Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-20
THE TALK OF THE TINE
IN UNCLE SANS NICK OF WOODS
IS MOSTLY POLITICS.
The House Takes Il Turn at Gen. Harri-
Bible to Band of "Drummers -
Mills and Vance Talk Tariff Reform
Another Joint Discussion Proposed.

h'"'e I" "'"u Vi pr"'h'hers
MINIS ana vance Talk Tarih Reform
Another Joint Discussion Proposed.
''i' aug NV" ing
'"o VI ."o 'ei'ti'o INC lo''se 'oauui'iay
iiai u"uei '"hsrtci att"ii tue questioh as TO
INC poNA'''n u "et' iiei ia'" oli 'ie ohiiieSe
quss'i''' at ieas' '"o VI lhe 'neiioers from
i''"9 IL t''e suoJeV' vi 'ile'i REMARKS
by mum Vi ihuiaiii, III advocating the pas
sage vi ti'e OH To give erect 10 the new Uni
nese treaty, criticised the Republican party
ior us ial,ure III years past 10 stop the I'M
po''a''on vi CONTRACT iaoor. mat party had
favored 'he opening oil the doors TO cheap
iaoor' nat wanted Them closed on cheap
so"'S' more IMAM TINS the hepuhilcan can
diia'e lof Tue presidency had voted against
uli'N 70 IeS'iic' UT suspend 'hlfleSe linnilgra-
ti'l' II WIS true thht Ten harrison hhu
aecihred lhat he hau opposed the Oils be
cause lie hal considered them in violation OF
treaty Shpniatons; but, with due regard
Tor ten Harrison he would say that such
eN-pSt lact" statements made when there
were VISIONS 90 white houses, however dlIn
anu remote h'atlhE arouhh, must ne taken
cum Grano Hahs 1t was not because Ten.
Harrison and his associates believed the bill
|" he a violation OF tXiSting treaty, that they
opposed, tut because they believed the
CHINESE lahorrr should have the right to
conc to tins country not only to labor but to
vote 10 ho'd Once ana 10 govern as well rs
TO TIE governed tten. Harrison now said, IS
Il ioithei excuse, mat lie ana not understand
The question at the time, but that he had
since learned all about 1t and was all right
now. vi all suhtertuges this was the shall
lowest turing the campaign ten harri-
FiSoh III lght declare from the stump mat the
standard OF labor must De maintained, nut
nobody could ma that during the Chinese
debate IN the senate he had ever spoken
word oil sympathy Tor Inc "age-worker OF
America
Cannon of Illinois said that the treaty
with China, negotiated by MIR Evarts as sec
Rotary of state, was CONFIRMED IN the fall of
leN'l, when Democratic congress was IN eX'
istence- Inc evasion OF that treaey arose
from the TACT that from the date oil the rat
ihcatIon OF the treaty IN 1850 until March,
1889, there had been no legislation TO carry
out It's provisions. The Demacratic congress-
had never attempted TO write any legislation
on the statute books To enforce the treaty.
Bynum said that he was not here TO re,
spond to what had not been done by the
Democrats, but to what had been done by
the Republicans
Owen of Indiana replied to what he char.
acterl2ed rs a special address to the voters of
Indiana made by his colleague. In reply to
one of Bynum's charges to the effect that i'll
1880 several Cinnamon had been naturalized in
Indianapolis and had voted the Reput lican
ticket, presumably with the knowledge OF
Gen. Harrison, he read a telegram just re-
celved from Gen. Harrlson'S law partner de
nying that he had ever heard of such {
thing. In regard to another charge that
ten. Harrison had read before literary so
ciety paper in which he advocated thu. free
and unrestricted immigration of the Chinese
lie saiu 'hat zen harrison over ms own sig
na'ure h9u denied having zone such IhIhs
MS colleague IN closing his speech with
nourish OF tongue and waving ot hand pc
cullHr 10 Hoosier orator, had said thai