The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-04
FORTY-EIGHTH COSGREsS FIRST
SESSION.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May -[Press. -On motion
Of Morrison the order Cor on evening session
tonight was vacated. The house then
Cox, OF New York, in the chair, on the bill
amending tho Chinese immigration act.
Henley spoke in support OF the bill.
Rice opposed the bill Ho maintained
that the measure not demanded by the in
habitants OF the Pacific coast, and was only
q clap trap and snbteriuge from beginning
to end. The original Get had done its work
aud anything further was unnecessary
Since its passage up to January 10Th last
1863 Chinese bad departed from our shores
for their homes, and only 3.4l6 re-
turned. He suggested, and strength
ened his suggestion by ques-
tions from tho Argonaut, that this
agitation was started because the white
labor voted and yellow labor did not. He
rldiculed the pending bill 20 being twelve
pages OF wasted ink and paper. Referring
to some remark Of Henley's relative to the
religion OF the Chinese, he quoted from a
letter Written him by q Chinese merchant
enclosinga subscription of $500 for the
Garfield memorial hospital fund. He
prayed his California friends TO amend the
act by providing that instead OF passports,
men who had subscribed to the
Garfield memorial fund should
less than $500 before they wee permitted
to come TO this country 10 view the hospital
they had helped TO build Returning. TO
The consideration OF the bill, ne said that
the heart and kernel was contained In the
fifteenth amendment, which applied the
provisions of law TO the Chinese, who are
the subjects OF China or any other FOREIGN
power. That was all there was in the bill
that was not puerile aud frivolous. II was
ipta nd m,
and Chinese from the United
States. Where was the treaty right
to do thar How long would England keep
her iron clads from bombardiug our cities
If thu United States ehould refuse TO her
subjects? The Chinese thought they were
right to set foot on our shores. The bill
was pertty in its details, presumptious In its
attempts and impossible as TO execution.
This country ought to cultivate friendly re-
lations with the Chinese in order.to culti-
vate the advantages o. lIade and oommelCo.
Sumner, OF California. said the purpose OF
the bill was 10 perfect the law enacted two
years ago and remedy the detects which
were found to EXIT in II, and defended the
propriety OF legislation on moral and relig-
ious grounds. He denied that this measure
would not be presented II Cinnamon had
votes
Hill opposed the measure az being re-
pugnant to the free institutions of the
country and denounced the inguisitorial
system, which was adopted toward tho
Chinese, as moro Insulting than ever Rus
STA adopted towards PERSONS coming into
her territory in times of dynamite terror.
Cassidy said the representatives OF the
Pacific coast In asking congress 20 make
tho law effective, were simply recording the
expressed will OF both the great political
parties OF the country rs expressed in their
national conventions for the last eight
years.
, Taliy supported cst the bill, while Ksau and
Poland spoke against the bill. Browne,
Of Indiana, was opposed to che bill because
1t followed the same line az legislation ss
tho original cot and violated every idea
that he had ofhuman rigt The s'y lr'a
Of this Internal lc gislatio ny i-lat the ron
we q not white. Brents tud Baton taToro-
tho bill.
kinner, Of New York seid ia bad 1p-
pl ed the original act because De he'd be-
ared IL the most cowar W 'eT Mon llV
nation had ever placed upon i-s sstu-9|
l0oks. he opposed thi 1N tt oI
I0ssd its father, because Tss ua'I en'
lsr ow statesmaushipbl l', @ uee1
nrsf; because IL upprclrued fn uourr.
Dsri ecution; because II vas n Nis'rf.Hr
sxisL ling treaties.
Kiog favored the bill
Lsmb said h was DIT I'D to say that not
"a ri gle democrat on the floor had lifted his
voice to day In behslfof the sAupor labor
c. ina and against the interests Of free
labor in America.
Gupnther expressed his willingness 20
welcome to these shores everybody who
came to escape from oppression, bnt not
hose whose presence tended TO degrade
American labor.
The bill was then read by sections for
Rice offered several amend
nents which were voted down.
On motion OF Hammond an additional
'ection was agreed to. providing that moth
ng herein contained shall be so construed
IL to affect any prosecutions or other pro-
civil or criminal. begun under the
lot to which this 10 amendatory.
The committee then rose and the bill
1s4; nays, Is.
Adjourned.
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