Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-07
At THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
Yesterdays Proceedings in
House and Senate.
Chandler Discusses the immigration
Question.
The House Unable to Do Much for Lack
of a Ouorum-Assault ON the
sherman Bill-Wash-
iDgton Notes.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Elm the senate
today Hill's resolution of yesterday, as
to the immigration bill, passed.
The quarantine bill was then taken
up and discussed till ION motion OF Sher-
man, the senate went into executive ses-
sion. When the doors were reopened con-
sideration of tie quarantine bill was re-
sumed.
Chsndler (Rsp.) of New Hampshire
spoke about three hours. devoting most
of his argument to the bill to suspend
immigration, which measure he favored.
Arguments against the quarantine bill
were made by McPheyeon (Dem.) of
New Jersey, Platt (Rep.) of Connecti-
cut, Mills Dem of Texas and Dolph
(Rep.) of Oregon. Many amendments
were offered, some CT which were agreed
to and others going over till tomorrow,
when the bill will again come up as
special order.
In the course OF bis speech Chandler
spoke of the Inconsistency OF admitting
$40 immigrants and excluding self-sup-
por ing, industrious men under the
labor contract law. Referring to the
North German Lloyd Steamship COM
pany, Chandler said it was the favorite
OF the secretary of the treasury, the as
sistant treasurer, the commissioner OF
immigration and other treasury officials
when they go abroad, and it had always
been very kind to them. 1t had always,
be said, given them the very best &C.
commodations, and if they got ehort
of money while on the other
side and congress had been
negligent about providing means for
their Support over there, it loaned them
money. He invoked the assistance of
the North German Lloyds to carry out
the provision not to bring 2200 passen-
gers on one steamship, and he invoked,
in all sincerity, the newspaper press OF
the country to aid him in his great work
of bene6cence and humanity.
After further argument the bill was
modified in some particulars and or
dered printed. Adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the house today the attendance was
SO small that nothing but private busi-
ness was attempted; but without a
quorum nothing was accomplished.
finally q quorum wac secured and about
25 private pension bills passed, and the
house adjourned until tomorrow.
TO REPEAL THE SHERMAN ACT.
The fret active step toward a report
to the house of q proposition for the re-
peal of the Sherman silver bullion pur.
chase act was taken this morning by the
house committee on banking and cur
rency, which briefly discussed the repeal
of the act, then adjourned till tomorrow "
afternoon, when it will further consider
the matter.
Chairman Bacon sta.ed to hie col
leagues that at the last meeting the
committee informally passed upon
the banking features Of the Andrews bill
and authorized him to make any change
necessary in the first and third sections,
which authorize national banks to
issue circulation up to the par
value OF the bonds deposited
Bacon stated that ON examination he
thought there was no occasion for max.
ing amendments; accordingly he had
not amended the bill to report.
The com mlttee then plunged immedi-
ately into section four, which repeals
the silver bullion purchase Of the Sher-
man act.
Representative Cate of Arkansas of
fered substitute providing for the
stoppsge of silver purchases and the
coinsge into dollars of the bnllion now
in the treasury. It did not provide for
return to the Bland act, but as mem
Der expressed it, stopped silver pur-
chases by the government entirely and
made the United States treasury cease
to be safe deposit company for silver
bullion.
Townsend of Colorado, free coinage
man, met this move with a counter
motion that the section repeating the
Sherman act be reported back to the
house with the recommendation that it
be referred back to the committee prop
erly having jurisdiction over it, namely
the coinage (Bland's> committee.
No vote OF any sort wae taken, but
Townsend was convinced, by the recep-
tion his motion met, that determine
tion has been reached to press the re-
peal OF the Sherman act, and that the
coinage committee intended to take jur-
addiction of the subject.
The bill was then dropped until to-
morrow. Meanwhile several compro-
misses on the silver subject are maturing,
the members hoping to find some COM
mon ground on which an agreement
may % reached that will stop the pres
ent bullion purchases.
FpuTt mr.