Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14
HOW SENATOR MALONE VOTES
FOR WOKINGM MEMS INFER
TSY'N

The Congressional Record of March 9th
contains some matter which will give the
workingmen of Virginia some light on the
position which Senator Malone has as
sumed towards them. The bill for prohib-
iting the immigration of the Chinese to
this country was before the U. S. Senate,
and a practical argument used for it was
that the immis ration of that pauper labor
would decrease the wages of the Ameri-
can workingmen, both black and white.
Another practical argument used by those
eEho opposed the bill was that cheaper
Mr.. Platt, Republican Senator, Of Ct, for
INFLATED the ground of opposition taken by
Hoar, of Mass, Dawes. of Mass, Hale, of
Maine, and other Republican Senators
from the New England States, when ht
said, "This bill strikes at principle which
II cannot aban ION or overlook. The true
"intent and nesning Of it is to declare
THAT henceforth, exceptln only thu
''Chlnese now here an the colored people
s.now here, no man shall work In the Uni
lied States except he be white man. l
"cannot give in my adhesion to such a
principle. Nay, further, it is that no
imam, however much he may need the
skill. the labor of the brown man. the
yellow man, the tawny man now living
ION foreign shores, shall have the right to
contract with that man to come here and
''labor for him. 1t strikes at the natural
s'right of man to labor where he will and
show he will, so that it be free labor; and
sit strikes at another right, the right to
''hire labor.''
Seeing that the bill was going to pass
these gentlemen attempted to amend it so,
as to admit Chinese mechanics even if the
coolies were ruled out. MIR. Hoar, of MAJ
sachusetts. offered the following amend
ment to the bill:
Provided, That this bill shall not apply to any
skilled aborer who shall establish that he to
this country without any contract by which his
labor the property of any person other than him
self.
The amendment was defeated by the
following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Brown,
Conger, Davis OF Illinois, Dawes, Ed
munds, Frye, Hale, Harrison, Hoar. In
gals, McDill, Mcmillan, Malone, Mitch
ell. Morrill-17.
Nays-Messrs. Bayard, Beck. Call,
Cockrell, Coke, Fair, Farley, Garland,
George, Hampton, Harris, Jackson, Jonas,
Jones of Nevada, Maxey. Miller of CAL,
Miller of N. Y, Morgan, Plumb, Pugh,
Ransom, Saunders, Slater, Teller, Vance.
Vest, Walker.-27.
Having failel in that amendment Mr..
Hoar OF Massa :husetts offere is one:
Provided further, That any laborer who shall
ceive certificate from the United States consul at
the port where he shall embark that lie is an arti
san coming to this country at his own expense and
of his free will and has established such fact
to the satisfaction of such consul shall hot be aec
ted by this bill.
1t was also defeated by the following
vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrlch, Allison, Brown,
Conger. Davis of Illinois, Dawes, Frye.
Hale, Harrison, Hoar, ingalls, Jackson,
McDil, Mcmillan, Malone, Mitchell,
Morrill,, Plumb, Saunders-19.
Nays-Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Call,
Groome. Hampton, Harris, Jonas, Jones
of Nevada, Maxey, Miller of CAL, Miller
of N. Y. Morgan, Pugh, Ransom, Slater,
Teller, Vance, Vest, Walker.-4.
How do these votes of the author and
we trust finisher of the Coalition party in
Virginia, taken from the official record,
read when compared with stump orations
of his supporters about protecting the in
terests of the workingmen, white or black?