Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-04
To Bar John Chiinamaa
MT. Scott's Bill in the House
 and Senate.
IT CAUSES LIVELY DISCUSSION.


 Fight an Interesting Oratorical Duel Over It-Both Sides Score Some Sharp Hits-Synopsis of the Bill.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, by unanimous consent intro duced the following bill supplementing the act approved May 6, 1882, to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to the Chinese:
 Section l provides that from and after the passing of this act it shall be unlawful for any Chinese laborer, who has been or who may now be, or who may hereafter be a resident within the United States, and who shall have departed therefrom and shall not have returned before the passing of this act to return to the United States.
 Section } provides that no certificates of identity provided for in the 4th and 9th sections of the act to which this is a supple ment shall hereafter be issued and every certificate heretofore issued in pursuance thereof is hereby declared void and of no effect; and the Chinese laborer claiming ad- mittance by virtue thereof shall not be per mitted to enter the United States.
 Section provides that all duties pre- scribed and liabilities, penalties and for feitures prescribed by the 2d, 10th, 1lth and 18th sections of the act to which this is a supplement- are hereby extended and made
 
 Section provides that all such part or parts of the act to which this is a supple ment as are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed
 MT. Scott stated that if the report as to the rejection of the Chinese treaty was cor rect, or if the treaty was hereafter ratified there was nothing in the bill in violation of any treaty
 The bill was passed without division.
 A l ,Is I: Senators Vest and Plumb and the debate without action on the bill passed by the house absolutely restricting Chinese immi- grafton were the events ill the senate
 MT. Stewart asked that the bill be taken up for immediate action. Agreed to.
 MT. George said that the bill might possi- bly, be unjust in excluding Chinese immi- grants holding certificates who might now be within sight of the shores of the United States. He thought the time shculd be ex- tended so not to exclude those who were on their way and who were entitled to ad- mission.
 MT. George, who had moved the reference of the bill to committed said he would with draw his motion in view of the opposition to 1t by so many senators.
 MT. Sherman, having given a history of the recently negotiated treaty said that it had been the general desire of the commit tee on foreign relations to have the Chinese government assent by treaty to the absolute exclusion of the Chinese; the committee pre- ferred to have it done in that way rather than by direct act of congress not in har- mony with the treaty. After pleasant con- ference with the secretary of state the treaty had been ratified by the senate with amend ments to make it clear and which amend ments it was supposed the Chinese minister would have agreed to. He supposed from what the newspapers said that the rejection of the treaty by the Chinese government was connected with the Australian complication He therefore hoped the bill would pass, but this was with the distinct understanding that the house had passed it with the knowl- edge that the new treaty had been rejected by the Chinese government. If that should prove otherwise the fault would not be that of the senate.
 In reply to a question from MT. Butler MT. Sherman said that he thought the bill was inconsistent with the treaty, but as the Chinese government declines to make the proposed changes we have the unquestioned right to pass the bill
 Mir. Butler continued to cross question Mr. Sherman, asking him if the bill was viola tion of the treaty. MT. Sherman replied that it was abrogation or substantial change.
 Mir. Butler said that it seemed to him that this whole Chinese business had been a mat ter of political advantage. One house of congress passes a bill to drive these poor devils of Chinamen into the Pacific ocean, and the other house comes up and says: "Yes, we will drive them still further into the Pacific ocean, notwithstanding the treaty between the two governments" He said he would vote for the bill but that he was very sorry to be informed by the senator from hin hot oIr 4l,.
 Discussion followed between Mr. Mitchell and MT. Butler, in which Mr. Butler said he stood behind the senator from Ohio in his position on the bill. If he leads me astray ' he continued, ''he will be responsible, and not 1. The bill is an open, fragrant violation of treaty between this government and a government with which it is on terms ot peace and good will. The Republican senate proposes to see the house play and go one better. The plain English is that it is vo- lation of a treaty. You cannot dodge"
 The partisan discussion of the bill was con. Sinued at great length, and the bill finally went over without action.