St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-08
COME OFF The PERCH.
Senator's Pass the Chinese
Exclusion Bill and Hang
1t Up.
Cross-Grained Paptisans Re-
fuse to Vote, Breaking
the Quorum.
The Lower House Discusses
the Subject, "We and Our
Neighbors."
Secretary Whitney Is Tired
Of Office and Ready
to Quit.
Special TO the Globe.

CItCld4 ~ lut 0lObc
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE Chinese
exclusion bill was passed in the senate
to-day, and then almost Immediately
hung up by motion to reconsider its
passage, which motion, for lack of
quorum voting, was not decided up to
the time of adjournment. The bill was
taken up few moments after the SEN
ate convened to-day. Mr. Vest, refer
ring to Mr.. DOlph's denial several days
ago, that seven Cinnamon had been
naturaliZed in Indianapolis in 1876,
under the superintendent of
Mr.. Miller. Gen. HarrisOn's law
partner, said the only mistake he had
made was in giving the date 1876 in-
stead of 1880. Mr.. Vest admitted in
reply to an inquiry from Mr.. Dolph
that there was nothing in the dOcu-
ments and affidavits that he had seen
and used in his recent speech TO Sus-
tain the statement that Gen. HarriSOn's
law partner had anything to do with
the naturalization of Cinnamon in In
dianapOlis. Mr.. Vest said he did not
care TO rest under the implication that
he had garbled these charges, and ne
was not disposed to do Gen. Harrison an
injustice. He had since been Informed
that Republican candidate for the legis-
lature had had these parties naturallZed.
Here a message was received from the
president, inclOsing, as the only official
information at hand relating to the re-
lection of the Chinese treaty by the
Chinese government, copies of two tel
egrams from Minister DENLY at Pekin.
The first, dated Sept. 5, read as follows:
"Believe
TREATY HAS BFFN REJECTED,
Have demanded from foreign Office pos
tive information some days since. No
information has been yet received"
and the second dispatch, dated Sept. 6,
read: "Treaty postponed for further
deliberatiOn."
After these dispatches were read Mr..
Mitchell took the floor and urged the
passage of the bill, even if ii were an
administration measure. The only fault
he had to find with it was that II did not
90 far enough: ii should exclude not
only the 40O.000.000 Cinnamon in China,
but those now in this country. At
O'Clock. the hour agreed upon yesterday
evening to take vote on the bill, Mr..
ingalls,, the presiding officer. put the
question. "Shall the bill pass?" Mr..
German moved to commit the bill and the
presidents message to the foreign rela-
lions committee. The vote on the motion
resulted, II yeas, 10 nays. Senators
Hoar, Platt and Sherman voted yea"
with the Democrats, and Senators
Payne, Berry and Vest voted may
with the Republicans. No quorum vOt-
ing. call of the senate was ordered,
and fOrty-eight senators answered. A
second vote on Mr.. Gorman'S motion re
suited in its defeat-yeas 10, nays 20.
The bill was then passed, yeas 81, nays
S. Messrs. Brown, HOar and Wilson, of
Iowa. voted in the negative. Senators
Sherman and ingalls, did not vote. SEN
ator Blair at once moved to reconsider
the vote and said that he wished
to offer as an amendment
new section, providing that the bill
should not have effect until the eXplra-
ton of sixty days, unless within that
time the pending treaty should be re-
jected by China. If within that time
the treaty were jected. the law should
have effect Immediately; if ratified by
China. then the law should be annulled.
On this proposition discussion of the
bill was reOpened. Senator German
took the floor and earnestly supported
Mr.. Blair's motion. He urged the SEN
ate not to rush this measure through i'm
this unseemly manner. 1t was, he said, a
QUESTION FAR ABOVE POLITICS,
and if this hasty step was taken in the
face of the information received from
the president showing that the treaty is
still pending, it might result in great
commercial injury. Woe to the party
or to the man, said Mr.. German, who
for a temporary advantage in politics
will violate the great principles which
ought to govern tine action OF nations.
Mr.. Stewart opposed the motion to re-
consider, saying the more he read Mr..
Denby's dispatches the more he felt
that the bill was juStitiable and proper.
Mr.. Blair, in supporting his motion,
argued that the treaty, if rati-
fed by China, would afford all the
remedy which the bill was designed to
give, unless the real purpose of the bill
was to destroy the treaty. He was op-
posed, how ever, 10 Mr.. Germans propO-
sitiOn to commit the bill regarding that
as Juggling with the matter. Mr.. Tel
Ter moved to lay Mr.. Blair's motion to
reconsider on the table, and on this
proposition the vote was: Yeas %, nays
il: no quorum. A call of the senate
showed foTty-four senators present.
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, moved to ad-
journ. Mr.. Blair said the vote just
taken on his motion to reconsider
plainly indicated
THE WILL OF THE SENATE.
and asked leave to withdraw it. Mr..
Sherman objected. Mr.. Jones' motion
to adjourn was defeated-yeas 10, nays
%. a vote was taken a second and
third time on the motion to reconsider,
but each time there was less than a
quorum. On the last of these votes,
the senators voting no were Blair,
Brown, ColQuitt, Hoar, Regan, Sherman
and Wilson, of Iowa; most of the Dem
ocratic senators voting in the affirma-
tive. The friends of the bill realized
the useIessness of further efforts to end
the matter to-day, and the senate at p.
m. adjourned till Monday, leaving the
bill passed, but with the motion to re-
consider IFS massage Oending.