The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-07
sQUELcHED ONCE MORE.
A nypocrlte Cleverly Unmasl<ed by Pres
dent Cleveland.

a Hypocrlte Cleverly Unmaslxed by Presi.
dent Cleveland.
That aspiring Ohio man, Hon. John
Sherman. is kept busy just now with
explanations and amendments of his
political record Some time ago Sem
ator Kenna, of West Virginia, had
him on very hot gridiron. Slippery
> ohm had made speech assailing the
Presidents message and proposing the
abolition of the internal revenue sys-
tenn as remedy for the Treasury sur
plus. Senator Kenna roasted him to a
turn by reproducing a speech of Sher-
mans in which he defended internal
taxes as easy of collection and as least
oppressive of all the levies of the Fed
eral Government. In 1882 this same
John Sherman opposed the pas
sage of the bill prohibiting the
immigration of the Chinese. So late
as April 6, 1886, he alluded to the
anti-Chinese bill as "the result of
passion and feeling" and declared
that it would disgrace our statute
books and set bad example in re-
spect to other nations. But change
has come over the spirit of his dream.
Not long ago Slippery John discov-
cred that the people of the Pacific
slope disliked his attitude on the Chi
nese question. He became convinced
that as candidate for President he
would not be able to carry any one of
the Pacific Stares unless he could DEM
onstrate his willingness to go back on
himself. He therefore resorted to the
expedient of inviting the Republican
Congressman from those States to his
house, and when he got them cor
raled in his parlor he opened up to
them view of his inner consciousness
on the Chinese question. He told
them that he was ready to go as far as
they desired in putting restrictions
upon Chinese immigration. The Re-
publican Congressman from the Pacific
States being familiar with the sopona-
ceous character of Johns political
epidermis, declined to take him at his
word and suggested that he should do
some public act by which they could
explain to their constituents how the
people of the Pacific slope could con-
sistently support him for President.
And thereby hangs very pretty tale.
The Honorable John Sherman is at
the head of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee of the Senate, and as such has
open sesame at the Office of the Secre-
tary of State. Not long after his sud-
den conversion to the anti Chinese
policy he called upon Secretary Bay
ard and inquired of him whether q |
treaty with China for the more rigid
observance Of the act of Congress pro-
Chinese immigration could
not be secured. Secretary Bayard
informed him that the Presi-
dent had been engaged upon such a |
treaty for months past, and that 1t was
probable that it would soon be sent to
the Senate. Having secured this in
the honorable Senator hast
ened to offer in the Senate the follow
ing resolutions;
Resolcsd, That In view. OF the difficulties and |
that have attended the regu-
lation OF the immigration OF Chinese laborers
TO the United States under the limitations OF |
our treaties with China, the President Of the |
United States be requested TO negotiate |
treaty with the Emperor OF China containing
provision that no Chinese lnborer shall enter
the United States.
There was double purpose on the
part of the foxy Senator in offering
this resolution He wished to " make
himself solid" with the people Of the
Pacific slope and at the same time to
deprive the Democratic Administers
tion OF any credit it might receive for
negotiating the now Chinese treaty,
But the President. In replying to the
reROlutiOn raiaad TIN a0al,a NJ tba Ohio