Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-07
TAKE IT BY TURNS.
HoAR RESOLVED FLING AT THE PRKsI-
DEBT YESTERDAY.
Mr.. Vest Calls Him Down-nattsrs Trans-
setsd In the Hcuse and
Senate.
rBy telegraph % tho Dispasch.I

dent respectfully TO the resolution OF tho
Senate of the 18th Of August requesting
| him 10 communicate 10 the Senate copies
of all communications addressed by bis
direction 10 the Government OF Great
Britain demonstrating against certain un-
fair treatment Of American citizens, and
requesting him TO furnish such informs-
tion as soon MS possible in order that il
may be considered in acting on the pend
ing legislation.
Mr. Vest suggested that the resolu-
ton lie over till tomorrow, because IL
seemed TO contain a sort OF implication
of intentional delay on the part of tho
Administration. He presumed that IL
was not so. Ii was only niue days since
the resolution was adopted. He had no
doubt that the Secretary of State could
give some good reason for not sending
the papers.
Mr.. Hoar: Let IT lie over. think,
however. that the Administration might
have got its eyes open in nine days.
Mr.. Vest That remark is exceedingly
witty and facetious. / DONE know what
the facts are.
The resolution was laid over.
The Chinese exclusion bill was taken
mp, and Mr.. Sherman spoke for some
time in depreciation OF haste on the part
of the Senate, calling attention 70 tho
fact that neither house OF Congress pos
sessed any information beyond mere
rumor that the treaty had been rejected,
and expressing the opinion that il would
be found that the treaty had actually
been ratified. He therefore asked tho
Senate to let the bill stand over for day
or two until the facts were ascertaiDcd.
He asked that by unanimous consent the
bill might be informally laid aside.
Mr.. Stewart objected.
MIR. Platt said that il the bill wero
pressed 10 q vote he would vote for II,
but he should do it under protest Ho
did not like the way the bill had come
before Congress, and he wished 10 say 30
rs emphatically rs be could.
While Mr.. Platt Was speaking one Of
the Presidents secretaries appeared and
announced, Several messages ia
writing" Il turned out, however. that
among the messages there was not ono
in answer to Mr. Sherman's resolution Ot
yesterday.
Mr.. Platt went on with his remarks
II the President had notice, official or
unofficial, that the Chinese Government
had rejected the treaty, that notice had
been studlously kept and concealed from
every Republican member Of the Senate
and from every Republican.
Mr.. Gray remarked that il any such
notice had been received il had been kept
Just as studiously from every Democratic
senator. He knew OF no ground on which
the Senator was authorized to make such
remark.
Mr.. Sherman said a gentleman
who has had business with the Chinese
Legation told me that he does not believe
that the legation has been informed of
the rejection Of the treaty that the Chi
nese Minister is on his way here, aud
that there has been no objection go far
as known TO the amendments 70 the
treaty On the contrary the Minister
himself assented to them at the time
they were offered, and it was presumed.
as matter Of course, that the treaty
would be ratified. | feel free 10
say, in answer 10 the Senator from
Georgia (Mr. Brown that no communi-
cation of any kind has come 10 tho
President Of the United Stetesin regard
to the treaty. Il believe that that is q
fact, and the whole Of our action on tho
bill is based upon the assumption that
because distinguished member OF tho
House Of Representatives brought 1t In
and had it hurried through the House,
it was done with tho sanction OF the Ad-
ministratlon. We certainly ought not TO
be satisfied with that"
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Plumb, Brown, Reagan, Call, Morgan,
and Blair.
Mr.. Brown repudiated the idea that
the bill was al Administration measure.
In some repects it WAS a good bill, and
in other respects il needed amendment.
He moved to amend it by admitting 10
land such Cinnamon as, having left this
country with certificates emitting them
TO return, were now on their way 10 tho
United States. TO pass the bill without
such provision would be, he said, not
only q great hardship, but n cruelty and
an outrage which no exigency or pohti-
cal exigency could justify.
Mr. Teller objected 10 the proposed
amendment as not being offered in time,
and the objection was sustained. The
debate being closed the Senate pro-
ceeded 10 vote ON the passage Of the
bill. The vote was unanimous-yeas,
81: nays, none. There being no
quorum voting, there was call OF the
Senate, when thirty-nine senators-ex-
actly q quorum-answered to their
names.
Mr.. Hoar said he had been present
when the vote was taken yesterday and
to-day, but had refrained from voting
for the reasons stated by Mr.. Sherman.
Mr. Sherman had also withheld his
vote on both occasions.
II was agreed by unanimous consent
that the vote would be taken tomorrow
at clock, and then the Senate, at 5:iO.
adjourned.
House or Representatives.
At the expiration OF the morning hour
the House resumed consideration OF the
retaliation bill.
Mr.. McCresry, of Kentucky, gave
notice that he would call the previous
question ON the bill tomorrow at 4
O'clock.
Mr.. Scott. Of Pennsylvania, then re-
sumed the door and continued his speech
in support OF the bill. He devoted him
self largely 10 a discussion Of the COM
nercial relations between the United
States and Canada and the effect the
pending measure would have upon them.
In the course OF his remarks Mr. Nc
Creary declared on the testimony Of
witnesses before the Board OF lnvesti-
eating Committee that 75 per cent OF
the fishermen engaged in the New Eng
land fisheries were not American citi-
zens, but came from the British provinces
and were employed beeause they worked
cheaper than Americans. The retalia-
ton bill OF 1887, he said, as reported to
the Senate, was drafted so as to enable
Republican senators to denounce the
President, whether he carried out ils
provisions or not.
At tho conclusion Of Mr. Scotrs