The Portland daily press., 1870-06-10

OF the election and naturalization frauds in
New York city and said he believed that the
time would come when the question would
arise whether the people of the United States
would allow their President and Vice Presi-
dent to be counted out by the fraudulent votes
OF New York city, and when that time came
there would be civil war. While speaking
OF the necessity of purifying the ballot box,
Mr.. Haldeman of Pennsylvania called out,
"How about Whittemore?'
Mr. Ward-I do not know what Whittemore
has to do with this discussion. He will be
back here in few days and we VIII see about
him.
Mr.: Eldridge of Wisconsin, member of the
Judiciary committee, addressed the House IN
opposition to the bill which he said had its orr.
gin and life in the spirit of revolution evolved
by the war. The title of the bill would be inn
proved and its character much more clearly
indicated by styling it a bill to establish the
most intricate and difficult system of natural
ration and to hinder delay and as far as posi-
BILE prevent naturalization and to discour-
age intelligent foreigners from emigrating
to the United States; and yet the bill was a
very great Improvement on all the bills intro
duced on the subject, but there was nothing in
1t that commended it to his judgment. The
people haG not demanded any such legislation:
Mr. E!d1idge further argued that the bill
would check emigration, and said that the cry
OF fraud was preteXt merely The bill was
inspired by hate and hostility to the Irish and
handspring of .partizan malignty, religious
bigOtry and intolerance. Every line and let
ter of it breathed the internal spirits of Know
Nothingism and convent and church burning
OF native Americanism. Its spirit and temper
is in hostility to one of the most important ma
tional interests. For his own part he was
ready to support the measure extending the
rights of citizenship to all aliens on their arriv
al in the United States on their taking the oath
to support the Constitution.
Of .,f
Ohio and Sargent of California opposed the
bill, the latter earnestly sustaining Mr.. Fitch's
amendment to exclude from naturalization
Chinese and Japanese, which he contested
would be no oation of thu 18th and 18th
amendments. Not only were the Chinese
alien TO the language and faith of the Ameri-
can people, but they were imperialists and the
naturalization laws required that men should
be attached to the Institutions of the country;
besides, the Chinese were addicted to all the
nameless vices of Asatic civilization, and he
warned the members from Massachusetts, of
the results that would attend the Introduction
of Chirese into that State, which had lately
been commenced. They would absorb the en-
ployment and drive out the white laborers.
Mr.. Fitch of Nevada, also sustained his
amendment, and in following out Mr.. Sargent's
idea of imperialism, said that the canalle of
Paris and the la-zarOni of Naples had republi-
can ideas; but where was the republican senti-
mept in China or Japan. They were willing
out treaty; had no regard for the obligation of
an oath. II lie they were frugal, sober and in
dustrious, but they had no civilization of their
own, with which American civilization could
not asSlm late. They were race which could
not be admitted. They would contribute moth
ing to our schools and nothing to our churches
They would assume the functions of citizen
ship solely for the purpose of profit and would
sell them in gross to the highest bidder with
out its ever occurring to them that they had
done anything wrong. He warned his Repub-
lean friends that the passage of this bill would
be death to their party in the Pacific States.
The bill was also opposed by E tell of Cali
iornia. Finkleburg of Missouri, Congec of
Michigan, Hay of Illinois, and Schumacher of
New York. The latter said thai provision
Tor a six months probationary term after nat
uralization SHOULD be known as the Greeley
1f,oGne provision, for Greeley was the author
OF IL, having proposed in the New York Con-
stitutionai Convention limiting it to one month.
Finally Mr.. Davis of New York, gave notice
that he would call the previous question to-
morrow, and moved to adjourn. Eeiected.
Messrs. Cox of New York, and Judd of I'LL
nois, moued the bill be laid ON the table,
Mr.. Davis asked, 'Have it recommitted?'
which was objected to and Mr.. Ward of New
York, moved to adjourn. Rejected.
The bill was laid on the table 1902 to e.
Among the Republicans voting yea were Messrs
Allison, Atwood, Beatty, Brooks of Massachu-
setts, CLARKE of Kansas, Griswold, Judd, KEEL
Iogg, Lawrence, Logan, Orth, Packard, Sco-
field, Stevenson, Upsom, Washburne of Mas
sachusetts, Wilson of Minnesota. aud Willxin-
son. Banks, Benton, Burlington, Dawes, Hale,
Hoar and Twitchell voted nay.
MIR. Davis voted in the affirmative and pend
ing the motion to lay it on the table his motion
10 reconsider, the House adjourned.