Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-04
THE CAPITAL.
THE PRESIDENTS LATEST POLIT-
ICAL COUP D'ETAT.
He Heads or the Republicans by a
Hastily-hatched Chinese Bill
Its Chief Points.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE EsooRD-Us1oN.l
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON September Sd. - Senator
Vest introduced a resolution to authorize
the Committee Old Civil Service Reform 10
inquire whether employees of the United
States Senate are engaged in compiling
Republican campaign documents and sell
ing the same. Mr.. Vest took this action
because the Assistant Librarian of the
Senate, Mckee, has published book on
protection which Mr. Vest regards as a
campaign document directed against the
Democrats. He said Mr.. Mckee was not
| hired by the Senate to prepare campaign
literature.
Senator Cullom regarded Mr.. Mckee as a
diligent officer of the Senate, and he said
| it was no business of the Senate how he
| shclld devote his after hours. He had
| the Clerk read editorials from Democratic
Chicago papers denouncing the policy of
the Democratic Postmaster there in exact
ing campaign contributions from his en-
ployes, and whom Senator Vest has under
taken to defend.
Senator Plumb objected to the snivelipg
hypocrisy of the Democratic party, which
| has pretended one thing and done another.
In regard to this Mckee matter, he said
Commissioner Stockslager had published
a campaign document over his official sig
nature, and at the public expense, too, and
| this was not uncommon.
The resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Civil Service Reform.
In the afternoon consideration of the bill
to admit Washington Territory was tenn
porarily laid aside and Senator Stewart
called up Scott's Chinese bill, which passed
| the House this morning, for immediate
consideration.
Senator George thought the bill should
| be referred to the Foreign Relations Com
mittee before it vas discussed in the Sen
| ate.
There was considerable discussion on the
subject, but the bill was finally taken up.
Senator Teller expressed qualification at
the rejection of the treaty, because it ena-
bled absolute restriction to be enforced.
Sherman said that he knew OF no au-
| thentic information as to the rejection OF
| the treaty by China, but he had no doubt
that the House, in passing this bill, did SO
on information which the Senate had not
received, and he therefore hoped the Sen
ate would pass the bill with expedition
Senator Butler asked if the bill should
become law, would it not violate existing
treaties with China?
In reply Senator Sherman said it would
| be an abrogation of the existing treaty.
Butler did not think bill was the proper
method to abrogate treaty, and thought it
wrong for the Senate to acquiesce in the re-
| peated efforts of the House " to drive these
poor devils into the Pacific ocean, in spite
of existing treaties In continuation, he
said that although he would vote for the
bill, ne knew that Congress should moi
undertake such step.
Senator Mitchell suggested the Senator
| from South Carolina was taking peculiar
course in voting for what he considered to
| be wrong.
! Butler answered that in so doing be fol-
| lowed in the steps of his distinguished
| friend from Oregon.
Senator Mitchell said he would like to
know exactly where Senator Butler stood
on this question.
- stand just behind Senator Mitchell, y
| said Butler.
Senator Mitchell did not think the treaty
which would be abrogated should have
received the appreciation of the American
| people.
Butler said that if it was not on the eve oil
election and both parties were trying to gel
the vote of the Pacific slope the bill would
never be passed by the Senate.
Senator Gray regarded the bill as fal
from being partisan measure. but one in.
tended to protect the vital interest of the
country. But he thought that the Senate
amendments which were appended to the
treaty added nothing to its positive force
and caused its rejection by the Chinese
| Government.
Senator Stewart was delighted with the
action of the House in the passage of this
measure. He said 1t meant the shutting o.
the doors against Chinese laborers, and he
believed they would never be opened &c
| them again.
Senator Dolph said thar the treaty haG
not yet gone into the hands of the Emperor
of China, but was in what is called the
Treaty Bureiu. The resident Minister, he
said had agreed to the Senate amend
men,s, and be believed the rejection was a
the instance of outside Influences, es
pecially as the dispatch announcing The
rejection came from London
After some remarks by Vest, Senator
George declared that the doors which the
Republicans had been crying so loudly tC
be closed were opened by themselves
Senator Mitchell refuted Georges Who'll,
argument, and showed conelusively that il
the early days of California, when it wa'
controlled by the Democrats, Chinamer
were permitted to swarm into the country
The Democrats even tried TO pass laws t
permit the making of contracts with for
eign labor, which were barely defeated
Before the Burlingame treaty was mad,
141 900 Cinnamon came into California, an(
this under Democratic domination. Thi
showed who opened the doors.
Without disposing of the matter, tn
Senate at $50 adjourned.