The Springdale news., 1889-12-06
Harrison and the Chinese.

United States Senator to admit Chi nese into this country without let or hindrance.' J. F. slmonds says he did not and the matter seems to have simmered aown to q question of veracity between the two. To sustain the position We take in the matter we publish below each oecasion on which Harrlson 30 voted. It is correct and anyone who desires to investigate the roc ords will find We arc right lp tn he matter.
 FRET.
 On March 6, 1882, Senator Hoar introduced the following amond- mont 10 the Chinese exclusion bill then under consi deration:
 PROVIDED, That this bill shall no apply to any skilled laborer who ssall establish that he comes to this country without any contract by which his la hor is the property of any person oth sr than thlmself.
 On thls IT Republicans voted ave among them Benjamin Harrlson.
 SECOND.
 On the same day MT. Hoar tried again with the following amend ment:
 "PRoyIDFp further, That any labor who ehall receive a certificate from the .s. Consul at the port where he shall embark that he is an artisan com Ing to this country at his own expense and Of his of hls own free will and had established such facts to the satisfac tion of such Consul, shall not be affect ed by this bill
 Nineteen Repr ol1cans voted aye, among then, Benjamin Harrison.
 THIRD.
 On March 9, 1882, Senator ingalls, of Kansas. offered an amendment changing th6 ,e.4n .. CA ciusion from twenty to ten years. Mr Harri son was absent, but paired with Mir. Maxey. oi Texas (Democrat,9 who, before the vote was taken, rose III his place In the Senate and said: Mir. MAXEY-On this particular amendment I am paired with the Sen ator from Indiana (HaEI .eaE. @aa f= necessarily absent. would J1e nts II he were nere, and the senator from Indiana would vote aye.
 This, of course was equivalent to voting ID favor of the amendment.
 FOURTH.
 Again, on the same day, when the vote was taken on the final pas sage of the 20 years exclusion act, Senator Harrtson was stlll absent When bis name was called Senator Maxey again rose and sad:
 MT. MAXEY-I am paired with the Senator from Indiana MT. Harrisonl on the ten years amendment In the note which he wrote me he said If that amendment should be voted down he would vote against the bill. l am in clined to think that under that state ment he would regard 1t as q pair upon the bill, because the amendment was voted down, and therefore l shall de cline to vote. l should vote for the bil, and he, from the statement made 10 me, would vote against It.
 Even durlpg his absence Harrl- son was bent upon carrying out his scheme to promote the unrestricted importation of pauper labor.
 On April 5, 1882, when Senator Farley proposed to take up Prosl, dent Arthurs veto of the Chinese Restriction Bill, twenty i've Repub lican Senators voted against It, among the number Benjamin II 1T rison.
 SIXTH.
 During the same session Senator Sherman moved that the blll be re terred to the committed oh Foreign Relations, there to smothered Eighteen Republicans voted for this among them Benjamin Harrison.
 SEVENTH.
 Apaln on the same day the mo ton to refer the Presidents veto message, with accompanying papers to the committee on Fol eign Rela lions, in order to kill 1t, was votoo for by l9 Republican Senators. Al usual, Benjamin Harrison was among the number.
 EIGHTH.
 On the same day, on the question of passing the bill, notwithstanding ,he objections ofthe President, Fl Republicans voted aye. Consisten' to .he last n favor Of free and un-