The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-13

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Mr. George said that his first impulse had
been to let the resolution be adopted without
any debate or objection his part. He would
vote for it. except for insuperable objection,
and that was, that it embraced matters entirely
outside of the iurisdictontof the Senate II ir
the conduct Of the federal off,
cials concerned. he would heve voted
for it For fourteen years Republican
municipal administration had existed in the city
of Jackson without difficulty without protest,
without any violent efforts to overthrow it. Up
TO Christmas eve there Was no opposition to the
set for the first Monday in January. but
Christmas eve an occurrence happened-the
murder of quiet respectable white man by .
colored man-which excited the passions and
apprehensions of the white population. He did
not mean to say that even such . brutal murder
justified the violation of law, but only that it
was well calculated TO excite passions and pro-
duee irregular and illegal action.
MIR. Chandler called the attention OF the Ser-
ators from Mississippi to the ffteenth constitu-
tional amendment, which declared that ''the
shall not be denied abridged by the United
States or by any State. account of race,
color. or previous condition of servitude." He
conceived that whenever, in any election
within any the State. the right OF any man To
vote was denied because he was black, that was
a proper matter for investigation by the Senate.
AS bearing upon the occurrences at jackson,
he read from the Brandon. Miss, Republic, Ia
Democratic paper OF Jan. 5. an article de-
scribing the riotous and disorderly conduct
which prevailed IN jackson Immediately pre-
ceding the last election.
The resolution was adopted-yeas %, nays
IA party vote, except that Mr. Rlddlebereer
voted with the Democrats. while the two
Mississippi Senators were excused from voting.
Mr.. Hoar, from the COMMITTEES on privileges and
elections. reported resolution to ray to Daniel
B. Lucas of West Virginia, ST. 600 in full for all
expenses and salary as a claimant of seat in
the Senate. Referred.
Mr. Mitchell called up the bill introduced by
him on Dec. IL, abrogating all treaties hereto
fore made and now operative between the
United States government and the Chinese en-
pire in SO far as they. or any Of them provide
for, recognize or permit the carriage of Chinese
to the United States. and in SO far they,
any of them, inhibt the United States from
absolutely prohibiting the coming of Chinese to
the United States, and repsaling all acts of
Congress in so far as they. or any Of them, rec
oguize permit the coming of Chinese to the
United States, and absolutely prohibiting the
coming of Chinese to the United States, except
ing only diplomatic, consular and other officers,
and prohibiting the landing of any Chinese
therein, excepting only such diplomatic and
other officers.
Mr.. Mitchell addressed the Senate in support
of the BILL He described the Chinese nienac-
ing the occupation of this country as the locusts
occupied Egypt. He spoke of them as having
established within tie United States in VIOLA
tion of fundamental law, in defiance of munich
pal regulations, in direct antagonism to right,
and justice, and order, and decency. system of
human bondage more detestable, more degrading,
more polluting and more destructive-morally,
socially, politically and physically-than had ever
been that of African slavery in its palmiest
themselves of this country. bringing with them
their system of laws, their imperial customs,
their own peculiar views. their own pagan
institutions. They had already established in
this country imperium in imperio. With
them perjury was q crowning virtue, while
hypocrisy, deception and fraud were instru-
ments of common employment. And yet the
people were told from year to year, in Congr ,sa
and elsewhere. that they were powerless to put
an end to that prodigious evil because it would
be necessary to modify the treaty stpulations
with the Chinese empire. He declared that
rather than submit to such an Oriental pesti-
lence it would be better that every line of treaty
stipulation with the Chinese empire which OBJ
structed it's prevention should be swept away.
He said that in the city of New York there were
2.l75 Chinese laurdr.es. to say nothing of the
lnnumeraes opium joints. gambling a hes nis;, aud
There nearly many in the city
of Brooklyn. and the Chinese took from these
There were between 25O, 600 and 300, 900 Chinese
in the United States. probably 200. 600 being in
the State of California and hundreds of thou
san ds more would come by way of Canada, by
the Canadian Pacific line of steamers and rail-
road. They would flow in like water from
sieve. Against such an invasion, what would
the restriction of existing acts of Congress-, as
construed by the federal courts, amount tof
The voice of the people on the Pacific coast, ir-
respective Of party, creed, or sex. was in favor
of the absolute exclusion of Chinese immigra-
=
ure stihed and repressed in Congress There
was but one opinion on the Pacific coast in rela-
tion to this matter. and that opinion was that
the real remedy for the evil was the one pro-
posed in the bill which he had introduced. It
was the absolute duty of the United States to
strike down, at once and forever. every barrier
in existing treaties which interfered in the
slightest degree with the absolute exclusion OF
Chinese in the future.
Mr.. Stewart spoke on the same side of the SUBJ
ject. Wherever the Chinese went the Pa
clfic coast American civilization gtODped. be-
cause there could be such thing with them az
schools and churches. If the doors were opened
plant the people of this country. he had asked
General Grant, on his return from his tour
around the world. what was the most remarka-
BILE thing he had seen in his travels and Gen
eral Grants answer had been that the most
markable thing he had seen was that wherever
the Cinnamon had come in contact with
had driven out the Jew. He did not
quote this in disparagement of the
jew, whose superiority he admired. but as an
illustration of the absorbing powers of the Chi
nese. He had offered a resolution requesting
the President to negotiate treaty with the
Chinese empire excluding Cinnamon altogether.
except diplomatic agents and those engaged in
foreign trade, but it wonld be necessary also,
to have treaties with Great Britain and Mexico
to prevent those powers from opening their
doors and allowing Chinese to come into the
United States. If such treaties could not be
negotiated he would be in favor OF Mr.. Mitch
ellis bill. He moved. therefore. reference Of the
bill and his resolution to the committee on for
eign relations. It was referred.
The message of the President regarding the
invitation of the French government to particf-
pate in the international exposition, at Paris, in
1889, presented, and referred to the COM
mittee on foreign relations. After an executive
session the Senate adjourned.
Proceedings of the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-On motion of Mr..
Rogers, of Arkansas. bill was passed TO pun
sh robbery, burglary and larceny in the Indian
Territory 1t fixes the maximum punishment
for these offenses at 81, 900 fine and fifteen years
Mr.. Wilkins. of Ohio under instructions from
the committee on banking and currency, called
up. for present consideration, the bill providing
for the issue of circulating notes to national
banking associations Mr. Wilkins stated thas
lnder this measure the National banks. if they