The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-03-09
THE CHINESE BILL.
CalifOrnia's VexatiOus Problem
Discussed Again.
The AImond-Eyed Celestials Trouble
some COnundrum to the Constituted
Authorities.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-D1ScusS1On of
the Chinese bill was resumed, and Mr..
Farley continued and concluded his re-
marks. He spoke of the vital interest of
the question to people of Pacific slope.
He claimed the General Government
owed this legislation to that people an
der the conditions of the guarantee of a
republican form of government in every
State, as the Pacific States, under the
decision declaring the queue ordinance
in San Francisco unconstitutional, had
not the power to protect their labOring
communities in earning a livelihood.
The claim that Cinnamon had bene-
flied the State by their labor in building
railroads was Offset by the loss to Calf
fOrnia of that immigration from the
Eastern States and Europe, which she
desired, and which the presence of Mon
golians had turned away. He then read
extracts from testimony taken before
the Congressional Commission showing
similarity between Chinese pauper Ia
Dor and Southern slave labor, and con-
tended that the Chinese had never shown
any aptness in the arts and sciences,
and that while they were cunning and
shrewd imitatOrs they had never been
inventors.
Mr.. Farley concluded with the ampli-
icatiOn of the point that Chinese
shrewdness had manifested itself in in
creased immigration which occurred
since the negotiation of the treaty, the
object of the immigrants being to Sc
cure the advantages of proposed legis-
latiOn which they would be entitled by
treaty stipulatiOns as residents of this
country. He also cOntended that the
introduction of Chinese into the South
WO'd bring about war of races between
the MOngOlians and Africans. He added
that the disastrous competition to which
white labor was subjected by Chinese
m TO lifOrnia yuOnld not
be tolerated in any other State, and that
as to certain extent that State had
been peopled by men from Massachu-
setts and other New England States,
senator's from that section should be
willing to aid in ameliOrating that con-
ditiOn of affairs. He believed it would
be better to have a wall of fire be
than permit immigration to continue.
Mr.. Maxey followed in advocacy of
the bill, declining to discuss 1T from the
standpoint of ecstatic sentimentality
and sublimated dhumanitarianism.
Mr.. Salisbury favored the bill, but ad
vocated a modification of the period of
suspension of immigration to ten years.
Mr.. Garland said Legislators were not
bound to shut their eyes against that
which was known to them as ind1Vtd-
uals.
Mr. Ingalls, said he was prepared to
say communities of the Pacific coast had
a right to judge for themselves as to
the prOpriety Of this legislation, and, as
they had spoken here through their rep
resentatives, he was content. There
fore the only question was whether the
bill was reasonable and in accordance
with treaty stipulations.
MILLER's MUSIC.
Mr.. Miller (Cal.) favored the bill. In
the course of his remarks he said:
Sooner or later, Senators, you are to
chOOse-and better soon than late-be-
tween the civilization of your own
country and that of China. So far as he
could judge Of it, he added, the strength
of Chinese civilization was exterior
force, while that of America was the
oppOsite-fear of that which lies with
in, not that which is without the citi-
zen. After allusiOn to the utter incOm-
patibility of the involuntary principle
of the Chinese Government with our
own, he spoke of the peculiar marital
and other relations of that people, as
showing impOssibility of their assimila-
tiOn with us, and of their mighty and
inexhaustibl0 numbers. To use an ex-
pressive metaphor, the Chinese write us
backWards-that is to say, they make
virtues of what we consider vices. He
closed by suggesting an amendment
providing that the penalty for unlaw
fully continuing immigration shall not
be imposed on vessel masters who ViO-
late it unintentiOnally.
Mr.. Harris moved an executive ses-
sion, remarking that the number of
amendments suggested indicated the
impOssibility of finishing the bill to-
day.
Mr.. Miller (CaI) appealed to friends
of the measure to resist the motion, add
ing the amendments could be disposed
of in half an hour.
Several Senators suggested that the
usual hour for adjournment had ar
rived, and that to reach vote on the
bill would make necessary very late
session.
Upon the division, 80 Senators rose in
the affirmative and % against, and the
motion prevailed. The bill accordingly
went over till Monday and the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the House Mr.. Gibson introduced
bill making an appropriation of $6,113,-
600 for the construction, repair, COM
pletiOn and preservation of certain
works on the Mississippi river in ac-
cordance with recommendations, plans,
s., of the Mississippi Commission.
inferred.
ION motion of Mr.. Williams CWis.) the
3mmittee on Foreign Affairs was ac-
Corded leave to sit during the sessions
of the House, in order to carry on its in
vestigatiOn on the subject of the Chilli
Peru correspondence.
THE CHINESE BILL.
WASHINGTON, March 6th.-In the SEN
ate the Chinese bill was again taken up,
and Mr.. Slater Dem., Ore.) advocated it.
Mr.. Cameron Rep., Wis., said that in
1879 he voted against the fifteen passen-
ger bill, but he would vote for the pend
ing bill. When the immense and over
flowing population of China is consid-
cred, and that the entire cost of bring
ing the Chinese labOrers from Shang-
hal to San Francisco does not exceed
twelve dollars, we must admit that
China can, if no restriction be placed