St. Paul daily globe., 1888-09-04

Sey, and at the mouth OF une GfedJ
Wieomieo river, Virginia. The bill for
the admission of Washington territory
was then taken up, but was laid aside
on receipt of the bill which passed the
house this morning for the absolute
EXCLUSION OF THE CHINESE.
Mr.. Stewart asked that the bill be
taken up for immediate action. Agreed
to. Mr.. George said that the bill might
possibly be unjust in excluding Chinese
immigrants, holding certificates. who
might now be within sight of the shores
of the United States He thought the
time should be extended SO as not to eX-
clude those who were on their way and
who were entitled to admission. Mr..
George, who had moved the reference
of the bill to committee, said he would
withdraw his motion, in view OF the op-
position to it by so many senator's.
Mr.. Sherman having given history
of the recently negotiated treaty, said
that it had been the general desire OF
the committee on foreign relations to
have the Chinese government assent by
treaty to the absolute exclusion OF the
Chinese; the committee preferred. to
have it done in that way, rather than
by direct act of congress, not in har-
mony with the treaty. After a pleasant
the treaty had been ratified by the
senate with amendments to make 1T
clear, and which amendments it was
supposed the Chinese minister
would have agreed to. He supposed
from what the newspapers said, that the
rejection of the treaty by the Chinese
government was connected with the
Australian complication. He therefore
hoped the bill would pass, but this was
with the distinct understanding that
the house had passed it with the knowl-
edge that the new treaty had been re-
jected by the Chinese government. Ii
that should prove otherwise, the fault
would not be that of the senate. In re-
ply to question from Mr.. Butler, Mr..
Sherman said that he thought the bill
was
INCONSISTENT WITH THE TREATY;
but as the Chinese government declines
to make the proposed changes we have
the unqueStioned right to pass the pro-
posed bill. Nv. Butler confined to cross
question Mr.. Sherman, asking him If
the bill was violation of the treaty,
Mr.. Sherman replying that it was an
abrOgatiOn or substantial change. MIR.
Butler said that it seemed to him that
this whole Chinese business has been a
matter of political advantage. One
house of congress passes a bill to drive
these poor devils Of Cinnamon into the
Pacific ocean, and the other house comes
up and says: "Yes, we will drive
them still farther into the Pacific ocean,
Notwithstanding the treaty between
the two governments" He said
he would vote for the bill, but that he
was very sorry to be informed by the
senator from Ohio that it was an abro-
CATION of the treaty. Discussion fol-
lowed between Mr.. Mitchell and Mr..
Butler, IN which MIR. Butler said he
stood behind the senator from Ohio in
his position on the bill. If he leads me
astray. he continued, he will be held re-
sponSible and not /. The bill is an
open, tlagrant violation of a treaty be-
tween this government anda government
with which it is on terms of peace and
good will. The Republican senate pro-
poses to see the house play and
GO ONE BETTER.
The PLAN English is that it is viola
MI Mitchell argued that congress had
as much power to repeal treaty as it
had to repeal law. The supreme
court had so held over and over again.
The debate was continued at great
length. Mr.. Gray deprecated the action
of the senate in putting unnecessary
amendments on the treaty which would
have fully accomplished the purpose OF
the pending bill. Mr.. George argued at
length To prove that the Republicans
were responsible for the Burlingame
treaty, and for the rejection of various
measures to restrict Chinese immigra-
ton. Mr.. Mitchell said that Mr. George
was asserting his own ignorance of
what he was talking about. The door
had been opened to Chinese immigra-
ton by the Democratic party of Cali
fornia. The bill went over without
action, and the senate at $40 adjourned.