Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-31

the Stl4aic, al, -t.~ iuni DO l.-'-
ton. Only two Republican = ra-
tors voted for il, eNcsp; those i.r!a
the Paciic Coast, While every u ut-
ocrat present, oXcop'4u- tro"n OF
Georgia, Who seems 20 be am r.e"
with a iaili form OF M.hoHei-".,
supported the measure. In that
body, on the amendment OF 7eaa'"f
Farley that hereafter No STATE
court OF court of the United STATES
shall admit Chinese to citizenship,
and all laws in conflict with the act
are hereby repealed the vote stood
precisely the same, showing coucLu-
sivelv that the party which proiesscs
to becontrolled by g~eat moral ideas,
not only welcomes the Chlnaman a.
man and brother" but is Ill favor
OF extending to hin the dearly
bought heritage of American citizen
ship and place him Oh an equdlty
with those whose boosted title 10 Sow
ereignty is based upon an intelligent
use of the ballot. The hi, passed the
Senate by bare minority of three.
Had the Democrats faiicred, had
they not supported the bill with the
unanimity usually accorded to strict
party measures, it would undoubted-
" have failed, and the PRECEDENT set
by at least one Republican office
holder. L. S. Commissioner Shields
of New York city, who a few days
ago granted I" first papers to a full
blooded Chinaman, would have
found imitators wherever it seemed
probable that this class Of voters
could be used to keep the party in
power. Had there been two less
Democrats in that body, the same
result would have been inevitably,
as it only needed the defeat of the
present movement to have overshad-
owed our country with as great a
plague as were the locusts to Egypt.
In the House of Representatives, the
partisan bias is not so marked, but is
still prominent enough to demon
strate to the country that the result
is a triumph of the conservative
power which has so often saved it
from disaster. In that body, there
were 102 Democrats recorded in ia
vor Of the bill and four against it,
while the Republicans were about
evenly divided-65 voting for and 81
against the measure. On the pro
position of kasson to reduce the
term of suspension of immigrf ton
to ten years, So Republicans voted
for and 81 against the amendment,
while so Democrats voted for and 81
against. The bill as passed, if it
receives Executive approval, will
restrict Chinese immigration for the
full term contemplated, except for
purposes of education.
The motive which has induced the
Republican members of Congress to
place themselves so squarely on the
record is evident. The moneyed
corporations are the willing tools Of
the Administration. Place those
vested with the ballot under then
who owe no allegiance to God o.
humanity, and they will be used t.
roll up Republican majorities a
every national or State contest. 1
was openly acknowledged when til,
18th Amendment was pending tina
the object was to admit to politca
equality an element which woult
bolster up the waning fortunes o
the party in power. Another OPP
portunity is discovered, and Repub
lican craftsmanship at once suggest
its use. What care they who sit i,
high places, for the toiling millions
whose position in life is lowered jus
in proportion as the standard O
civilization is reduced by the intro
duction of discordant and brutaliz
ing elements? What care they i
the hours of the laborer are longer
his fare more frugal, his apparel coars
er, if they may revel in plenty, am
always have purse well-tilled +
" donate" to Grant or build Gar
field monument?
These facts deserve to be hel,
in perpetual remembrance. The
should awaken the dormant energie
of those who have become apathetit
They should Danish an oppositio
based upon mere prejudice, an
cause thousands of voters in ever
State to array themselves, on III
side of right and justice, to rendt
effective the only means which Wi
ultimately save themselves from de.
radiation. This is no time for hes
tation, or for cherishing animositit
against party which has long sine
been purified of whatever dross thei
was in its composition by desertioI
to the opposing forces. Nhateyt
there was to censure, may now |
considered embodied in the part
which holds the reins of power, all
by every principal OF right the al
tagonism should cease, or be trans
ferred to the place it properly be