Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-21

and Secretary Bayard for their success
full efforts in securing a treaty which
would prevent the immigration of the
Mongols to the shores of the United
States.
Vandever, of California, also denicted
the evils which resulted from Chinese
immigration, and the necessity which
existed for its prohibition, and defended
General Harrison from the charge of
entertaining pro-Chinese sentiments.
General Harrison was more opposed
to the immigration of Chi
nese than the gentleman from
Indiana, Mr.. Bynum, or any member of
tho party to which the gentleman be-
longed.
Hermann, of Oregon, referred as evil
dence of the intense interest which the
people felt in the question of Chinese
immigration, to the fact that for the first
time probably in the history of the Gov
ernment, law was to be passed to carry
into effect the provisions of a treaty be-
fore the treaty itself was consummated.
Dingley, of Maine, denied that the Re,
publican party favored the importation
OF cheap labor. A reference bv him to
the tariff issue called forth retort from
Mcmillan, of Tennessee. After quite a
discussion between them on Tariff and
Chinese, Cannon, of Illinois, scared the
floor. He referred to the passage in
1864 OF a bill to encourage immigration.
and its repeal by subsequent Congress.
when the repeal bill passed the House
unanimously and received only eight dis
senting votes, all OF which were cast bv
Dem ocrats in the Senate; among those
Senators voting in favor of it's repeal had
been General Harrison, and yet men,
after sleeping their tongues in gall, had
got up and denounced General Harrison
and criticised his record on the subject of
immigration.
Bynum said the gentleman from Cali
fornia (McKenna) had admitted that
General Harrison's record had been
wrong, bat, like Saul of Tarsus, he had
been converted. The gentleman from
Maine (Dingley) had criticised the Forty
sixth Congress for not acting upon the
Chinese question. If the gentleman had
examined the records he would have
found that in that Congress a resolution
was adopted calling upon the Republican
administration to negotiate and amend
the treaty with China. In the Forty
fourth Congress such resolution had
been adopted and had died in the Sen.
ate. In the Forty sixth Congress Willis,
OF Kentucky, had reported resolution
calling attention to the fact that the Re-
publican administration had refused to
take any part or steps in the matter, and
before breakfast the next morning Evarts
was at Willis room, begging him not to
push the resolution. It was not until
after that time that the Administration
took steps to appoint commission. A
treaty was negotiated in 1880. but it was
not promulgated by the President until
1881. If the gentleman from Maine
wanted to know why it was that bills
were notintroduced during the Forty sixth
Congress, he would reply that it was
because Hayes vetoed the act of 1879
and had remained in the Presidential
chair until 1881. The gentleman from
Illinois, Cannon, had attempted to de-
fend General Harrison's record. The
gentleman would have to defend his own.
In the Forty sixth Congress, when a res
olution was before the House to enforce
the eight'hour law, the gentleman from
Illinois had opposed it, and upon his mo-
ton It had been tabled, and such me men M as
Reed, Mckinley and Morton had vote d
to table it.
"Levi Pr" inquired a member.
YES" replied Bynum, "Levi p"
McCreary, of Kentucky, closed the de-
bate with a defense of the Committee on
Foreign affairs from the charge of dilato-
riness, and the bill was then passed
without division, with an amendent pro.
viding that the repeating clause shall 90
into effect only upon the ratification of
the pending treaty. Adjourned.