Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
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the Senate.
WAstuEGroS, Sept 6-EmOng the bills
reported from committee and placed on
the calendar was the senate bill appro-
pria5.ng $4,000 Tor a postOfhoe building
al 5 Paui. III m.
II ar offered a resolution calling the
proA1d nus attention respectfully to the
reso u lon of the senate OF August 3, re
q.esting hln TO communicate to the senate
cop e. OF al communication addressed by
his direction 10 the government of Great
Britain. remOns rating against the unfair
treatment IF American citizens and request
iug hun to fuTnis such Information as soon
as possible, Lhaoli may be considered in act
lHg on pending e. 81 alton
The Chinese iii was called up to-day.
/ Senator Sherman said he had information
now from an undlrputed source, not from
! the president or secretary or state, that The
prob btli6 was chat the Chin Sc govern
EnenG had not rel used 20 raUiIy the treaty
He asked by unanimous consent that the
bill might Informally be laid aside
Stewart objected.
PiaUt Id ne should vote for the bill, but
under protest He did not like the way it
/ came before congress II a vote was forced
upon the senate now ne would vote Tor the
bill, because he was not going to ac5 on the
assumption that the pending bill was an
eIectlOneerIng dodge.
Morgan questioned the sincerity of the
FACING Slope senators as TO BuC exclusion
OF Chinese, and remarked that the senUI-
ment OF their exclusion was far from uni
Versal.
The statement was challenged by Mitch
ell
Alter the debate closed, the senate pro
ceeded TO 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 th1rty-nine
senators, exactly a quorum, answered
HOar said he had been present when the
vote was taken yesterday and today, but
had retrained from voting for the rea-
sons stated by the senator from Ohio
{Shrrman.)
Sherman had also Withheld his vote on
both occasions. 1t was agreed by unani-
nous consent that vote would be taken
tomorrow at 1 o'clock. and the senate then
adjourned
WAsmNGroNg Sept THE presidents
message on the China matter has been laid
before The senate He merely sends a copy
of two dispatches from the American
minister at Pelzin, one dated Septem Der
8, saying: Il believe the treaty has been
rejected have demanded from the for
eign office positive information some days
since. No information received" and the
other, dated September g, saying: @The
treaty has been postponed for further de-
liberatiOns."
emily on the Chinese bill, VIII the gaYeI
fell and the presiding officer put the ques-
GiOn. "Shall the bill pass?"
German rose TO speak, but had got no
further than the words, SMr President-Ln
the cons liberation of this measure, j" when
he was stopped by the announcement on
the part OF the presiding officer that debate
was not IN order. Unanimous consent had
been given yesterday that at / O'Clock Il
vote should be taken on the question, "Shall
the bill pass.
There being some questions as to the
terms OF the agreement the report in the
record was read.
German excused himself en- the ground
that he was not present when the agree
menJ was made. He now moved that the
bin and the presidents message be referred
to the committee on foreign relations
TelIer-Ihat is contrary 10 the arrange
ment
Presiding Oficer-The chair holds that
the motion is in order under the rules, not
wiGGstanding The agreement.
The question was taken on Germans
motion and resulted-yeas II, nays 10. No
quorum.
In the call of. the senate forty-eight
senators answered to their names and a
vote was again taken, resulting in the
defeat OF Germans mOtiOn-yeas 10, nays
The question was then taken on the
passage OF the bill and the result was yeas
81; nays, 3. The negative votes given by
Senators Brown, Hoar and Wilson OF Iowa.
Sherman did not vote
Blair asked the presiding officer whether
a motion to reconsider the vote was in
order, and on being informed that it was,
he submitted thatmOtiOn. He said that if IL
were recOnsidered he would move an
amendment to the bul providing that the
act shall not take effect unuiI the expiration
of sixty days after its passage, unless the
pending treaty shall be rejected by China
within that me, but to take effect imme-
dlaUely on such rejection. Stew art opposed
/ the motion To reconsider.
I Biar advocated mis- motion. He argued
/ that the treaty would if ratified by China
/ afford all the remedy which the bill was
/ designed t. give, unless the real purpose
/ or the bill was TO destroy The treaty. A
/ delay OF sixty days ought TO be satisfactory
! to everybody.
| moved to lay on the table Biair's motion
] to reconsider.
A vote was taken and resulted-yeas %
nays IL. No quorum.
! A call of the senate having shown the
/ presence OF fOrty-four senators, Jones
/ of Arkansas moved to apj 3urn.
Blair asked leave to WiChuraw the motion
! to recOn slider.
Sherman objected.
! A vote was taken on the motion to adjourn
/ and was defeated-yeas 10, nays -.
/ A vote was taken q second and third
/ time on the motion to lay on the table the
] motion 10 reconsider, but each time there
/ was "a lack of quorum, several senat rs
/ taking advantage of their being paired Co
/ refrain from voting.
I Finally the friends of the bill realized the
/ uselessness OF further attempts TO aid the
] matter and the senate adjourned till Mon
/ day. leaving the bill passed, but u motion
TO reconsider its passage pending
House.
WASHINGTON. Sept 6.-After a sharp
personal coloquy between Scott and