The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-26
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Special Dispatch 10 Tho Appeal.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-Thc following Is
the record Of Gen Harrison on the Chinese
question while he was In the Senate, and
Callfornians hercsay that II Is sufficiently
damning 10 makaespry man on the Pacific
slope vote against him: On the 9th OF March,
iss2, the Senate pa-sd bIil TO execute GER
tain treaty stipulhtJns with the Chinese.
which afterwards passed The House and was
vetoed by PrcsIdsmt Arthur April 4. isss,
This bill provided that tho coming Of Chi
nesc iaborc- 10 the United States should
be suspended for twenty years. The
principal ground OF the veto was
that the period was too long. While
the bill was being considered In The Senate
Massachusetts as follows THAT this bill
shall not apply 10 any skilled laborcr who
shall establish that h. comes 10 this country
without any contract by which his labor Il
the property Of any person other than him
self" for which amendment Mr.. Harrison
voted. Congressional Record, volume so,
page i,Ii0.l
Mr.. Harrison also voted for the following
Amendment
shall receive certificate from the United
States consul at the port where he shall en-
bark. that he II an artisan coming 20 this
country nc his own expense and Of his own
| free will, aud Inns established such fact 10
| the satisfaction OF such consul shall not be
affected by this bill Congressional Rec
ord, volume 50, page l7i7.)
Both Of these amendments were defeated
by Democratic votes, with the aid OF three
OF four Republicans April 4, iss2.
The question being TAKEN ON the passage
Of the bill over the yrto, Mr.. Harrison voted
"no. "-(Conpcuionhl Record, page 2.0i7,
volume So. The vote was Yeas ~, nays,
| ~ not two-thlrds In its favor, and
the bin was Dictated. After the
| failure 10 pass tho bill over tho veto,
another bill Of the same title, differ.
Ing In some rNpects from the first,
was passed by both lDu-es. The latter bill
suspended Chinese bmmigniion for ten
years, instead OF twenty, which the President
under consideration, Aprii ~ 1852, senator
Harrison voted for striking out the follow.
/ Ing clause Of the bill. section ~. That the
words Chinese laborcrs whenever used In
this act shall be construed 70 mean both
skilled and unskillcd laboros and Chinese
employed In mining" Congressional Rec
ord, volume 81, pagc 3ilO-ii.I
senator Harrison alsn voted 10 strike out
from section II u The act the following
words Hereafter no state court or court OF
the United States shall admit Chinese 10
citizenship, aud all laws in conflict with this
act arc hereby repealed" Congressional
Record. volume 81. pafo Bii.l
senator Harrison. the Republican nominee,
ON the 2sth of April. 1854 Congressional
Record, volume N. par Jtl3.l voted against
tho passage Of the hill 10 execute treaty
stipnlations with Chine. This bill made Il
unlawful 20 MOI or perIs.t 10 bc
landed any Chikcs laborcu In the
H. provisions and brn Ting the vessel 20 the
United States. Tn oil also prohibited all
courts from adnd,dhg Chinese 10 citizen
ship. This bill lst>tbc law May Ia 1852.
statutes at largeysolumo twenty-five. page
hfty-eight) ~