Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-30
HIS CHINESE VOTES.
THE THORN IN THB SIDE OF Mr.. HARRI.
son, OF INDIANA.
VAN Attsnpts TO Explain Away DamniDg Record
The Republican Candidate for President
Proven 10 Be Friend Of Chi
ness Cheap Labor.

WASHINGTON, June T.-Herculean ef-
forts are made by some of General Harri-
sons Republican friends to explain away
his damsging record on the Chinese ques-
tion.
Senator Mitchell, Of Oregon, is one of
them. He was interviewed in local pa
per here to-day on the subject, and stated
that General Harrison's position was taken
on entirely constitutional grounds. Speak
ing of this to-day, Speaker Carlisle said
that this was an entirely new explanation.
There was no question of constitution
ality involved" said he. General Harri-
son, who is lawyer, ought to have known
that The question involved an abroga-
tion of a part of treaty. But Congress
has the power to make laws to govern this
country, and if its legislation is opposed to
treaty, it rests with the Government OF
the United States to explain to the other
party to the treaty-the foreign power
why the action was taken.
IAN attempt has also been made to show
that General Harrison, in voting as he did,
on the Chinese question, was in perfect ac-
cord with President Arthur, because the
latter vetoed the bill against parts Of which
Mr.. Harrison voted {; but MIR. Harrison
afterward voted against the bill which was
signed by President Arthur, showing that
the two were not on the same plane at all"
CANNOT BE EXPLAINED.
Mr.. Thompson, Of California, said that
the Chinese record of General Harrison
could not possibly he explained to the sat
isfaction of the people on the Pacific coast.
He said that he had looked into the mat
ter carefully, and found the whole record
antagonistic to the spirit and interests of
the white civilization prevailing there.
'lf General Harrison's views as lawyer
induced him to vote to extend suffrage to
the Chinese" he said, che cannot, as a
Presidential candidate, escape the respon-
sibility of that vote"
Speaking of the dispatch indicating the
necessity the Republicans would renognize
by sending Mr.. Blaine to the Pacific coast
to canvass in the interest of the Republi-
can ticket, Mr. Thompson said it would
be the policy of the Democrats to offset
this by having Judge Thurman visit the
coast.
"Judge Thurnan against Mr.. Blaine on
the Pacific coast" he said, will convince
the country that the influence of the man
from Maine has it's limitations with our
people. California, in my judgment, is as
safe for the Democratic ticket as is the
State Of New York"
General Weaver, of Iowa, who repre-
sents constituency largely made mp OF
labOring men, and has their unqualified
support in his representative capacity
here, said to-day:
'Mr. Harrison will prove to be
A VERY OBNOXIOUS CANDIDATE
among the independent, auti-monopoly
and labor element of the country. He
has been very offensive in language and
attitude to the advocates of financial re-
form. He is on record, in his own State,
declaring that the Greenbackers were luna
tics and fanatics and ought to be in asy-
lums, and that any man who believed that
the Government of the United States
could create money by fiat OF the law was
"a id fool He has been very hostile
toward striking laboring men, and an
reliably informed that, ON the occasion OF
a strike 10 his own State, he besought
the Governor to call out troops TO
suppress the strikers, who had COM
mitted no breach of the peace, and declared
that if he were Governor he would force
them to go to work or shoot them down
on the spot. He is the choice Of Mr.. De-
pew for President, and is a prominent
railroad attorney. Such a candidate is
not likely to find much support among
the laboring men and farmers in the coun--
try"
1t is understood that there is already on
foot a movement among the labor organiza-
tions OF the country to oppose Gen. Harri-
sons candidacy.