Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-11
Fiftieth Congress--First Session.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. i SENATE-The resolution offered by MT. ! Vest on the subject of campaign work of \ an empIoye of the Senate was taken up and | MT. Plumb moved to table the resolution. .Af- | ter some discussion Mir. Plumb withdrew his motion to lay MT. Vest's resolution on the ! table, and the resolution was adopted. TO CoMPENsATE INJURED cH1NAMEN. The conference report on the forti6cation bill was presented and agreed to. MT. Morgan introduced bill appropriat- ing $276, 900, to be paid to the Chinese min ister at Washington as full indemnity for all losses and injuries sustained by Chinese sub jects, who have been ''in remote and unset tied regions of the United States, the victims of injuries in their persons and property at the hands of lawless men,"
 Mir. Morgan, speaking in support of the bill, took the ground that as China in the pending treaty had expressed desire to pro- hibit the emigration of Chinese laborers to the United States, this government had the right to exclude Chinese by the operation of our laws and ought to do so. He believed the treaty ought to be withdrawn, and the bill which was now pending should be amend- ed so as to provide for compensation to these Chinese sufferers. In the course of his re- marks MT. Morgan said he believed the Chinese government was holding back the treaty until after the November election here, hoping that if Harrison were elected presi- dent they might get an amendment favorable to immigration. This led to bitter personal ities between MT. Morgan and MT. Mitchell, and after these gentlemen had finished, the House retaliation bill was presented and re- ferred to the committee on foreign relations.
 CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL.
 On motion of Mir. Stewart, the Chinese ex- c1usion bill was then taken up. MT. Sher- man addressed the Senate in favor of Mir. Blair's motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed. He appealed to senators on both sides of the chamber Cfrom considerations of national honor) to allow the bill to stand in it's present position until it could be definitely ascertained whether the treaty had been or would be ratified. That was his only idea. If it should turn out that the treaty would not be ratified by the Chi- nese government then he would vote with pleasure for the passage of the bill. But pending that question he submitted as mat ter of national honor whether 1t was right and proper for congress to nullify treaty that was now pending between the two na- tions. If he stood alone in the Senate he would demand and insist that the bill should remain in the hands of the Senate until the treaty was either rejected or ratified by the Chinese government.
 Messrs George and Evarts and MT. Wilson of Iowa also spoke in favor of referring the bill.
 MT. Jones, of New, obtained the floor and then, on his motion, the Senate adjourned without any action on the Chinese bill.
 HeUsE.-Mr. Sayres of Texas presented the conference report on the Notifications appro- priation bill and it was adopted. The fol- lowing bills were introduced: By MT. Foran of Ohio, to carry into effect the provisions of the act for the collection of direct taxes in the insurrectionary districts of the United States; by MT. Culberson of Texes, for the prevention of trusts; by MT. Crane of Texas, to prevent cotton bagging from the payment of duty.
 The House then resumed the consideration of the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
 The consideration of the bill was interrupt ed long enough to allow MT. Marsh of Penn sylvania to present the conference report on the army appropriation bill. The conferees have agreed to drop all the Senate provisions for the manufacture of ordnance. The bill as reported appropriates $24, ,472, 300. After brief explanation by MT. Marsh the report was adopted.
 Consideration of the sundry civil appropri- ation bill being resumed, number of mem- bers spoke for or against the amendment, ,snd pending further discussion the House ad- iourna6