Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-13
POLITICAL NEWS.
Interesting Topics Debated
in the Senate.
SOUTHERN POLLING TROUBLES
Mitchell Discusses at Length the
Subject of Chinese I'M
migration.
Associated Press dispatches to the HERALD

Senate the resolution offered b
Chandler on January 10th, instruct
ing the Committee on Judiciary t
inquire into the suppression of vote
of colored citizens in Jackson, Miss.
at the recent municipal election il
that city, and into all persons partici
pating in such suppression, by tn
United States District Attorney
Deputy Collector OF Internal Revenu
and Deputy United States Marshal
was taken up and Chandler addresse
the Senate. He detailed at lengtl
the alleged methods that were pun
sued to intimidate the negro voters
and in conclusion said that this ha
all happened in a state which wa
seeking to-day to have an associat
Justice OF the Supreme Court to ali
in passing g'on the validity of tho con
stitutional amendments.
Riddleberger remarked that Their
was no concealment of facts, that tn,
resolution was intended to affect mat
ters that ought to be considered onl,
in executive session, and he gave ou
that as for himself that he would vot'
for the confirmation Of Lamar.
The Mississippi Senators .disclaimet
any intention to assist the proposed
investigation, although they denied
that the facts as stated and questioned
the right OF the Senate to order an.
such investigation. The resolution
was finally adopted by party vote o
20 to "a.
BILLS AND REPORTS.
Senator Vest, from the Committe,
on Commerce, reported bill author
izing the construction of a bridgj
across the Columbia river at Dalles
City, Ogn. Placed on the Calendar
Dawes, from the Committee on In
dian Affairs, reported bill author
izing the appointment OF a Superin-
tendent of Indian Schools. Place(
on the calendar.
Hoar from the Committee on privi
leges and Elections, reported reso
luton to pay Daniel B. Lucas, o
West Virginia, $1,000 in full for all ex
penses and salary as claimed for
seat in the Senate. Referred.
A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
The President sent to the Senat
the nomination of Edward T. Bragg
OF Wisconsin, as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary Of th'
United States to Mexico.
MANDERsoN's MILITARY MEASURE.
From the Committee on Military
Affairs, Senator Manderson reported
favorably the bill introduced by hin
to increase the efficiency of the in
fantry branch of the army. The
number of companies in each regi
ment is increased from ten to twelve
and there are to be three majors il
each regiment instead of one as at pres
ent. All the appointments created
by the act above the grade of secont
lieutenant are to be filled by thu
seniority branch of the service an(
one-half OF the vacancies remaining
in the grade of second lieutenant aitel
military academy graduates are pro
vided for, are to be filled by promo
ton from the ranks. The number o
enlisted men in the army is increased
by 250.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Mitchell then addressed the Senate
on his Chinese bill. He described
the Chinese as menacing the occupa
tion OF this country as the locusts
occupied Egypt. He spoke of then
as having established within the
United States, in violation of funda.
mental laws, in defiance of municipa
regulations, in direct antagonism tc
justice, order and decency, a system
of human bondage more degrading
more polluting and more destructive
morally, socially, politically and
physically, than ever existed in tn,
African slavery in its palmiest days
The Chinese were gradually pos
sessing themselves of this country
bringing with them their system o
laws, their imperial customs, thei
own peculiar views and their own
PAGAN INSTITUTIONS.
They had already established in thi
country an emporium. With then
perjury is q crowning virtue, while
hypocrisy, deception and fraud are in
struments of constant employment
and yet people were told from year t.
year in Congress and elsewhere tha
they were powerless to put an end t.
the prodigious evil, because it woult
be necessary to modify the treaty will
the Chinese. Rather than submit t,
the Oriental pestilepce, would it no
be better that every line OF the treat,
stipulation with the Chinese Empir
which obstructed its prevention
shoul be swept away?
STATISTICAL SHOWING.
In the City of New York ther
were 2175 Chinese laundries, to sa,
nothing OF the innumerable opium
Joints, gambling hells and othe
sinks of vice and iniquity. Their
were nearly as many in the City o
Brookly, and the Chinese took from
those two cities at least 81 ,000,00'
annually. There were between
$50, 900 and 100000 Chinese in tn,
United States; probably 100000 be,
ing in the State of California, an(
hundreds Of thousands more wonlt
come by the way Of Canada or th'
Canadian Pacific line OF steamers ant
railroad They would flow in like
water from sieve. Against such al
invasion what would the Fedora
Courts amount to. The voice of tn
people of the Pacific Coast, irrespeo
tive of party, creeds or sex wa
unanimously in favor of the absolut
exclusion OF Chinese immigration. bu
that voice has been in a great measur
stihed and repressed in Congress
There was but one opinion on tn
Pacific coast in relation to this mat
ter, and that was that the real remed
for s%sae evil was the one proposed i
the bill which he had introduced. ]
was the absolute duty Of the Unite
States to strike down at once and fol
ever every barrier il the existin