Connecticut western news., 1892-04-28
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A Digest of the Proceedings in the Sen
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Digest of the Proceedings in the Son.
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 WASHINGTON, April 20-The feature of the open session of the senate was the short but spirited debate on an Arizona funding bill, which, by indirection, brought up the silver question and resulted in a yea and nay vote on the question of striking out the words "gold coin" and inserting lawful money of the United States" in the interest bearing provision of the bill. This amend ment was carried by 2S to 24, but MT. Gray Del), who voted in the negative, took occasion to deny that the vote had any bearing on the free coinage question. Mir. Palmer Qlls), who voted the same way, ex- plained that he did so in recognition of the right of Arizona to manage her own affairs in her own way and to pay in gold if she wanted to. Mir Hill (N. Y.) voted for the amendment without comment.
 WASHINGTON, April 20.-The senate in secret session ratified the agreement for the renewal of the existing modus vivendi in Behring sea
 WASHINGTON, April 21.-Mr. Tellers anti administration free silver speech in the sen ate created even more of a sensation than his colleague, Mir. Wolcott's recent philippic upon the same subject Mir Teller's state ment that if the Republican party continued to adhere to the single gold standard the four chief silver producing states of Cobra do, Montana, Nevada and Idaho would not hereafter be able to act in cooperation with the Republican party, either in the senate or elsewhere, was not concurred in by Mir. Sanders, of Montana.
 WASHINGTON, April 23.-After four hours debate on the Moves Rockwell contest the house decided to retain Mir. Rockwell in hi of lax were made by Messrs. Fellows and Cock ran, of New York, who spoke for Mir. Rock well, and MT. O'FerraI, of Virginia who made an earnest appeal for MT. Moves. The discussion at times was tart and spicy, and the interference of Senator Hill in the case was alluded to. At times the scenes were dramatic, and there was considerable confusion. On the motion that Mir. Moves was not entitled to the seat the vote was yeas, 140; nays, 9S, and on the motion that MI. Rockwell was elected the vote stood yeas, 128; nays, 1O6 These resolutions were submitted by the minority and a vote thus first taken upon them.
 Mir. Bryan, of Nebraska, then moved to recommit the resolutions with instructions to take testimony regarding the disputed ballots and report hereafter This was lost yeas, 110; nays, 125, and on vive voce vote MT. Rockwell, the sitting member, was then declared elected. The result was received with applause by the Democrats generally, except those who voted with Mir O'Ferrall, for the Republican contestee, Mir Moves.
 WASHINGTON, April 23.-Chinese exclusion occupied the senate all day after the morn ing hour, and at adjournment was appar- ently good for two or more days further discussion. An extraordinary feature of the debate was the introduction by Mir Davis, of Minnesota, of an attack on the papal hierarchy, the German ambassador at Rome and the Austrian royal family for alleged attempted interference with Cath olic immigrants into the United States
 WASHINGTON, April 26.-The senate passed the Chinese bill exactly as reported by the senate committee on foreign relations to continue existing restriction laws for ten years, and sent it to the house for confer ence. The senate by vote of 43 to IA re- jected the Geary Chinese total exclusion bill The new bill, as it now goes to the house for concurrence, enacts as follows: F'
 That all laws now in force prohibiting and regulating the coming into this country of Chinese persons and persons of Chinese descent are hereby continued in force for a period of ten years from the passage of this act.
 Section ?. That any Chinese person or person  der any of said laws to be not lawfully entitled to be remain in the United States shall be removed from the United States to China, un- less he or they shall make it appear to the jus tice judge or commissioner before whom he or they tried that he or they are subjects or citizens of some other country, in which case he or 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 citizen or subject shall demand any tax a condition of the removal of such person to that country, be or they shall be removed to China.
 Sec. 3. That any Chinese person or person of Chinese descent arrested under the provisions of this act shall be adjudged to be unlawfully within the United States unless such person shall establish, by affirmative proof to the sat isfaction of such justice, judge commissioner his lawful right to remain in the United States.
 Sec 4. That any such Chinese person or per son of Chinese descent, once convicted and ad. judged to be not lawfully entitled to be or re- main in the United States, and having been once removed from the United States in pur- suance of such conviction, who shall be subse- quently convicted for like offense, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for period of not exceeding six months and thereafter removed from the United States as herein before pro vided.