Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-19
MIR. BYNUM CAUGHT IN A BOX.
Every Accusation He Made is I'm
mediately Reflnted.
HIS TRADE AGAINST HARRISON
Mr.. owen OF Indiana Devotes Twenty
Minutes to a Complete Annihila-
tion OF His Bourbon Col
leagues Statements.
Harrison's Chinese Record.
WASHINGTON BuRBAu TIE OMAHA BEE, J

513 FOURTEENTH STREET,
| WAsBINGToN d. c., August 1S. !
During consideration of the senate bill to
restrict Chinese immigration, in the house,
late this afternoon, Mr.. Bynum, of India
napolis, followed the example set by his
confederate friend, Mr. Vest, of Missouri,
in the senate on Wednesday, and delivered
an attack upon General Harrison, with a
view to counteractng the exodus of labor
votes that is taking place from the demo-
| cratic ranks in Indiana. In general, the
character of Mr. Bynum's remarks relating
| to General Harrison's record on Chinese i'm
| migration was a counterpart to, if not an
| adaptation Of the attempt of Senator Vest to
| explode burnt powder. 1t was Refreshing
| of weather beaten straw. He had not spoken
| adozen sentences till it became apparent to the
members on the republican side that there
| was to be an extensive series of misrepresen-
| tations. Dingley of Maine, Cannon of Illinois,
Bayne of Pennsylvania and other republicans
arose at once to correct, seratim, the eXag
| gerations, misstatements and falsities as they
| were uttered but it was not the truth that
| was wanted on the democratic side, and Mr.
| Bynum declined to yield. Had he done so
| but few words now and then, as he pro-
gressed, would have been all that was neces-
sary to have made his speech ridiculous.
Mr.. Dmgley occupied about six minutes IN
| the dissection of Mr.. Bynum's general state
| ments affecting the record of the republican
| party, and all the gentleman from the Indiana
| district had said was nil Bynum held the
| republican party responsible for failure to
| pass Chinese restriction bill in 1879 and 1880.
| Mr.. Dingley reminded him that both houses
! of congress were in the hands of the demo-
| Gratis then, and that they refused to print
blanks to adopt the bill presented by Mr..
| Page of California, which was one of the
| best ever offered on the subject, and, further,
| the democrats in that congress refused to
! carry into effect the provisions of the first
| treaty negotiated to restrict Chinese immi-
| grafton, a treaty negotiated by a republican
administration. Mr.. FELTON, of California
| showed how the house committee ON foreign
| affairs in the Forty ninth congress was
| organized by Speaker Carlisle to defeat anti
| Chinese bills, and how its present chairman,
| Perry Belmont OF New York, has smothered
| bills on the subject.
The tables were already turned upon MIR.
| Bynum, the record was reversed, and the
| democratic party held responsible.
| McCreary of Kentucky, democratic men,
| Der of the committee, said the reason Mr..
Belmont did not take action on the bill re-
ferred to was because the majority of the
committee the democrats) acting on the ad-
vice of Secretary Bayard, believed that if it
became u law it would contravene existing
treaty stipulatlons. Mr. Bayne wanted TO
know why the democrats refused to take
General Harrisons explanation of this char
acter as his reason for opposing u bill in the
senate. The democrats simply hung their
| heads in shame.
Directly MIR Owen of Indiana arose. He
said that it was but few minutes ago that he
first learned that his colleague, Mr.. Bynum.
intended to deliver speech for distribution
| alone in Indiana, and to make an attack on
General Harrison, but Mr.. Owen proved him
self equal to any emergency requiring
vigorous eXtemporaneous speaking 1t took
him but twenty minutes to completely ami
hlate every essential statement of fact made
hNEA Nh. in ham nt,Hh hn henyN in
lot of good information beside. MIR. Owen
said that General Harrison never opposed
legislation to prohibit Chinese immigration.
On the other hand he always favored it. He
opposed the disregard or violation of stipula-
tions of Il treaty. He was always in favor
of the prohibition of Chinese immigration,
but he contended that it should be done in
such II way as to not contravene existing
treaties; otherwise the statutory legislation
| would not stand the test of the courts. Gen
eral Harrison was always opposed to permit
ting Chinese, pauper or criminal labor. at
home or abroad, coming into competition
with American labor.
Mr.. Owen read telegram from Miller
& Elan, General HarrIson's law part
ners at Indianapolis, stating that the
allegation made in relation to the
naturalization of Cinnamon at indianapolis
in 1850, or any other time, was false; that
| such u thing had never been heard of, had
never taken place and that a Chinaman was
never known to vote at Indianapolis. He
|
| MED over his own name the malicious state
| ment in regard to his having read paper
before a literary society advocating Chinese
immigration and citizenship. He showed
| how the democrats in the house only the
! other day had defeated a proposition by Bu-
| chanan of New Jersey, to stop the traffic in
criminal made goods. He quoted Senator
Harrison in the senate against the evils of
| Chinese immigration and pauper labor,
and demonstrated that the general had
| combated the question with Senator (now
secretary of state) Bhyard, and that the
latter had taken his opposition to the restric-
| ton of Chinese immigration into the depart
| ment of state under President Cleveland.
| He showed that Senator Harrison worked as
| member of the committee on foreign re-
| latlons for and secured the passage or an
effective anti-Chinese immigration bill in
| 1886, and after it's passage by republican
senate democratic house smothered it in
committee. He closed by paying the general
high personal tribute and declaring that he
was in every way typical American.
| THE REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL.
II is probable that the republican tariff bill
will be laid before the senate committee on
finance on next Tuesday or "Wednesday.
| There will be harmony and all the republ-
| cans will support the bill which will be re-
| ported to the senate. The senators from the
northwestern states are likely all OF them TO
urge free lumber have good reason to be-
lieve they will accept the caucus conclusion
whatever it may be-
subject of tariff on lumber and
other matters of special interest to the
| northwest occupied by Senator Henderson,
and stated in THE BEE dispatches,
it is understood that Senator Paddock is in
perfect accord with his colleague. There is
| good reason to believe that whatever differ
| ences there may be among republican sem
| ators, respecting the few matters IN debate
at present, they will be fully adjusted in
caucus, and the best obtainable propositions
concerning all the circumstances and the
| diverse interests and complications will be
| secured by caucus action and presented
unanimously to the senate by the republican
senator's.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Elmer S. Dundy, ir., and wife of Omaha,
, are spending few days in the city.
Representative McShane, is at Bar Har-
Dor, Me-, taking few days much needed
| rest.
, The comptroller Of currency Yesterday au-
| | thorzed the First National bank of Gibbon
| to begin business with $50 600 capital. S. H.
| Davis is president and II. Flint, cashier.
BY direction of the secretary OF war First
| Lieutenant Charles +. Mason, assistant sur
| geon recently appointed, will report in per-
son to the commanding officer at Fort Was
| oI.;o vU U for dut at that DOst and IN the