Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-16
OUR SEACOAST DEFENSES.
Remarks of Representative Spinola.
SENATE COMMITTEE CHANGES.
The Senate.

oaso ooaru ol uaue1 lor one cent letter postage,
| bill.
The House joint resolution for printing the
| Agricultural report for 1889 was passed with
amendments fixing the number of copies at
4oO,ooo and appropriating $500 900 for the cost.
NEW BILLS.
Among the bills introduced and referred to
committees we're the following:
By Mr.. Dawes-To allow leave Of absence to
| per diem employees in the customs service.
By Mr.. Stanford-For the relief of the manu.
| factures Of wine; for the establishment of gun
factory for the furnishing of heavy ordnance
on the Pacific coast and for Notifications on the
Pacific coast
! BY Mr.. Ingalls-For the allowance of cumula-
By Mr.. Cockrell-Providing for an assistant
secretary Of war.
| BY Mr.. Manderson-For woman suffrage in
| all the states.
COMMITTEE CHANGES.
| Mr.. Platt offered resolutions making changes
and additions IN the personnel of the COM
mittees, which were agreed to, as follows:
Immigration - Messrs. Chandler (chairman).
Hale. Evarts, Squire, Pettigrew, Call, Voor-
| hees, Mcpherson and George.
| Quadro-centennial select tcommittee-Messrs
! Hiscock (chairman), Sherman, Ingalls,. Cam
| eron, Hawley, Wilson Uowa), Stanford. Far
well, Eustis, Colquitt, Ransom, Vest, kenna,
| Gray ana Daniel
Indian depredations-M -Messrs Moody CHAIR
NAM, Paddock, Chandler, Allen, Faulkner,
Turpie and Walthall
To fill vacancies-Mr. Pierce, on census and
| civil service; Mr.. Allen, on claims; Messrs.
| Squire and Berry. on coast defense; Mr.
Chandler, on epidemic diseases and on naval
| affairs; Messrs. Squire and Call. on tish and
fisheries; Mr.. Pettigrew, on improvement of
the Mississippi river and on Indian affairs;
| Messrs. Moody and Call on mines and mining;
MIR. Casey, on the organization of
eA executive departments; Mr.. Dixon,
/ on patents; Messrs. Moody and Pierce on PEN
sions, Messrs. Walcott and Dixon. on
post offices and post roads; Messrs.
| Squire and Gibson, on public build
! lngs and grounds; Mr.. Allen, on public lands;
Messrs. Casey, Pettigrew and Bate, on rail-
roads; Mr.. Dixon, on revolutionary claims;
Mr.. Pierce, on territories, Mr.. Casey on trans
portation routes to the seaboard; Mr.
Dixon, on additional accommodations for the
| library; Messrs. Casey and Moody on lrriga-
ton; Mr.. Allen on woman suffrage.
Additional changes on committees were
| made as follows: Quay instead of Cameron on
committee on commerce, and Mr.. Barbour in
stead Of Mr.. Daniel on committee for the Dis
| trict of Columbia.
CHINESE LABoRERs IN TRANSIT.
Mr.. Mitchell Offered a resolution (Which was
agreed toy instructing the judiciary committee
to inquire and report whether Chinese
laborers who have never been in the
United states or who (having been
here( have left the country may under exist
ing legislation, be permitted to enter the
United States for the sole purpose of transit
| across the same, either with or without author
| lty from the Secretary of the Treasury.
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT.
Mr.. Mitchell also offered a resolution
| (Which was referred to the committee
on foreign relations) calling on the
President for copies of all diplomatic
| correspondence between the United States and
the government OF China since the passage OF
the Chinese exclusion act of October, 1855, hav-
ing reference to that act.
HIS RIGHT TO ACT.
MIR. Call offered resolution (Which was re-
ferred to the Judiciary commitee) as to the con-
stitutional right of C.Swayne, appointed District
judge of the northern district of Florida, to
exercise the duties of that Office without con-
firmatory action by the Senate
One New Nomination Today.
The President sent to the Senate today the
nomination Of Joseph r. Parrah of Pennsylya-
mia to be marshal of the United States for the
western district of Pennsylvania; also a long
list of recess appointments among them AL
phonso Hart of Ohio to be solicitor of internal
revenue, and number of district Judges and
other officials of tie Department of Justice.
houSC VI REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Mckinley (Ohio), from the committee on
ways and MEANS reported the resolution for
the distribution of the Presidents message
among the appropriate committees
The House went into committee of the whole,
Mr.. Burrows (Aich.) being selected to pre-
side. for the consideration of the resolution.
PROTECTION OF OUR sEAcoAsr CITIES
Mr.. Spinola (N.Y.) objected to that clause of
the resolution which provides that all matters
pertaining to Notifications and coast defense
be referred to the committee on appropria-
tions. The proper committee to have jurisdic-
ton over such matters was the committee on
military affairs. He urged upon the House the
necessity OF taking steps to protect the sea-
coast cities of the country. A war occurring
suddenly with a second or third. or even a
fourth-rate power, would jeopardize the in
terests of all the great cities on the Atlantic
portant one and could be more intelhgently
acted upon by the military committee than by
the committee on appropriations.
Mr. Cutcheon Mich who has served upon !
past. took the same view and protested against
that committee being deprived of q jurisdic- |
tion which rightfully belonged to it.
Mr.. Mckinley said that the committee on |
ways and means in deciding upon the proper |
reference Of the matter Of coast defense had |
only followed the action taken by the Fiftieth 1
Congress when the Speaker had decided, after !
a full and able discussion, that 1t should be re-
ferred to the committee on appropriations.
Mr.. Spinola suggested that the Speaker had 1
not so decided, but that the matter of coast de-
fense had been referred to the committee O u |
appropriations by vote of the House. because /
the debaters on that committee had been abler
than those belonging to the committee on mill
tary affairs.
Mr.. Carlisle (Ky.) said that by the rules as |
they had always existed and as they still ex-
isted all matters pertaining to Notifications be-
longed to the committee on appropriations, and |
1t seemed to him that whatever committee had |
jurisdiction over such matters should also have |
jurisdiction over the subject of defenses, be- /
cause they were substantially Notifications
Mr.. Spinola offered an amendment providing
that all matters relating to coast defenses be
referred to the committee ON military affairs
Lost
The committee then rose and the resolution
was adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Mckinley resolution was
adopted granting the committee on ways and
means to sit during the sessions of the House.
HOLIDAY REcKss
Mr.. Mckinley offered q resolution for a bol;-
day recess from December 20 until January g.
Referred He also introduceda bill to simplifv
the laws in relation 70 the collection of the
revenue. Referred.