idaho Territory to the
Territory of Washington, but no final
action was taken.
The House then proceeded to the cou-
sideration of the business on the House
calendar
The bill on the calendar forfeiting the
unearned land grant of the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company was taken up.
On motion of Holman, an amendment
was adopted providing that the forfeited
lands shall be subject to settlement under
the homestead law only.
A substitute offered by Mckee on behalf
OF the minority of the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, FORGETTING all lands of the COM
pany not earned within the time limited bv
the granting Act was debated briefly and
was rejected, and the bill was passed with
out a division or objection
The Chinese Question Before the Sinh
Committee on Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON, February 23d.-An infor-
NAL meeting of the Subcommittee on For
eign Affairs was held this afternoon. at
which the Chinese question was thoroughly
| discussed. The meeting was occasioned by
the early adjournment of the House and
Representative McKenna was the first one
notified of the intention of the sub-corn-
mittee. He Immediately sought out the
other members of the California delega-
ton and succeeded in finding Messrs.
FELTON,, Morrow and Henley. Mr..
Markham had an important en-
gagement with another committee. and
Mr.. Louttit also had an engagement. but
both these gentlemen are in sympathy with
the views of McKenna, so they were prac-
ticaliy represented. The subcommittee
consists of Messrs. Cox of North Carolina,
McCreary of Kentucky and Rice of Massa-
chusetts. All the bills introduced in reia-
uon to the Chinese and Chinese immigra-
ton have been referred to this committee.
but the principal consideration TO-DAY was
the Morrow bill. Mr.. Henley said that Mr..
Morrow was much more familiar with the
subject than himself, and could probably
present fuller and completer explanation
and Mr.. Morrow then addressed the COM
mlttee, speaking for nearly three quarters
OF an hour upon the provisions of
his bill and the advantage to be
derived from its passage. He referred
to the original Restriction Act and amend
ment, and what was expected to be accom-
plished. He spoke of the defects in the
bill and the regulations for carrying out its
provisions. His bill aimed to correct these
but also with view to treaty rights and
obligations. He had sought and obtained
the advice of other gentlemen before pre-
pairing his bill, and the United States
judges with whom he had consulted in re-
gard to 1t had aided, as far as they could do
SO consistently with their position, and had
assured him that it was entirely within the
provisions of the existing treaties. The
original Restriction Act was intended to
arrest immigration, while as a matter of
TACT more Chinese were now in the country
IMAM when the bill was passed,
ana he gave statistics to prove his
assertion. He referred particularly to
the two-year clause in his bill.
and said that this was inserted
after an examination of the treaty with the
other country. This clause simply saws
that II Chinaman returns to China, and
does not come back to the United States
within two years, he forfeits the right to
re-enter this country. He quoted from a
number OF treaties, and particularly the
one with Germany, where a resi- lence of
two years after immigration to another
country rehabitates German citizenship.
and makes the man liable 10 military
duty, and said that if that was a
TACT, two years absence in China
ought to be long enough to forfeit
PASNSS1oh VI ILLS government. lie said
the Chinese, by confession of the whole
world, were undesirable people to have in
any country. In reply to question by the
committee, Mr.. Morrow showed the con-
dltlon of trade between this country and
China, showing that the advantage of pres
ent treaties was all on the side of China
de gave statistics of the exports of coin
from the United States to China, and of the
commerce. He showed that there. were
only about 5000 Americans in
China, while there were over 15O.-
900 Chinese in the United States
de then argued as to the twenty-year
clause. and said that period was an unrea-
sonable one. The Restriction Act had yir
tually, been a nullity, and twenty years
would scarcely more than compensate for
the time already lost. He referred to the
fact that the Chinese were crowding every
avenue OF labor, and said that man in
any OF the States having son would be at
loss to select trade for him, where he
would not have to enter into competition
with Chinese labor. He referred to the
consular certificates, and his efforts to
stop that practice and the frauds
practiced by the Chinese in transit. His
whole argument was clear and forcible
and IN reply to numerous questions of