Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-05
YESTERDAY At THE CAPITAL.
The Recent Land Entry Circular Of
Commissioner Sparks Attacked
and Revoked.
Passage Of the Rock Springs Chi.
nese Indemnity Bill BY
the Senate.
Attempted Resignation Of Secretary Of
the Treasury Manning Vetoed
BY the President.

Attempteu heSlgnaClO0 OF secretary
the Treasury Manning Vetoed
BY the President.
WAsHKGroN. June 4.-In the Senate to
day Mr.. Ingalls, offered a resolution which
on an objection by Mr.. Beck, went owe
until tomorrow; calling on the Secretar.
of the Interior to inform the Senat
whether certain circular had been issue'
by the Commissioner of the General Ian,
Office with the consent OF the Secretary O
the Interior. The resolution recites in full
the recent circular to Registers and Re
new applications for entry under the pre-
emption, timber culture or desert lant
acts could be received pending legislation
by Congress to repeal these acts
The resolution then proceeds te
direct the Secretary OF the interior
to inform the Senate by what
act it was claimed that Congress hac
delegated to the Commissioner OF the Gen
eral Land Office, or to the Secretary OF tht
Interior, or to those officers jointly, tbt
power to suspend by executive order thu
operation throughout the United States @
the pre-emption timber culture and desert
land acts, and to deny to citizens OF the
United States their rights under said act.
On nj. ton OF Mr. Edmunds the Chinese
indemnity bill was taken up but informally
laid aside at the request Of Mr.. Allison tc
permit the consideration of the consular
nj III n
In the course OF this debate, Mr.. Allison
attributed much OF the difficulty arising in
the matter of undervaluation to the
scramble between consuls whose compensa
tiol is received through fees. Foreign
merchants shipping goods to the United
States were importuned by cousuls who
were paid by fees to get their certifcation
from those consuls instead OF from the reg
ular salaried corsnls in the near neighbor-
hood. This matter, he thought, deserved
the attention of the State Department. AT
2 o'clock the matter went over, and the
Chinese indemnity bill was then placed be.
fore the Senate and Mr.. Cockrell took the
floor. He argued strongly against
the baT. H. read at some length
from official correspondence on the subject
that all persons engaged in the violence
complained of were foreigners. This CORE
foreigners as well as the Chinese persons
complaining, had been brough' there under
q system of contracts for the supply oi
cheap labor to supplant the American
laborer. The Chinese had been brought
there as serfs, with the knowledge OF the
Chinese Government. The Chinese had
been brought there to supplant white labor
ers, because the Chinese were more like
slaves. The distinguish ii representative
OF the Chinese Government, Mr.. Cockrell.
said he had undertaken to suppress appa-
rently or I o ignore the actual origin OF the
trouble, and go had the senators from New
York, Ohio and Vermont. He
read from correspondence to show
this, and also to show that
none OF the parties went to live or work
at the place where the violence occurred
under any protection of the United States.
They went there relying for protection on
their masters" the .mpany that hired
them both. He denied that we are re-
quired to extend to the Chinese or any
other foreigners any greater right OF re-
dress for wrongs than is given to citizens OF
the United States. Mr.. Cockrell anima-
verted with severity ON the position taken
by Mes=rs. Evarts, Edmunds and Sherman.
He contrasted the freedom enjoyed by the
Chinese in the Unit'd States even to the
extent Of building Joss houses
with the limitation attending the
movems its OF citizcns OF the
United States in China. The basis on
which the Secretary OF State and the Presi
dent have recommended the claims covered
by this bill were solely that OF pity for the
Cinnamon and not because there was the
slightest legal or other obligation existing
in the premises. At the conclusion OF Mr..
Cockrell's speech the bill was brought to a
vote and passed. Yeas, 80; nays, 10.
The Senators voting in the negative were
Beck, Barry, Cockrell, Coke, Eustis, George,
Harris, Maxey, N tchell, OF Oregon, and
Vest.
The bill authorizes the President to as
certain the actual losses sustained by the
Cinnamon by the riot at Rock Springs,
Wyoming in September, 1885, and to pay
such losses. The amount appropriated by
the bill for that purpose is $15O,O0O. The
Senate then resumed the consideration OF
the Consular and Diplomatic Appropria.
ton BILL On reaching the appropriation
OF So, ,27O, as the American contribution to
the maintenance of the International Bu-
reau of Weights ana Measures, Mr.. Conger
attacked the item. He ridiculed the
idea of a change in our last established
system OF weighs and measures, and saw
no use in contributing to the International
Bureau. After an explanation OF it by MIR
Evarts and Mr.. Allison, Mr.. Conger moved
to strike it out. This motion was rejected
yeas l (Mr. Conger), nays AZ. [Great
laughter.
The Senate, without finishing the bill ad
journed till tomorrow.