The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-19
THE CHEAP CHINESE.
Restricting Legislation Dis
eussed III the House.
MAKING II A Party ISSUE.
The Democr attic Side Attacks HarrI-
sons thinese Record-A
Hot Debate.
MAKING IT A PARTY ISSUE
HOUSE

WAsHINGToN, August 1S.--Taulbee, OF
Kentucky, presented the conference re-
port upon the bill for the relief of the
First National Bank of Portland, Ore
gon. Agreed to.
McCreary of Kentucky, from the COM
mittee on foreign affairs, reported for
immediate consideration the Senate bill
to prevent the coming of Chinese labor
ers into the United States, with an
amendment repeating the acts of May
6, 1882, and July 5, 1884, the repeal to
take effect before the ratification of the
pending treaty. McCreary stated that
owing to the fact that the Senate
amended the treaty, it had to be re-
turned to China for the ratifioa ion OF
that government, and that it would
probably be the hrst of next year before
the treaty could be agreed upon. The
OBJECT OF the bill was TO carry out the pro-
visions of the treaty as soon as ratified
by both countries. He briefly re-
viewed the provisions of the previous
treaty. between the United States and
CHINA and Of the laws founded thereon,
IN order to emphasize the necessity for
| the adoption or new treaty and the
passage of the pending measure. The
| subject of Chinese immigration was gn
| important one and deserved a most care
tut consideration. The pending treaty
was liberal and the President and his
able Secretary of State were entitled to
great credit for having at last nego-
tiated treaty which was to prevent
hordes of Chinese from coming TO this
country. The demand for the ratifi-
cation of the treaty and the passing OF
the bill came from the Pacific Coast In
a manner which must be needed and he
only regretted that action had been
taken which would delay giving effect
to the treaty. The bill was prepared
in accordance with the treaty
and was long step forward toward
meeting the evils which beset the people
of California. He was in favor Of open
ing the poris of the United States to
worthy people from every country, but
he did not believe the ChneSe, with
their habits, customs, tastes ana re-
igiUu. Were worthy of coming into this
Country. They came without wives or
children aud we're enabled therefore TO
work or small wages. and in California
the queS ion was not the survival of The
fittest, but the survival of the cheapest.
He hoped the House would pass the bill
without objection or division.
Morrow, of California, declared the
passage of tn bill necessary in order to
protect the people If this country from
the evils Of Chinese immigration. He
dis ;ussed the provisions of previous acts
upon this subject and pointed out
wherein they proved defective in pro.
hlbiting The immigI alton of Chinese.
From 1852 20 1876 before there had been
any attempt at restriction, the average
numb OF Chinese entering annually at
San Francisco was but little over 8,000
During 1887, after several attempts
at restriction, the immigration at San
Francisco amounted 10 over IL 900. 1t
was therefore necessary for the govern
q ent to devise some treaty to carry out
lis policy. 1t had declared and placed
on the statute books as principle that
it would exclude The Chinese, and yet
the laws were violated and these people
came In. The question confronting
Congress was whether it had the ability
to orm al4w hich would carry out the
principle. He contended that the
Senate amendments to the treaty were
very important and served to close the
door, which the original treaty left
open to the incoming of Chinese labor
ers. While the pending bill was favored
by the people of the Pacific Coast be-
cause they believed it step in advance
CT previous statutory efforts, neither
the treaty nor the bill met with their
entire approval because they believed
the government should reserve TO itself
the right to iegislate whenever occasion
required against any foreign immigra-
ton which might be inimical. 1t should
not be obliged to go to China
for treaty whenever. it wished
to prohibit the immigration of
prohibit it by statutory enactment.
to go upon the statute books before the
ratification of the treaty. in order that
there should be no hiatus between the
treaty and the law.
o'NEILL OPPOSES.
O'NeiI, of Missouri, said that every
two years Congress passed Chinese
bill as an incident OF the political cam
pal II. Passing laws would not remedy
tNic UAIlc5S OpluAOh D6ChCu
them. In California instead of being
an element which people desired to
have removed, from the moment he
reached the hotel till he left the State
hr found the Chinese employed
The people seemed to want
them; t1ey were servile ard
d Gle. Wherever you turned you
found Chinese az work. The lsboring
D. opIe dld lnr want them, but the bet
I-r class Of people in California did. 1t
was qqesupu of cheapness.
telt5a interrupted to gay that Cali
f0rnia s w~re OBLIGED to accept Chinese
LABOR berau sh-y had no other.
O'Neill ,eplied that they should ad-
ver'ise 10 n W York here, there and
every wn'r in the east, where there
were great numbers Of uper ployed la
borers. The house had not answered
the demands Of labor. Thousands of
persons had p1ti'iOned for protection
against convict labor, and it would not
oe sun,cient for members to say they
bau pass \ Colla e bill ana other bills
already Ser.
BYNUX TALKS STRAIGHT,
Bynuhl, Il Indiana, attacked the Re-
publican party for i,s failure in past
years to step the inporta lion of con-
tract labor. Ii had favorao the OPEN