The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-05
Debate on the Chinese Bill
in the Senate.
THE MATTER GOES OVER AGAIN
Teller Takes Swipe at SCOTT ana ia
Suppressed by Mr.
Ingalls,.
SENATE.

| adopted at the recent convention !,
Denver, in favor of deep water har
Dor on the northwest coast of the Gull
OF Mexico, suggesting that nc Senator
Representative or Delegate be elected
who was not known to be honestly in
favor of an appropriation for that Dur.
pose ana will not work for it earnestly
and faithfully. He also presented s
memorial on the same subject, from
the deep water harbor committee Of
Galveston and asked that it be printed
in the Record. So ordered.
Culiom offered resolution calling
on the Secretary of War, for informa-
| ZION as to the channel ordinarily used
for the navigation of the Detroit River
and st. Clair Flats; whether its waters
were within the jurisdiction of the
United States or Canada, etc. Adopted
Cullom also introduced bill to de-
clare trusts unlawful, and had il re-
ferred to the committee.
At 2 40 the Senate resumed the con-
sideration of the House bill to prohibit
Chinese immigration. and was ad-
dressed by Teller, IN support. He al
luded sarcastically TO Cleveland,s
remarks on being informed OF his nom
ination at st. Louis, wherein he said
the feeling of awe with which he had
heard of his first nomination has now
been intensified.
Plumb said that he could now under
stand, in view of the pulling and haul
ing of the dirty sock Democracy.
which had been hungry for twenty
years. He also brought mp the circum-
stances connected with the removal of
District Attorney Benton. of Missouri,
and District Attorney Stone of Pennsyi-
vaniR. for neglecting their off ,iaI du-
ties in order to make
PARTISAN SPEECHES.,
the former having been reinstated
through the efforts of Vest, although
Benton had maligned the administra-
ton, while the latter, who had not
maligned the administration, had not
been reinstated. He merely wanted to
show the comparison brought forward
yesterday by Vest to show the imparti-
atty of Cleveland did not compare.
In Vests reply to Plumb, he treated
the Benton and Stone matter as
"threshing out all of the old straw" and
incidentally the politics of the st. Louis
newspapers, from which Mr.. Plumb had
quoted extracts, were brought in.
Vest then referred to the Eos
ter circular, containing remarks
of Republican Senators as to Crying
the fat" out of protected manufacture
ers and said that if the Senators were
to indulge in elimination and recrimin-
alton, it would be interesting to know
what Senator had made use of that Ian
guage. Two Senators from Vermont
had denied that they had made such a
statement and the question was now
who had made it. When that question
was answered he (Vest) would go fur
ther in the details of the pending cam
paign.
REAGAN AND STEWART.
Reagan denounced the Republican
party for its legislation on the Green
back question and the silver coinage
question, and was followed in the same
direction by Stewart, who expressed his
sympathy with the views of the Texas
Senator. Stewart in that connection
deplored the possibility of Cleveland's
election which would, he said, prevent
the relief of the silver question in the
next four years, because Cleveland was
in favor of a single gold standard and
of the payment of bonds in gold.
Why, he asked, was the Senator
from Texas supporting such an Admin
istration? An administration in favor
of single gold standard and free trade
the twin sisters of destruction.
Reagan retorted on Stewart and ex-
pressed surprise tba he should act with
the Republican party which had caused
the very condition of things, which he
lamented and deplored.
Stewart replied that two things recon-
ciled him with his party. He knew
Cleveland would veto any bill
for free coinage of silver and that Har-
rison would not veto such bill.
Reagan questioned the latter part of
the remark because he said Harrison
was the representative of class of in
terests at the expense of the people.
The resolution went over without &C
ton and the Senate resumed the con-
sideration of the House bill
TO PROHIBIT CHINESE IMMIGRATION
And was addressed by Teller in support
of the bill.
He replied to the argument made
Yesterday by Senator George throwing
the responsibility for the presence of
the Chinese Bpon the Republican party.
He disclaimed such responsibility and
defended the course of Harrison in his
votes in the Senate, or anti Chinese leg
islation. The Republican candidate for
Presidency had occupied the same posi-
ton on the Chinese question as he,
Teller, had always occupied and was as
sound as any man in the world on the
question OF protection to American
labor, whether against the pau
per labor of Europe or China.
Teller proceeded to compare the course
of the Two parties on the Chinese question
in California, the only state where that
question had crystalized into public
opinion and claims that the Republican
party there had always been opposed
to Chinese immigration, while the
Democratic party had not been.
Governor Stanford's message to the
legislature in 1862 had been the first
official declaration against it.
Mr., Payne inquired whether the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company, of
which Stanford was President, had not
i,,,orkod MoDcoIiaDs IN huild th q +