Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-08
Chinese Bill Passed.
A Motion to Reconsider Now
 Under Discussion.
IT ALL GOES OVER TO MONDAY.

MT, Blair Offers an Amendment Which
 Will Hang Up the &il1 for Sixty Days.
 MT. German Entreats the Senate Not
 to Rush Into Difficulty.
 WASHINGTON. Sept 8.-The Chinese ex- clusion bill was passed in the senate, and then almost immediately hung up by motion to reconsider it's passage, which motion, for lack of a quorum voting, was not decided up to the time of adjournment
 The bill was taken up few moments after the senate convened.
 A message was received from the pres- dent inclosing, as the only official informa- tion at hand relating to the rejection of the Chinese treaty by the Chinese government, copies of two telegrams from Minister Denby at Pekin The first, dated Sept. 5, read as follows: "Believe treaty has been rejected. Have demanded from foreign office positive information some days since. No 1nforma- tion has been yet received;" and the second dispatch, dated Sept. 6, read: "Treaty post poned for further deliberation."
 After these dispatches were read, MT. Mitchell took the floor and urged the passage of the bill even if it .yere administration measure. The only fault he had to find with 1t was that 1t did not go far enough. It should exclude not only the 400, 1000 Chinamen in China, but those now in this country. At l o'clock, the hour agreed upon to take a vote on the bill, MT. Ingalls,, the presiding officer, put the question, Shall the bill pass?"
 MT. German moved to commit the bill and the presidents message to the foreign relations committee The vote on the mo tion resulted F yeas, 19 nays Senators Hoar, Platt and Sherman voted ''aye' with the Democrats and Senators Payne, Berry and Vest voted mo" with the Republicans. No quorum voting a call of the senate was ordered and forty-eight senators answered. A second vote on Mr. Gorman's motion suited in it's defeat-yeas, 19; nays 20. The bill then passed-yeas. 3T; nays, 3. Messrs. Brown, Hoar and Wilson of Iowa voted in the negative; Senators Sherman and Ingalls, did not Vote.
 Senator Blair at once moved to reconsider the vote and said that he wished to offer as an amendment a section, providing that the bill should not have effect until the Aspiration of sixty days unless within that time the pending treaty should be rejected by China. If within that time the treaty were rejected, the law should have effect immediately; if ratified by China, then the law should be annulled. On this proposi- tior discussion of the bill was reopened.
 Senator German took the floor and ear u0SblJ SuppOI CSo MI. DAdA1 1uOG4oI' AAO urged the senate not to rush this measure through in this unseemly manner. It was, be said, question far above politics, and if this nasty step was taken in the face of the information received from the president, showing that the treaty is still pending, it might result in great commercial injury. ''Woe to the party the man," said Mr. German, ''who, for temporary advantage in politics, will violate the great principles which ought to govern the action of nations. :"
 MT. Stewart opposed the motion to recon sider saying the more he read MT. Denby' s dispatch the more he felt that the bill was justifabe and proper.
 MT. Blair, in supporting his motion, argued that the treaty, if ratified by China would afford all the remedy which the bill was designed to give, unless the real purpose of the bill was to destroy the treaty. He was opposed, however, to MT. Germans proposi tion to commit the bill, regarding that as juggling with the matter.
 Mir. Teller moved to lay Mr Blair's motion to reconsider on the table, and on this propo- sitton the vote was: Yeas 23; nays, II; no quorum A call of the senate showed forty four senators present
 MT. Blair said the vote just taken on his motion to reconsider plainly indicated the will of the senate, and asked leave to with draw it. MT. Sherman objected. A vote was taken second and third time on the motion to reconsider, but each time there was less than a quorum voted On the last of these votes the senators voting no were Blair, Brown, Colquitt, Hoar. Reagan, Sher- man and Wilson of Iowa, most of the Dem, ocrats voting yea. The friends of the bill realized the uselessness of further efforts tc end the matter, and the senate adjourned till Monday, leaving the bill passed but with the motion to reconsider it's passage pending.