Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22
SOLID SHOT.
Senator William 81 Stewart Hakes the
Admin straiinn Fore and Ii.

SOLID SHOT.
| Senator William ~ Stewart Hakes the
Admin straiion Fore and Aft.
United States Senator William NJ. Stewart, OF
Nevada, addressed large meeting Of citizens
at the Clunie Opera House On Saturday night
The meeting was presided over by W. A. Auder
son, who introduced the speaker of the even
ing in few well chosen remarks, referring to
the public services OF the distinguished Senator
and to the active part he had taken in securing
the exclusion of the Chinese.
| Senator StewaIt's speech was mastery pre-
| sentation of the issues of the day. There was
| no attempt at oratory, no funny stories no
| effort TO catch The audience by brilliant pas
sages, but calm clear and forcible argument
day, said he, sit is requisite that each citizen
| should decide for himself The tricks Of dema-
gogues may deprive a cit zen OF the expression
of his choice but whenever the best sentiments
| OF the American people can have expression
| We can always have corre3t and honest YER
dict
1.-The three great questions of the day are,
the Chinese question, money and the tariff.
| Upon each of these great questions the Chief
Magistrate of this country has been persistently
| ana williully wrong. There should be n o mis-
| apprehension on the subject of the Scott bill
The presence of the Chinese is the greatest
| evil of the day. California i the most favored
of any land upon the face of the earth yet while
| the immigra ion to other paris Of the Union has
been so great we have received but little OF the
new blood, because intelligence naturally
avoids contact with heathenism and barbarism.
But for the presence Of the Chinese California
would have had q population of 5,OO0000 peo-
| ple'
The Senator went into the history of Chinese
legislation in this country, and recalled the
history OF the attempt to amend the naturaliZa-
tion laws by striking out the word white" If
this had been accepted there would have been
no bar 10 the naturalization of Chinese to citi-
zenship, and resolution was then adopted
especially barr ng out the Chinese.
Successive bills We're passed through Congress
Tor the purpose of restraining Chinese immigra-
ton, but the ingenuity of the Celestials proved
them to be Of little avail in barring their en-
trance
Finally, in 1887, the Morrow bin was passed.
and was received with satisfaction by the peo-
pie and the press OF this Coast. IN 1856, Ben
jamin Harrison voted for the most stringent
measures to exclude the Chinese. AfterWard
treaty was sent TO the Senate containing
stringent PROVISIONS against the immigration OF
Chinese labOIer5. This treaty was sent to China
and, though it met the approval OF the Chinese
Minister. lis acceptance by the Chinese Govern
ment Wzs delayed. in order that hundreds of
their cope might come. Finally, the news
came iudirt city that China had rejected the
treaty, and when asked my opinion of it, l re-
piled Il am glad OF it. The people of the
United States can now regulate their own
domestic affairs without asking permission of
th- Emperor of China
MI. iSCOlt came 10 washington immediately
Cfter The Democratic Convention, and proceeded
at once to interview the President and the At
torney-General. Soon after the Scott bill was
introduced into the House and was passed
unanimously; IL was then taken to the Senate
where the Democrats expectt it would be re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
where It would have been lost sight Of, but by
the efforts of the Senate it was saved this fate
and after a delay of two and half weeks it was
finally passed.
q" hen the bill passed there was agony at the
White House, said the speaker. ''The efforts
of the Democrats had been TO keep the bill away
from the President; and even after its passage it
was held back from the President until the SEN
ate demanded a reason for its detention
The Senate charged that the President with
held the news of the rejection of the treaty by
the Chinese Government, and that when the
Democrats claimed the bill as their bill they
stated talSehood. When the Democrats found
that the bill was to become law they did ali
they could to defeat it.
The money question was considered at length
by the Senator. who ascribed the calamities of
nations to the fact of contraction of the circula-
ting medium. There is a conspiracy of the rich
to demonetiZe silver and the President is q dupe
of the cOnspiratorS, argued the speaker.
With silver as part of our circulating me-
dium we can be sure of a continuance of the
prosperity which has added to the wealth OF
this country $4,000 600 in the last twenty
eight years. President Cleveland, he argued,
! was not in accord with his own party on this
question.
The history of gold and silver, from the time
OF the Greeks to the present day, was given, the
speaker arguing that the evils of the Dark Ages
were in large part caused by a contraction in
| metallic currency. The relations of Germany,
England and the Latin Union toward single
standard were instanced. 1t was stated that in
1858 efforts were made in France to break down
gold, Just as now the attempt was being made
or had been successfully made in the various
countries of Europe, to demonetiZe silver.
Much of the Congressional action upon the re-
lation I the two metals in this country was
given. and the speaker charged that cleveland
4 ppiR6 President n Nye ar rI1rllr,
silver the like of which had never been chron-
| icled in history. The President, he said, was
| the servant of the gold contraction conspiracy
OF Europe and this country, and he desired to
have every reward of virtue with all the pleas
ures of crime.
The tariff question was discussed and the
speaker pointed out the prosperity OF the country
under q protective tariff, and claimed that
Washington, Jefferson and all the greatest
minds OF the country had been in favor of pro-
| teetiye tariff. The speaker dwelt upon the
| action of England with reference to colonial
manufactures, and claimed that when Great
Britain lost the political control of this country
| see endeavored. by the advocacy of free trade
| to retain her commercial control. The earlier
| portion OF the century was spoken of as pros
| porous era in the history OF the United States
| under policy Cf protection while the tariff OF
| 1887, which reduced duties by sliding scale,
was mentioned as ruiuous to industries and
| business. The histories of the administrations
| OF Tyler and Buchanan were given, the former
being referred TO ds of reptehenslble memory.
| The failure of the South to achieve her indie
pendence was due, said the speaker, in large part
| to her inability to manufacture the necessary
| supplies and munitions OF wal. 1t was argue
| that this country's safety depended upon the
| ability to manufacture every thing at home, and
| that home market for productions was vastly
preferable to Il foreign one. closing appeal
| was made To the voters to save the country from
| combination of the Southern Confederates
| and the bondholde,s of New York.
| The Senator eulogiZed the Republican candi-
| date for President, and claimed that no man in
I the county could have shown greater capacity
| for dealing with vital questions as Harrison had
| in the speeches he had delivered since the nom
| ination. comparison was made with the in
| cuinbent, which was not at all a fiattering one.
| he present Government, the speaker claimed,
| was in the hands of the Confederates and
| another battle must be fought to save the Union
! from an insidious foe.
| Senator Stewart agreed that one of the great
| est evils of the day was the competition Of con-
| vict and pauper labor with that of the free
American laboTer and read a bill which had
| been passed by both houses of Congress to pre-
| vent the use, in Government work, of any
artitle which was the result of convict labor
| either III this country or abroad. This bill
| which was passed TO protect the American
| laboIer, had been!yetoed by the President.