Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-13
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
First Session,
Sen ATE.
WASHINGTON, Nav l2.

~. WASHINGTON, May IL
Mr. Mitchell submitted concurrent reso.
iution expressing it to be the sense of Con-
sress tnat negotiations should be entered into
oe'"een tue United States and the Chinese
government with view of securing such
~ouincatlons OF the present treaty with
Nhlha as may result in stopping the coming
OF Chinese to ibis country, except in the case
OF diplomats and their servants. and except
also persons at sea driven to seek a place of
sht iter; referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
me consideration of the interstate COM
merce bill was then resumed.
Inc Dill having been completed as in the
committee OF the whole the question was op
agreeing IN the Senate to the amendments
agreed to in the committee A protacted
oeoate arose on various amendments espec-
ialiy the amendments to the long and short
haul clause
Mr.. MCPHERSON thought that no question
had been before the Senate during his term
that had more plainly shown its inability to
deal with intelligently than this long and
snort maui question. At a proper time he
would move to strike out the long and short
maui clause and leaving it as the pooling
question mad been left to the judgment and
discretion OF the commission.
Mr.. Riddleberger moved to lay the bill on
the table
This motion was defeated-Yeas, / (Rid-
dleberger) !; nays A.
Mr. Edmunds moved to restore 10 the long
and short haul clause the words struck out
Dy the Camden amendment, viz: From the
same original point of departure" and 10 add
to those the further words, ''1n or t. some
point of arrival" The amendment was At
hrst rejected, but MIR. Edmunds again offered
1t later and it was agreed to.
Other amendments were offered by Messrs.
Blair, Vest, Salisbury and others but were
rejected.
The bill then came to vote and passed
Yeas, Al: nays, 4.
The negative votes were those of Messrs.
Brown, Colquitt, Morgan and Ransom.
The bankruptcy bill was then laid pro
forma before the Senate, but MIR. Hoar
yielded in favor of {. pension bill.
At 6.47 the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Messages from the President presented to
the Senate Tuesday were today submitted to
the House and appropriately referred.
Mr.. Collins, from the committee on judic-
iary, reported a bill extending the jurisdic-
tiOn of the court Of claims for the use of
Patents and patented inventions against the
United States; House calendar.
In the morning hour Mr.. Belmont of New
York called up the joint resolution providing
tor an indemnity to certain Chimes subjects
for losses sustained within the jurisdiction of
The United States.
The resolution was considered in a COM
mittee of the whole.
Mr.. Belmont gave history of the Chinese
massacre at Rock Springs, showing that the
only ground for offence against the China
men was because they refused to take a part
in a strike. The passage of the resolutions
would express sympathy with the victims of
a wrong, and the House would no doubt con-
denim mob violence on learning the facts.
Considerable debate followed, pending
which the morning hour expired and the COM
mittee rose and the House again went into a
committee on the army appropriation bill.
Mr.. Rockwell of Massachusetts moved to
increase from $500, 900 to 100000 the ap-
preparation for the manufacture of arms at
the Springfield armory.
The motion WAS agreed to, Sc to so.
The committee then rose and the House bv
a vote of lO3 to LOG refused to agree to the
Springfield armory amendment Ohus re-
versing the action of the committee) and the
bill was passed.
The House the went into a committee of
the whole on the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill.
No decision having been reached the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned"