Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-10
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Montana Contest Further
Debated.
Turpie's Flagellation of the
Canvassing Board.
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The Chinese Census Bill Taken Up
By the Senate.
Republicans Try To Obstruct Legislation
On This Important Subject Evarts
Going to Speak.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

Associated PreSS Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-In the Senate
today, among the bills reported from
committee and placed on the calendar,
was the Senate bill to amend the third
section OF the Interstate Commerce act.
The House bill appropriating $4,000
to supply the deficiency occasioned by
the Silcott defalcation was passed.
The Montana Contest.
The Senate then resumed considera-
ton of the Montana case, and Pugh con-
cluded his argument in favor of the
Democratic claimants.
Turpie presented argument on the
same side of the question. The canvass
ing board at Helena, he said, had no
right to throw out the abstract of the
returns at precinct "a. They had not
dared to throw out the abstract for
the whole county, because they
would have defeated the Repub-
lican candidates for Congress. The
action OF the Territorial Board of Can
vassers was an act of usurpation, and
lucIclOIc ubIcIly NOlu. IuC OlilllIldClOil
of precinct "a was null, and
therefore the election of the five
delegates from Silver Bow county was
null. The word elimination" as used
by the Territorial canvassers, was a
mellifuous euphonism of that body for
an act of forgery. Upon claim 80 de-
testably false, what legal title, he said,
could be made? He asked whether the
abridgment of a lie was to have more
force than whole edition, and char
acterized the rejection of the votes OF
precinct "a as an act of "strangling" on
the part of the "three thugs of the re-
turning board"
Further on he spoke of the canvassing
board as triple coil of adders, COM
posed of "a Chief Justice from Verulam,
Secretary from Sodom and Governor
from Gomorrah," and wound up with a
scathing denunciation of all concerned
In the course of the discussion as to
the time for vote, it was stated by Nor
gan that the Democratic Senators were
ready to vote upon the question without
further debate.
The offer was accepted on the Repub-
lican side, but the arrangement was de-
feated by Call taking the floor and stat
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the subject tomorrow.
The Chinese Census Bill.
The Montana election case having been
laid aside, Hale asked unanimous con-
sent to have the Chinese Enumeration
bill taken up, but Evarts objected, and
then Hale made formal motion to that
effect. The motion met with resistance
bn ,.1 hut oil ha
ocrats sided with Hale, and the vote re-
suited: yeas 80, nays 19, and the bill was
taken up.
Hale said he did not desire to take up
time with the bill, and was willing to
proceed with the vote on the pending
amendment.
Evarts said he regarded the amend
ments reported by the census committee
as an improvement on the bill, and was
willing they should be adopted, but as
to the merits of the bill itself, it was his
design and his duty to debate it, and his
duty to debate it at some length.
Mitchell explained the purpose OF some
amendments which he offered. He did
not like the bill very we'll as it came
from the House, but as amended by the
Senate committee it was, he said, abso-
lutely worthless and insufficient. He
desired to have the pending bill amended
to require Chinese to show that they
were residents on the 1st OF October,
1888, the date of the Scott exclusion act,
instead of Gas the Senate amendment
proposed) on the 1st of June, 1890. He
asked Hale whether he was willing to
give certificate that should be good as
''ticket of leave" or "ticket of stay"
to those Chinese who got into the
country unlawfully, since October, 1888.
Hale admitted that he was willing to
give amnesty to 500 or 900 Chinese per
sons who came since October, 1888, fol-
the sake of closing the doors in the
future.
Hearst said his idea and notion of leg
islation on the subject was the passage
of law that would exclude the Chinese
from coming to this country after GER
tain date, but would treat the Chinese
already here fairly.
Mitchell agreed with Hearst: and de
sired to have the law exclude all Chin
ese except members of the diplomatic
corps.
Dawes wanted to know what use
there would be in having Chinese diplo
mats admitted if they had no Chinese
interests to look after.
81 would rather never see Chinese
diplomat here" was MitchelPs reply
ethan permit the country to be overrur
by the yellow hordes of the Chinese En-
pire"
Without action the Senate adjourned
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