Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-08
BLAIR BLOCKS THE BILL.
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION MEASURE
PASSED BY THE SENATE,

Stops Progress-China POstpones Action |
on the Treaty-Retaiiation Talk In the
House-A Vote to be Taken Monday
Capital News Notes.
WASHINGTON CRY. Sept s.-Vest began |
the debate on the Chinese question in the |
senate yesterday. Referring to Doiph's de- |
NAL several days ago that seven Cinnamon |
had been naturalized in 1876, under the su |
perintendence of Mr. Miller, Gen. Harrison's |
law partner, he said the only mistake he had |
made was in giving the date 1870 instead of |
1880 Vest admitted, in reply to an INQUIRY |
from Dolph, that there was nothing in the |
documents and affidavits that be had seen
and used in his recent speech to sustain the |
statement that Gen Harrison's law partner
had anything to do with the naturalization
of Cinnamon in indianapolis He said he
did not care to rest under the implication
that he had garbled these charges, and he
was not disposed to do Gen. Harrison injus
tice. He had since been informed that Re-
publican candidate for the legislature had
had these parties naturalized.
After dispatches from Minister DENLY,
sent to the senate by the president, had been
read, stating that the Chinese government
had postponed the treaty, Mitchell took the
floor and urged the passage Of the bill, even
if it were an administration measure The
only fault he had to find with it was that it
did not go far enough; it should exclude not
only the 400, 900, 900 Cinnamon in China, but
those now in this country. At O'Clock, the
hour agreed upon Thursday evening to take
a vote on the bill, Ingalls,, the presiding Off
| Ger, put the question: "Shall the bill passT
and after defeating a motion by German to
refer the bill to the foreign relations COM
mittee the bill was passed, but Blair at once
| moved to reconsider the vote and said that
| he wished to offer as an amendment new
section providing that the bill should not
have effect until the expiration Of sixty days,
| unless within that time the pending treaty
| should be rejected by China. If within that
| time the treaty were rejected, the law should
| have effect Immediately; if ratified by
| China, then the law should be annuled On
| this proposition discussion of the bill was re-
| opened
| German took the floor and earnestly sup
| ported BARS motion. He urged the senate
not TO rush this measure through in this uu-
seemy manner 1t was, he said a question
far above politics. and if this hasty step was
taken, in the face of the information received
from the president, showing that the treaty
is still pending, it might result in great com
mercial injury. Woe to the party or to the
man, said German, who for a temporary ad-
vantage in politics will violate the great
principles which ought to govern the action
of nations.
Blair in supporting his motion argued that
tho treaty, if ratified by China, would afford
all the remedy which the bill was designed
to give, unless the real purpose of the bill
was to destroy the treaty.
Stewart opposed the motion, and Teller
moved to lay il on the table. The result was
that several votes were taken, the opponents
of the measure-some of them-adopting fill
clustering tactics and not voting, leaving the
senate without quorum.
The debate in the house waxed long and
loud on the retaliation bill, one of the first
speakers being Nutting of New York, who said
America was to blame for the present trouble
tecause she had relied on English honor,
while history showed that to be a poor de-
pendence Hooker defended the president
from the criticism that he had not used
the power he already had, and said it would
have been bad taste to have done 80 while
he was negotiating treaty. The most *
tended speech was made by Cannon of Dill
nois.
He said the question now presented boiled
down to point, was whether American fish
ermen had rights in common with Canadian
fishermen That was what they wanted and
what they would have if article twenty nine
of the treaty of 1871 was in force, as Cannon
, contended it was The administration had
adopted the Chinese policy, and with lis
message was trying to brighten Canada by
beating gongs The president al
ready had big gong, but, be
, said, al am going into this business,
; give me another hammer" Cannon read
an order signed by the president on March
IL, lSS7-after the passage Of the retaliation
! bill-designating San Francisco as port Of
entry for goods in bond, to show that the
president did not at that time think the 2stt
article abrogated "Now," said Cannon
: 'the president holds that it had been abro
gated since 1885: and this man that tower,
like colossus among all between sun-up and
sun-down,' turns somersault, and with ar
anathema against the Canadian government,
cries out, 60 el gore! gorern But this was /
day of newspapers and school houses, and the
masses would not be fooled by such clap
: trap.
Here McMillin wanted to know if Cannon
was going to vote for this clap trap and
! the latter replied that if there is going to bt
i Chinese policy of terrifying enemies by
e beating gongs, why he guessed it would b
patriotic to give the president another ham
Q mer
Nelson of Minnesota, Adams of Illinois and
|, Kerr of Iowa, while thinking the bill un
= necessary and somewhat mischievous, would
+ vote for 1t on grounds Of patriotism.