Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-26
CONGRESS-.
Yesterdays PrOcee dings in the Sem
ate-ISilIS and RESOLUTIONS.

WASHINGTON, September 25.-ln the
Senate to-day Stewart offered resolu-
ton calling on the President for such in
formation as he has received since the
9TH inst. as to the action Of the Chinese
Government on the recent treaty. Ed
munds suggested that the resol ution
would better be considered in executive
session for reasons which he would state
in executive session. The resolution was
thereupon laid on the table, temporarily,
and the Senate, on motion of Edmunds
proceeded to executive busin ess with
closed doors.
The resolution was withdrawn by the
Senator from Nevada as soon as the door
was closed, to give Edmunds an oppor-
tunity to Offer broader one, calculated
to bring out any official correspondence
which may have taken place during the
pendency of the Restriction bill. The
resolution went over for the day under
| objections.
sIIERMAN's INQUIRY RESOLUTION.
The doors were reopened at / O'Clock.
Sherman's resolution for inquiry into the
state OF the relations between the United
States and Great Britain and Canada,
was taken up and Morgan proceeded to
discuss it.
He yielded the floor temporarily go as
to permit Allison to report back from the
Committee on Appropriations the House
joint resolution to continue the provi-
sions of the existing law providing for
the expenditures of the Government, up
to and including the 10th of October. The
joint resolution was passed. 1t is the fifth
of its kind passed this session.
Morgan then resumed the floor and
proceeded with his argument. He paid a
high compliment to the President for his
clear sight and courage. There was, he
SAID, no trimming, no double-dealing, no
hiding aways of his opinions, on the part
of the President.
Dolph replied to what he designated
the extraordinary speech of the Senator
from Alabama. He spoke of the incon-
| sistency OF the Democratic Senators, who
from being on the British side when the
treaty was pending, were now the most
radical advocates of retaliation. He re-
garded the Presidents retaliation meas
ure as a most extraordinary document
After the rejection by the Senate of the
Fisheries treaty, which was "a shameful
surrender of American rights" the
| President had been left free to execute
| the retaliation act OF March 3, 1887, but
chose to bluster, rather than act,
and undertook to instruct the Senate on
the question. The President demanded
power to do what he could to prevent
the transportation in bond of goods from
Canada. A power, the exercise of which
would hurt American Transportation
alone, would tend to destroy American
industries, and would hardly harm Can.
ada at all. 1t would simply divert
the transportation of goods for or from
Canada across American territory by
American transportation lines. 1t would
give an opportunity for the building I'D
of Canadian transportation lines, and
would in the end, as claimed by the
leading men of Canada, be a
benefit to the Canadian prov
inces. The exercise of the power
in the Presidents hands under the act of
the 3rd OF March. 1887, would have
injured Canada. Was that the reason
the President had not executed it? The
power asked for would injure America IN
interests? Was that why the President
desired it? 1t would seem to be the
Presidents desire to retaliate on the
people of the United States, rather than
on the people Of Canada.
At the close of Dolph's remarks the
resolution was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations, Sherman stating
that it would be considered tomorrow.
BILLS PASSED.
On motion of Paddock the bill for the
settlers on the Old Camp Sheridan mill.
tary reservation in Nebraska, was taken
from the calendar and passed.
The Senate then proceeded to pass
private pension bills which were on the
calendar. to which there was no object.
ions. Among the bills passed was the
Senate bill granting a pension of So, 500 a
year to the widow Of General P. II. Sheri-
dan. All the pension bills on the calen.
dar, ia in number, were passed.
The following bills were also taken
from the calendar and passed: The
House bill to authorize the Leavenworth
and Rio Grande Railway to construct
and operate railroad through Indian
Territory House bill giving like authority
to the st. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
way Company; Senate bill creating three
additional land Offices in Colorado
Senate bill to refund 1924 income tax il.
legally collected from Alexander w.