Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-01
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Another Bill Restricting
Chinese immigration.
POSTAL MATTERS DISCUSSED.
HOar's Resolution Relating to the
Congressional Term Passes
the Senate.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, January 31.-In the
Senate to-day Hoar's joint resolution
passed proposing amendments to the
constitution providing that the term
of Office of the President and and the
Fiftieth Congress shall continue until
the 3Oth day of April 1889 at noon
that the Senators whose existing
terms would otherwise expire on the
4th of March 1889 and thereafter shall
continue in office until the April 3Oth
succeeding such expiration; and that
the 30th of April at noon thereafter be
substituted for the 4th of March as
the commencement and termination
of the official term of the President,
Vice-President, Senators and repre-
sentatives in Congress.
PosToFFICE BUSINESS.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Plumb, instructing the Postoffice Com
mittee to make a thorough inquiry
into the cause of inefficient mail SER
vice, especially in the west and south,
was taken up.
Manderson hoped that the investi-
cation would be thorough.
Stewart said that the service in Ne
vada was wholly inadequate.
Teller thought that the fault lay
largely in the inadequacy of the APP
preparations made for the postotiice
department, although some reason for
it might be found in the numerous re-
movals of skilled and competent men
and the substitution of new and un-
skilled men.
Beck thought that Congress had
not done her duty to the department
in furnishing appropriations.
Chase, member of the Postofhce
Committee, said that the greatest cause
of the difficulty was the great changes
made in the clerks.
The resolution went over to to-mor-
row without action.
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES.
Riddleberger offered a resolution
that the treaty between the United
States Government and Great Britain
now before the Senate in executive
session be considered in open session
and asked for its immediate considera-
ton. Edmunds objected and it was
laid over.
The bill passed granting right of
way through public lands for irriga-
ton purposes.
The Committee ON Finance decided
to request it to be relieved from fur
ther consideration of Frye's bill
relating to imported liquors and the
measure is to be referred to the Judi.
ciary Committee as involving a con-
stitutional question.
NEW BILLS.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred were the following:
BY Stewart, to establish land
court and provide for the settlement
OF private land claims.
By Mitchell, to permit miners and
mining companies to prospect and
develop the mining portions Of any
Indian reservation on certain terms
and conditions.
Mitchell offered a resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Commit
tee on Commerce to consider the adj
visibility of inserting a provision in
the River and Harbor bill requiring
the work to be done by contract.
Vance, from the Committee on FL
nance, reported favorably the bill
passed by the Senate during the last
Congress to provide for the warehous-
ing of fruit brandy.
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
A hill was introduced by Senator
Stewart to enforce the restrictions on
Chinese immigration. 1t provides
that after ninety days from its passage,
Chinese laborers shall not have the
right to enter the United States on
the ground OF previous residence and
the Secretary OF the Treasury shall
have the right to change at will, the
form of certificate to be delivered to
Chinese departing from this country
for the purpose OF Identification on
their return. The Secretary is also
granted the power to make all needful
rules and regulations to avoid the un-
lawful entry of Chinese into this
country.
Evarts spoke briefly in support of
the Blair educational bill, and the
Senate then adjourned.