Daily globe., 1882-03-04
THE HBA1HEN CHINEE.
IN YESJERDAY,S SESSION OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
An Interesting Discussion Upon the Bill
Prohibiting Chinese eImmigration-Able
Prohibition by Farley, Miller and Bay.
ard-strong Advanced Grounds Of the
Latter-The House Occupied with the
Private Calendar.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-SenatOr Butler pre-
sented long memorial from citizens of South
Carolina, fol national education of the youth
of that state. Referred.
Senator Anthony reported adversely the
resolution for printing 10000 copies of the
medical and surgical history of the war of the
rebellion.
Senator Hoar reported adversely on the pc
| titions for a congressional committee to
| attend the celebration of the discovery of the
mouth of the Mississippi river.
An order for adjournment from to-day until
Monday was adopted.
The bill authorizing the compilation and
printing of the naval history of the war was
passed.
The bill reducing the charge for license of
engineers, pilots, ETC., of steam vessels was
passed.
The bill making Denver port of delivery
was passed.
Discussion of the Chinese bill was resumed,
and Farley continued and concluded his re-
marks. He spoke of the vital interest of the
question to the people of the Pacific slope. He
claimed the general government o wed this leg
islation to that people under the conditions of
the guarantee of Republican form of govern
ment. Farley concluded with an amplifca-
tion of the point that Chinese shrewdness had
manifested itself in the increased immigration
which had occurred since negotiation of the
treaty, the object of the immigration being to
secure the advantages of the proposed legisla-
ton to which they would be entitled by the
treaty stipulation, as residents of this country.
He also contended that the introduction of the
Chinese into the south would bring about
war of races between the Mongolians and
Africans.
Senator ingalls, said he was prepared to say
that the committees of the Pacific coast had
right to judge for themselves as to the pro-
propriety of this legislation, and they had
spoken here through their representatives, h.
was content. Therefore the only question was
whether the bill was reasonable and in accord.
ance with the treaty.
Senator Miller of California, said the bill as
introduced by him prohibited immigration
until otherwise provided by law, but to avoid
the construction that this would conflict with
the treaty which allowed suspension but
not prohibition of immigration,
twenty years suspension was agreed
upon in the committee. He said he
contended for longer term in order that
when business had adopted itself to the new
order of things it might not be disturber and
in order to avoid the agitation which the ex-
new with increased excitement and fury. His
own proposition would have left to congress
the power to lengthen or shorten the period.
He had decided a definite settlement and
thought our commissioners had made mis-
take in agreeing to language which prevented
this. But for the treaty he wfuld make the
prohibition absolute and eternal. In reply to
Ingalls,, he urged the results of thirty years
emigration warranted conclusive action now,
and that no experiments were needed.
Senator Bayard, in opposing the amendment,
spoke of the gravity Of the question. Amer
lea and Asia, severed by the ocean, had been
united by steam transportation, and for the
first time in the history of the government
the labor question was presented as subject
of legislation. He thought full significance
had not been given to the almost unanimous
California vote against immigration, and
commented upon it as indicating unanimity
of sentiment without precedent. Brotherhood
of humanity was good idea, but the instinct of
national self-preservation was stronger than
that. A nation must be true to its own peo-
pie before it expended its energies in behalf of
strangers. Humanity, justice and our duty
10 republican institutions compelled us to con-
slider the character of our population.
During Bayard's remarks controversy
arose as to whether the statement on the Chi
nese question attributed to Senator Morton by
the trades assembly of California, and quoted
by them in an address to the American people
ever were, in fact, made by its reputed author.
The statement as read by Bayard, taken from
his address in the San Francisco Call, was that
Senator Morton had joined with the congress
sional committee in declaring the Pacific
coast must in time become either American or
Mongolian, that the Chinese have advantages
which put them far In advance of Americans,
that they can subsist where an American
would starve aud can work for wages which
would not furnish the barest necessaries of
life to an American. The authenticity of the
quotation was disputed by Hoar and McMul-
len, but Bayard observed it was lmmaterial
whether the language was correctly given or
not, as he adopted tas his own, just as trades
assemblies had adopted it as their oYp. He
then asserted that but one alternative would
remain unless immigration was checked.
''Sooner or later, senators" he exclaimed with
great emphasis, "you are to choose and
better soon than late between the civilization
of our own government aud that of China"
So far as he could judge of 1t Chinese civiliza-
was exterior force, while that of the American
was the opposite, the fear of that which let's
which is within not that which is without
the citizen.
After allusion to the utterance of the volun-
tsry principle of the Chinese government with
our own he spoke of the peculiar
mental and other relations of
that people as showing the
mpOssibility of their assimilation with us and
of their mighty and inexhaustible numbers.
To use an expressive metaphor, he added the
CHlnese WTitc OulIcu StateS DackWaruS, ClaL Is
to say they make virtues of what we consider
vices. he closed by suggesting an amend.
ment, providing that the penalty for unlaw.
fully continuing immigration shall not be
imposed on sailing masters who violate the
law unintentionally.
Senator Harris moved an executive session,
remarking the number of amendments sug-
gested indicated the impossibility of finishing
the bill to-day.
Senator Miller (Cal.) appealed to the friends
of the measure to resist the motion, adding
the amendments could be disposed of in half
an hour.
Several senators suggested the usual hour
for adjournment had arrived, and that to reach
avote on the bill would make necessary very
late session. Upon division twenty-nine sena-
tors rose in the affirmative and twenty-five
agaiHst, and the motion prevailed. The bill
accordingly went over till Monday. Adjourned
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Mr. Gibson intro
duced bill making an appropriation of $6l1,-
300 for the construction, repair, completion