The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-05-05

consideration determined and voted to
strike out both these amendments, aud
so reported to tho Senate. Bat the
Democrats, led by Far.ey, Slater, Gfov-
sr and others, stood frm, and by force
of argument, eloqueueo and personal
appeals succeeded in securing enough
Republicans from tho Pacific Coast to
vote with the Dem ocrats on these
amendments to barely carry them.
Here the Democrats showed taeir good
faith in the matter in standing BY their
colors and By vigilance sni honesty
Of purpose succeeded in retaining all
these necessary provisions in the bill.
The people of the Pasidc Coast are to
day indebted 10 the Democrats in Con.
gress although in the minority, for ths
final triumph of Chinese restriction.
Had it not bean for the continual aud
persistent efforts of the leading Demo
cratic Senator's in behalf of this Chinese
question the people Of the Pacific Csast
weuld still be threatened with the con
tinual and perpetual influx Of Chinese
that horde of Mongoliaus that are
eating up the substance Of the land ani
forcing the unequal contest be.wee
free white laborers and Aeiatic serri-
tudo. No wonder then that our Be
publican friends are excessively anxious
to have It appear chat the Chinese quss-
tien is not party question. But can
they make the honest voters of the
country believe it : Wa, no. the eff
teen Passenger" bill introduced by Il
Democrat, passed By Democratic Con
gress over the protests of Republican
leaders, and vetoed BY Republican
President and that veto sustained by
the Republican members Of both uous.
es of Congressl
Was not Senator Milier's FIRST oil
passed by large majority Of Democrat
ic votes, in the House, and by a rnani.
nous Democratic vote in the Senate,
opposed By the acknowledged RsPub-
licans in beth Houses, and vetoed BY
Republican President, and taat yeto
sustained by every Republican sena.
tor except one Miller 2
Was not every vote cast in the Senate
of the United States in favor of the We
to cast by Republicans
Did not Hoar, Elpunls, D.wss, In
gals, Sherman and others, the ablest
Republican leaders of the country
speak and vote against these bills at ev-
cry stage of the proceedings
Is it not true that all the Rcpubli-
can newspapers, among them the New
York Times. the New York Tribune,
and Harper's Weekly, sustain the veto
and say that the general sentiment Of
the Rspublican party of the country
will sustain and approve the Presidents
course on the Chinese question
Has not several Republican Lsgis
latures Of different States passed Reso-
lutions endorsing and approving the
veto and disappearing Chinese restric-
tion
Did not the Republicans ia the U. S.
Senate vote almost soliliy against the
amendments of Farley aal Grover, with
out which amendments the bill would
be worthless}
If this question is not a party ques-
ton, why this record made BY Republi-
can leaders in and out of Congress 2 The
leading members of the Republican par
ty of the East. the leading Republican
President of the United States, are on
the side of unrestricted Chinese immi.
grafton, and are standing out firmly
against restriction, and are in favor OF
investing the moon-eyed heather with
the elective franchise, and the Presi-
dent, In his veto message, pleads for
Chinese .laborers in pitifuI manner,
stating Chat there stands up and down
the country and all over the Pacific
Coast monuments of Chinese skill and
industry"
If this Chinese question is not par
ty question, why have Democrats in
Congress made the record above recit-
ed Why did they speak and vote for
these measures from first to last Why
did the Democrats in Congress vote
solidly against sustaining the veto? Why
are all the leading Democratic Journ-
als, without an exception, in favor of
Chinese restriction We say most en-
phaticalIy that this Chinese question IS
a party question. The Republicans in
Congress and throughout the East
have made it such, and the Democrats
in Congress and throughout the coun-