The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-06
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
The Aennta.

WASHINGTON, April GA private
pension bill to increase the pension of
soldier of the Mexican war from So
to 500 month on account of the in
ability to support himself, was after
some discussion in the senate
to-day amended by substitute
ing for it, on motion of Mr.
Villas, provision authorizing the
secretary of the interior to increase
the pension of every pensioner now on
the rolls at So a month on account of
service in the Mexican war to S12 when
the pensioner is wholly disabled from
manual labor and unable to provide
himself with the necessities Of life.
The army appropriation bill was re-
ported and placed on the calendar, Mr..
Stewart giving notice that he would
call it up Monday provided it did not
interfere with the Chinese bill.
The urgent deficiency bill was then
taken up and amendments were agreed
to appropriating S25, 900 for the expense
of representation of the United States
at the Columbian historical exposition
at Madrid in commemoration of the
400th anniversary of the discovery of
America and 100000 for continuing
the work Of the eleventh census. The
bill was then passed.
WAsHINGTON, April 2G.-After some
minor business in the senate the
Chinese exclusion bill was taken up.
The discussion was continued until 4
o'clock, when the vote was taken on
the substitute reported from the com
mittee on foreign relations for the
house bill, and the substitute was
agreed to; yeas 49, nays II. The fol-
lowing is the vote in detail:
Yeas-NIessrs. Allison, Bate, Berry,
Brice, Butler, Call, Carey, Carlisle,
Cocltrell, Coke, Colquitt, Cullom,
Dawes, Dawson, Frye, German, Gray
Iansbrough, Higgins, Hiscock, Jones
(Arkansas) McMillin, Mcpherson,
Henderson, Morgan, Paddock, Palmer,
PETER, Perkins, Pettigre w, Platt,
Proctor, Pugh, Ransom, Sawyer, Sher-
man. Squires, Stockbridge, Vest,
Villas, Walthall and Washburn-43.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Blodgett, Chan
dlcr, Daniel, Dubois, FELTON,, Jones
, (Nevada), Mitchell, Sanders, Shoup,
Stewart, Teller, Warren and Wilson
ID.
Messrs, Wolcott and Dolph were.
paired with Messrs. Kenna and George
The bill as amended was then passed
without division and the title was
amended so as to read ''To prohibit the
coming of Chinese persons into the
United States"
A conference with the house was
asked and Messrs Dolph, Davis and
Butler were appointed conferees on the
part of the senate. The bill as passed
is as follows:
Section 1. That all laws now in force pro-
hibting and regulating the coming into
this country of Chinese persons and persons
of Chinese descent are hereby contained in
force for a period Of ten years from the
passage of this act
Sec. 2.-That any Chinese person or per-
son of Chinese descent when convicted and
adjudged under any of said laws to be not
lawfully entitled to remain in the United
States, shall be removed from the United
States to China, unless he shall make
il appear to the justice, judge or
commissioner before whom he or they are
tried that he or they are subjects or citizens
y
they shall be removed from the United
States to such country; provided, that in
any case where such other country of which
such Chinese person shall claim to be Il
citizen or subject shall demand any tax as
a condition of the removal of such person to
that country he or she shall be removed to
China
Sec. 3, That any Chinese person or per-
sons of Chinese descent arrested under the
provisions of this act shall be adiudged to
be unlawfully within the United States, un-
less such person shall establish, by aifirma-
tive proof to the satisfaction Of such JUS
tice, Judge or commissioner, his lawful
right to remain in the United States.
Sec. 4-That any Chinese person or
persons of Chinese descent once convicted
and adludged to be not lawfully entitled to
be or remain in the United States, and hav-
ing been once removed from the United
States in pursuance Of such conviction. who
shall be subsequently convicted for like
otfense, shall be imprisoned at hard labor
for period of not exceeding six months
and thereafter removed from the United
States as hereinbefore provided.
After an executive session the senate
adjourned