Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-07
1t Holds tlzo Senate, to the Exclusion OF
Other Matters.


WAsHnssToE, September 6.h.-DETing
his speech on the Chinese bill this after
noon Senator Sherman said he had iFform-
alton frem undoubted sources-not from
the President or Secretary OF State-that
the probability was that the Chinese Gov
ernment had not refused to ratify the
treaty. lie was informed that the Chinese
Legation had information on the subject,
and that the President had none. When
the DILL came over from the House he ha&
asglm ed, as a matter of course, that the
House had passed il on information that
came from the Executive. The Senate had
no information aboUt it. The Senate only
knew that the House had suspended its
business IL order TO press the bill on the
motion of q gentleman who was supposed
to be in the favor of the Executive With
out such information Senators should not
rush wildly, | ke q flock of frightened part
ridges, into the passage of the bill. II it
should turn opt-as he believed it would
that the Chinese Government had not re-
lected the treaty, hasty passage of the bill
would be unbecoming to the American
Senate, for he had no right to criticise any
other body. He thought the Senate bound
by the common courtesy between nations,
as between individuals, to await the action
of the Chinese Government on this subject.
No answer had been received to the res
olution yesterday, calling on the President
Tor statement, but an answer would un-
doubtedly come to-day in the ordinary
course. If it should appear, as he believed
1t would appear, that no information had
been received, that, in point of fact, the
Chinese Minister was now on his way from
Peru, probably with the ratification of the
treaty, or at any rate with some explana-
ton about it; aud if the Senate should
hurriedly pass the bill it would be sur
prise to the whole country and TO the
whole civilized world. II the treaty were
not rejected, there would b. ample time to
pass the bill. He asked that by unan-
imous consent the bill might be informally
laid aside
Stewart objected.
Plat said he should vote for the bill, but
under protest. He did not Ike TIE way 1t
came before Congress. Why such hot haste
to override the Act now awaiting the Pres
dents signature, and pass 2 bill which, IN
| der the circumstances, would be a direct
insnlt 70 nation with which the United
States desired 10 Continue friendly COM
mefcial relations? Was it a vote-catching
| performauce2 Had it come to this, that a
! high public Office had been pros;ituted
for Democratic electioneeripg purposes? II
not, what other reason existed for thrust
ing this bill on the attention of Congress in
such an untimely way? If vote was
forced upon the Senate now be would vote
for the bill. because he was not going to
act on the assumption that the penGing bill
was an electioneering dodge.
Morgan questioned the sincerity Of the
Pacific slope Senators as TO the exclusion of
Cinnamon, and remarked that the senti-
ment for their exclusion was far from uni
yersal.
This statement was challenged by
Mitchell, who said, somewhat excitedly,
| that there was not one word of truth in it
| from beginning to end.
| Morgan repeated that the plutocracv of
the Pacific slope was in favor of retaining
Chinese laborers.
Mitchell remarked that the question had
been submitted TO o vote of the people OF
| California q few years ago, and he asked
! whether the Senator from Alabama would
have the candor and honor to state to the
! Senate the result of that vote.
Morgan retorted in an indignant manner
that the word honesty" was q word which
| the Senator from Oregon ought not to use
with so much fippancy. On the point OF
honesty he (Morgau) had as good record
as the Senator from Oregon.
Mitchell explained that he meant "politi-
cal honesty"
not be trusted with my pocket book / do
not make such distinction, and never
have made it.''
Mitchell-"The Senator may make his
own application"
The debate being closed, the Senate pro-
ceeded TO vote on the passage of the bill.
The vote wss unanimous-ayes 80, noes
! none.
There being no quorum voting, there was
a call OF The Senate, when 80 Senators
exactly quOTum-ansNered
| HOar aafS he haI haa,7 ,,voso,,t ~, ~.
vote was taken yesterday and to-day. but
| had refrained from voting fer reasons stated
| by the Senator from Ohio SHERMAN Sher-
man had also withheld his vote on both
occasions.
1t wss agreed by unanimous consent that
q vote will he taken tomorrow et l O'Clock,
and then the Senate adjourned.