The Canton times., 1902-04-25
IN EWS In BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CoNGREssroNAL PRoCEEDINGs.

In the senate, on the 14th, the days
session was devoted to further consider
alton of the Chinese exclusion bill Messrs
Foraker So) ana tb MsLaurn sndiu msasure ,s m M Nj
Teller (Col) spoke for the bill, argulne
that the right to- abrogate treatles s,s We
fully recognized. Mr.. Lodge (Mass.l gay
notice of an amendment to strike out tne
clause prohibiting the employment y, y,
! Chinese sailors on American ships. ....;.i "a
the house most of the day was devoted 10
further discussion Of Cuban reclpr4cioyy, t oy,
the conference report on the post Oh
| flee bill having first been reported.
| In the senate, on the 18th, the debate
on the Chinese exclusion Dill was comm
ued and practically concluded. Two
amendments striking out out the enars aenh1eT were
agreed to without discussion. The asser..
tfon by Mr.. Turner that politics had creps
into the discussion was vigorously ut:ni uenieu
| by Mr.. Spooner, who said the ,opposition1 N1
to the bill was entirely due to it's confiict
with the treaty In the mouse; VII VIII
the close of the Cuban reciprocity depate;
the leaders announced that all danger oI
the bill being weighted down with unue-
sirable amendments was over, and the
passage of the bill as 1t came from the
committee was assured.
In the senate on the 18TH the drastic
Chinese exclusion bill, originally. framed
Pacific coast, was defeated, and the sub
stitute measure, offered by Senator Platt
Comm, containing the provisions OF the
present exclusion law, and also applying
under the Jurisdiction of the United
States, was passed-76 to l. The senate
then made the Philippine civil govern
ment bill the unfinished business. =. In
the house, a motion to close general de-
bate on the Cuban reciprocity bill on the
18th, at p M, was carried by vote OF
1853 to 123 Thirty three republicans voted
against the, notion, and S2 democrats
voted with the great body of republicans
in favor of it. The general debate on the
bill was featureless.
In the senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Morgan
(Ala.). chairman of the isthmian canal
committee. made four-hours ,3 n speeech, tecd
bility of the Nicaraguan and Panama
routes, strenuously favoring the selection
of the former. The Chinese exclusion bill
passed by the senate was substituted TO
the house bill In the house, the dis
cussion of the Cuban reciprocity bill was
continued, the feature of the debate being
a speech by Mr.. Cushman. against the
measure. Many other speeches. for and
against the bill, were made Mr.. Loud
(Cal.) declared that directly and Indirect
ly Cuba already had cost the United
States one thousand million dollars.
In the senate on the 18th, IS private
pension bills and few other unimportant
bill to provide a temporary form Of gov
ernment for the Philippine islands was
read and the committee amendments were
agreed to tentatively, but no action on the
bill was taken. =. In the house the Gu
overwhelming majority Of 247 to So, the
ruling of the chair in committee of the
whole on the question of the germaneness
of an amendment to remove the defer
entail from refined sugar during the ex-
istence of the reciprocity agreement pro-
vided for in the bill having first been over
ruled by vote of III to 1870, and the
amendment adopted in committee, 164 to
los, and later in the house by the
still larger majority of 1879 to 105. GA re-
publicans voting with the democrats
for the amendment