The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-29
TELEGRAPHIC
THE CHINESE BILL.

IuO qu0SCSOu D610S upon cOucuIIlug
in the amendment striking out the
fifteenth section, which eonstrues
the words "Chinese laborers to
mean both skilled and unskilled
laborers.
Morgan, in favor of the section.
said the fact that there had been no
indictments under penal statute
Furnishing coolie immigration was
because the law contained no definl-
ton of the word coolie; because OF
this, these people had continued to
swarm here without obstruction,
and if the statute was now pa3se1
that did not define the admitted and
excluded classes, it would be evaded
and like the coolie statute become
a dead letter.
Call, while supporting the bill be-
cause of the unanlmity with
which it was advocated by
the Pacific Coast, controverted
some of the propositions urged in
its favor. He did not,
assent to the assumption Of antag-
onism between Chinese and eau
casian civilization; nor to the cry
that the admission Of Chinese would
iniuriously effect American labor,
or cheaper prices. The language of
the section Furnishing any person
who shall "aid Or abet the landing
of Cinnamon" was Objectionable to
him, because it did not define an act
that is to be punished; but left those
to be defined by the courts. He
likened this expression to similar
ones in the civil rights law, and
others fof the reconstruction laws,
which he says devolYed entirely
upon the courts to determine
whether the act of the defendant
fell within those statutes or not.
Pendleton argued that the defn-
ition Of the term F'laborers" had
been made imperatiVely necessary
by the Interpretation of it given by
heChinese minister; that it was the
duty of Congress, if it did not assent
to that Interpretation, to say so; and
that if the Interpretation now pro-
posed should appear to China to be
a transgression of the treaty, her
representations to that effect would
be respectfully needed.
Edmunds suggested that we
would secure all that we are en-
titled to by enacting in law the ex-
act words of treaty. On the other
hand, if definition were adopted in
law, which was not warranted by
the treaty, the law would stand, but
we would not have kept faith with
China.
Lapham said that PendleUon's
proposition was TO defeat the inter
pretalion Of Chinese minister, and
he was aDprehensive that this would
disturb the amenable relations be-
tween the United States and China,
and deprive the former of the bene-
fits of treaty.
A vote was then taken on striking
out the 18th section, constituting
the words Chinese laborers, -
wherever used in the act to mean
skilled and unskilled laborers. and
the Chinese employed in mining.
The section was retained-yeas 20,
nays 25. The negative vote was
made up of democrats, with Miller,
Of California, Jones, of Nevada,
ChilcOtt and Cameron, Of Wiscon-
sin. Davis, of Illinois, voted aye
with the republicans.
Edmunds moved to insert persons
usually engaged in manual labor
as adennitiOR Of the term ''laborers."
Not agreed to-I7 to %.
Edmunds moved to amend the
naturalization section Sc as to read
nothing in this act contained shall
be construed to change the existing
naturalization laws so as to admit
Chinese persons to citizenship" He
said his object was to make the
prohibition Hniform. Rejected
Is to %.
ingalls, moved to modify the
penalties for knowingly bringing
Chinese to the border of this country
SO as to omit a forfeiture of vessel,
thereby protecting innocent owners
from the consequences Of the I'M
lawful acts of vessel masters. Lost.
LaphaR moved to insert the fol-
lowing: f'The provisions Of this act
shall be open and subject to modif-
cation from time to time, as may be
found necessary, and as may be as
sented to by the representatives of
the two governments, as provided In
fourth article of the treaty, pro-
claimed October 9TH, 81; not agreed
to.
The bill then passed yeas 80 nays
10. A vote as follows:
Yeas Beck, Butler, Cameron, Of
Wisconsin, ChiIcOtt of Colorado
Davis, of Illinois, Fair, Farley, Gar
land, George, Grover, Hale, Hamp
ton, Harris, Hill, of Colorado, John
ston, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, Maxey
Miller of California, Miller Of New
York, Morgan, PendletOn, Pugh
Saunders, Slater, Vance, VanWycB
Vest, Walker and Williams, 80.
Nays. Allison, Blair, Congel
DeWes, Edmunds, Frye, Harrison
Hawley, Hoar, ingalls,, Lapham
Mcmillan, Merrill, Platt and Sher
man-15.
Aldrich, Anthony, Ferry, McDnI
LEVEL, Logan, Window, Rollin
and Kellogg, opposed to the oil
were paired ith,sGorman, Bayart
Salisbury, Jackson, Mcpherson
Ransom, Davis Iof West Yarginif
Jones, of Florida, and Lamer in tn