Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-19
IN THE SENATE.



Washington. Feb. 1S.-In the Senate,
joint resolution was reported by
Sherman, from the committee on
foreign relations. permitting the Sec
ietary of war to detail an army officer,
not above the rank of captain, for the
school of the greater republic of Cen
tral America, and it was passed.
A resolution offered by Pettigrew,
was agreed to, calling on the secretary
of state for copy of Sir Julian
Pauncefote's reply to Secretary Gresh-
ans letter calling the attention of the
British government to the utter failure
of the regulations of the Paris tribunal
for protection of fur seal herds Of
Alaska. and requesting a revision of
the same.
A resolution heretofore offered by
Allen, inquiring of the civil service
commission in relation to the unau-
thorized discharge of certain employees
i'll the bureau of animal industry in
South Omaha, was taken up and dis
cussed by Allen. He related his un-
ayailing efforts to get information on
the subject, and spoke of the treat
ment he had received from the civil
service commission as "a violation of
all the decencies and proprieties of
official life.''
> The only excuse given for the dis
: charge of the two employees was. Allen
said. that they had a picture of Mr..
Z Bryan on their window: while six
other women in the bureau had
pictures of Mckinley in their windows,
and were not even reprimanded. Two
of the other discharged employees had
been victims of. the civil service law
because they were supporters of Mr..
Bryan. He pronounced the civil SER
vice law a fraud. a snare and a delu-
sion. The resolution was agreed to. 1t
directs the civil service commission to
report all the facts and circumstances
to the Senate.
The conference report on the immi
grafton bill was laid before the Senate.
Carter gave notice if the conference
report were disagreed to, he would
move for another conference, with in
structions to the Senate cOnferees to
insist upon the amendment that it
shall not apply to a citizen of any
country on this hemisphere.
AS to the provision against occa-
sional laborers from Canada, Carter
said that Canada would not fail to in
corporate in her statutes similar
law. He believed that it could be safe
ly asserted that where there was one
citizen of Canada working in the
United States who had not declared
his intention to become an American
citizen, there were at least a dozen
Americans working in Canada and
finding lucrative employment there,
not one of whom had renounced Ameri-
can citizenship. Such legislation
would call for retaliation from every
government on the American conti-
nent.
Caffery opposed the conference report
He had the clerk read a letter from
'Ouida." published in the morning pa
pers. in praise of the illiterate Italian
peasantry. contrasted with the trash of
the cities, emasculated. corrupt and de-
Dauched.
Chandler reminded Caffery that in no
state of the Union were Italians treated
so badly as in Louisiana. where many of
them had been killed. on account of
which the United States government had
been obliged to pay an indemnity. He
was glad to see that Louisiana was COM
ing to appreciate the virtues of italian
immigrants.
Caffery said that such filings had no
effect on him. The people of Louisiana
had no sort of apology for the murder of
the Italians alluded to.
Chandler disclaimed any purpose to in
dulSe in fling at the people of Louis
lana: He. only hoped that after reading
Ouida's letter they would not kill any
more Italians.
Gray. opposed the conference report and
the bill as Il departure from the settled
policy of the United States. He got into
Il disputation with Chandler. one of the
conferees on the bill. as to the construc-
tion OF the section referring to these la
borers who have come regularly and ha-
bitually to the United States Chandler
denied Gfay's construction and expressed
his ''astonishment that IA senator who
had been thought worthy. in the public
estimation of a seat on the highest tri-
statement"
Gibson argued against the conference
declared: was framed on the theory of
me fugitive slave law. and its inhuman-
ity would shock the whole moral sense
OF the people. Blanchard spoke against
the conference report. He was rather in
., favor OF encouraging immigration to
build up the waste places in the public
domain. Perhaps not per cent. of the
public domain was in actual cultivation.
NO such drastic measure should be en-
acted into law.
Lodge closed the debate with a speech
IN defence of the conference report AS
to the effect of the bill on American
miners in British Columbia. he did not
They could not be affected. except by re-
taliatory legislation He did not know
there was going to he retaliatory legsla-
tion, and he did not see how Congress
could legislate on that oasis. There was
q great mass of unemployed people in the
United States. When they We're all en-
Dloyed. Congress might consider whether
It was wise to cease restricting immgra-
tion.
At p. NJ. the debate closed. and a
vote was taken on the conference report.
follows: 90 '''
YeasITwenty.six Republicans. includ-
ing Aidrich. Chandler Frye. Gallinger,
Wetmore: four Democrats. including
Hill: two Silverites: two Populists.
Nays-Four Republicans including
1lawley: 25 Democrats; one Silverite: one
Populist.
On motion of Hill. the Senate proceed
"a TO executive business. and at =. NJ,
adjourned until tomorrow.
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