Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-04

legislation "a the original act and vio-
lated every idea be osd OF huu.n
rights. The keynote to this internal
legislation vas that the men were no.
white. He recalled speech made bv
the distinguished member referring TO
Cox Of New York in which be had re-
ferred 20 tie negro a. being Low. igno
rant debased and degraded. Since the
negroes had oeea made voters thair char
acter had undergone a change in the
opinion of that gentleman. and now. IL
church and hall aud lecture room. that
gentleman sought To establish the fact
that the negro Was the wittiest. most SO
clal and clevsrest person IN the world.
laughter.
Cox OF New York. having left the
chair, replied TO the last remark he
admitted that he had had preiudloes
egains. the negro. The great Senator
Morton had had them. Indiana had had
them. The abiest of all the represent
tatives which Indiana ever s.ut, Jere-
mi.h Wilson, IN tue Forty third Congress
d brought 10 bill and passed II TO
oreik mp the negro government o. the
D'strlc, Of Columbia. They had got 70
steaIin,; thev stolen even the spittoons
from the legislative assembly. 4 Re-
y
them the right of voting. The negro
was better than he Used ~ think hun.
de was kind. aftcctlouate, gentle, and
Be lIhei the Democratic party better
than lie used to. Laughter He
knew who sto"d by him when Howard ;
rascaiItles were developed. when the
schemes connected with the Freedmeu's
Bank were discovered, when kepubll-
can ro2ues We're after his money: there
fore he COX said All hail - Eth
opit Il stretching out her nds to De-
Iaocr2cv, ana Democracy Is saving
Come on, come on ; here, children of
Ham, come AT last to your refuge"
Laughter.
Cox having resu ned the Chair, Browne
asked leave to extend his remarks in
the record. He wanted - supplement
them Nv tue speech III tde by the gentle
man Cox III 1864 on tho negro ules-
ton Laughter.
BrenIs and Eaton favored The bill.
Skinner, of New York, said he had |
opposed the original act, because it was |
tue most cowardly law any nation ever !
pltc-d On It's statute books. He oppos-
ed ihis bill AS he had opposed its father,
because 1t WAS small and narrow states
manslIp, because it Was meanaess, be-
cause II approached political persecu-
ton. because 1t WAS violation of ex-
listing treaties.
hing favored the bill
Lamb said he WAS proud to saw that
no single Democrat on the floor had
lifted his voice today IN bet. lf of the
pauper labor Of China, and against the
interests of the free labor of America.
he was glad the opposition came from
that side of tie House which pretended
10 always protect American iaborers,
he WAS In favor OF protecting the Amer
lean laDorer whenever. wherever, and
under whatever circumstance he could
do So. Ii he could protect him by keep
ing out the paper labor of either China
or Europe without levying a tariff which
took money out of the pocket of some
body else. 50 much the better for the
people OF America. he was not free
trader under any circumstances. He
was not III favor of placing the laborer
Of this country Ona level with the la
borer OF free trade; neither was be
afraid OF the red flag which the gentle
man from Massachusetts had waved.
Guenther expressed his willingness to
welcome to these shores everybody who
. iIne to escape oppression, but not those
"ho'S piNoOhSo tSAdC0 W ucSIdut Amer |
loans.
The bill was then read by sections for
aud Rice offered several
amendments which were voted down.
Brum Il off red an amendment apply
ing the rovisions of the bill as far as
to persons from Whatever
nation imported to this country under
a1y system of contract lat or. Ruled
out on point of order.
On motion of Hammond, an addi-
.lonal section was agreed To. providing
hat nothing herein contained be CON
'trued to affect any prosecutions or
other proceedings, civil or criminal. be-
Iun under the act to which this is
Rice moved to amend the title SO AS
10 read, An act to violate our treaty
with China and o: her gov
Lost.
The committee then rose and the bill
passed; yeas ls4, nays IL. The mega
live votes were cast bv Adams of Iii
lois, Brewer of New York, Brown of
Indiana, Everhart and Henderson of
liilneis, HIT kean. LYMAN, Price, Rice,
skinner of New York, Small and
opooner.
Adjourned.