Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
honesty, Mr.. Morgan Indignantly ex-

honesty, Mr.. Morgan Indignantly ex-
! claimed
So far as my character is concerned, was
! Mr.. Mitchell's response, L am wiling Co
parallel it with that of the senator from
! Alabama either here or elsewhere.
IeXpected some interference with this
bill when stating the question, said Mr..
! Morgan.
At the close of Mr.. Morgan's speech his
| bin was referred to the committee on for
eign relations.
The conference report on the army APP,
/ preparation bill was presented and agreed
! to. Mr. Mitchell then took the floor to re-
ply to the remarks of Mr.. Morgan. He
was not surprised he said, In view OF the
inconsistent and contrary record OF the
| senator from Alabama on the Chinese
question that interrupted by question he
should lose his temper and fly OFF into
! rage.
/ The presiding officer, interrupting-Th
! chair thinks that the senator from Oregon
! is going too far. He must proceed IN
order
! The senator from Oregon will endeavor
F: to proceed in order and certainly Will pro-
coed IN as much order as did the senator
! from Alabama, who was not called TO
order, either, when he violated the parlla-
mentary rules of this body in direct and
explicit terms. The senator from Ala
bama has been for years past and until
within the last seven days the devoted
champion of party right. tie has de-
nounced in the senate and before the
committee on foreign relations various
propositions looking to the exclusion OF
Chinese from this country. He has in
sisted, first, last and all the time, that tins
was question to be settled by diplomacy.
He has referred to measures like the pend
ing bill as the Colorado notion" and the
i L., h.. (lrArr aAR nIs
the Pacific coast idea" as being brought
forward and pressed by demagogues for
party purposes But, 10 and behold. when
a Democratic exclusion bill is presented,
even without reference to a committee, the
senator from Alabama fiops, jumps clear
over the fence, turns around and declares
himself in favor of that bill and absolutely
votes for it, going back on his whole record
on that question. This morning he comes
here and takes another turn and insists the
bill for which he voted last Friday should
be amended. The senator, with that kind
of a record, is not In position to question
the sincerity of senators on this floor as he
has done, and without any provocatlon to
him. Mr.. President, whatever may have
done since | have been d member of the
senate, whatever | may have done in all
my life which ] ought not to have done, l
can say to the senator from Alabama that
there is one thing which | have never done.
ana InaU Il, L nave ueVCF, SlnCS Have Dteu
a member of this body, come into the SEN
ate chamber full of whisky, disgracing
myself and disgracing the senate.
Mr.. Morgan stood in his his seat and
without evincing the slightest motion or
sign of Impotence as Mr.. Mitchell applied
these uncomplimentary remarks to him.
After MI Mitchell took his seat the house
retaliation bill was presented and referred
to the committee on foreign relations.
Mr.. Stewart asked unanimous consentto
have the Chinese exclusion bill taken up.
Mr.. Sherman objected.
Mr.. Stewart then made a motion to that
effect and it was carried and the bill taken
up.
Mr.. Sherman addressed the senate in
favor of Mr.. Blair's motion to reconsider
the vote by which the bill passed He ap
pealed to the senators on both sides of the
chamber from consideration of national
honor to allow the bill to stand in its pres
ent position until it could be definitely as
certained whether the treaty had or would
be ratified But now. with the knowledge
that the treaty was still being considered
by the Chinese government was it right
or proper. he asked, for congress to nullIfy
that treaty and to nullify all existing
treaties? If the United States violated or
abrogated any portion OF treaty, that act
became by the law of nations an abrOgation
of all treaties with that country. The
gentlemen from the Pacific coast ought to
remember, he said, that they were but a
part of this country, and while senators
were willing to adopt extreme measures
for the exclusion of the Chinese race, still
they must insist, as the representatives of
a law abiding, law-governed people. that
this must be done in an orderly manner,
and that no undue, unnatural or unusual
course must he taken in dealing with
China. If he stood alone IN the senate he
would demand and insist that the bill
should remain in the hands of the senate
until the treaty was rejected or ratified by
the Chinese government. While the peo-
pie of the Pacific coast felt keenly the ne
cessity of stopping Chinese immigration
they ought to await the ordinary course Of
events.
Mr. George conceded with the views ex-
pressed by Mr.. Sherman.
Without action on the Chinese bill the
senate adjourned.