The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-05
WORK KOFCONGRESS
Political Discussions of Much
Interest.
DEMOCRATS CROWDED soRKLr.
Comparative Consistency Of the
Parties on the Chinese Question
Mr. Hit Elueidates Bayard's Great
Plan Of Making Peace With Canada
-Tapper's Revelations.

ton at Denver in favor OF. deep
water harbo- on the northwest coast
of the Gulf OF Mexico. and suggest
ing that no senator, representative OF
delegate be elected whoi Is not known
TO be honestly in favor OF an appro-
priation for that purpose and viii not
work for il earnestly and faithfully.
lie also presented memorial on the
same subject from the deep-water
harhor committee OF Galveston. and
asked that il be printed in the Record.
SO ordered
CEllom offered resolution, which
was adopted calling on the secretary
OF war for information as TO the
channel ordinarily used for naviga-
tiel OF the Detroit river and 81 Ciair
fats, and whether its waters were
within :he jurisdiction OF the United
States or Canada
Callom also introduced a bill de-
claring trusts unlawful, and had il re-
ierred TO the committee on finance
He alluded sareasticaliy To Cleve-
land ; remarks on being informed OF
his nomination at 81. Louis, wherein
be said the feeling of awe with which
he had heard OF his first nomination
had not been intensified.
Piamb said he could understand
that remark in view OF the pulling
and hauling OF the dirty-soek Democ-
racy, which had been hungry for %
years . He also brought up circum-
stances connected with the removal of
District Attorney Benton OF Missouri
and District Attorney stone of Penn
sylvania for negleeting their official
duties, in order To make partisan
speeches. the former having been re-
instated through the efforts of Vest
Although Benton had maligned the
administration, the latter. who had
not maiigned the administration, had
not been reinstated. He merely
wanted to show that the comparison
brought forward yesterday by Vest TO
show the impartiality OF Cleveland,
did not compare.
In Vests reply to Plumb he treated
the Benton and Stone matter as "a
thresaing ont of old straw, and in
cidentally the politics OF the 81. Louis
newspapers, from which Mr. Plumb
had quoted extracts, were brought in.
Vest then referred 10 the Foster
circular, containing remarks OF a Re-
publican senator as % frying the iat
ont of protected manufacturers and
said that ii senators were To indulge
( in elimination and reerimina,ion il
would I've interesting to know what
I senator had made use of that Ian
guage. The two senators from Yer
mont had denied that they had made
such a statement. and the question
nov was who had made it. When
the question was answered, he Vest
would go farther into the details oi
the pending campaign.
Reagan denounced the Republican
party for its legislation on the green
back question and silver coinage ques-
ton. and was followed in the same di-
rectiOn by Stewart. who expressed his
sympathy with the views OF the Texas
senator on that legislation.
Reagan retorted on Stewart and ex-
pressed surprise that the Nevada sena-
tor could act with the Republican
party. which had caused the very con
dition OF things which he lamented.
stewart said that two things recon
ciled him with his party. He knew
Cleveland would veto any bill for the
/ free coinage OF silver, and that Harri-
+ son would not veto such a bill Stewart
! deplored the possibility OF Cleveland s
election, which would, he said, prevent
+ the settlement of the silver question
I in the next - wears, because Cieve-
land was in favor Of single golsi
( standard. and OF payment OF gold IN
Z eoia Why was the senator from
( Texas supporting such an adminiytra-
I iion. fayoring q single gold standard
and free trade2
{ Reagan answered that it was he
cause he saw Harrison was the repre-
tentative OF class interest at the ex-
{ pense ci the people.
The resolution went over without
action. and the senate resumed con
Z -ideration of the house bill to pro-
hihit Chinese immigration, and
vas addressed by Teller #in Sup-
port OF the bill He replied 10
the argument made yesterday by
George. throwing the respon ihility
Tor preference OF Chinese on the Re
publican party lie disclaRned such
responsibility and defended the c5urse
of Harrison in his votes in the senate
on anti-Chine~e legislation The Re
publican candidate for president had
occupied the same position on the
Chinese question as he (TelleFl had al
wavs occtiIied, and was a. sound as
any man in the world on the question
pf protection ta American labor,
whether against the panPer labor OF
Europe or the pauper labor of China
Teller proceeded to compare the
course Of the two parties on the Chi
gese question IA California the only
state where the question had mateFial-
izcd into public opinion. lie claimei
the Republican party there had always
/ been opposed 10 Chinese immigration,
while the Democratic party had not
been Governor Stanford's message
f "a the legislature In iSi2 had been the
T Gr~t official declaration against il,
Nr. Payne inquired whether the
E Central Pacific Railroad Company OF
which stanford wa- president, had uo'
imported MongOiians To build th'
+ road.
TeIler-No. sir; nor any other rail
+ road company. They came TO Caiitor
( MA nf their own accord.
a. to the pending bill, Teller men
TONED the remarkable fact that u nat
passed the house without reference Il
+ 4 committee. and that il had not heef
introduced hv member of the cam
mite on foreign affairs, bat by q mar
ho IN no sense and under no cirCunt
stances had s right % speak for Amer
can labor A. the ssustor from -outi
Carolins (Baticrl had said ye-ter,Iay
wah great frankHess, the bill Vas j
roiidcal move lie dill NOT hn,
Il ~tatel Ia the lco5-f that tn
liA had been draWn IN the oisic
81 the solieltoT general, bat he heard {
- stst.i outside. and that u ~as sea
down from the exee ative depsrtnfef
10 he passed II se Werr to look uyu
the hol.e - select man sho SoHi'
most silV represent the America
p-snG,.e w no tod. he would hardly sc
.ect thc man waa had succee.it7t =
ectiin- that bB through the house
lie hal only ssIcaee &es t-rCa1se .
reures scented the president more iha'
anv ether man in the D,n7o-Ttti
party iS was sand of him Nj Ssotl
that he had gigen ten times nor
money % the Democratic cAlsi F'-.i4s
tgna thau ths pTe-ii.ent- lie was ai-
20 so 81. and be sas said . has
tna5s uil.isa~ out ot the iatcTlnE iEae
Ut the | uitei S.ases.
II th.< connects ~ Teller sent "a 81
els-k gesk zHd has read scott e g
hiuernpai,al sketch IN the Consrea
~iaral DIRECTORY.
Nr InSaAs- The char takes ooc.
sss,u ta remark that while & j. iG ostts
10 refer to tac acts oi the other hass'