The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-19

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1t was true that General HARRISON
he considered them in violation of
treaty stipulations but with due re-
gard for General Harrison such erpost
fdc'0 statements made when there were
visions of the White House, however
dim and remote, floating around must
be taken cam graTO sails. On the other
hand Mr.. Thurman had declared him
self in the Senate in favor of the restric-
ton of Chinese immigration or even its
absolute prohibition. The secret of the
opposition of General Harrison and his
party associates to the Chinese bill
which had been vetoed by Presider
Arthur was that Chinese labor was
cheup and profitable and contractors,
manufacturers and mine owners who
had always controlled the Republican
party, wanted it. 1t was not because
General Harrison and his associates be-
lieved the bill violation of the exist
ing treaty that they opposed it, but
because they believed Chinese labor
should have the right to come to this
country not only to labor but to vote,
to hold Office and govern as we'll as be
governed. General Harrison now
said as further excuse that he
did not understand the fq1es-
ton at the time, but that he
had since learned all about it and was
all right now. Of all subterfuges, this
was the shallowest. During the cam
paign General Harrison might declare
from the stump that the standard Of
labor must be maintained, but noboC y
could find that during the Chinese d, =
bate he had ever spoken word of sym
patty for the Wage-Workers of Amer
lea. Coming down to the consid ration
of the pending bill, he advocated is
passage, criticized the Senate for haV-
ing amended the treaty and declared if
the House had passed the bill as it
came from the Senate the country
would have been left without any law
on the subject.
Dingley, of Maine, inquired how il
was that the Democratic party had not
acted upon the question OF Chinese i'm
migration when it had control of both
houses of Congress during the Forty
Sixth Congress.
Bynum replied that he had not inves-
tigated the record. Sarcastic laughter
On the Republican side.) The question
had not been brought up by any Repre-
sentative of the Pacific slope during
that Congress.
Dingley replied that it hsd been
Page, of California, intro iuced bill
upon the subject but the bill had never
been acted upon by Ell her the House or
Senate.
Cannon, of Illinois. said the treaty
with China negotiated by EVarts as
Secretary of State was confirmed in the
fall of 1880, when the Democratic Con
gress was in existence. The evasion of
that treaty arose from the fact that
from the date of the ratification of the
treaty until March 1882 there had been
no legislation to carry out its pro-
visions. The Democratic Congress had
never attempted to write any legisla-
ton on the statute books to enforce the
treaty.
Felton,, of California, said the facts
would not admit of the Chinese question
being made party question. The
people of the Pacific Coast, regardless
of party, opposed the coming of Chi
nese. That people had knocked at the
door OF the Senate for years asking for
relief without receiving a response, the
reason being that the people of the east
had not been educated up 10 the ques-
ton He did not believe there would
be o dissenting vote upon the pending
bill, because the people had knowledge
upon che Chinese question which they
never had before. He favored the bill,
though in his opinion il did not go far
enough, and but for the delay III the
passage, he would decidedly amend it.
DEFENDING HARRIsoN's RECORD.
Owen, OF Indiana, replied to what he
termed special address to the voters of
Indiana made by his colleague, and de-
MED the charges made by that gentle
man as to the record of the Republican
party and its standard bearer, General
Harrison, upon the Chinese question.
In reply to one of Bynum's charges to
the effect that in 1880 several of the
Chinese had been nsturalized in
Indianapolis and had voted the Repub-
licen ticket, presumably with the knowl.
edge of General Harrison, he read a
telegram just received from General
Harrison's law partner denying that
he had ever heard of such q thing.
that General Harrison had read before
advocated free and unrestricte i'm
migration of the Chinese. He said
Gen raj Harrison, over his own sigma
rure. had denied having done any such
thing. His colleague, in closing his
speech, said that every Democrat could
cast his vote for the bill without sWal-
lowing his words or stultifying his
record. In reply to that. he would call
attention to Dingley's statement, that
during the Forty Sixth Congress which
was Democratic in both branches, the
Democratic party had taken no action
upon the Chinese question. The gentle
mans speech sought to impress the
public mind with the thought that the
Republican PARTY was in favor of the
impor alton of Chinese labor because it
was cheap and pauper LABOR. The party
that was born out of the greatest moral
necessities. which had saved the great
est and grandest nation the sun ever
shone upon. which had given liberty to
4 900 000 slaves which passed the home
stead act that gave to the poor
man a home in the west, WIFI b
built up the protective system in this
country until he wage-Workers in the
land were the best paid and best housed
ind most intelligent and prosperous
ct any wage wo. kers in the world. w 8
noL party in favor of the importation
of Chinese or any other sort of rauper
labor The gentleman bad charged
that General Harrison has voted
AGAINST eyerV bill to restrict or &C ntrol