The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-27
n CONGRESS-
D,in.. in Both n Houses Yes
pOl'e terday'
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p'eeh'' on treaties - The Great
c'.1 eo... ir'Iarysrs-Hansed'
SENATE

,ofrou,ine business, MltcheiI'
oDtsined the floor to deliver
o'f y, the bill recently introduced
~ 5Ioyide for the abrogation of
' =. permitting the immigration
i.'- ... TO the United States. As
ne, gas about to proceed Hale
li1s v ss' so late yesterday when
50 ,omDleted his speech on the
5sgi SJ mi that he HALE had not
y. Z, V rortb while then to interfere
w. consideration of the bill
w INF now gave notice that to
ilsl III tbe completion of MiLchell's
~. ~ he lHale) would move thai.the
y = ,,toseed TO the consideration of
a.. LIN then addressed the Senate.
aid that the whole people
4. ' parifc coast we're to-day suffer
u tdm the presence of numbers of
. .,i.1 non-assimilating and pagan
-;,rne1ding over them and gradu-
y . VI eastward. The cloud of
y. and evil imperilled labor, prosper
-. 1 even life itself. To eradicate
5.1rre, heroic treatment would be
- A more decided and aggress-
4 I. ,,,snmental step than has as yet
u pssu will be necessary. The means
+ 4 f, ggId not properly be availed of
deserving the the treaty stipula-
I'M, with the Chinese government,
"a could we expect, within any
-c1s5le time, to secure relief by ne
,-m with that government
r-sit vas that the bill submitted by
-EtchelD proposed that the states
rs,eopIe of this republic, through
l,-s ana the Executive, or by
T-is vote of Congress, without
y -o7al Of the Executive, should
tie distractions by first Wiping
r,eace all the treaties which
w-las the coming of Chinese to to
lied States, and then absolutely
rs-.,iDr their coming, except in case
rysr and diplomatic officials.
rgichell argued at length to show
stae United States has the power to
lrae. BY an act CT Congress, a treaty
Ia foreign nation and that the mag
,a,sot the evil to be removed Just
! gee step proposed. Mr.. Mitchell
,alilum6er Of newspaper articles to
eT'bat the recent ant-Chinese dis
i rilnces in the west were not the work
iAe irresponsible or hoodlum element,
hes we're the voice Of the laborer, the
rail Of the indignant toiler, struggling
or lie in an unequal contest with SER
t1ile Iabor. The Burlingame treaty, he
aid. was ValuelesS to the United |
Mates.
A!his pointthe speaker enlarged upon
e circumstances, quoting the Stats
|GdOur commerce with China in sup
N1a ais contention. Mr.. Mitchell, in
uaG2on, said; This bill, unlike our
sn,ln act and proposed acts, is not
~ . IS absolutely iron-clad; it
ae athlng to construction; it is
'e' It is not open to the objec-
- Nllg liable to having its vitality
~ or Its efficiency destroyed by
mental or judicial decisions; no
4s question as to the conflict be-
80. zoe act and the treaty are left
'..- construction or determination,
e..s' court or depal tment; the con.
-41 Is waged on this subject
4,aac occupation of this
,.I! Is as irrepressible as
, ~lIiG that resulted in the over
VI human slavery. 1t is a con-
y, supremacy, on American soil,
va 'le intelligent, enlightened and
"a american laborer, and the
-Iu degraded labor of the lowest
lAe mongol. A conflict
r,. ~ morality aid vice, order and
Amerlcanism and Asiatic;
% Os'Reen civilization and and
,s.,,9 u. Christianity and paganism;
,is..s UslTeen two opposing forces
4, S -.5 particulars non-assimi-
a; ~ feepellant, when considered
y s.., NV VI one to the other and one
e,r.iN sI o. which must and will,
Nm nv !o aha necessarily, be driven to
a. su u does it require any peculiar
n = " determine the result of
s, ~ me United States govern
s,,5!ee. stands supinely by and
u. Or what is but little more
i, , AZ, .Oi good, simply attack the
nj S,5 NY OF invaders, with wooden
sdru paper bullets under the pre-
s Os9iorming 10 the treaty stipu-
Ia sustaining the diplomatic
''atiOn bill was then taken
,,lef said Colorado had the most
SItnon school system in the
,, asss and 20 per cent. of the
M. V Id those schools. Color
No. want federal aid, but was
so n, tae government should as
b anu, provided that the money
y Fpled In a proportion of the
Tween the white and
sa@ sien. The bill should be
Pan "a n ~ 70 secure its application
N.Y., ~Ust needed. If so amended
SSs% lor it; if not we could
OF New York. smoke in
Jul and after an executive
senate adjourned.