The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-05-05
PASSED THE HOUSE,
THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION
BILL.
Ehc River and HarbOr Bill Exulaiucd
--OnIy Routine Businessin
the Senate.
Ry Telegraph to the state Chronicle.

The opening proceedings of the Senate
were almost devoid of public interest.
and the buzz of private conversation
almost drowned the discussion of the
routine matters called up from the cal
endar ard passed. AT the suggestion
Ot Mr.. Sherman, when the hour of 2
o'clock approached, the whole balance
Of the day W as devoted to the passage
Of the routine bills on the calendar
Nearly all of the bills thus passed were
Senate bills, and were sent over to the
House for concurrence. The unfinished
business, the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Indian claim, was laid over and made
II order for tomorrow. At 4:l0
,ht senate adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
When the journal was approved,
Nlr. ueary of California presented
the conference report on the Chinese
bill. Mr.. Hit of Illinois opposed the
report; never before in the history of
evil zed countries was any such sys-
TEN enforced except in the days of
slavery. Mr.. Hooker (democrat) of
Mississippi opposed the report; there
was never time when the writ of
baJeaS corpus was denied as in this
bill. Mr.. Geary of California said
there WAS nothing in the act which
suspended the writ of habeas corpus;
the bill attempted to stop
leaks in the existing law.
Mr.. Hooker demanded the yeas anu
nays. The conference report was then
agreed to; yeas lo5, nays l2S. The
following voted against the report
Messrs. Andrew of Massachusetts
(dem J, Beeman of Mississippi (dem. },
Belknap of Michigan (rep.), Beltz.
hoover of Pennsylvania (dem.), Bro
sius of Pennsylvania (rep J, Bushnell
Of Wisconsin (dem.), Castle of Min
nesota (dem J, Coburn of Wisconsin
Cdem.), Coolidge of Massachusetts
dem J, Cox of New York (dem J,
Crang of Pennsylvania (dem), Cul
berson of Texas (dem.), Curtis of
New York (rep) J, English of New Jer-
,Gy dem J, Epes of Virginia (dem. J,
iriswold of Penn. (dem.), Grady of
North Carolina (democrat), Grout of
Vermont (republican), Harter of Ohio
ldemocrat), lIaugen OF Wisconsin (re-
publcan), Hemphill of South Carolina
rep, Herbert of Alabama (dem)
Hit of Illinois (rep), Hoar of Massa
chusetts (dem), Hooker of Mississippi
ldem), Miller of Wisconsin (dem)
Powers of Vermont (rep), Storr o.
Ohio (rep). Mr.. Snodgrass (dem) Of
Tennessee offered resolution calling
for the return of the bill from the
Senate to encourage American ship
building, passed May 2 under suspen
sion OF the rules without proper ex
planaion and under misapprehensior
Is 20 lis provisions. Mr.. Cochran o
New York rose to his feet, in
quring if the gentleman from Ten
nr,,re meant 10 insinuate tha
The House had been imposed upon
Mr. sEudgrass said that the bill ha,
evidently Teen passed under a misap
rrehension and he intended no discour
,esy to the gentleman from New York
After some warm words between tn
two, the speaker said that the resolu
ton was not privileged; the bill wa
passed under suspension of the rules
and the House had not the right no,
II L I
vt Kentucky reported a resolutio
from the committee on judiciary, cal
ing upon the attorney general for il
formation as to whether the sugar tt US
has violated the provisions Of the az
~ July 2, 1890, to protect trade an
commerce against unlawful restrain
aud monopolies, and whether prosecl
tlUus had been directed or institute
against these trusts or corporation
Hr. r. b. Taylor (republican) ,
Ohio, said the republican party hs
gone long way towards makir
,1gar free, and the democrats shou
take the last step. Mr.. ONE
ldemocrat) Of Missouri sa
The way to reach the sugar tru
was to pass free sugar bill. III
resolution was then passed. M
blanchard endeavored to call up Il
river and harbor bill, but the Speak
SAID that the regular order was Il
consideration of the pension bil
passed in committee of the whole Ia
FRIDAY evening and several priva
pension bills were thus passed.
struggle then ensued for the consider
uoh; !, Of the sundry civil appropr
loh bull; 2, the postoilice bill, and
.he iortiiication bill, all these bel
iald aside. The river and harbor /
was then taken up in committee of
""oie' Mr.. Blanchard explained
provisions The bill appropriated 81
<'o,2e2, The last liver and hart
oa' oa.' llS9o) appropriated $24,95
go or S3,690,320 more than I
present bill. After Mr.. Blanchar
olPrehensive explanation of the b