Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-09-07

AF%fNS
Hoar--No Amendments Admitted.
WASHINGTON, Sept AFTER preliminary
rontino business in tho senate the Chinese
exclusion bill was taken up
AIR. Sherman said lie favored tho passage
Of the bill il the Chiness government had
refused to accede to the new treaty or to no
goliats further upon IT, 1t was an unusual
thing for tho senate TO pass upon bin os
such Importance without reference to a com.
mittce; without consideration and without
any Of the forms required In ordinary legis.
lation He had assumed that the bill came
from the executive department Of the gov.
ernment, and he had been willing 10 modify
the rules Of the senate so as 10 meet the ex-
igency Of the occasion No answer had
been received 70 the resolution adopted ask
ing the president whether definite and pos
tive information about the rejection OF the
treaty had been received by our govern
ment, and il 1t should appear, as he believed
IL would, that no sucl information had
been received, and if the senate, without
regard to the ordinary usages OF the senate,
should hurriediy pass this bill il would be-
surprise 20 the country aud to the whole civ
iliged world. Mr.. Sherman said he had in
formation from undoubted sources mot
from the president or secretary OF skata,H
lie added, shat the probability was that no
such action had been taken by the Chinese
government Wien the bill came over grom
the house he had assumed, as a matter OF
course, that the house had passed it on in
formation that came from the executkve;
but the senate had no such information, and
should not rush wildly like noek OF
frightened partridges into the passage Of the
I hill III IL aluuli 4pf nuh he hal
would, that the Chinese government had noh
rejected the treaty, the hasty passage OF tho
bill would be unbscoming 20 the American
senate, and so he thought it bound BY the
common courtesy due between nations as
between individuals, 10 await the action Of
the Chinese government III the bin were
passed and the treaty were ratified the
senate would have placed itself In tho ridicu-
lous attitude Of assuming fact which did
not exist but il, on the contrary, the treaty
We're rejected, there was still ample time to
pass tho bill
MIR Sherman therefore asked the senate 10
let the bill 80 over FOR day or two, until
the facts were ascertained; but Mr. Stewart
/ objected, and discussion Of the bill was
4 reOpened.
Mr.. Platt said Il the bin was pressed 10 a
vote he would vote for it under protest He
did not like the untimely way in which the
bill had come before congress Mr.. Platt
wanted 70 know why such hot haste to PASS
the bill il there had been no notice, official
or unofficial, received by the executive that
the treaty had been rejected. 70 pass the
bill under such circumstances would be a
direct insult to nation with which the
I United States desired to continue friendly
commercial relations He would vote for
the bill If a vote was forced upon the senate
I Hf tru not fln n..fg 81.
assumption that the pending bill was an
electoneering dodge
4 Mr.. Plumb, criteizing the course OF this
administration in this matter, said the pres-
dent had apparently sant tho bill TO the
house in the shape Of a message TO that body.
The house received it from tho hands Of the
pres dents trusted COUNSELOR and it had
been passed upon ag an administration meas-
ure.
Mr.. Brown asked Mr.. Sherman whother
he, as chairman Of the committee on foreign
relations, had any information OF the rejec-
ton Of the treaty.
Mr.. sherman-C Certainly not A gentle
man who has had business with tho Chinese
legation told me that he does not believe than
the legation has information Of the rejection
Of the treaty; that there has been no ob5ec-
7 ton lso far as known to the amendments to
the treaty. On the contrary, the minister
himself aSSented 20 them at the time they
were offered, and it was presumed as a
+ matter Of course that the treaty would be
ratified. / feel free TO say that no com
mnnication Of any kind has come to ths
president in regard TO tho treaty. ] believe
that that is a fact; and the whole Of our
action on the bin is based upon the assump-
tion that because distinguished member OF
the house Of representatives brought It in and
] f.,I tal tI,..h
1 with the sanction OF the administration.
I Certainly we ought not to be satisfied with
that Suppose the president should veto the
act which he has now before him on the
/ ground that we hal passed this bill abrogat-
ing the treaty, we would be ''in holen-in
a very embarrassing position.
Mr.. Brown moved to amend It by admit
ting 60 land such Cinnamon as having left
this country with certificates emitting chem
TO return, were now on their way to the
4 United States To pass the bill without such
/ provision would be, he said, not only a
I great hardship, but cruelty and an ont
rage which no exigency or political exIgency
could justify If this bill were passed. who
could deny the right Of the Chinese govern
ment to expel from China every American
merchant aud missionary within the limits
OF that vast empiref And if this should be
the result there would be such an outcrv
against this legislatt'n that, instead Of poit-
ieal capital being made out Of it, il would
be tue political downfall OF the party re-
gardej as most at fault.
Mr.. Teller objected to the proposed amsnd-
ment as not being offered in time, ana tho
objection was sustained.
Alr. Morgan questioned the sincerity Of the
Pacific slope senator's as to the exclusion of
Cinnamon, and remarked that the sentiments
for their exclusion was far from universal
The fstatenlent was challenged BY Mr..
Mitchell who said, somewhat excitedly. that
there was not one word OF truth m it.
The debate being closed, the senate mo-
ceeded to vote on the passage OF the bin
The vote was unanimous; Yeas, 81; nays, 0.
There being no quorum voting there was
call OF the senate, when thirty-nine senators
exactly a qnorum-answered TO thsir
names
Mr.. Hoar said he had been present vghax
the vote was taken Wednesday and yester~
day, but had refrainsd from voting for the
reasons stated by the senator from Ohi@
tNr Sherman) Mr. Sherman had also with
held his vote On both eccasionz
There Is 6tiu Hope OF MAklheaaioz.
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