Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-16
DOINGS in CONGRESS.
Brazilian Recognition Again
Discussed.
SENATOR TURPIE'S REMARKS
The Administration Sharply Crltl'
cized for Its Dilat0ry
Conduct.

Conduct.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, January 15.-Atter some
petitions had been presented in the
Senate today, Sherman introduced
bill to provide permanent national
bank circulation. Referred.
Chandler offered resolution (referred
to the Committee on Contingent Elk
penses) instructing the Committee or
Immigration to investigate the various
laws of the United States and of the
several States, relative to immigration
also to Investigate the working OF the
contracts made by the Secretary OF thu
Treasury.
The Senate then took up Morgan'i
resolution recognizing the United States
of Brazil as free and Independent
sovereign state. Turpie spoke in favol
of it.
Turpie said he had voted against thu
reference of the resolution, because he
thought the delay occasioned by refer.
ence wholly unnecessary. He favored
the immediate recognition Of the Re
public of Brazil. He was not one Of
those who entertained the opinion thai
Congress was bound by the action OF
non-action of the Executive, or of the
State Department, about such matter
as the recognition of q new nationality,
especially new republic. Congress
might cooperate with those authorities.
The position, he said, of the admins
tration toward the new Republic of Bra
zil WAS one of strict neutrality and supine
indifference. There WAS not in the mes
sage of the President word of sympathy
or encouragement to the revolutionary
movements. AS to the Presidents sug-
gestion of awaiting popular assent to the
change of government in Brazil, Turpie
said revolution was not the first step, but
the last step. There was always popular
assent before revolution was successful.
The assumption in the Presidents
message is that the revolutionary Gov
ernment of Brazil has been established
without or against the assent of the peo-
pie, and discloses the real attitude of the
administration towards the new Govern
ment. 1t approached very nearly the
condition of covert hostility. It ex.
pressed partly concealed but very ap.
parent assertion, even a sneer at the
sovereignty of the Republic of Brazil.
The time had come when the existence
and authority of the Republic of Brazil
could no longer be controverted in words.
It could be controverted only by war.
The Chairman of the Committee on For
eign Relations (Sherman) had told the
Senate that it should wait and inspect
the new constitution of Brazil. The
United States, however, was not con-
cerned to know what were the particular
provisions of that constitution.
The President of the United States had
been long known as Republican, using
the word in the larger and better senee,
but Turpie feared in this instance the
President was a very much belated Re-
publican on the case of Brazil. Even
Mr.. Blaine seemed to limp and linger in
the rear of opportunity.
He contrasted the delay in the recog-
milton of the Republic of Brazil with the
recognition of the Republic of France in
1870 by Mr.. Washburne under the in
structions of President Grant. He trusted
the delay in recognition had not already
led to very serious misconstruction of the
ulterior motives and intentions of the
United States Government.
The resolution went over without fur
ther action. The Senate then took up
the calendar and passed the following
bills: Granting to the State of Oregon
townships 81, %, 20, 80 and 81, south,
in ranges and 6, east, of Willamette
Meridian, for public park; appropriat
ing $500 900 for the purchase of site
and the erection of building in Wash
ington for hall of records.
After executive session the Senate ad
iourned.
In executive session the Russian ex-
tradition treaty was recommitted to the
Committee on Foreign Relations. There
was considerable discussion on the
clause specifically setting forth that the
murder of, or attempt to murder the
Gear or any member of his family, shall
be considered political offense. With
out this special definition the text of the
treaty, it was argued by some of
the Senators, placed the Gear and peasant
on the same level, aud afforded them
the same protection. 1t was not neces.
sary or just. they eaid, to hamper the
courts in advance by deciding for them
that an attem OF upon the life of men,
ber of the Russian royal family was
a political crime. 1t is the i'm preston
that with the clause relating to the Gar
and family eliminated, the treaty will be
ratified by the Senate.
Consideration of the nomination of
Thomas Morgan, to be Indian Commis-
sioner, was postponed until next week.