Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-13

work He had no SENATOR STEWART.
feeling of resentment against the Chinese
and had always been In favor of projecting
those who were here; and he had generally
met the opposition Of his own people In de-
Tending the Chinese from violence. But ne
had long since seen that the American people
could not live with the Chinese. wherever
the Chinese went, on the Pacific coast, Amer
lean civilization stopped, because there could
be no such thing with them as schools and
churches II the doors were opened to Chi
nese immigration the Chinese would suppiant
the people of this country.
He had asked Gen. Grant, on his return
from his tour around the world, what
was the most remarkable thing ne
had seen in his travels, and Gen.
Grants answer had been that the
most remarkable thing he had seen was that
wherever the Cinnamon had come in contaeL
with the Jew in trading the Chinaman mad
driven out the Jew. He did not quoDe tnis
in Encouragement Of the Jew, whose superb
ority he admired, but az an illustration OF
the absorbing powers of the Chinese.
He had offered res buttons requesting the
nresident to negotiate treaty with the CHI
nese empire excluding Cinnamon altogether,
except diplomatic agents and those engaged
In foreign trade, but it would be necessary
also to have treaties with Great Britain and
MEXICO to prevent those powers from open
Ins their doors and allowing Chinese to come
into the United States. II such treaties
could not be negotiated he would be In favor
of Mitchelrs bill He moved the reference
of the bill, and of his resolution, to the COM
mittse on foreign relations, and they were SO
referred. . A. e.,
dietary committee to Enquire into the sup
,,ression of the votes of the colored citizens
of Jackson, Miss, at the recent municipal
election in that city, and into the alleged
participation in such suppression py tne
| United States district attorney, deputy col
| lector of internal revenue, and deputy
| United States marshal" Chandler said tht
/ facts stated-so he was informed by a letter
| from Jackson asking an investigation-couio
| be proved by the testimony of the best mer
| of both political parties He sent to th'
| clerks desk and had read several letters ant
kilograms received by him; also the mani
| fAsto which first conveyed to the colored PEG
pls of jackson the information that thel
would not be allowed to vote. This mani
festo. he said, displayed at Its head an en-
craving of a couple of pistols, a couple o
sbot-guns and a powder flask. In it tn
Hyoung men of Jackson announced thei
/ "ultimatum."
A he concluded, Chandler referred to tn
nomination Of representative OF MISSISSIPPI
for place on the supreme bench where
would be called upon to interpret the law
guaranteeing political liberty, which brough
Riddleberger to his feet with the remarI
that Chandler was attempting to affect mai
ters that should only be considered In exec
utiye session, and gave notice that ne wout
vote for Lamar's confirmation
The Mississippi senators denied that tn
facts were as stated by Chandler. TheJ
would not resist the inquiry, but they votes
no because they questioned the right OF tn
senate to investigate the matter.