The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-19

, China should recall her subjects,
IN behalf OF the people of California
ne asked for the passage of the bill
I'D order that they should obtain
even the slight relief which might
De obtained under the treaty,
Carpenter, of Iowa, declared his
opposition to the bill because he be-
lleVed 1t in violation of the treaty
ana entirely unnecessary. He
prophesled that within ten years
from to-day, the very men who
were advocating this measure would
be here asking for it's repeal.
Williams, of Wisconsin. said that
after full consideration of tie pro-
visions of the bill he found il i'm
possible to give it his suppori. He.
believed that it violated the funda-
mental traditions of our govern
menI, and to do this i'm
order to rectify a local and
temporary evil, was like drawing
blood from the human body to
quench its thirst. 1t violated the
idea out of which the American re-
public had sprung, and from which
1t drew its strength, its life and it's
hope Of perpetuity. When he was
reminded of the prosecutions in
Russia. the CONSUMPTION in Germany
and the cruel tyranny in Ireland.
he must not be asked on a question
of races and nations anywhere on
Gods to0tstoO1, to east his vote in
favor of the prescription of any
man who was honest, who paid his
taxes and who Obeyed the law. He
also opposed the bill as being in the
very teeth of the treaty, and trans
formed it into delusiOn and snare.
Referring to the Chinese plank in
the republican platform, he inquired
how, if as the gentleman from Cali
fOrnia page stated, the people of
California had taken that as a
pledge that the republicans would
support this measure, the Golden
Gate had carried out her part of the
agreement.
Page replied that she would have
done SO had it not been that a few
people had believed in the authority
of the MOrey letter.
Williams said he would leave il
to the country to judge whether
California was justified in her blind.
blgoted prejudice, in striking down
the best defenders of labor and
freedom in this country on the
mere impulse Of the hour.
Page-Just prior to the election
of 1880, the President of the United
States had vetoed the bill intended
for the relief of the people of the
Pacific Coast, and they were smart
ing under what they believed to be
the infliction of a wrong.
WilliamS-My sentiment in re-
gard to this bill is to express the
hope that, as one President vetoed
the other, so may another President
veto this bill. applause ON the re-
publican side.
Skinner, of New York, argued in
opposition to the measure, and ridi-
cdled the idea of $4,000, 900 Ameri-
cans being afraid of 100000 Chinese
and building wall on the Pacific
Goa t. This protection bill was
un-Ameriean and unjust.
Brumm, Of Pennsylvania, SUD-
ported tie bill, interpreting his
Spe 3ch with q number of biblical
quot atoms appropriate to this ques-
ton such as; "Give not that which is
holy unto t2e dogs, nor cast We your
pearls before swine" "When the
eye Offends thee pluck it out. and
cast it away" "When Chinese come
here and offend the eye pluck them
out and cast them away" was the
manner in which Brumm applied
the last quotation. This question,
he continued, should be viewed not
from a sentimental, but from a
practical standpoint. Sentiment was
4 glorious thing to talk about, but
legislation should be founded on
acts, and they showed that the
Chinese were people who could
lot and would not assimilate with
he other people of this country and
nd would cheaper and destroy
abOr. In reply to question by
White, of Kentucky, Brumm saia
hat the Chinaman could live on
What an ordinary baby would
tarve upon, and thereby crowd out
ur own labOrer, who had his wife
nd children to support. He
ontended that with China.
len there could be no such
lirg as reciprocity or afiIiation.
ne gentleman opposing the meas
re said that it was not necessary.
nd had suggested that Cali
)rnla herself could starve the
hlnaman out by refusing to en-
10y him. That was the philan-
lropy which they advocated. He
lade the point that every China
ian who was in this country kept
Ut an honest German or Irishman
he tide Of immigration came from
lie Circassian races, just in propor-
on as the wages to be obtained
ere were higher than could be Oh
lined in their own country, and
ould be restricted just in proper
on as they were lowered By Mon
)lian cheap labor. Opposition
the bill seemed to be founded
l a doubt as to the meaning
the words reasonable times in
lie treaty; but he insisted that the
sneft of that doubt should be given
the people of this country instead
to MOngolians.
Fowler, Of New York, promising
IS speech with a declaration thai
e passage Of the bill was n ore.
H. n