Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-16


yesterday in a similar manner. If it is referred
il may hang fire. 1t may show that the Senate
is not in accord with the Assembly, and that
there is one branch of the Legislature in doubt
as to the propriety of that Act 1t is only mat
ter of opinion whether we win refer il to COM
mittee and have it reported back, or whether
we shall act on it now. promptly. The cry has
gone forth that labor is scarce, and that if the
Scott Exclusion Act rigidly enforced, it
win work great hardship 10 the people of Cal
ifornia. especially those engaged il some
branches of industry. We claim that there is
enough white labor en- this coast and that by
the rigid enforcement of the Scott Exclusion Act
it will encourage the coming into California of
white labor, who come TO improve the State,
and that we will not have ameng us a class of
people who will take from it the great bulk OF
the money they earn and send it TO another
ought to be at home. This is a matter
that has been talked of on the stump. in
the press, and from one end of the state
to the other. 1t IS as well understood
to-day as it will be tomorrow after it
comes back from committee. livery Senator
in this body is wei posted on this matter. There
is not Senator on this floor who has not heard
1t spok en- Of during the last campaign. There is
not a Senator in this BODY who would have
dared to come before his constituents a week
before the election and have proposed to have
this resolution hang fire for Il day. He would
have been only too anxious to ingratiate hirl-
self into the good graces of the laboIing classes
by telling them he was par excellence in favor
of sucn resolution. l hope the Senate will see
the propriety of taking immediate action upon
1t, as the Assembly did yesterday, and pass it
Immediately.
Bill Britt heartily indorse the remarks of
the Senator who has just taken his seat. There
is no doubt but what the people of this State
harmony with the sense OF that resolution and
an opposed to anything being done with it ex-
cept to pass it. believe in letting our repre-
sentatiyes in Congress know that there is no
division of sentiment on that subject am cp-
posed also to having that resolution referred to
any committee, for l see nothing that can be
er0r hp nor ont inn, Hate nlr, ,v1Ov,
that resolution and don't think there is Sen
alor upon this floor who can oppose it.
Mr.. Moftitt-Senator Britt well knows, and
want to tell Senator Campbell, that an anti
Chinese resolution viii never hang fire in
committee of a Democratic Senate. This is an
important resolution and ought to be carefully
drawn. think it can he referred to the Com
mittee on Chinese and Chinese immigration,
and reported back tomorrow. l think that
something more elaborate can be prepared,
which will more fully present the subject.
thlnk we can prepare one that Will fill the bill
better, and l hope the Senator will permit
this bill to go to the committee with instruc-
tions to report to morrow.
Mr.. Boggs-I suppose that every Senator on
this floor is in accord with the sentime mt of
that resolution and the people of the State are
but think 1t is better to refer il to committee
to have some of the language changed 1t
seems to me as II some of it was in rather harsh
terms for a memorial TO Congiess-such as
" fight for exclusion" ! think if it was re-
ferred to a committee they will not change it
terms. There is no doubt bat that the Senate
at the proper time will pass the resolutions, be-
cause they are in accord with the sentiments of
all.
Mr.. Bowers-Mr President, did not calcu.
late to talk upon this question. / made plenty
of aEti-Chinese speeches during the campaign
and am talked out on that subject, and l should
not speak now except or the reference that the
Senator from Alameda has made, that the reso-
luton would not hang fire if referred 10 a COM
mittee appointed by a Democratic Senate
all do v,rtf u nfra1v 8,
committee appointed by Republican Senate;
but will recall to the mind of the gentleman
an incident that happened in another capital,
when this very bill that is mentioned in the
resolution
Mr.. Caminetti [who had caught sight of
red handkerchief protruding from Mr.. Bowers
coattail pocketl-Take away that red flag
Mr.. Bowers-l captured that; it is a trophy of
the war.
Mr.. Goucher-Are you going to return it?
Mr.. Bowers-No, am going to keep it. want
ground as he would the Democratic party.
simply wished to Call to his mind the time when
bill did once hang fire, and it was the Scott
exclus on bill, in the hands OF Democrat.
Mr.. MCGOWAN offered the following substitute
for the resolution:
WHEREAS, 1t has been falsely noised abroad
that there is deep dissatisfaction among the
people of California with the practical opera
ton OF the Chinese Exclusion Act, known as the
Scott bill, passed at the recent session of the
Fift:eth Congress- therefore, be it
Resotued, BY the Senate and Assembly of the
State of California, that 1t fully ndorseS the ac-
ton OF Congress and the President in the passage
OF the Act known as the "Scott Exclusion Act"
and that all citizens OF this State, wit hout re-
gard to party, pray TO the authorities of the
United States for its maintenance and rigid
enforcement.
Resolced, That we earnestly recommend to the
Congress and to the President of the United
States the enactment of such additional legisla
tion as viii make said Scott bill completely
effective by preventing the entrance of the Cni-
q l,p lion, nv l0-
ders, and that il II be deemed necessary some
convention be entered iDto between the United
States Government and the Governments OF
Canada and Mexico, respectively, looking to the
cooperation of these Governments in naaking
such transit impossible
RcsolUed, That the best interests of the peo-
pie OF the Pacific slope and of the Nation are
involved in the inhibition of Chinese immigra-
tion, that the experience OF Al years has proved
their presence to be an unmixed evil in an
American community.
Res0tUed, That Senator Leland Stanford is
hereby requested to present these resolutions to
the United States Senate, and that Representa-
tive w. w. Morrow is hereby requested to pre-
sent the same to the House of Representatives;
and be it further
Resolred, That his Excellency the Governor is
hereby requested TO Immediately forward by
telegraph copy of this resolution to each of
our Representatives and Senators in Congress.
Mr. MoflittI rise to a point of order, that
Senator Mc6owan S resolution is not german to
to the motion before the house, which is that
Committee on Chinese Immigration.
The President pro tem.-The original motion
was that the resolution be adopted. II is ger
main 10 the original resolution. The original
| resolution controls the proceeding
MI Motitt-I move that the substitute, in
conjunction with Senator Campbeils resolu-
ton, be referred to the Committee on Chinese
| and Chinese immigration, with instructions to
report Tomorrow
Mr.. McGowan-I sincerely trust and hope
that the members of this body will not refer
IN at to hn pae cad
upon after so many days as a committee usually
| retains bill. In the first place, every member
on this floor is, or ought to be, familiar wi h
this Chinese question in ali its bearings. Every
| member of this body knows, or ought to know,
that the bill referred to in that resolution has
been one Of the greatest acts of Government
and of this country, and as a Repub-
lican ! give credit to the administration of
the Democratic party that so ably assisted
in bringing about that Act. To me, as il should
political question. | say that at this time as
well as at any time in the future, 10 matter what
addition the committee may give to it, we are
just as competent and thoroughly qualified
TO pass upon the questions involved in
the resolution. 1t is Couched i'll proper Ian
guage-I believe it could not be prepared bet
ter. 1t is offered here by the Federated Trades
of San Francisco; it speakes in respectful
terms; its breathes patriotism; it expresses the
proper sentiment, and | desire, for one, that
the Senate OF California be put upon record in
this matter and say, in the unmistakable terms
in which that resolution deals that We indorse,
cordially and unqualifiedly, the provisions OF
that beneticent law, the Scott exclusion bill
Mr. Campbell-I accept Senator McGowan' S
substitute for my original resolution-anything
TO get the matter before the Senate and pass 1t
without reference to a committee.
The Chair-Tnere being no objection, the res
olution offered by Mr.. MCGOWAN is substituted
! for the original resolution.
Mr. Murphy-The objection l was about to
make when Senator Campbell introduced his
resolution was that it was a resolution of this
| body and not a concurrent resolution. The
Senator from Hum boldt introduced substi-
tute. To the substitute / object because it is a
memorial addressed by the Legislature in con-
current resolution TO certain members of Con-
gress from this State and it is not addressed to
| all of the members of Congress from this State
/ believe ON that ground alone 1t should be re-
| ferred. The Senator from Humboldt stated that
| this is memorial couched in courteous Ian.
guage. say as member here and as mem
| Der of the dominant party that the substitute is
| discouIteous and insulting, ana l move its ref
erence 10 the Committee on Chinese and Chi
| nese Immigration.
| lMr. Yell in the chair.
| Mr.. White - The discussion has narrowed
| down to about this. Everybody agrees with
| the Scott Exclusion Act and everybody is en-
gagged it RAGS to get to the proper position.
Now am in accord with the spirit of the resolu-
| tion offered by Mr.. MCGOWAN. / think it covers
the case more literally than the original resolu-
ton. 1t reaches matters which were not
| reached by the original resolution. But / OBJ
4 ject 10 the very matter TO which Senator Muir
nh MI hot