Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-10-27
BOSS MALONE as The FRTENl
OF THE WORKINGMEN.


The official record of the U. S. Senate if
voters could only carry its contents in their
mind from month to month would be an
overwhelming answer to some Of the
speeches Of the Malone orators about the
friendship of the Coalition party for the
workingmen. The head of the Coalition
party in Virginia is Senator Malone. On
the sth day Of. last March there was up in the
Senate bill for the prohibition of Chinese
immigration to the United States. Itwas
bill which had aroused intense interest
among the mechanics and workingmen Of
the United States, as it Was framed MAIN
Jy in their interest to cut off the strea ID
of pauper labor from China with which it
was held that the country was Threatened,
Senators Hoar, of Mass. Dawes, 'of Mass,
Hale, Of Maine, and other Republican,
Senators opposed the bill. But the Demo-
Gratis voted to a man in favor of it and
with the aid of some of the Republicans
formed majority in the Senate in favor
of it. Seeing that the bill was going to
pass notwithstanding their opposition
Mr. Hoar offered an amendment that
while laborers might be excluded, the
mechanics of America at least should have
competition in the Chinese ''skilled labor
er" Here is his amendment:
Provided, That this bill shall not apply
to any skilled laborer who shall establish
that he comes to this country without any
contract by which his labor is the property
of any person other than himself
And these are the Senators who voted
for the adoption of this amendment:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrlch, Allison, Brown,
Conger, Davis of Illinois, Dawes, Ed
munds, Frye, Hale, Harrison, Hoar, In
gals, McDill. Mcmillan, MALONE,
Mitchell, Morrill-17.
The Democrats however were solid
against it and voted it down.
Asa last effort to accomplish his object
of introducing Chinese mechanics to COM
pete with American mechanics, Mr.. Hoar
introduced this Amendment:
Provided further. That any laborer who
shall receive a ce rtifcate from the United
States consul at the port where he shall
embark that he is an artisan coming to
this country at his own expense and of his
own free will and has established such fact
to the satisfaction of such consul, shall not
be affected by this bill.
The Senators who voted for this amend
ment we're:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Brown,
Conger, Davis of Illinois, Dawes. Frye,
Hale, Harrison, Hear, ingalls,, Jackson
McDIll, Mcmillan. MALONE, Mitchell,
Morrill,, Plumb, oaunders-19.
The Democratic Senators defeated that
amendment also. The bill was finally
passed and the patron of the Coalition
party in Virginia rctoed it. A bill howev-
er, excluding the Chinese for ten years,
was afterwards gotten through and became
a law
And this is the record of the Coalition
party, as made by their leader and owner
IN the U. S. Senate, on the question of al
lowing Chinese competition, at starvation
prices for work, with the mechanics of
America. How good record it is to 60
before the mechanics of the country and
talk about being the friend of the work
ingmen!
The proceedings are from the official re-
port and may be found in the Congressional
Record of March 9th, 1882, pages 81 and
38, and every American mechanic should
read them