Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-05

a message from the President supple
mentary to that of Wednesday, enclosing
two copies OF the kilograms sent in cipher
by the Secretary of State to the Ameri-
can Minister at Pekin (which had been
omitted). Referred to the Committee |
on Foreign Relations.
THE TELEGRAMs.
These two telegrsms are. as follows:
WASHINGTON, September 4, 1884.
DENLY, Minister at Pekfn:
Rejection of treaty is reported here. What
information have you? lsignedl BAyARD.
WASHINGTON, September 1s, 1883.
Denby, Minister at Pekfa:
bill has passed both houses OF Congress for
the total exclusion OF Chinese, and aw Its the
Presidents approval. Public feeling on the
Pacific coast Is excited in favor OF it. and the
situation is critical Impress upon the Gov
ernment OF China the necessity for an instant
decision in the in crest o! treaty relations and
amity. Signed] BAYARD.
Sherman, from the Committee on For
eign Relations. reported a resolution
agreed to) calling on the President for
the correspondence and information
touching the recent occurrences in the
Island of Hayti, both as relates to the
state of the government there and to the
seizure and delivery of the American
vessel Haytien Republic.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
Sherman also from the same committee
reported back favorably the Edmunds
joint resolution as to the Panama canal,
as follows:
Resolved, That the Government of the
United States will look with serious con-
Germ and disapproval on any connection
of any European Government with the
construction or control of any ship canal
across the Isthmus of Darien or across
Central America, and must regard any
such connection or control as INJURIOUS to
the just rights and interests of the United
States, and as a menace to their well
fare.
Resolved, That the President be re-
quested to communicate this expression
Of the views of Congress TO the Govern
ments of the countries OF Europe.
The resolution was placed on the cal
endar. Sherman gave notice that he
would to- morrow ask its consideration.
He hoped it would receive the unanimous
approval of the Senate.
Stewart offered resolution (agreed to)
instructing the Committee on Private
Land Claims to inquire and ascertain
what prosecutions or suits had been in
etituted or authorized as to patents for
Mexican private land grants in Califor-
mia; at whose instance and for whose
benefit and what interest the United
States has in such suits. The Senate
then resumed
CONSIDERATION OF THE TARIFF BILL.
Vance moved to amend paragraph 323
by reducing the rate from 45 cents per
pound and 15 per cent. ad valorem to 40
pey cent. ad valorem.
In the debate upon the amendment
Hawley asked Vance whether there was
any nation which had any approximately
Just system of taxation, and If not
which of the nations was the nearest
right?
Vance replied that the system of taxa.
ton which was nearest right, 80 far as
be was acquainted with them, was the
English system.
Hawley-That is about the answer
which expected to get.
Vance, see what you call the true
inwardness Of your question. The object
is that you may charge that we are in
the English interest; that we are follow.
ing the English system; that we are
foreigners to our own people; but there
never was any greater piece of hypocrisy
than this pretension of dislike to for
eigners. You only dislike a foreigner
when he brings something to sell, but
when q foreigner comes himself to un-
derbid the American workman and take
the bread out of his mouth, you welcome
him with an open and hypocritical en-
brace.
Hawley-I have no personal reason for
disliking England or Englishmen. l
disbelieve in the English system of taxa
ton, and what l wanted to get was one
Democrat, if could not get more, to
avow frankly the honest purpose of that
party-that the adoption of free trade is
| the policy Of that party. Not one time
in fifty on the stump or newspapers were
we able in the last campaign to get
Democratic politician or editor to tell the
truth in regard to the p ,sition of his party.
| An avowed free trade meeting was held
in Boston the other day, glorifying
the campaign, glorifying the President of
the United States, glorifying every effort
in behalf of free trade, prophesying
glorious future for it and great progress
to be made under it. All we ask of the
other side is that they shall tell the
| truth about the inevitable drift of their
| party that which the whole world knows,
including themselves, to be the truth,
that they mean to bring the country to
the adoption of a system Of taxation that
will tax only articles of universal con-
sumption, practically poll tax.
Vance-The Senator from Connecticut
says l am free trader and that the
policy of my party is absolute free trade,
and he bases that statement on my
answer to his question as to which foreign
system of taxation I most admire. /
told him that the English system was
the nearest right, meaning Of all other
systems but our own Laughter ON the
Republican side.] do not mean by that
my approval of that system under which
we live. God forbid! The Democratic
party Of the United States has pro-
nounced itself again and again in favor
OF q system of taxation of foreign i'm
portatioDs that will yield sufficient rev.
enues to the Government, and it has
never advocated any other system. That
is the system which l prefer to the Eng
lish or any other system.
WHO ARE THE FREE-TRADERs.
Reagan also defended the Democratic
party from the charge of being a free
trade party. The debate was continued
at great length, and participated in by
Senators Dawes, Mcpherson, Vance.
Gray, Coke and Morgan the latter COM
mented upon the free list contained in
the substitute bill, and argued that the
Republican Senators who reported and
sustained IL were all rank frao.tro dora