St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-11
Senator Mitchell, Of Oregon,
Out-Ingalls the Vitupera-
tive ingalls,.
Congressman Oatis, Of Ala
bama, Wants the Natural
iZation Laws Amended.
Persia's Estray Emissary FL
nally Turns UP Safely in
Paris.

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of the Chinese exclusion bill occupied
most of the time of the senate this after
noon, and led to the passage of bitter
personalities between Senators Morgan
and Mitchell. The senate adjourned
without action on the bill, leaving 1t
Just where it was last Friday at the
time of adjournment-paSSe but with
a motion pending to reconsider the
vote by which it was passed. Mr..
Vests resolution proposing an
investigation by the civil service COM
mittee of the campaign work OF Mr.. Nc
Kee, the assistant librarian, in compil-
ing book on the tariff was taken up.
Mr.. Hoar, referring to the contemptu-
Gus manner in which Mr.. Vest has
heretofore spoken of civil service, said
that the civil service OF the country
ought to be divorced from politics. The
present administration, he admitted,
had been no worse than former ones in
the matter of appointments and re-
mOyals: but it had certainly been no
better. Mr.. Mckee. he thought, had
Just the same right to express his
opinions by publications and to
affix to them his official title as the
senator from Maryland bad to issue
pamphlet editions or his speeches over
his title as senator. Mr.. Vest said
there was no parallel between the
cases. 1t was the duty of senator to
express his views on public vuestiOns,
but no such duty was imposed on
librarian. Mr.. Hoar, alluding TO bill
introduced by Senator voorhees, in 1884,
making it an Offense for civil officer
to contribute money for campaign pur-
poses, said that under that bill Presi-
dent Cleveland would be
LIABLE TO IMPEACHMENT.
Senator Voorhees, had said in his
speech in support of the bill that Off
GERS who made such contributions were
inspired by the fear of losing office, and
Mr.. Hoar hoped nobody would question
the fact that the president was inspired
very actively by the fear OF losing MS
office. Mr.. Vests resolution was then
adopted.
Mr.. Morgan introduced bill apprO-
priating Sl26. 600 to compensate Chinese
subjects in the United States for losses
and injuries received at the hands of
lawless men. He then proceeded
to address the senate in eX-
PLANTATION and support of the bill,
and on the subject of the pending bill
Tor the absolute exclusion of the Chi
nese. He argued that as China in the
pending treaty had expressed a desire
to prohibit emigration of Chinese labor
ers to the United States, this govern
ment had the right, and ought to eX-
clude Chinese labOrers by law, and not
want to do it by treaties. He believed
the treaty ought to be withdrawn, and
the bill now pending should be amend
ed so as to provide for cOmpenSating
the Chinese sufferers, and then passed.
Iu the course of his remarks, and in re-
ply to a question from Mr.. Mitchell, Mr..
Morgan said he believed that the Chi
nese government, knowing the
RECORD OF MIR. HARRISON,
was holding back the treaty until after
the November elections, believing that
if Harrison were elected his adminiStra-
tion would be favorable to Chinese i'm
migration. Here Mr.. Mitchell remarked
that he did not believe that a solitary
man in the United States of America
honestly believed any such thing. Mr..
Morgan thought Mr.. Mitchell very
flippant with the word "honestly." 81
have Just stated that l believe it," he
added, and asked, "DOes the senator
undertake to say that l do not believe
it?' II do not believe that the sena-
tor does believe it," said Mr.. Mitchell.
Mr.. Morgan then exclaimed Indignantly:
II will not be interrupted by man of
your character in the impeachment of
my honesty" and Mr.. Mitchell observed
that. so far as his. character was con-
cerned, he was willing to parallel it with
that of the senator from Alabama,
"either here or elsewhere" Mr.. Nor
gan then went on to discuss the Chinese
exclusion bill. At the close of his
speech. the bill he introduced was re-
ferred to the committee on foreign rela-
tons.
Mr.. Mitchell said he was not sur
prised in view of the inconsistent and
contradictory record of the senator from
Alabama, on the Chinese question, that
when interrupted by perfectly proper
question he should lose his temper and
fiy off into a rage. Mr.. Morgan had
heretofore denounced various PROPOSE
tiOns looking to the exclusion of Chi
nese, and had. insisted all along that
this was a question to be settled by di-
plomacy. He had referred to measures
like the pending bill as the Colorado
idea," ''the Oregon idea" or ''the Pa
cifc coast idea" or as being brought
forward by demagogueS for demagogi-
cal and party purposes: but 10 and be
hold" when Democratic house passed
a Chinese exclusion bill, even without
reference to committee, The senator
Topped.
JUMPED CLEAR OVER THE FENCE.
turned around and declares himself in
favor of that bill, and absolutely voted
for it. A senator with that kind of a
record, said Mr.. Mitchell, is not in po-
sltion to question the sincerity of SEN
ators, as Mr.. Morgan had done. With
ont any prOvocatiOn, he asserted, Mr..
Morgan had reSOrted to personalities
and violated the rules of the senate by
referring to his (Mr. Mitchelfs) char
acter. In closing his remarks, Mr..
Mitchell said: ''Whatever / may have
done in all my life which l ought not
to have done, l can say to the senator
from Alabama that there is one thing
which l never have done, and that is, L
have never since have been member
of this body, come into the senate
chamber, full of whisky, disgracing
myself and disgracing the senate" Mr..
Morgan sat quietly in his seat and
made no reply. The house retaliation
bill was presented and referred, and
the Chinese exclusion bill was taken
up. Mr.. Sherman spoke in favor OF
Mr.. Blair's motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was passed last
Friday, and urged the senate to let the
bill stand where it is until it could be
definitely learned whether the treaty
had been or would be ratified. He was
free to say that if Great Britain were to
act towards the United States as the bill
proposed to act toward China, he would,
without hesitation, vote for declara-
ton of war. The conference reports on
the Notifications bill. and on the army