Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-29
Fiftieth Congress-Second Session

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 the journal Mir. Chandler said that, in conse.
 quence of directions given by MT. Gibson te
 the official reporter, he withdrew the resolu
 ton offered by him last Friday for a correc.
 ton of the record.
 Among the memorials presented and re- 1 ferred was protest from citizens of New
 Mexico against the admission of that terri | tory as State.
 The army nurses pension bill was passed. ., The Senate then proceeded to the consider.
 ation of the diplomatic and consular appro- l priation bill. The following amendments | reported by the Senate committee on appro-
 priations were agreed to:
 Appropriating 1000 to be paid to the l government of Japan to be distributed among the families of the Japanese subjects who were accidentally killed or injured by the explosion of shells from the U. S. stermer Omaha. Inserting an item of $3, 900 for a consul general at Apia, Samoan Islands. | Striking out the consulate general at Mon treal, $4 900. Making the consulate at Ot- l tawa S, GOO, consulate general the same salary.
 | Mr. Gibson moved to insert the word "an- I bassadors" instead of the words "envoy ex- | trsordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, :" | as applied to France, Germany Great Britain l and Russia. He argued that the change of | title would enable American agents at those ! courts to render more efficient services as ambassadors took precedence of ministers. MT. Plumb opposed the amendment. Who ! ever represented the American people was ! entitled to consideration not because of his personal character, not because of his bear | ing, but because of his representative charac- l ter. Whether he was called consul, vice con- | sul, commercial agent, envoy extraordinary, minister or ambassador, was of no
 consequence Such representatives might
 hos hoFt bsn this ooqn'Fy fact but the sond | kry had hao hu ifo | sentatives during the last eight years-dam- aged in its character and in it's self-respsct, by a subordination which did not consist ! with the dignity and power of the American people. The proper thing to be done was to ! strike out the entire paragraph.
 Mr. Gibson claimed that the title of sm- bassador was something more than titular. l There WAS ss much rank in the diplomatic service as there was in the army and navy, aud it was not pleasant, and was not useful, ! that the United States, in it's intercourse with | with foreign powers, should be put aside and small and insignificant powers.
 MT. Reagan spoke ip favor of abolishinQ the entire diplomatic service as something which in these days of steam and electricity and newspapers had outgrown its usefulness. Mr. Hawley replied to MT. Reagan and put to him the case of the state of Texas dis posing of some of it's public lands, asking whether such business would be transacted by mail or telegraph, or through newspapers, or whether the state of Texas would not send it's commissioners to deal directly with the syndicates or corporations which proposed to buy those lands. He WAS in favor of Mir. Gibbons amendment which was, he said, simple common sense.
 Without coming to vote on MT. MT. Gib- sons amendment, the senate at o'clock ad journed.
 HoUsE.-The call of States for the intro duction and reference of bills was dispensed with, and leave was granted to members to file their measures with the clerk. On motion of MT. Long the Senate bill was passed in- creasing the pension of soldiers or sailors who have lost both hands to $100 per month. On motion of MT. Ermentrout the Senate concurrent resolution was agreed to provid- ing for the joint meeting of the two houses of Congress on Wednesday, February 8, to ! count the electoral vote.
 The committee on the District of Columbia through it's chairman, Mir. Hemphill, made a struggle to secure the floor, but the House declined to consider district business The 1 pending amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating $250,000 for Investigating the ! best method of irrigating the arid region was agreed to.
 Mir. McComas of Maryland offered an \ amendment appropriating $50,000 for the education of children of school age in Alaska | without reference to race. Mir. McComas
 said that Congress had been negligent in it's | treatment of Alaska. The territory had no ! votes and political influence, but it had an l area equal to one-sixth the area of the United States. Congress had been very indifferent ! with respect to colonial and fishery ! rights. The government had been entirely | too tame about the fisheries off the coast of l Newfoundland. It was now too dilatory with ! regard to the Samoan Islands, which stood in | the track of commerce with Australia. The government should take care of the great ems | pire of Alaska. If the destruction of the | spawn of the salmon in Alaska was stopped Alaska would supply enough salmon to fill l all the mouths of all the people in the world. Already the cod fisheries of Alaska were more valuable than the cod fisheries of the Atlantic coast about which the United States was having trouble with it's neighbor. MT. MoComas dwelt upon the coal deposits | and other resources of Alaska, and upon it's growing population. He said that it was \ disgrace that seventeen schools in that terri- tory were supported by Russian subsidy, Russia giving $45, ,000 and the United States $40, for the education of | United States citizens in Alaska.
 Then touching npon the immortality of the inhabitants of Alaska he said that while the young women and girls of the I native population were absolutely ignorant | of the domestic virtue foremost in civilized nations, as soon as they were trained in the | schools they were, in many instances, saved 1 from destruction and from debauchery. Mir. Randall said that sooner or later there must be an inquiry into the condition of affairs of Alaska. If the allegations were but partial | ly true, the condition of affairs was a dis ! grace to humanity and the government of | the United States. He wanted the execu- ! tive department to declare whether the ' things alleged to have taken place in Alaska required the strong arm of congress to break | them up. If the allegations were untrue, it \ was due to the people of Alaska that it | should bs known. MT. McComa's amend | ment was agreed to.
 On motion of MT. Randall the appropria- tion for repairs at the Springfield arsenal was ! increased from five thousand to fifteen thou
 sand. Pending final action on the bill, the committee rose and the House adjourned. ocean Steamers.
 | NEW YORK, Jan, 2S.-Arrived steamer
 Critic, Leith and Dundee; Habans, Havana;
 Winthrop, Portland.
 LONDON, Jan. 2S.-Arrived, steamers Au-
 strailian, Boston, at Greenock; Barvarian,
 Boston, at Liverpool.
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