Evening journal., 1891-02-28

In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s In the senate the
message OF the president vetolng the bill
establishing record and pension Office OF
the war department was referred. Papers
supporting the claim OF William H. Clagett
to seat in the senate from the state of
Idaho for the term beginning March next |
tthe seat for which the credentials OF Mr.. |
Dubois are already on tilel were presented |
and filed The Nicaragua canal bill was |
laid aside for this session. The legislative |
appropriation bill was passed with mum |
ber OF amendments, and the immigration
bill, together with number Of other bills,
were taken from the calendar and passed
The senate, by a vote Of 30 TO "a, agreed to
take up the pure food bill This makes it
the unfinished business. II will have TO
give way, however, to the appropriation
bills. House bin to prohibit liquor licenses
within one mile Of the Soldiers home prop
erty in the District OF Columbia was also
passed
MIR. waicott's Criticism.
During the consideration Of an amend
ment 20 the legislative appropriation bill
Mr. Walcott, in supporting the amend
ment, said that the civil service commits
sion had, at best, "a hard row 70 hoe" 1t
"A
| from certain departments OF the govern
ment because, possibly, its methods did
| not always agree with Chestnut street
methods. Dir. Stewart spoke Of the com
| missioners as "pharisees and self right
eous people, The amendment was then
/ agreed TO. II changes the total appropria
tion from s53, 100 10 So, ,30O. Other amend
| ments were agreed TO as follows BY Mr.
| Vanee--lncreasing the salary of nssayer
and melter at the assay Office ut Charlotte,
NJ c., from 81 800 to &, 500 BY Mr.. Saw
yer-Appropriating $4,000 for a fourth AS
sistant postmaster general. The commit
tee amendment appropriating 5000 for
| reapportionment Of Utah territory was re
duced TO 81, 900, and the amendment as thus
modified was agreed TO. Mr. Blackburn
offered an amendment increasing the ap-
preparation for salaries Of the chief justice
and the five associate judges Of the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia from
$4,000 TO $780, 200, thus putting those judges
on the same footing rs to salary Us other
United States district judges. Agreed 70.
II The New Immigration Bin.
The immigration bill passed by the SEN
ate provides for the exclusion from admis.
sion into the United States OF al insane
4 persons, paupars, or persons likely to be
\ come paupers, persons suffering from
Z loathsome or contagious diseases, persons
convicted OF crimes involving immoral
turpitude, polygamists and contract labor.
I ers. It is provided that persons convicted
OF political ofTenses shall not be excluded,
! Notwithstanding the offense may b. desig-
mated as a felony, etc, involving immoral
turpitude by the laws Of the country
: from which the offenders come. The pres
ent contract law Is amended with a view
to making It more binding, but ministers
| professional men, professors in colleges
etc, are excluded from the provisions o
!, the contract labor act Persons bringing
!. into the United States by vessel or other
wise any alien not lawfully entitled to en-
ter Is deemed guilty Of a disdemeanor an,
: punishable by fine not exceeding $1,000.
4 To send Back Certain Aliens.
y All aliens who come unlawfully 70 tn
" United States shall be Immediately sen
% back on the vessel in which they ar
I brought, the cost Of their maintenance
e and their return 70 be borne by the owner
= OF the vessels on which the aliens came
: and if any owner of such vessel shall re
Il fuse to receive back on board such alien O
q neglect TO return them, he shall be punish
e ed by a fine of not less than $500 for eacl
offense and the vessel shall not have clear
ance from any port III the Iulteu Gt1Ve
n while the fine is unpaid
\ The bill also provides that no steamship
Il or transportation company shall solicit tn
/ immigration Of any alien into the Unite'
!. States except by ordinary commercial let
ters, circulars, advertisements or orr
: representations, stating the sailings o
4 their vessels and the terms and facilitie
I OF transportation therein; and for viola
y tion Of this provision any such steamshi
! or transportation company, and any sue
y owners of vessels and the agents by then
Il employed, shall be subjected 70 the pena
= ties imposed by the present law.
y A Gross Injustice, He Thought.
u Mr.. Dawes then moved to take up th
Il Indian appropriation bill. The motto
was agreed to. Mr.. Paddock inquire
whether the action just taken had th
effect Of displacing the pure food bill, an
i (being informed that Il did he expresse
the opinion that II was a very gross injni
Il tice. The senate began consideration q
N the Indian appropriation bill. The proyii
u ion for the purchase Of irrigating machiI
cry in ARIZONA and Nevada" for the use
N Of Indian reservations was amended by th
4, addition of the states Of Idaho and Nor
- tana. The appropriation for the suppol
a of Indian schools Was increased from 300
|, 600 to 81, 600 900 The senate then proceed
\, cd to the consideration Of bills on the ca
\ endar The first bill taken up was one pr
"a viding that railroad land grants shall nc
8 convey the title to coal and other miners
lands 1t was champloned by Mr. Sander
Il and opposed by Messrs. Edmunds an
4, Platt as a proposition TO annul existin
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