Show ROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL bland and harter fighting over free coinage CHINESE MUST BE EXCLUDED tacoma gets a Buildt nir but spokane must wait Walt reid Held has not resigned silver caucus washington feb 19 the senate has passed the bill extending for ten years the operation of the chinese exclusion laws on oil motion of morrill it was wag resolved that when the senate adjourn today to day it be to meet next tuesday A reso resolution lutio li was presented re requesting questin the president if not incompatible F ile with sitf P public le blie interests to inform the senate of it the proceeding proceedings recently had between the representatives of canada the british government and the united states T the bill 1 I I 1 to continue in force for ten years all 11 e existing irl glaws laws prohibiting and regulating the coming into this country of chinese persons was taken from the calendar and passed the tile consideration of the bills on the calendar was commenced the bill authorizing the construction of a public building at spokane rail falls wash ash wag w as laid over ov er the appropriation of for a public building at tacoma acoma was passed the bill to provide a permanent e arient 8 system y stepi 0 highways f in the tile DP district is t rin r ct orco of columbia 1 u 1 tibia i outside a of washington was w as taken up and the provision authorizing the issue of three pari per cent bonds gave nse rise to a debate in fit 1 which tell the financial policy of the government was discussed at great ten length th kerry berry of arkansas in in the course of g his remarks declared we have arrived at that condition that the united states cannot n 0 t pay a y the tile ordinary expenses of government overn n t and pd meet et the interest on the dat debt without borro borrowing w I 1 11 ll money morie xo no action was taken on oil tile the bill bill and ta the senate adjourned until tuesday HOUSE hoube washingto WAg mOTo Glo feb 19 the house was called to order today to day by kerr clerk who read a communication from the speaker designating mcmillen of tennessee as speaker pro tern for the da day rile silver question wit wilf not down its discussion was resumed in the house again today to day upon the presentation by bland of a letter in lit response to one of the harter circulars to the tile 0 A II 11 the scene was one of or confusion and excitement at times bat occasionally a good home thrust from one side or the other brought forth hearty and continued laughter harter characterized the free silver bill as infamous and predicted if it passed the democratic party would march to certain defeat ill in november warming to the subject subie ct he lie declared if this alree alver bill sli shall allpass pass the time will calille come w when i n a man as a democrat m will ill n not ot be given a decent burial in a democratic cemetery 11 itebe repeated abed attempts were made by points of order and demands for regular business to take harter from front it the ae floor but he persisted histed in presenting his MOWS views to tile he I 1 house and it was compelled to hear hills lini ar eso lation was ado adopted ted providing iding for a silver b bill g and the tile printing of additional copies of the majority and minority reports tile house then went into committee of the whole on oil the private calendar the first bill on the calendar gave rise to some discussion during which reed made some rome of his ills characteristic remarks as to the advisability of counting a quorum from members roem bera present and not voting the tito chairman and iteen thereupon had a 11 short hort colloquy winch which the chairman substantially a tanti ally ly a alluded LI to as an ail altercation leed 1 I trust the chair will not designate it in that way that would be unjust to the chair and lue 1 chair the chair will try and take care of himself and the gentleman from maine and will not do him an ail injustice the next bill for the relief of A J duncan of tennessee was the axle upon which revolved another silver wheel it was set in fit motion by bland who sent to the clerks desk and had read a letter from front a orand grand army post in missouri asking him ta inform the gentleman from ohio harter in re response on be to his anti bil silver ver circular that GraM hand army riny posts N were ere able to attend to their own business bland ind again criticized criticised blah li Har arters attitude on the e silver er question harter said the house home had b been c en told id that one class I 1 legislation lation fell heavily to upon ninety five citizens out olevery of every hundred I and took away their pro property and handed property it over to the other live un under er the operation of the tile mckinley law but there were w ere other burd some gentlemen seemed to think it was perfectly right and very democratic indeed io 10 take lake the earnings and probert property not of ninety five persona persons out ola ot a hundred I 1 inn L red hut but of W citizens out of every thousand and hand them over to monopolies lieb he ile harter spoke for the class of people who had no vote ite he spoke forthe for the helpless women and chi children adren of the country for the poor creatures who labored over the wash tub for the support of their helpless family that was the view of democracy he took mckinney of hampshire raised lie the point t of order that the tile discussion wan wait entirely I 1 r e ly out of order not beffie being directed to the bill under con consideration de ration oy y the committee the chair sustained the point and stated thattie that the bill under consideration was one for the relief of duncan of tennessee tennesee harter replied that his ills remarks were directed ed t toward oward that bill asifur r duncan gotan got an appropriation appropriation he wanted to be paid cents on the tie dollar laughter anti and applause harter then to make a prediction but as the words 1 I predict came forth forth he was again interrupted by many democratic members after many efforts effort he lie again managed to secure the flo noor and proceeded u with ith uis his prediction which w waa ph that t if the house passed the measure which invited all the degraded alver oft he world to free coinage in this country the democratic party would lose the tile votes of the tile luen who labored for their living and when the party marched to the polls in fit november instead of mar marching ebing to overwhelming wh elming victory it would march to certain defeat lind minn tin asked if lieu he understood stood the gentleman correctly in defining the principles odthe of the democratic party to be befree free trade and a single gold standard before harter could re reply ll 11 P he lie was again interrupted by a nom number ber or of democrats protesting against the tile latitude of the debate lind 1119 Is it the tile position of the democratic party for free trade and arid a single gold standard 1 harter the position odthe of alie democratic party Is ts in favor of the double standard and in favor of keeping every dollar worth IW cents applause on reau republican alican side sAp andleman and demands deman s tor for regu regular 1 order from democrats lind pressed the question as to the atti th 0 democratic party in regard to free trade and arid fithian Fit litan and holman Ifo linan in vain attempted to take harter from the tile floor when he lie demanded to make his re ply the chair appealed to harter to proceed in his order and speak to the bill under consideration harter said he lie would do so this roan man from front tennessee lie bald said wanted wante d an ail appropriation laughter that op appropriation was raised by taxing the tile people pie and the tile question asked by the gentleman feo le man was highly pertinent under the circumstances laughter ol 01 the democratic party wan was in favor of the freest possible sible trade for the hum humblest bleNt soul and protection of the american tia flag g ap applause I 1 la 1 1 se harter then in inquired of lind whether e r be he bad had n made lade a Is factory response lind replied the gentleman had doneso done so as far as domestic trade was concerned but I 1 1 he lie desired to know the policy odthe of the democratic party in regard to foreign trade fathi 1 fithian un immediately mediately arose arwe with another point of order and called upon the chair to enforce the rules after a scene of contina ing said the po position of the democratic party part on the question of free coinage was this that every e ery american citizen catl 7 ell w was as entitled to the most absolute fre free e trade with every inhabitant of the globe limited only by the amoust of tariff necessary to conduct the government lie ile had haa now answered sw ered the question of the gentleman from front minnesota ainne ata and he lie would w ask him a question let hini state whether he endorsed the mckinley bill land I 1 and 1 I voted for it flaughter 1 I asked you a manly location question in a manly way do you endorse it lindi lind I 1 do as a whole laughter ri here the silver debate ter terminated and arid the committee without action on the duncan bill rose and the house adjourned till tuesday cuerda YE yellowstone PARK COMPANY BILL secretary noble protests its passage by the senate washington fob feb 19 secretary noble 11 has assent sent the senate committee on territories a vigorous protest against alie passage of the bill to incorporate the yellowstone park company 11 the incorporators a of which are to be charles charles gibson john 1 D perry of missouri thomas lowry and james W anond of minnesota the bill provides that the incorporators and their successors shall have a perpetual succession and are authorized I 1 to acquire and operate hotels and to secure other privileges there is granted to the company for twenty years the use of ten acres ot of ground at bahof each c of the following localities in fit the park mam moth hot springs norris geyser basin lower denser geyser basin fountain geyser bain basin ba in upper geyser basin grand cannon canyon basin lower yellow stone lake ake and the west bay of yellowstone yellow stone lake for the use of each of which the tile company agrees to pay the government rement fifty dollars 4 per annum winch achis is to be in lieu cfall of all taxes and in each locality the company is is to keep a first class hot hotel el the bill is denounced by y the secretary as opposed to the public good for private an ate interests solely and in lit every way pernicious THE NEW CHINESE LAW it extends the exclusion operations for ten years washington feb 19 the tho bill passed by the senate today to day extending for ten years th the operations of the chinese exclusion si laws la bivas was a submit substitute uee fora for a similar measure introduced by benator senator dol dolph I 1 the bill has a wider scope than it indicated 1 b by its title itle for it in I 1 addition to re enacting t the T le tj present resent elc exclusion lusion laws which arc about b on t to 0 lap lapse seit it contains a section on intended to meet the dini culty the treasury officials encountered in in returning chinese to china through the judicial decision for their right to return them further than to the country from which they entered the uni united ed states under I 1 tins I 1 it a con construction st ruction 0 of f the law the treasury cretu returned tried a number of chinese to cabaca instead of to china and they were soon again 1 smuggled l m 1 aled across the line which it was iipp impossible 0 ss i 4 e to guard at all times and places another new section provides severe aies penalties for the return to the united baates 0 of f C chinee hinc se once sent out of the I 1 I 1 country the four days worlds fair special washington feb 10 19 the worlds fair special comprising five of the most equipped and luxuriously furnished trains cor ever put on the road by the Pull pullman nian palace car company left th e baltimore A olno ohio station at 2 30 this afternoon nor sor chicago the passengers on board the train are to be the guests of the worlds fair city for the next four days and are senators and representatives in fit congress foreign ministers to the united states and leading journalists of the na I 1 a dional capital further time on the twine bill washington feb 19 an agreement was reached among the democratic members of the ways and means committee that tile minority should have until a week w eek from front tomorrow to morrow to prepare their report rrt against the wool binding twine and ba bagging a measures heretofore ordered favorably g alb Y re reported arted to the house by a party vote chairman armp it springer announce announced ed that he intended ing to call up one of the three bills monday or tuesday following the submission of f the report to the house the usual to sealers X washington fib feb 19 the regular annual n u a I 1 proclamation by the president warning all pe persons esons against illegal scaling sealing in lit the Be firing sea has been prepared and slid wilt probably be issued in fit a few days the tile F proclamation it is understood ia Is couched m the usual terms the question of continuing the modus for the tile protection mille of life in fit the bering sea which was in fit operation la last 4 summer had not 11 0 t been agreed upon up to a day or two ago democratic caucus on stiver silver washington feb 19 Ke harter of ohio said today to day lay that he be had resented en 1 a request for a caucus of the pres E democratic lemo e oct cratic 1 tie party on the silver que question s flail to hoi man chairman of the mucus caucus and had no doubt the call would be issued between forty and fifty signatures were appended to the request and the caucus rules provide ovide that a caucus shall be held when gr asked k ed for by thirty five members minister reid will not roston washington WASTI MOTON I 1 feb eb 19 the report that united states minister reid has rebind resigned is denied at the state department it is said on excellent authority that has lias agreed greed to continue his diplomatic until the reciprocity treaty i is 4 concluded between the united states and anti france |