Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Chinese Prohibition Bill
Passed.
FINAL DEBATE ON THE SUBJECT.
Hard Hits at HarrisOn-"Levi p"
asa Contract Labor Importer.
The Senate.
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WASHINGTON, August 20.-In the House
Mr.. Anderson of Iowa introduced bill
to define trusts and provide for the pun.
ishment of persons connected with them
and resolution declaring that the re.
port of the Pacific Railroad commission
discloses scandalous law breaking on the
part of the management OF the Union
and Central Pacific roads; providing fol
the printing of 10000 extra copies of that
report; calling upon the Postmaster Gen.
eral for information as to whether it is
true that an enormous edition of certain
publication, called "The Trade Reform
Advocate" had been distributed in VIC.
lation Of the postal laws, by being sent
out from Columbus, Ohio, to all or nearly
all the postoffices of the State; whether
any officer of the Postoffice Department
had been guilty of such acts or had
known Of the same and had not taken
steps to prevent the same; what legisla-
ton was necessary to enforce the postal
laws, and what steps had been taken by
the Postofice Department to punish such
offenses and prevent their recurrence.
Owen, of Indiana, introduced resolu-
tion calling on the Secretary of State for
information concerning the liquor traffic
between this country and the Congo and
South Pacific Islands. The Chinese bill
was then taken up.
Hill, of Illinois, maintained that the
Senate had acted properly in amending
the t1Dety as it had done; for without
the amendments the treaty could have
been largely evaded. Nothing should
have been neglected by the Senate in
dealing with this cunning and evasive
race of men. The Senate had acted well
and promptly in dealing with the ques.
ton, and he only regretted that the
House had not kept abreast of that body
in promptness. In speaking of the bill
he criticised the Administration for not
having entered into negotiations with
Great Britain relative to the i'm.
migration of Chinese from British
America. The Chinese laborers who came
into this country yearly came directly from
China, but embarked from the English
port OF Hong Kong, landed at Vancouver
and percolated across the northern bor-
der into the United States. He would
have been glad if the vigilant Executive,
whose attention had been called three
years ago to the necessity of doing some
thing to stop this exasperating and irri-
tating influx OF unwelcome Pagan cheap
labor. had thought of a convention or
treaty of arrangement with the power
the very place from which the
Chinese embarked and the whole border
through which they struggled into the
United States. He did not profess to
know what influences governed the
revelations of the Govern.
ment, but he thought it was fair criti.
cism of the Executive to say he had
never thought of that which was so self
evident to the plainest man who walked
upon the Pacific Slope, and felt himself
wronged by the presence of the Pagan
laborer at his side. In conclusion he
advocated the passage of the
pending measure.
McKenna, of California, replying to
;he speech of Bynum last Saturday, ridi.
,uled its manner of delivery and remark
ID that the speech had been printed at
he Government printing office and COP.
es given to the New York papers in
'rder that its poison might be fastened
nto the channels of circulation. This
year Indiana could defy it's surreptitious
poison or any poison like it. The pend
ng treaty was the best which the pre-
'ent administration could or would OBJ.
ain. 1t did not meet the situation but
t was the best the present Administra-
ion could do. His colleague, Morrow,
lad asked for the immediate considera-
ion of the Chinese bill as soon as it |
anne from the Senate, but objection had |
,een made by the Democrats and the |
,ill had been maneuvered into the |
Committee on Foreign Affairs, He
ould not say that this maneuverinp |
vas INDUCED in in order that the |
Democrats might have a chance to at |
ack General Harrison. It was signifi- |
ant that no member on the Committe on |
Foreign Affairs had made any attacks. |
daybe the members of that Committee |
lad been too dignifed and fair to do go. |
he gentleman from Indiana had dashed |
onward to a congenial task in the service
f his party. He was fellow citizen of |
ieneral Harrison, but that had not de.
erred him. The distress of the Demo.
ratio party could not await the amenities
u AIAS. AnAh5o hAuot U0 BcttiuS dWIullV
ushed in Indiana. applause It must
ave been dire necessity which had
mpelled the gentleman from Indiana to
lis disagreble Office. The gentleman
lad been looking up the records. The
Democratic party was addicted to the
ondling Of corpses. The only life it
iked was the life that infested dead
hing; the only light it shone
" was the light of decay
nd putrescence. The Democratic party
hould be the last to recall records. No
'arty had claimed or received the charity
I forgetfulness and forgiveness as had
he Democratic party. The gentleman
rom Indiana need not worry about the
ecord of General Harrison, and be
night be assured the people were con-
erned, not in what General Harrison
ad been, but in what he would be; not
q what the Democratic party had been.
ut what it was and would be, and they
ould not be juggled from that concern
y any artful policies or artful politics or
rtful politicians.
He then proceeded to criticise the
democratic majority in the House in the
9th Congress for its lack of action upon
ne Chinese question, and for it's dilatori.
ess during the present session. The
administration was also open to criti-
ism for its delay. For three years Sec-
etary Bayard had not given sign of
ction. There was not a sound except
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