Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-05-04
The Feeling On the Morrison Tariff
Bill at This State Of the Tire
some Debate on II
A warm Discussion on the Act to
Amend the Chinese Emigra-
tion Bill in the House.
Numerous Speeches Both for and
Against the Measure by Its
Friends and Enemies.


bus Delsno, Of the National Wool Growers
Association has wired Converse of Ohio not
to except the materials which enter into the
manufacture of carpet in the bill which he
viii offer as a substitute to the Morrison bill
and which restores the duty on wool Con,
rerss SAYS he SiH adhere to Delano's al
vice. There is considerable agitation,
Converse says among Morrison's followers
to-day. He thinks it is becoming plain to
them that their horizontal bill will be de-
feated Tuesday, and that the proposition
which has been submitted to Morrison to-
dsy by several of his friends to recommit
the bill with the understanding that it will
not be reported again this session, will be
adopted.
Another statue.
Pennsylvanias generously given statue
of +. A. Muhlenberg, the FIRST Speaker
of the House of Representatives, ar
rived to-day, and was placed in position
in StatUary Hall of the Capitol this after
noon. 1t is beautiful piece of work from
Florence, Italy, and is Of pure white mar
ble Miss Blanche Nevin was the sculp-
treSS.
The Chinese Bill.
The House to-day considered the amend
mCnt to the Chinese emigration bill The
debate was fast aud furious by both the enc
mics and friends of the measure Brown, of
Indiana, in the course of strong speech,
said he was opposed to the bill because it
followed the same line of legislation as the
original act and violated every idea he had
of human rights. He recalled the speech
made by distinguished member (referring
to Cox, Of New York, in which he had re-
ferred to the negro as being low, ignorant,
debaSed and degraded. Since the negroes
had been made voters their character had
undergone change, in the opinion of that
gentleman, and now in church and hall and
lecture room that gentleman sought to eS-
tablish the fact that the negro was the wit
test, most social and cleverest person in the
world. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Cox, of New York, having left the
chair, replied to this last remark. He ad-
mitted he had had some prejudices against
the negro. The great Senator Morton hal
had them. Indiana had them. The ablest
Of all Representatives which Indiana had
ever sent, jeremiah Wilson, in the Forty
third Congress had brought in bill and
passed it, to break up negro government in
the District of Columbia. They had got to
stealing. They stole even spittoons from
the Legislative assembly. A Repubi-
can majority had taken away from
them the right of voting. The negro
was better than he used to think him. He
was kind, affectionate, gentle and he liked
the Democratic party better than he used to.
Laughter He knew who stood by him
when the Howard rascalities were developed
when schemes connected with the Freed
mems Bank, were discovered, and when
Republican rogues were after his money.
Therefore, he (COx) said: "All hail to the
Ethiopia who is stretching out her hands to
Democracy, and Democracy was saying
Come on come on Poor children of
Ham, come ON, at last, to your refuge.
[Laughter.