St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-18
Senators Refuse to Reconsider
the Vote on the Chinese
Bill.
It Is Now Before the Ppesi-
dent Ready for His Sig
nature.
President Cleveland PardonS
a Convict Who Is Dying Of
Consumption.
Representatives Divert Them.
selves by Engaging in a
Deadlock.
Snecial to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The features
of the senate proceedings to-day were
the rejection of Senator Blair's PROPOSE
ton to reconsider the vote by which the
Chinese exclusion bill was passed, and
the discussion of the bill to create an
executive department of agriculture.
Motions were entered to reconsider the
votes by which the following bills were
passed: Senate bill to declare forfeited
certain lands granted to the state OF
Michigan, and house bill authorizing
the postmaster general to purchase i'm
proved mail locks. The senate took up,
by unanimous consent, and passed
house bill to provide for the erection OF
light houses and fog signals on the
great lakes. and to transfer TO the state
of Louisiana certain land on the Missis-
sippi river to be used for quarantine
purposes. Mr.. Mitchell announced
that he would address the senate on
Thursday on the subject OF the presl--
dents message. Mr.. Sherman offered
a resolution, which went over, directing
| the foreign relations committee 10 IN
quire into the relations OF the united
States with Great Britain and canada.
The house joint resolution was passed,
declaring the meaning of the clause IN
the river and harbor bill as to Rapport,
o.. harbOr. Mr.. Chandler said that the
words 'sthat Infamous before the
words protective SYSTEM used by Mr..
Vest recently had been omitted from
the record. Mr.. Vest said that there
was no doubt that he had used
the phrase. He repeated 1t now.
Mr.. Hoar offered resolution
instructing the finance committee TO IN
uuire as to the cotton baggage trust,
and as to what legislation is necessary
to counterfeit. The vote on Mr.. Blair's
motion to reconsider the vote passing
the Chinese exclusion bill was then
taken, and resulted in the defeat or the
mOtion-nays 81, yeas 20. Inc OH
stands passed and goes to the presl-
dent. The following senators voted III
the ALTERNATIVES:
Messrs. Bates, Blair, Blackburn, Brown,
Call, Cockrell, Edmunds, Eyarls' Georges;
Arkansas. Morgan, Pasco, Pugh, sherman
Wilson, of Iowa, and Wilson, OF Maryland.
In the negative:
Messrs. Allison, Berry, Chandler, Coke,
Jones, OF Nevada; Henderson, Mitchell,
Payne. Platt, Plumb, Srooner' stewart, STOCK
bridge, Teller, Vest and Walthau
The house amendments 10 tho SOhipO
bill concerning details of officers OF the
army and navy to educational institu-
tionS, were concurred in. The bill now
goes to the president. The house bill
creating an executive department to be
known as the department Ofagrlculture'
was then taken up, the pending ques-
ton being the amendment strlk-
ing out the section transferring
the weather bureau of the signal
service to the department of
agriculture. In the course OF debate
Mr.. Plumb said that unless existing
conditions were changed India wheat
would sell in the New York market
within five years, duty paid, in eompe-
| tition with American wheat. 1t was
therefore necessary that the president
should have in the cabinet man who
represented the agricultural interests.
| 1t was necessary. he declared, to look
more and more to the home market than
to the foreign market. The discussion
was continued at length, but, without
action, the bill was laid aside until to-
morrow and the senate, at 5:lO, ad-
| jOurned.