The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-05

Senator Beck saidthat until we had
q IeoTgsniE ton otthe Consular s r
vice We m gnt as wdi have none. II
cited several instances Of what had
been pron unc,d by our Gus oms
officials t. b. shsut cerii6c stous by
some OF our foreign Dorsuls. He slsl
said that lax and indficeut service on
the d ut of cur C)nuls abr 1ad led 70
their soc a. distinct and rtcogni-
ton; they were inVi ed everywhere,
while the vigil mt End efficient Con-
suls were tahooed and boycotted.
A gamer / dtbas ensutd, pa tici-
pated ia by Sans ors Cougsr, McMil-
Ian, Dawes, Allisonsnd othsr', on the
general subject o. tie Consular ser
vice AID is anoua'es
In the course of the debate Ssnstor
Al ison attributed much Of the diff
Guilty arising 10 the matter OF under
valuation tn the Crsmble between
Con us whose compensation is re
ceived through fees, Foreign mer.
chants shipping & DDS to the United
States were importuped by the. Consuls
who were pad byf,es 10 get tleir GER
tificate from those o a nsuls Instead OF
from Ieguar salar ed Oonsus in the
near neighborhood This mat or, he
thought, deserved he attention OF the
State DEPARTMENT.
At zoe ock tbs matter went over,
and the Chinese indemnity bill was
then plaepd he or tbs Senate, aud
Senator Coekrell took the for He
argued strongly a.ainet the bill. He
resd at s1me lengt1 fom ths Cfii al
correspo ndence on he subject to show
that al the pes Il engage III the
violence complained Of were To- eign-
ers This correspond 'Dce went also
to show that thes- for igners, as we'll
as the Chinese 2 rs ms complaining,
had been brought here under sys-.
tenn Of CONTRACTS for the supply OF
cheap labor to snppant American
laburers. The Chinese had been
brought theresss ris, With the knoWl'
edge of the Chinese government.
TIE Chinese had been brought there
to supplaut white labor, because TIE
Chinese were now like slaves. The
di nguiehgd represent tiyes OF the
Chiue government Senator Cocsrel
saii, had undertaken to euppre IS, Az
palentiy, or to ignore the actual Olipin
OF the turbanCe, and 20 had the
Sen tors from New York, Ohio ami
Vermont He read from the CORE
spondeuce to IN this, aud also t.
show that none f the parties went to
live or to work at he place where the
violence occurred under any protec-
ton Of the u nted States. They went
there relying for protection on their
"masters"- the company that hired
them both. he Cenied that we were
reduir, d 10 extend to the Chinese or
any other foreigners any greater right
OF redress for wrongs than was given
to citz rs Of the United SAFES. When
we gave them au equa remedy with
our oKn citizens our duty was dis
charged. Senator CoCkrell reviewed
the legal proceedings following the
violence Ia show that the Chinese had
taken no steps to discover or identity
the psrsons committing the violence.
They preferred 10 rely on the govern
ment for payment, They had the
same right of redress in the courts OF
Wyoming that American citizens had,
and they could go to the United 5 ates
courts in cases in which citizens Of the
United Sites could not. The United
States had done everything in the
prem SEES that could be expected OF a
friendly government. There was,
therefore, no legal lab litv resting on
u. Was there treaty obi ationP de
anayzed the various treaties with
China to sustain hisground that there
was no such obligation. Senator Cock
rell animadverted with severityo on the
position taken by Senators Evarts,
Edmunds and Sherman. He con-
trssted the freedom enjoyed by the
Chinese in the United States, even to
the extent of building their jess
houses with the limitations attending
the movements of ctzans OF the
United States in China. The basis on
which the Secretary of State and the
President had recommended the
claims covered by this bill, was solely
that of pity for the Cinnamon, and not
because there was the slightest legal
or other obi e ton existing in the
premises. He Senator Cock ELY would
never consent to tax the sweat OF la.
Dor OF America for such a purpose
The Chinese government would never
consent to comp nsste Americans in
China for violence done to them by
other foreigners, such as Englishmen
or Frenehmen in China. The diplo'
macy of China had been careful to
protect China from such claims. Sena
Tor Cockrell quoted from some of oul
treaties with China to sustain this
statement. No principle of justice
equity, reciprocity or Christianity re
q1ired US 10 pay claims OF this char
acter.
At the conclusion Of Senator Cock
rell's speech the bill was brought to {
vote snd psssed-yess, so; nays, 10.
The S majors voting in the negative
we're: Beck, Berry, Cockrell, Coke
Eus'is, George, Harris, Maxey, Mitch
ell fore. and Vest.
The bill authorizes the President tC
ascertain the actual losses sustained
by Cinnamon by the riot at Rocl
Springs, Wy. T., in September, 1885
and TO pay such losses. The smoun
appropriated by the bill for that pur
pose is S150,C0l.
The Ser ale then resumed considers
ton of the consular and diploms til
sppropr alton bill.
Ga reaching the appropriation o.
1920 as The American contribution tC
tire main ensnce of the lnternationa
Bureau of Wei2hs and Measures
Senator Couger attacked the item. HI
ridiculed the idea of a change in ou
long. established sys EN- Of weights anC
measures, and saw no use in contrib
nting to an international bureau. HI
was sstonished that statesmen witt
the Anglo-Ssxon predictions of the
the chairman OF the Committee OF
Appropriations (Senstor Allison)
and the Scotch prejudices Of thu
Senator from Ken u ky Beck, a
staunch an Am ricau, Senate
| Conger said, .as ever lived. Sen
a or Conger said this wss en- attemp
to undermine our American weight
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