Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-21
A COLD RECEPTION FOR JOHN
No Hope of Warmer Relations With
the Flowery Kingdom.
SOME PROBABLE LEGISLATION.
Talks with Representative Law
Makers on Variety of Topics
As to Congressional Con-
troi OF Elections.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,
II IL nnt

"It is our purpose TO do everything possi-
BILE to bring about more friendly relations
between the United States and the celestial
empire, but do not pretend to say that any
degree of success will follow the effort, as
there is so much prejudice against our people
by Americ ins.n says the private secretary
to the new Chinese minister here. "The
work of American missionaries in China"
he says further, sis effective and they are
treated WE'LL and reports to the contrary are
untrue. Your missionaries have made
great many converts in China. There is no
reason why our strained relations with the
United States should be continued, and
hope they may be relieved However, l see
very little hope just now"
Talks with half dozen or more expert
enced and well known men in congress do
not disclose the least sentiment in favor of
giving the Chinese any more latitude than is
now extended for their immigration to this
country. Not only will the presest laws be
maintained, but there is little, If any, doubt
that q Gordon of mounted police will be es-
tablished on the northwestern from
tier to keep Mongollans from
coming overland into tho north.
west. To questions propounded to one
senator and SIX members of the house on the
Chinese and other questions, and as to what
| IN their opinion would be done in the way of
legislation at the approaching session of
congress they said:
Senator Dolph, of Oregon, (rep.) Con
gross having taken action In the matter of
the immigration of Chinese laborers, what
ever injustice may have been done citizens
OF China holding return certificates, think
| no attempt will be made to remove IT by a
,1r,,. IF ha I inf IN
reintroduce my coast defense bill and be-
| lieve it will bring about some kind of legis-
laton. We must adopt general plan for
| defending our coasts, and think congress is
| now ready for it. Both the inter state COM
| merce and civil service laws will be
amended, but neither will be repealed
| Senator Blair will bring forward his educa-
| tlonal bill again, but one cannot foretell the
| action on it in the house. The management
| of the pension Office will be in
vestIgated. We must carry out
| our pledges and revise the tariff.
Representative Brown, of Indiana (reo.)-
| 1 was one of the very few who voted against
| the bill excluding Chinese as violation of
the Burlingamo treaty, but now am in favor
Of excluding the Chinese. the United States
| should go further and cut off all relations
with the Chinese empire. The Chinese can
| not come here and be treated with
any fairness. The Chinese have been
| used infamously by the American peo-
pie and the government has permitted such
action to go on. The Chlnaman is indus
| trious, law abiding, and a good citizen. He
| is never pauper, never strikes or violates
| his agreement, never an anarchist, and never
engages in RIOT. He does not become a
politician and run ward politics. He smokes
| opium but that is no worse than drinking
| bad whiskey. For all that he is not for this
| country. He Is not homogeneous How
| ever, we do not want him and he should be
Kept away. AT The same time our country
| she uld not be hypocritlcal towards China.
| 1t ought to cut off all relations
| do not favor the abolition of the present
| civil service commission unless something
can be substituted for it which is better, and
| | think great many dlncuitleS are IN the
| way of such substitution. But why not
| proportion the offices out among the repre-
| sentatives in congress, and when vacancy
| occurs notify them, as is done in the case of
| appointments to Annapolis and West Point
| The first thing to be done by congress in my
| opinion. is to revise the revenue system.
| The revenues from that source need only be
| reduced by the repeal of the tax on tobacco
| and snuff and the tax on alcohol used in the
arts, which, together with reduction of the
| tax on sugar similar to that proposed by the
| Mills bill, think, would be adequate for all
the purposes of the government. l think
this ought to be done under motion to sus-
pend the rules. The congress OF the United
States undoubtedly has power to supervise
congressional electlous. They are thor
oughly national and perhaps the
only national election known to
the constitution. The question as
to what shall be done in this connection is
full of difficulties. The laws have to be en-
| forced by state tribunals and the witnesses
and every body else concerned in the cases
| are taken out of the community which IS in
| sympathy with the violation of the law, and
| it will be almost impossible to secure con-
| viction for that reason. A statute cannot be
enforced when it Is obnoxious to public opin-
ion. But the United States government
| should do everything it can under the con-
stitution to enforce the law TO secure to the
colored man the actual right 10 vote, and ii
that cannot be done congress should deprive
the states in which tney reside OF represen-
taton in congress to an extent based upon
| the NUMBER OF colOred men thus debarred
from their rights as citizens
Representative Hit, of Illinois, (rep.)-
Something may be done towards enlargiug
the coinage of silver. The Interstate com
| merce law will likely be amended ana the
race question will come up IN connection
with the proposition of the federal govern
ment assuming control OF the elections. we
will try to revise the tariff. The poor planter
| gets the credit for all the opposition TO the
sugar tax, but as n matter OF fact he is
| very insignificant factor. The real influence
brought to bear is that of the capitalists in
terested in the hundreds of millions of dol
lars worth of sugar every year for refining
| purposes. There would be no difficulty il
| effectng proper adjustment of the tariff il
il were not for the fact that the southern
| democrats, who are so ready to mako reduc
| tons on all other kinds of goods, bring
solid objection when sugar cane IS men
| toned
Representative Owens of Ohio, (dem,)-
| There will be an effort TO legislaJe for the
control of congressional elections, but as the
purpose of this movement IS transparent nc
such partisan legislation can become a law
Any attempt on the part of the republicans
TO increase their slender majority by throw
ing out democratic members will be resisted
and believe the minority will be founC
quite as powerful to resist as the majority
will be 10 enact obnoxious laws.
Representative Cultivate, of Ohio, (dem
| An attempt will be made to pass a genera
election law and, so far as 1 can judge th
law desired by the majority will be of
partisan character. The republicans wal
not attempt TO revise the rules of the hous
In an obnoxious way, or so as to deprive tn
majority of its rights, If for no other reason
| because their majority Is so small they cal
do nothing with the rules without the con
sent Of the minority. The majority will at
tempt TO revise the tariff, but they will fine
greater difficulty in framing bill than tn
| democrats did in the last congress, and l be
J | ieve they will fail. The pension office vii
be investigated in the early part Of the ses
, | sion.
Representative Gamblers, Of Georgi
(dem.) 1.-The internal revenue and civil sci