The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-29


laboring men, the gentleman from pennsylvania
lAlr. Wright had said yesterday. were starving
Two hundred millions OF them ne SAID were sarvlne
And. beside. there in Pennsylvania nve thoii-
sand people in the lunatc asylnms from the hard
ness of the times. He would say to the gentleman
from Pennsylvania that lunatics were sometimes
made by hard times. sometimes by nnre-
Quilted love. sometimes by unsatisfed ambition,
and the Pennsylvania unatics made from such
did not always stay ut home. tLaughter.) he dld
not wish to dsparage to underrate the sufferings
or the aboring classes. It was very hard struggle
and had always been so, to keep the wolf from the
door 1t was the hardest struggle of humanity; yet
soils of Pennsylvania. New York and New England
had made a body of men that the country might well
De proud Of The prosperity OF 1873 land it had been
the most prosperous year since the dawn OF crca-
tom had been to great degree due to the overthrow
OF the fanatiesms of oden times But to-day it was
from Kentucky (Mr. Willis. who represented the
Louisville district. OF the day when the cry
was against the Catholic Irish and against the
condemned German and when the streets of LOUIS
Vile and ST. Louis flowed with blood because those
men were coming in to take away the labor from the
democratic party had been opposed to the Irish and
Germans. Erastus Brooks OF the Erening Erpress
to-day q trusted leader had been the head OF what
tect the country against the inroads of hordes OF
Irish and Germans. He CIr. Townsend) had been in
the minority. but, thank God, that minority hal
BEATEN and to-day the prosperity of the country was
To great extent due to the stalwar labor OF the Irish
and Germans.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS!
Mr.. TowNsENp--Somebody says "demagogue." Is
It "Bill Nye'' that says it,? have Bill Nye here
tinuing, he said that he had never joined in raid
against anybody and he hoped that God would give
him grace to join in raid against any descend
ant OF Adam. But there school of phil
osophers in the country who went before the labor
committee and twaddled ana said that the suffering
Of the aborng classes occasioned by over produc
tion and that that tended to impoverish and starye
not the laborins man. as they stated-bnt the man
in the corner grocery who supported by his wife
and did DAVIS work. Those the
represented by the gentleman from Pennsylvania
tMr Wright yesterday, What work did hearney
perform? What did lie do for living except blow
his insurrectionary horn?
Mr.. RYAN, (rep.) OF Kansas-He passes around the
hat.
ABOUT THE JEWS.
Mr.. TOWNSEND continued, and referred to the per-
secutions of the Jews in the Middle Ages. They had
been oppressed; they had been murdered in the
streets, yet in the nineteenth century no nation
in Europe could declare until the consent of
jew obtained. 1t said that the Jews were
wicked. Certainly they were. He had never known
people that were not wicked; but did anybody be-
lieve that they had ever boiled down children to get
the fat? (Iaughter.) 1t had been said that if the
Irish and Germans admitted into the country
liberty would leave. How many democrats from the
permission of St. Patrick? (Laughter.) Thank
heaven he had given his permission to him Mr..
Townsendl. He had stood by st. Patrick in his dark
days and st. Patrick had not forgotten him. laugh
teri
HINT TO MISSIONARIES.
About the wickedness of the Chinese. 1t was said
that they could not be brought to the Christian
religion. He could tell of way to get them over
who ha bav sn Sqs TO o
Eyes. replied he. "give me a dollar more week
and will love Jesus" loud laughter)
the Christian religion and if it failed then he Mr.
TownseDd) would lose his bet. Everybody had heard
Of BIZ Nye LIE WAS mot sure whether S syI WAS
ing to Mr.. Luttrell must pardon him for say
ing that when the Heather Chinee was shaken up
in this House he rather doubted whether Bill
Nye did not live in Santa Rosa QLaughter.)
He might be mistaken, but he thought not He was
not for carrying back the shadow the dial, he
for going forward. treating the human race as
brothers. He would quote. in conclusion, the views
of Robert Burns:-
Then let pray that come it may.
As come it will for a that
That man TO man the world DER,
Messrs. PAGE rep.) and LUrTRELL, (dem.) of CAL.
followed, each claiming the inception and progress
of the opposition to Chinese immigration for their
respective parties.
SPEECH OF MIR. WILLIS.
Mr.. WILLS of Kentucky (who had charge of the
bi closed the discussion in speech in advocacy OF
it. He claimed that under the constitution treaty
not more binding or sacred than law, and that
it was the last expression of the Legislative mind
that controlled II, therefore. this bill be-
came law the Burlingame Treaty $50 far as
it conhicted with the provisions OF the billy
became null and void. He then proceeded to argue
that practical question the bill should be passed.
and he dwclt +tpon the fact that whenever Cinnamon
had gone in large numbers las to Siam Java, Snga-
pore and the Australian colonies) the popular jud
ment had been almost unanimous against theIn and
reprcssvc legislation had to he resorted to in order
to check the evils of their presence.
In conclusion. he said:-Our government is but
the reflex of the character of our people, II they
corrupt ignorant selfish the government will reflect
these traits in its own national features The in
PRODUCTION therefore OF class OF men like the
Chinese, who without homes and without fam
ies whose education and habits disqualify them for
citizenship. whose low wages degraae labor. whose
want of virtue AMI morality unfit them for society,
is fraught with the greatest dangers to repub-
lican institutions and should be promptly checked
We say to all our people that they should be pro-
we expect among the laboring classes of our COM
munity a bold. defiant. honorable citizenship if we
say to them that the honors and the privileges of
citizenship one thing. and their protection and
enjoyment another and different thing?
The House proceeded to vote on the bill and
pending amendments offered on the part of the
mittce In the first section the restriction Of Chinese
any one vessel to ten was extended to
fifteen.
Mr.. CANNON. (repl Of H.. desired to submit an
amendment. as to except Chinese travellers or stu
dents; but Mr.. LUTTgEII, OF California, objected.
Mr. CoNGER, of Michigan, desired to except Chinese
ENJOYS and their suitcs but he met with the same
Then Mr. Conger desired to submit amendment
excepting shipwrecked Chinese. but objection was
made by Mr.. Cox. of New York. and Mr.. Luttrell.
Mr.. GARFIELD, (rep) of Ohio desired to submit an
amendment that the bill should not take effect until
after due notice had been given to the Chinese gov
eminent under the rules of international law.
Mr.. Cox. (dem.l of N. ", objected.
Mr.. GARFIELD of Ohio-The bill is palpable vo-
lation OF international law, and was got up rather
for party purposes than out of consideration for the
interests of workngmen.
Mr.. Cox, of New York. and others objected to de-
bate.
PASSED
The House then proceeded to vote the passage Of
the bill and it passed. Yeas 155; nays. ", as
follows-
YEAs-Messrs. Ackcn Aiken. Aldrich, Atkins, Bailey
Baker OF Indiana, Baker OF New York, Banning, Baync
Becbe Bell. Benedict. Bckne Blackburn. Blair, Bliss
Bieuut boone Drenano, Brewer, bright Buekner tabc
Caldwell of Kpnncky. Caldwell of Tennessee. Calkus
Campbell Chalmers Cook. Clark OF kentucky. CLARK of
Missouri Cobb, Cole. Covert Cox OF Ohio Con OF New
York CRAY ems (rittcnden Cummings Davidson Davis of
California Dccring. DibrcIl. Dckey Durham; Iden Elan.
Ellis ELLSWORTH Errc Evans OF Indiana Evins Ewing,
Felton, Finley Fort. Poster Freeman, Garth, t;nnse.
Gibson Gddnrs. Glover Guntcr Hale. Hamilton, Hanna,
IInrncr, Harrison, Hartxeii, Hatcher, Hayes Hazel
ton Henkc, Hewitt of New York, Hewitt of Alabama.
Herbert i~cock. Hooker House ubbcll, IIunton, lit
ncr, Jones OF New Hampshire. Jones of Alabama kcight
lev kenna ketcham, killinvcr kmmel Knapp. Landers
Ligon Lockwood, Lutrcli Mackcy; Msish, Majors Man
ming Martin, Mnyhsni McMahon, Nccae. Mills, Money
Morse Muldrow Neal ONe Page Patterson ct Colorado
Pcddc POLLARD Potter Pound Rea Reagan, Reilly Rice of
Ohio Robert Robinson of Indiana, Ross. Ryan Sapp
sa,cr Scales shallcnbergcr Singleton, slcmons. smith
of teorga Southland sparks Steele Stenger Throckmor
ton Townsend of Ohio Towushend OF Illinois, Turner