Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-21
House..

WASHINGTON, August 20.-In the house to-
day MIR. Anderson of Iowa introduced q bill
to define trusts, and to provide for the pun
ishmCnt of persons connected with them, aud
1t was referred.
Mr.. Anderson Of Iowa introduced a resou-
ton declaring that the report of the Pacific
railroad commission discloses scandalous
law-breaking on the part of the manage
ments Of the Union and Central Pacific rail
road companies, ana providing for the print
ing OF lO,OOO extra copies of that re-
port. Referred.
The Chinese bill was then taken UP.
Mr.. Hit of Illinois said that the provis-
ions OF the bill were necessarily limited by
the provisions of the treaty. However zeal
Gus congress might be to prevent an influx
of Chinese, it had been compelled to consider
the question in the light of national obliga-
tons. The government mad been bound by
the treaty stpulations, and many good and
CONSCIENTIOUS men had been compelled to OPP
pose legislation intended to prevent the com
ing of Chinese because they had believed
such legislation was q violation of national
faith. lie criticised the administration for
not having entered into negotiations with
Great Britain relative to the immigration of
Chinese through British America. Never
had whisper been heard of any treaty, COM
munication, note suggestion or arrangement
with Great Britain by which this lmmigra-
tion would be stopped. He thought it was Il
fair criticism of the executive to say that it
had never thought of that which was so self
evident to the planest man who walked upon
the Pacific slope and felt himself wronged
by the presence of the pagan laborer.
Mr. Mckenna of California said that the
pending treaty did not meet the situation but
1t was the best the present administration
could devise He then proceeded to critlcise
the democratic majority IN the house in the
torty-ninth congress for its lack of action
upon the Chinese question, and for its dila-
toriness during the present session.
For three years Secretary Bayard
had not given sign of action. There
was not a sound except u sound of revelry
and music at the residence of the Chinese
minister, with the democratic secretary of
state in attendance. The democratic party
would have to swallow the whole encyclo-
pedia of bad policy to vote for the pending
bill.
Mr.. Thompson of California advocated the
bill in speech in which he pictured the
evils which afflicted the Pacific coast by rea-
son of the immigration of Chinese. He
criticised the republican party for the luke
warm manner in which 1t dealt with the
Chinese question, and gave great credit to
the president and Secretary Bayard for their
successful efforts in securing treaty which
would prevent the immigration of Mongo-
lians to the United States.
Mr. .Vandever of California also depicted
the evils which resulted from immigration,
and the necessity which existed for it's proh-
bition, and defended General Harrison from
the charge of entertaining pro-Chinese sen
timents.
Mr. Dingley of Maine denied that the re-
publican party favored the importation Of
cheap labor.
Mr.. Mcmillan of Tennessee-"The gem
tleman from Maine was free trader before
the question of restricting Chinese lmmigra-
tion was up. The gentleman had said that il
was wrong to keep out the Mangolian."
Mr.. Dingley-"I said nothing of the kind"
Mr.. McNlillon--"I did not say you said it.
said you voted it, and that's stronger than
saying it."
MIR Dinglcy-"I declined to vote for tho
bill as long as l believed 1t contravened
treaty.
Mr.. Cannon Of Illinois referred to the pas
sage in 1869 Of Il bill to encourage immgra-
tion, and it's repeal by subsequent congress,
the repeal bill passing the house unanimously
and receiving only eight dissenting votes
TALL of which were cast by democrats) In the
senate. Among those senators voting in
favor of its repeal had been General Harri-
SOD, and yet men had get up and denounced
General Harrison and criticised his record
on tho subject of immigration.
MIR. Bynum, replying to the
criticism declared that the repub-
llcan party had lived on nothing
but carrion for twenty-five years.
Mr. Hopkins Of Illinois suggested that it
had been living off the democratic party.
MIR. Bynum promised to attend to the red
headed gentleman presently The gentle
man from California tMckenna) had admit
ted that Harrson's record had been wrong,
but, like Saul of Tarsus, he had been CON
verted. The gentleman from Maine Ding
loy) had criticized the Forty-siXth congress
for not acting upon the Chinese question. IL
the gentleman had examined the record he
would have found that in that congress
resolution was adopted calling upon the re-
publican administration to negotiate and
amend the treaty with China A treaty
was negotiated In 1850, hut 1t was
not promulgated by the president until
1851. If the gentleman from Maine
! wanted to know why it was that bills wero
not introduced during the Forty-eighth con-
grcss he would reply that it was because Mr..
Hayes had vetoed the act of 1879, and had re-
NAMED in tho presidential chair until 1881.
Mr.. Crcary, of Kentucky closed the de-
hate with a defense Of the c6mmittee on for
eign affairs from the charge Of dilatorness,
aud the bill was then passed without division,
with WI amendment providing that the re-
peallng clause shall so into effect only upon
tho rat ilcution of the DeuQing treaty.