St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-05

Senators Are Taxing Plenty of
Time to Discuss the Chinese
Bill.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Further dis
cussion, without action, on the Chinese
bill continued in the senate to-day. Mr..
Cullom introduced resolution, which
was adopted, calling for information
from the secretary of war about the
Detroit river and st. Clair flats canal
between Michigan and Canada, and
as to Jurisdiction over its wa
terS-whether in Canada or the
United States. Mr.. Culom also intro
duced bill defining trusts and declar-
ing them unlawful, and had it referred
to the finance committee. Mr. Vests
resolution about the book published by
MIR. Mckee, the assistant librarian of
the senate, was taken up, and Mr..
Plumb took the floor and discussed it,
and, i'll connection with it. the
civil service reform policy of the
adminlstration. One good turn,
he said referring to the advertisement
given Mr.. McKee'S book yesterday
deserves another, and so he produced a
similar publication on the subject of the
tariff, published under the name and
title OF the clerk of the house commit
tee on ways and means. He thought
Mr.. Vest ought to attend to
Democratic employees before he
criticised Republican employees.
He reviewed the circumstances
connected with the removal of District
Attorney Benton, of Missouri, and Dis
trict Attorney Stone, of PENNSYLVANIA,
for neglectng official duties in order to
make, political speeches. Benton, he
said, had been reinStated through the
efforts OF MIR. Vest, although he had
abused the administration, while Stone,
who had maligned the administration,
had not been reinstated. This, to Mr..
Plumb, did not
SEEM TO SHOW lMPARTIALITY
on the part of the president. Referring
to President Cleveland'S remarks on be-
ing informed of his denomination, in
which he said the feeling of awe with
which he had heard of his first nominal
tiion had now been intensified, Mr..
Plumb said he could not understand
that remark in view of the
pulling and hauling of the CDR
ty-socked Democracy, which had
been hungry for twenty years"
Mr.. Vest said if an official of the
house had published partisan work III
his official capacity he deserved the
same treatment as Mr.. Mckee-dlSmlS-
sal. He denied that Mr.. Benton had
ever maligned the president, who had
investigated the matter, found Mr..
Benton guiltless and reinstated
him. Messrs. Blair and Regain then
entered upon personal discussion.
occupying nearly an hour longer. The
resolution went over without action and
the senate resumed consideration of the
house bill to prohibit Chinese immIgra-
ton. Mr.. Teller spoke at length, declar-
ing in favor of the proposed legislation,
and the bill then went over without
action. Among the executive commune
ications laid before the senate was a
communication from the secretary
of the treasury lin reply to
a resolutioD giving the only
Judgment of the court of claim
(since the previous return) as one for
Sl44, 1872, in favor of the New York Cen
trail railroad company, the appeal
against which judgment had been with
drawn. The action of the senate yes
terday on the lighthouse bills was re-
eonsidered-prOviSiOn for the same pur-
pose having been already made in the
sundry civil appropriation bill. The
senate, after short secret session, at
sos p. III. adjourned.