Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-04
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
SEN ate.

Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The Senate de
cided by a vote of 43 to IA to extend for ten
years more the existing law prohibiting
the coming Of Chinese into the United
States. The discussion was continued I'M
I'll O'Clock, when the vote was taken on
the substitute reported from the committee
on foreign relations for the House bill. and
the substitute was agreed tO-yeaS 43, NAYS
IL. Mr.. Plat moved to amend the substi-
tute so as to be extended for ten years
the Scott exclusion act of 1883, and made a
brief argument in support of the amend
ment. MI. Platt'S amendment was reject
ed-yeas s, nays 49, Mr. Chandler offered
an amendment increasing the penalty for
the unlawful coming of Chinese laborers.
Rejected without division. MIR. FELTON,
offered an amendment requiring all
Chinese residents Except diplomatic
and other officers and their body
and household servantS), to obtain
within one year from the collector of in
ternal revenue in their respective districts
certificates of residence. and approprlating
$4,000 to carry out that provision. After
discussion Mr.. FeltOn's amendment was
rejected. 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 De-
Wis >and Butler were appointed conferees
on the part of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Mr. Coke ad-
dressed the Senate in favor of the free
coinage of silver, basing his remarks on
Mr.. MOrgan'S resolution on that subject
Mr.. Daniel spoke on the same side Of the
question. At the close of Mr.. Daniel
speech, the army appropriation bill was
taken up. The presiding officer (NIr. Man
dersOn) laid before the Senate communi-
cation from the President in response
to Mr.. Teller's resolution as to an interna-
tional conference on the silver ques-
ton. The message states that IN the Pres
ldentS opinion it would not be compatible
with the public interest to lay before it at
this time the cOrreSrC@ lence which he was
requested by its reSolution Of April % to
furnish. lie says that he will do so at the
earliest moment after definite information
can be properly given. Mr.. Morgan said
that be desired 70 debate the cOmmunica-
ton before it went to a committee. He
asked that it be printed and laid on the
table for the present. 1t was so ordered.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The army ap-
preparation bill was taken up in the Sen
ate, the question being on striking out the
House provlsO which prohibits payment for
transportation Of troops and supplies of
the army over any of the unbonded lines
owned, controlled or operated by the I'm
ion Pacific COMPANY Including the lines OF
the Oregon Short Line q Southern Rail-
citic Company over lines embraced in it's
Pacific system. After a long speech by
Senator Morgan the House proviso was
struck out-yeas 26, nays 20. The bill was
then passed and the Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON. d. c., April 2S.-The
resolution offered ON April IL by Mr..
Jones (Ark.( for payment to the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations for their interest
in the lands in the Indian territory (the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservatlons)
was laid before the Senate, and Mr..
Allison took the floor to speak against
it. He said if this sum was paid
it would make precedent for the pay
ment of a further sum of S7,000.000 What
he thought, therefore, ought to be done
was to re-commit the whole subject to the
committee on Indian affairs, and he would
make the motion at the close of the debate.
After considerable discussion and without
ddisposing Of the, question, the Senate ad-
journed till Monday.