The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Major Mckinley Leaves to Discuss
Protection Down South.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Upon invitation
OF the Piedmont Chautauqua Association,
Hon. William Mckinley, Jr.. left Washing
ton tonight for Atlanta, Ga. He will speak
at Chautauqua. near Atlanta, Tuesday after
noon, on the subject of protection. Major
Mckinley went in special car provided by
Senator Brown. of Georgia, and was escort
ed by Col. A. E. Buck and Ex-Governor R. b.
Bullock, of Georgia. the committee sent here
for that purpose.
Pensions to Maine People.
The following Maine pensions have been
granted:
ORIGINAL. INVALID.
Geo. w. Milken, East Stoneham
David A. Blake, Albion.
James 7. Aregqs, National Military Home.
Alfred Grover, Fairbanks.
Gustayus Brown, Weeks's Mills.
Joseph Dissotelle, deceased, Saco.
INCREASE.
Warren E. Jordan, Corinth.
Daniel Callahan, Hallowell.
Jno. III. Spinney Calais.
In the House.
In the House. Saturday, Mr.. McCreary, of
Kentucky. from the committee on foreign
affairs, reported for immediate consideration
the Senate bill to prevent the coming of
Chinese laborers into the United States, with
an amendment repeating the acts of May 6,
1882 and July 5, 1885, the repeal to take eff
feet on the ratification of the pending treaty.
Mr.. McCreary stated thet owing to the fact
that the Senate had amended the treaty, it
had to be returned to China for the ratifca-
tion of that government, and that it would
probably be the first of next year. before the
treaty could be agreed upon. The object of
the bill, he said, was to carry out the provi-
sions Of the treaty as soon as it was ratified
by both countries. He briefly reviewed the
provisions of previous treaties between the
United States and China, and of the laws
founded thereon, in order to emphasize the
necessity for the adoption of new treaty,
and the passage of the pending measure.
Mr. 0Neill, OF Missouri, said that every
TWO years Congress passed a Chinese bill as
an incident of the political campaign. Pas
sing laws would not remedy the evils unless
public opinion backed them up. In Califor-
people desired to have removed, from the
moment man reached his hotel until he
left the State he found Chinese employed.
The public seemed to want them. They
were servile and docile. Wherever you
turned you found the Chinese at work. The
laboring people did not want them, but the
better class of people did. 1t was the ques-
tion OF cheaper labor.
Mr.. FELTON, interrupted to say that Califor-
mans were obliged to employ Chinese labor
because they had no other.
Mr.. 0'Neill replied that they should adyer-
tise in New York. Everywhere in the East
there were great numbers of unemployed la
borers.
Mr.; Bynum addressed the House at great
length, and arraigned the Republican party,
and particularly Gen. Harrison, on their rec.
ord on the Chinese BILL
Mr.. Dinglcy, of Maine, inquired how it was
that the Democratic party had not acted up
on the question Of Chinese immigration
q nnn al of In&l. ~.
gress during the 46th Congress, and Mr.. By
mum replied that he had not investigated the
record. Sarcastic laughter on the Republi-
can side.J The question had not been
brought up by the Pacific slope during that
Mr.. Dingley replied that it had been. Mr..
Page OF California had introduced bill up
on the subject, but that bill had never been
acted upon by either House or Senate.
MT; Bynum-The veto of the President of
up to that time. ron, ohp' from the Repub-
Mr.. Dingley suggested that the memory of
tne gentleman from Indiana had jumped
over the two years the Democrats had con-
troll of Congress, but had not attempted to
leeislate on the subject.
Mr.. Bynum replied that the Senate had
been Democratic only with the aid of the
independent vote of Mr.. Davis of Illinois.
Mr.. Dingley rotorted that the gentleman
was mistaken. In the 46th Congress the
Senate had been Democratic by seven major
ity.
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois, said that the treaty
with China. negotiated by Mr.. Evarts as
Secretary of State was confirmed in the fall
OF 1880, when Democratic Congress was in
existence. The evasion of that treaty arose
from the fact that from the date of the rati-
cation OF the treaty in 1880 until March, 1882,
tnere mad been no legislation to carry out its
provisions. The Democratic Congress had
never attempted to write any legislation on
the statute books to enforce the treaty.
Mr henderson OF IOwa-HOw about stul-
tifylng the record nowP
Mr. Hit of Illinois, was next recognized,
and offered to yield any time that Mr.. Byn-
mum desired in which to respond to what had
been said
Mr.. Bynum said that there was nothing
for him to respond to. He was
not here to respond to what had not been
Done Done by the Democrats, but to what had
PENDING further debate, the House ad-
Notes.
judge VIM. S. Wiltshire, formerly of Illinois
and Arkansas, member of the 45th Com
gress, and lately lawyer in this city, died
today.
Mr.. Carlisle says he will meet Mr.. Blaine
In joint debate on the tariff question, il the
National Committee consider such a step
necessary.
1t is limited about the Capitol that some
statistics have been collected which have al
ready given rise to much uneasiness among
tariff ref0rmers, and are calculated to create
a sensation if officially published. 1t is said
the statistics will show that tine revenues of
the government for the current year will ex-
ceed expenditures contemplated by the vari-
Gus bills, making appropriations by not more
than S13,000,0 900.
Congressman Matson of Indiana has de-
clined to accent the silver service given him