Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-21

presence of the pagan laborer at his side
In conclusion, he earnestly advocated the
passage of the pending measure.
Mckenna of California replying to the
speech of Bynum last Saturday. ridiculed
its manner of delivery, and remarked upon
the fact that the speech had been printed
at the Government Printing Office and
copies given to the New York papers, in
order that its poison might be fastened
into the channels of circulation. This
year Indiana could defy its surreptitious
poison, or any poison like it. The pending
treaty was the best which the present Ad-
minis'ration c3uld or would obtain. 1t
did not meet the situation, bu. 1t was the
best the present Administration cOlld do.
His colleague (MorroT) had asked for the
immediate consideration Of the Chinese
bill as soon az i came from the Sen
ate, but o5iec'ioa had been made by
Demccfats and Il nae; 5ten manepvered inio
the Committee CA FJfeign sAff4irs. He
would moi sag ihis maneuveFing was in
dulged III il o-ler lat the Democrats
might have a ch2nre D attack General Har-
Tison. I was $ ,jifia1nt thar no member
OF the ComnliH2e of Foreign Affairs bad
made at;acis Ma, .thp members Of that
conmi tee nad ussu 100 dign;fed aud Jar
to do 50. The gentleman from Indiana
had dashed forward 10 the c0ngenial task
in the service Of his party. He was
fellow citizen Of General Harri-
son, but that had not deferred him.
The distress of the Democratic
party could not await the amenities of life.
Things must be getting awfully rushed
in Indiana. Laughter 1t must have
been dire necessity which had impelled the
gentleman from Indians to his disagreeable
office. The gentleman had been looking
up records. The Democratic party was ad-
dlcted 20 fondliug corpses. The only life it
likes was life that infested a dead thing
The only light it shone by was the light of
decay and putrescence. The Democratic
party should be the last to recall records
No party had claimed or received the
charity OF forgetfulness and forgiveness aa
had the Democratic party. The gentleman
from Indiana need not worry about the rec
ord of General Harrison, and he might be
assured that the people were concerned not
in what General Harrison had been, but in
what he is and would be-not in what the
Democratic party had been, but in what i
is and would be, and they could not be
juggled for that concern by any artful poll
cies, or artfui politics. or artful politicians.
He then proceeded to criticise the Demo-
cratic majority in the House in the Forty
ninth Congress for its lack of action upon
ness during the present session. The Ad-
ministration was also open to criticism for
its delay. For three years Secretary
Bayard had not given sign of
action There was not sound
except the sound of revelry and music at
the residence of the Chinese Minister, with
the Democratic Secretary of State in at
tendance. The Democratic party would
have to swallow its whole encyclopedia of
bad policy to vote for the pending bill In
conclusion he eulogized the protective sys-
tenn, declaring that General Harrison was
its chieftain, and predicting that he would
be the next President of the country
Thompson of California advocated the
bill in speech in which he pictured the
evils which afflicted the Pacific Coast by
reason of the immigration of Chinese. He
criticised the Republican party for the
lukewarm manner in which it dealt with
the Chinese question, and gave great credit
to the President and Secretary Bayard for
their successful efforts in securing a treaty
which would prevent the immigration of
Mongols to the shores of the United
States.
Vandever of California also depicted the
evils which resulted from Chinese immi-
grafton, 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
Chinese than the gentleman from Indiana
(Bynum), or any member of the party to
which that gentleman belonged.
Herman of Oregon referred, as evidence
of the intense interest which the people
feel in the question of Chinese immigra-
ton, to the fact that, for the first time
probably in the history of the Government,
law was to be passed to carry out the pre-
visions of a treaty before the treaty itself
was consummated.
Dingley of Maine denied that the Re-
publican party favored the importation of
cheap labor.
A reference by him to the tariff issue
called forth a retort from Mcmillan of
Tennessee, and after quite discussion be-
tween them on the tariff and Chinese,
Cannon of Illinois secured the floor. He
referred to the passage in 1864 of bill to
encourage immigration, and its repeal by
subsequent Congress, when the repeal bill
passed the House unanimously and re-
ceived only eight dissenting votes, all of
which were cast by Democrats. In the
Senate among those voting in favor of its
repeal had been General Harrison, and
yet, men-after stepping their tongues in
gall-had got up and denounced General
Harrison and criticised his record on the
subject of immigration.
Creary of Kentucky closed the debate
with defense of the Committee on For
eign Affairs from the charge of dilatoriness,
and the bill was then passed without
division, and with the amendment pro-
viding that the repeating clause shall go
into effect only upon the ratification of the
pending treaty.
Adjourned.
NOT SQ FNORMnuS