The morning news., 1888-08-19
A NEW CHINESE PUZZLE.
HOOsIER ORATORS TRY TO RIDDLE
HARRISON'S RECORD.

NiElSocSd w NOAAAbSi III AoNGSSs AL
| the course of one of these digressions Mr..
Bynum of Indiana attacked the republican
party for its failure in years past to stop
the importation of contract labor. 1t had
| favored opening the doors to cheap labor,
but wanted them closed on cheap goods.
| He also attacked the record of the republi-
can party in regard to legislation on the ques
tion of Chinese immigration and declared
that the republican candidate for the presi
| dency. while in tho senate, had not only
| voted against bills to restrict or suspend
| Chinese immigration, but had voted In
| favor of every amendment which conferred
| greater freedom and rights upon the Chi
neSe.
HARRIsoNs EXPLANATION.
1t was true that Gen. Harrison had de-
! clared that be had opposed the bills be-
| cause he had considered them III violation
| of treaty stipulations, but with due regard
| for Gen. Harrison, he would say that such
ear post fdcto statements, made when there
were visions OF the white house, however
dim and remote, floating around, must be
| taken
CUM GRANo SAILS.
On the other hand, Judge Thurman
| had declared himself in the senate as in
| favor of restriction of Chinese immigration
or even its absolute inhibition. The secret
| of the opposition Of Gen. Harrison and his
! party associates TO the Chinese bill which
| had been vetoed by President Arthur, was
that Chinese labor was cheap and protita-
| BILE, and the contractors, manufacturers
and mine owners who had always con-
ttolled the republican party wanted it.
BOLD CHARGE.
1t was not because Gen. Harrison and his
| I'LL hn 70, he Il
ton of the existing treaty that they OPP
posed it, but because they believed that
Chinese laborers should have the right
to come to this country, to not
only labor but to vote, to hold
office and to govern as we'll as to
be governed. Gen. Harrison now said as
further excuse that he did not understand
the question at the time, but that he had
since learned all about 1T and was all right
now. OF all the subterfuges this was the
shallowest. During the campaign Gen.
Harrison might declare from the stump
that the standard of labor must be main
tanned, but nobody could find that during
the Chinese debate in the senate he had
ever spoken word Of sympathy for the
wage workers of America.
OWEN DENIES THE CHARGES.
Mr.. Owen Of Indiana replied to what he
characterized as the special address to the
voters of Indiana made by his colleague,
and denied the charges made by that gen
tlemen as to the record of the republican
party and its standard bearer, Gen. Harri-
son, upon the Chinese question. In reply to
one of Mr. Bynum's charges, to the effect
that in 1880 several Cinnamon had been nat
uralized in Indianapolis and had voted
the republican ticket, presumably
with the knowledge Of Gen. Har-
rison, he read telegram just
received from Gen. Harrison's law
partner, denying that he had ever heard of
such thing. In regard TO another charge
that Gen Harrison had read before liter
ary society paper, in which he advocated
free and unrestricted immigration of Chi
nese, he said that Gen. Harrison, over his
own signature, had denied having done aoy
such thing.
HoOSIER SPREAD EAGLEIsM
His colleague, In closing his speech with
| flourish Of tongue and waving of hani
peculiar to tho hoosier orator, had said that
every democrat could cast his vote for this
bill without swallowing his words or stulti-
flying his record. In reply to that he would
call attention to Mr.. Dingley's state
mont that during the forty-sixth
congress, which was democratic in both
branches, the democratic party had taken
no action upon the Chinese question. The
gentleman's speech sought to impress the
public mind with the thought that the re-
publican party was in favor Of the importa-
tion of Chinese labor because it was cheap
and pauper labor.
A PICTURE OF HIS PARTY.
The party that was born out Of certain
great moral necessities, which had saved
the greatest aud grandest na-
tion that the sun had ever
shone upon, which had given liberty TO A.
OOO, 900 slaves, which had passed the home
stead act that gave to the poor man home
in the west, which had built
up the protective system in this
country until the wage workers
in the land were the best paid, best fed,
and best housed, and the most Intelligent
and most prosperous Of any wage-NForker In
the world, was not party In favor of the
Importation Of Chinese or any other sort
ofpauper labor.
HARRIsoN's OPINION.
The gentleman had charged that Gen.
Harrison had voted against every bill
to restrict Chinese immigration. He de-
MED that charge. Gen, Harrison had op-
posed the Chinese bill, but the basis of his
opposition mad beea that it was in violation
OF treaty obligations. While Gen.
Harrison had taken "A position and
stood by it manfully, he had
Gen. Harrison had said that he had stood
for the honor of the government, and that
the treaty should be enforced In letter and
in spirit until by proper action it should be
abrogated.
HIS NOMINATION.
In that position Gen. Harrison had shown
himself so broad IN his craftsmanship, so
true to real American interests, 80 straight
forward and consistent In his course, that
when at Chicago the people Of the Pacific
coast could not get their choice, that grand
est leader of America, James 9. Blaine,
they gave their votes solidly to Benjamin
Harrison, and said that his record
wos squarely for the interests
OF America on the Chinese question
Gen. Harrison was not IN favor OF Chinese
immigration, but against IL, but be was In
favor OF maintaining the governments
honor The life utterances, the whole char
acter OF Benjamin Harrison was In favor
of that which was called iDstinctively the
American idea [Applause on the repub-
hcan side.
Pending further debate, the house at 3
o'clock adjourned.