Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-31
The Repeal Bill is Presented, but
Goes Over on Objection.
NATURALIZATION LAWS DISCUSSED
Urgent Deficiency Bill Sent to a
Second Conference.
ROUTINE SENATE WORK.

~, taken up and passed.
House bills authorizing the Texarkana
and Fort Smith Railroad Company to con-
struct railroad bridges over Caddo Lake
near Morgansport. La. and over Sulphur
river, Ark, were taken from the calendar
and passed.
The committees having been called for
reports, Mr.. Joseph IN. M from the COM
mittee on territories, reported a bill to
enable the people Of New Mexico to form a
constitution and state government and to be
admitted into the Union, and ii was placed
on the calendar.
To Sit During Recess.
Mr.. Sayers CTex.). chairman Of the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported resolu-
ton authorizing that committee to sit dur
irg the recess-to be convened at such time
as ehe chairman may order, and 1t was
agreed to.
The bill to amend the naturalization laws
was then taken up and Mr.. Oates (Ala.)
went on with the argument which he began
yesterday. He suggested several amend
ments. one Of them being that nothing in
the bill shall be construed affecting the
property rights of aliens. These rights, he
said, were in a very confused condition and
needed revision, so as to put clearly on the
statute book all of those rights that were
consistent with the powers of the govern
ment on the one hand and with its duties
on the other hand, to see that no injury Is
done.
The Repeal Bill Presented.
At 1850 the secretary Of the Senate ap-
peared at the bar of the House and de-
livered a message from the Senate announc-
ing the passage of the silver purchase re-
peal bill, with an amendment, in which the
concurrence of the House is requested.
As the message was delivered Mr.. Fitch
On. " and other members IN his vicinity
INDUCED in handclapping as a form Of ex-
urnc h,rs had 6nvurv th<ra
was no attempt to continue or repeat it,
The bill was handed up to the Speaker and
laid on his desk. where it was allowed to
remain for the present.
The discussion of the naturalization bill
was resumed. Mr.. Oates yielded the five
minutes left to him to Mr.. Go!dzeir Qnd).
MIR. Campbell IN. V served notice that
he was opposed to the bill.
In Behalf Of Naturalixed Citixeus
Mr.. Goldzeir also served a like notice.
From the bottom of his heart he was op-
posed to the spirit debating such a bill.
He served notice on the gentleman from
Alabama tMr. Oates that he, as one of the
naturalized, citizens Of the country, consid-
cred himself as good, in every respect as
any man born in the country. The natur-
allied citizens had well earned for them
selves the right to be treated in every re-
spect like all citizens. He had stood recent
ly on the battlefield at FREDERICKSBURG Va
where Meagher led his Irish brigade, and
where his men had cemented their love of
the country with their hearts blood He
had stood on the very spot where his near
est OF kin had fallen, leading on his regf-
ment in forlorn hope. AS he stood there
he thought of the stream of blood of adopted
citizens who died fighting in the cause of
liberty.
The statements In the report as to the
large proportions Of foreigners in the aims
houses. prisons and insane asylums he as
Wh
Oates tried to interrupt him and to assert
their correctness Mr.. Goldzeir declined alb
solutely to yield.
If the committee, he said had gone to the
trouble of consulting the census tables they
would never have penned such an Infamous
slur on the good name and fame of the
immigrant.
To Bring Up the Repeal Bill.
At 1:3O. the consideration morning hour
having expired, Mr.. Livingston (Ga) un-
expectedly asked unanimous consent to
take up the silver bill at once His propo-
sition, as he defined it, was to devote today
and tomorrow to it's consideration in ten
minute speeches, and at o'clock tomorrow
proceed to a vote. He said this was fair to
those who diffeerd from the Senate on this
question, and that il any friend of silver
objected, he was afraid that the time for
the consideration of the bill would be very
considerably shortened. Many of the
UleInDeTS, ne Sdlu, desired TO get nome,
and. recognizing that action was inevitable,
they desired that it should be taken as
speedily as possible.
Urgent Deficiency Bill.
The urgent deficiency appropriation bill
was sent to a second conference and at 2
O. clock the House went into committee of
the whole on the bankruptcy bill. Mr. VOL
verton Pa) addressed the House in favor
Of the measure.
THE SENATE.
committee today by Mr.. Pugh (Ala) to pro-
vide for the time and place for holding the
term Of the United States circuit and dis
trict courts in the state of South Dakota
The amendments recommended by the COM
mittee were agreed to and the bill was
passed.
Mr.. Walthall (Miss), from the committee
on public lands, reported a bill to extend
for one year from the time they become
due final payments on entries under the
desert land act. Mr.. Walthall and Mr.. Pow
er (Mont) stated that, owing to recent
events in the Senate. the people of the silver
states We're in financial distress and that
some relief was necessary. The bill was
passed.
Bids for Supplies.
Mr.. Cockrell. from the joint commission
to inquire into the status of the laws gov
erning the business af the executive de-
partments in Washington, reported favora-
bly, the bill passed yesterday by the House
to provide for a uniform system of obtain
ing bids for supplies for the departments
Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Cockrell of the conference committee
to consider the urgency deficiency bill re-
ported a disagreement, and asked that the
Senate amendments be insisted on. The
disagreement was on an item of S22 OSS for
pay of clerks to Senators and per diem
clerks to committee during the recess of
the Fifty-first Congress.
The New York Bridge BILL
On motion of Mr.. Hill On. " the hill
granting the New York and New Jersey
Bridge Company authority to construct a
bridge between New York and New JERSEY
was taken up, and the amendments re-
ported by the committee on commerce were
agreed to.
Mr.. Mcpherson ON. j. objected that the
bill would destroy the harbor of New York
The people Of New York had been given the
right to oversee the construction of the
bridge to the end that it's approach
| should be SO constructed as to interfere as
little as possible with the streets and
boulevards Of the city and the convenience
of the people, but the people Of New Jersey
had not been accorded the same right