The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-11
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Dennis Kearney and His anti
Chinese Hobby.
MILLS TARIFF BILL OUTLOOK.
Holm sherman,s ChaBces-"The First
Lady of the Land"-obseTY-
ance of Lept-Etc.

TO-DAY, around the OdplVol,
more conspicuous character than
Denis Kearney, the famous anti
Chinese agitator. de may be seen near
the main door Of the House for two or
three hours each day, and he is fire.
ouently engaged in conversation with
some member OF the Pacific Coast dele
CATION. Denis is very much disguised
at the action of a number of the politi-
cal leaders here, and although he is not
as enthusiastic as he was when he came
here, he still has measure of conf
dence in his own ability as a ''rustler,"
and hopes for the best.
1.-The Senators don't catch on" said
Denis to THE HERALD correspondent a
couple OF days since. 1.-The anti
Chinese resolution passed by them on
Thursday, amounts to absolutely
nothing. The bill reported from the
committee on foreign relations by John
Sherman, to amend the present Chinese
restriction act is also a waste OF time
and paper. These Senators have an
idea that China has something to do
with the Chinese who come to our
country, but that's all 9 mistake. The
English port of Hong-Kong supplies US
with sill the coolies that come here. and
of course China cannot legislate for an
English port. The law that Congress
ought to pass is one which will exclude
all Chinese laborers, and then the
steamship companies would stop carry
ing them.
eve would still have to watch our
neighbors, both on the north and the
SOUTH" he continued. THE English
has a subsidized line of steamships that
bring Chinese slave Iaborers from the
English port of Hong Kong to the Eng
Iish port OF Vancouver, now the west
ern terminus OF the Canadian Pacific
railway, and every one of those slaves
IS, by hook or by crook, struggled over
the boundary line into the United
States. Nobody knows and nobody
seems to realize the extent of this
smuggling, and to make matters worse
we are entirely helpless in the matter. u
lis there no remedy?" queried your
correspondent.
"Thgre is" was Kearney's reply.
Canada must be made to pass the
strictest kind of laws against Chinese
immigration, and Mexico must also
exclude the heather from her ports
this would etfectuaIly shut them out.
1t will be no easy job. however, because
the Chinese slaVe-desIers realize fully
the immense fortunes that can be made
by their loading up our country with
their chattels. The bill now before the
Senate is no good at all; it is only sop
thrown out by that cunning old fox,
John Sherman. He has always been
on the slave-deslers' side of the Chinese
question. aud now that Presidential
election is coming on, he wants to have
the country believe that he is opposed
TO Chinese immigration"
HAS any bill been introduced that is
satisfactory to you?" was asked.
ayes" was the response. 1.-The bill
introduced by Senator Mitchell, of
Oregon, covered the ground, bat Sher
man smothered that in his committee,
and offers as q substitute bill that is of
no earthly use. The resolution that |
first referred to, a7king the President
to enter into negotiations with the EN-
peror OF China, and endeavor to pro-
cure the consent of the head of the
Chinese Empire to allow US TO legislate
for ourselves in our own interest, is the
veriest bosh. We simply ask him to
allow US TO pass a law to exclude his
subjects. The Emperor of China has
undergone no change since the Swift
Angel Trescott commission of 1880
negotiated with him. That commits
sion procured from China all the con-
cessions that could be gotten through
diplomacy, so we need not go back to
its methods No civilized nation would
ever think Of get ing down on its knees
and eating dirt second lime to bam-
boo-worshiping Mongol. II we have
any self-respect left we cannot afford
to humble ourselves q second time. I'M
less we are ready to aGknowledle that
we are conquered province of China,
the Emperor extending over us some
kind OF protectorate. This bill will
do nothing but lrritate the already in
famed Chinese sore."
The Mills tariff bill is receiving a
good deal of recognition these days
from the strong Protection press, but in
other places, 1t is not attracting much
attention. The Democratic party, as g
whole. is satisfied with the measure,
and on its lines will lay out the coming
campaign. The interests that have
been antagonized are opposing it with
the same old stubbornuess that they
have displayed in the past, and the
ways and means committee room is be
sieged daily with representatives of the
sorrowing ones demanding hearing.
loud wall is going up from the salt wells,
from the lumber regions, and from the
sheep pens, and it is more chan probable
that some compromise will have to be
made on those three points. before the
bill will be received with anything lik4
enthusiasm by the entire Democracy Of