Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-19
the bill TO be violation Of an
existing treaty that they opposed

ID b1t because they believed
that the Chinese laborer should have the
right 10 come to this country not only to
labor, but TO vote, TO hold Office, ana 70
govern as well rs to be governed. Cen
eral Harrison now said, as further ex-
cuse. that he did not understand the
question AZ the time. but that he baa
since learned All about il and was all
right now. OF all subteriuges this was
the shsllowsst. During the campaign
General Harrison might declare from
the stump that the standard OF labor
must DO maintained, but nobody conid
find that during tho Chinese debate IN
the Senate he had ever spoken a word OF
sympathy for the wage-worker OF Ameri-
can birth.
Dir. Owen replied 10 what he
characterized as the special address 10
the voters OF Indiana made by his
colleague, and denied the charges
made by that gentleman as TO the record
of the Republican party and its standard
bearer, General Harrison, upon the
Chinese question. In reply to one OF
Mr.. Bynums charges to the effect that
in 1890 several Cinnamon bad been natn.
rallied in Indianapolis and had voted
the Republican ticket, presumably with
the sanction of General Harrison, he
read telegram from Harrison's law
partner, denying that he had ever heard
of such thing. in regard TO another
charge that General Harrison bad read
before literary society paper In when
lie advocated free and unrestricted immi-
grafton of the Chinese, ne said
that General Harrison. over his
own signature, had denied having
done any such thing. His colleague,
in closing his speech with flourish OF
the tongue and q waving of tho hand
peculiar to the Hoosier orator, had said
that every Democrat could cast bis vote
for this bill without swallowing his
words or stultifying his record. In re-
ply to that he would call attention to
Mr.. Dingley's statement that during tho
Forty sixth Congress, which was Demo
cratic in both branches. the Democratic
party had taken no action upon the Chi
neso question. The gentleman's speech
sought to impress the public mind with
the thought that the Republican party
was in favor OF the importation OF
Chinese labor because 1t was
cheap and pauper labor. The
party that was born out Of certain
great moral necessities which bad
saved the greatest and grandest nation
that the sun had ever shone upon which
had given liberty to four million slaves
which had passed the homestead act that
gave to the poor man home IN the
W5st which mad built up the protective
system in this country until the wage
workers in The land were the best pald,
best fed, and the best housed, and The
most intelligent and most prosperous Of
any wage-worker in tho world, was not
the party in favor Of the importation Of
Chinese orany other sort Of pauper labor.
The gentleman had charged that Gene
raj Harrison had voted against every bill
10 restrict or control Chinese immigra-
ton. He denied that charge. General
Harrison had opposed the Chinese bill,
but the basis OF bis opposition had been
that it was in violation Of treaty obhga-
tons. While General Harrison bad
taken that position end stood by it man
fully, he had not indicated 10y any
act or wora that be wss IN favor
Of Chinese immigration. Harrison had
said that he stood for the honor Of
his Government, AMI that the treaty
should DO enforced in letter and in spirit
until by proper action it should he abro-
gated. In that position Harrison bad
shown himself 80 broad in his statesman
ship 80 true to real American interests,
60 straightforward and consistent in his
course that when at Chicago the people
Of the Pacific Coast could not get their
frat choice, that graudest leader OF
America-James G. blaine--they gave
their votes solidly to Benjamin Harri-
son. and said thathis record was squarely
for the interests of America. On the
Chinese question he said General Harri-
son was not in favor Of Chinese immiera-
ton. but against it but he was IN favor
Of maintaining the Governments honor.
The life, utterances. and the whole char
acter of Benlawin Harrison was in favor
Of that which was called instinctively the
American idea. Applause on the Re
publican side Pending further debate
the House, at - O'Clock, adjourned.