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them. Very often, though, our mean
of Communication is cut off and we iail
to accomplish anything ~ Wa,
Thomas l.. Savage, Is. Y. Van
Houten, Ed Doves, w. N. foag
and A. NJ. Hampton were examiheu
during the progress of the meeting,
which adjourned two hours ior
luncheon and reconvened III tho
afternoon.
Il, j. Jefiries, prominent mem
ber of the Knights of Labor, was
asked whether he favored the unre-
strlcted immigration of Chinese INTO
the United states. said he:
"rhnorotically | am in favor Of admit;
ting them; practically, am against IT,
The combined efforts of the mem
bers were required to pin down the
member of the order presided over
by Terence Powderly. He had some
theories and good deal of practice
They were like two cats la the same
back yard, and didn't agree worth n
cent. The theory was II good one
for the Chinese. AS he considered 1t
practically, the Chinese were up 70
| their uuelles i'm the consomme. Ho
finally decided that 1t wonid be bet
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Patrick Henry Winston told o.!
several cases where the exclusion ac-
had been violated, that came TO NE
knowledge through his predecessor
in office. Mr.. Martin was quite
sure that the law is being violated,
but as to specific cases-"Oh, that
is, they are .hard to be determined ~
he said.
r. II. Lawlor, another witness, Is
n bricklayer, and u man with an
eye to tho beautiful. He contributed
a novel idea to the war OF words
already gathered. He would put
brass chain and tag ON every China
man aud compel him to wear 1t In
sight, like policeman's star.
Every Chinaman who couldn I
sport one of these dog.collars should
be summarlly loaded into a gatling
gun and fired over the border.
At the close of the afternoon ses-
sion II number of Spokane's citizens
came to the rescue, and the party
visited the falls and the Audi
torium. The first they viewed from
the outside. The latter was given
thorough interior Inspection.
"liow did you raise it, and where
can get another like it?' was what
S.erreant-at.Arms Rcade said as he
viewed the interior from the pit.
"lSeats the state capital ut An
napoli-," remarked Colonel stump.
This convinces me that you have
a substantial country out nere,"
Mr.. Lehlbach said.
The party visited several points
of interest. Later on they showed
their appreciation of the characters
on Washington bill of fare.
At $3.50 T.. NJ. work was resumed.
James NJ. Buckley was duly
sworn by Representative Herman
stump, who presided. He said that
ne had spent all the years of his
maturity as an operator of railroads.
He had come in contact with Chinese
labor, and employed from 1000 to
1000 men at II time, while the
Union Pacific railway was being
built. During the operation of that
road he frequently employed 300
Chinese hands to keep the track in
repair.
"Where did you obtain your la
borers" asked the president.
"At Portland, from members of rail
road companies. Wnen we wanted 100
men we Just filed our order and they
were furnished. They worked in gangs.
We made out our accounts by giving
each gang credit for certain number
OF days, and paying the money to tho
company's agent. The company evil
IDENTITY made Its percentage out of tue
supplies they sold them, and a percent
age OF their pay which they retained.
The companies We got our supply OF
In bor from were known Ms the Ding
Wing, Wing Wo, Hop Chung and Wing
leeh
The examination treated foreign
labor generally. Mr.. Buckley had
employed many Italians, he said,
as well as white men.
"Whom do you call white nen?"
was asked.
"Oh, German, and Irish, and
Americans"
"How would you classify the
Italians?n
"Oh, they're not white, 1.-THE speak
er's lip turned scorniully a. he
said 1t, "they're dagoes. III the
noble Romans were like the samples
I've seen of them its 10 wonder
that Rome fell down.
In answer to another query ho
named among the desirable imml-
grants, Scandinavians, Germans,
English, Irish, Scotch, Dutch and
French. He could not, he said,
think favorably ofadmitting either
Italians, Chinese, Hungariaus or
Poles into the United States"
"Why would you exclude them?"
the committee inquired.
"Because they don't build up the
country, and can't support them
selves. They send their money
away instead of spending it at
home"
"How many Chinese are there in
Spokane Falls"' was another ques-
ton.
maybe 200, and maybe there are
1900, was all the satisfaction the
committee received.
The examination of Mr.. Buckley
concluded the work of the commits
sion of inquiry in Spokane Falls.
This morning the party will leave
In President Adams private car for
the West.
The difference i'm opinion as to
the Chinese population of Spokane
Falls was first spoken of to Chief
Census Enumerator Carson last
evening.
He stated that there are but
few over 200 according to the official
reports.
His statement will remove n
grave doubt from the minds of the
members OF the sub. b.couimittee of