The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-26
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SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-The senat,
closed its doors at 1890 and proceeded
to the formal consideration of tn,
Fuller case. A senator expressed thu
opinion that it win be disposed of il
two hours. at o'clock the upper lob
bies and committee rooms were cleared
and the occupants driven down stairs
The vote remains under the injunc-
tion of secrecy, but is understood to be
as follows in detail:
Yeas-Bate, B eek, Berry, Black
burn, BIodget, Brown, Butler, Cameron.
CockrelI, Coke, Cullom, Daniel, Davis,
Farwell, Faulkner, Frye, George, Glib
son. German, Gray, Hall. Hampton,
Hearst, Jones, tof Arkansas,) Jones.
(of Nevada,l Mcpherson, Mitchell,
Morgan, PascO, Payne, Pugh, Quay,
Ransom, Reagan, Riddleberger. Turpie.
son, (of Maryland, al.
Nays-BIair, Bowen. Chandler, Dawes
Dolph. Edmunds, Evarts, Hawley,
Hoar, Ingalls,, Henderson, Palmer.
Platt, Holm, Sawyer Sherman, Stewart
StOckbridge, Teller Wilson (of Iowa. 20.
Paired in the affirmative Call, Col
quit, Eustis, Harris, Kenna, Plumb,
Salisbury.
Paired in the negative-Aldr'ch, Al
lison, Chase, Hiscock, Morrill,, Pad
dock, Stamford.
Absent and not paired-Spocner
After the doors were opened Sher-
man gave notice that he would ask the
senate to resume the consideration of
the fisheries treaty tomorrow.
Chandler thereupOn offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was laid over:
Resolved, That the power to make
treaties and to appoint all high public
officers of the United States being vest
ed in the president and senate jointly,
the president has no right under his
implied power OF making preliminary
negotiations of treaties to appoint
without the concurrence of the senate,
private citizens as plenipotentiarieS to
make and sign such treaties in behalf
of the United States, and that the re-
cent appointment by the president
without the consent of the senate of
James Angel and VIM. l.. Putnam
as special plenipotentiaries to make
and sign the proposed fishery treaty
with Great Britain dated FEBRUARY Is.
1888, was unwarranted by the cunsti
tuition.
DOlph called up the bill to prohibit
the coming of the Chinese labOrers in
to the United States. Dolph said this
bill was intended to carry into effect
the provisions of the pending treaty
and prevent the abuse Of the privileges
granted to one class of Chinese to pass
through the United States and to pre-
vent the evasion of the treaty by acts
of Chinese not permitted to come into
the country.
Mitchell said that the object of the
bill was to enforce the provisions of the
pending treaty as an act of legislation.
To enforce those provisions, he re-
garded it as the best possible bill that
could be prescribed. He had no faith
in the treaty itself, he never had any
in it. He believed that it would be a
failure so far as it was
to be considered as a means of pro-
hibiting Chinese immigration and as
amended by the senate, the treaty
was at least no worse than the existing
treaty, but he was unable TO bring him.
self to the conclusion that it was any
better. The treaty itself was sham
and a fraud and deception, and it
would not meet the expectations OF the
president, the secretary of state
or the members of the senate who
gave it their approval. This was. in
the opinion of the leading Journalists
of the Pacific coast, and he sent to the
clerks desk and had read editorials
from California papers denouncing the
treaty and criticizing the administers
ton which negotiated it. He had No
faith in the treaty, but as he regarded
the bill as the best which could be pre-
sented to carry out its provisions, he
would vote for it.
MORGAN could not understand why
the gentleman would vote for a bill to
carry into effect q treaty which he said
was sham and fraud; ii he (Mor-
gan) believed that treaty was sham
and fraud he would never give Il vote
to carry it into effect. He would vote
/ to abrOgate such treaty. He depre
Gated very much the constant DISPOSE
tiOn which appeared here to disparagt
| in the presence of mankind and the
whole world the honor, wisdom anC
| integrity of the executive. He haC
been here in an era when JangerlSn
prevailed in the administration of thl;
country to very alarming extent, the
moral effect of which we had not eS
capped from, and yet due faith had beer
| given to the honest intention OF the re
/ publican administration in negotiating
treaties He thought it was best tt
return TO the sense of feeling and II
that sense of respect which the gentle
men owed their country, which would
inform the world that we had negO
tiatOrS to manage our foreign affairs
and statesmen who at least loved thel
own country. and he did not think tn
gentlemen had the right to cast slur;
upon the secretary of state.
Mitchell said he had done nothing o
the kind. He had said that this treat
was IN his judgment sham and
fraud in so far as it was a means OF az
compIishing what was intended by tn
parties who made it. Would it b
proper of him to ask the senator
whether he had forced the senat
amendments.
Morgan replied that he had voted fo
them.
Mitchell suggested that then the SCI
ator would admit that the effect of to
! first amendment would be TO exclud
from this country at least So 800 CHI
. Iese who would be permitted to come
under the treaty as sent here by tn
! president.
Morgan reported that he thought th
treaty as originally sent to the Senat
, excluded these Chinese, but that theI
had been some difference betwee
grammarians about the meaning of til
words. He had thereupon voted fC
the amendment, but in the vote b
! gave, he did not admit that there WEI
f1uQCIIOCb1OU6 al A4O OOAt "a Vic SAOob.
!. He regarded the pending bill as
!. meagre bill, and said it was the fir
: time to his knowledge that bill hs
? been brought into a legislative bod
! to carry out treaty which had not y
: been ratified.
Pending further debate the sena
!. adjourned.
HOUSE.
: WASHINGTON July 20.-The fir
I business before the house this morniI
: was the bill coming over from la
n nights session appropriating $780,
q to aid state homes for disabled voiu
/ teerS.
: Kilgore, of Texas, moved to amen
= by reducing the appropriation to $40
900. 1t was the duty Of the municip
subdivision of the government, he sa
to care for their own paupers and Il
n purpose of this bill was to make FL
ther aggression on the duties. the RICH
!, and obligations of the states to impo
~ on the general government obligatiO
le which belong to the states themSelvC