The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-23
ROCKWELL is SEATED.
And Hill Thinks He Has Won a
Great Victory.
CHANDLER TALKS CHINESE.
He wonld Jail the Dongolians who Cross
tho Border-The Present Situation is q
Grave One--Cahensly Cuts Figure in
the Debate.

Exclusion bill was taken up In the Sen
ate yesterday and Mr.. Chandler presented
testimony a. to the continuous introduce
tion of Chinese from Canada and British
Columbia, In order to show the necessity
Of moro stringent laws to prevent the in
hux Of Chinese over the land border. He
favored the seventh section of the House
bill providing imprisonment for China
men 80 introduced. He referred to the
Scott Act Of 1662as q violation OF the trea-
ty with China. The word violation"
did not suit.
Mr.. Teller suggested the use of the
term "abrogation' or ''repeap instead OF
Il.
Mr.. Chandler thought IL made no dif-
ference which word was used. Mr..
Mitchell explained that " the executive
should contravene the provisions of q
treaty, that would be violation of IL,
but II Congress passed an act in contra
vention of the treaty, 1t would not be q
Mr.. Dawes having taken part in the
colloquy, Mr.. Chandler asked him wheth-
er In the discussion Of the question 1t
made any difference whether the word
"abrogated" or "violatod" was used.
"Not the slightest, according to my
idea," was Mr.. Dawes reply.
MAAs NuonuCE ooAo knCxO W8o AV AiOtV
difficulty about amending the House bill,
than there was about agreeing to the
substitute reported by the committee ON
foreign relations.
Mr.. Dawes-Does the Senator mean to
say that, because we have violated the
treaty once, we may do 90 twicef
Mr.. Chandler-I think that that II q
very fair nrgument-yes. There is no
proposition before the Senate except to
violate the treaty. Mr.. Chandler said the
Chinese government had never as
sented to the partial abrogation Of the
treaty. II refused to receive the new
minister from the United States ON the
ground that Congress had passed the
The Chinese government was not In .
condition to expect the United States to
refrain from passing such laws against
Chinese immigration 40 might seem good
to Congress. He admitted that the stu
alton between the American government
and China ives bad one and he remarked
that Senator Blair was almost the only
one who made o vigorous fight In the
Senate against the Scott bill.
Mr.. Chandler then commented upon
the correspondence Of the state depart
ment with the Chinese government and
Mr.. DENLY on the subject of Mr.. Blair's
much acerbity Of language, to the fact
that the dispatch of the State Depart
ment Of October eth (explaining and de-
tending the position OF Mr.. Blair) had
not been communicated to the Chinese
government but had been buried in the
archives Of the legation until Mr.. Whar-
ton on March 25, 1892, directed IL to bs
communicated forthwith.
Mr.. Davis (of the committee on foreign
relations) said that an inIndation should
be guarded against OF people whose radi-
cal differences were 90 great ~ existed
between Chinese and Americans; but he
declared that more undesirable immigra-
tion came into this country every year
through the port of New York and across
the line from Canada from Europe than
from China.
Mr.. Davis said there was no fear of the
submerRence of 5000 900 by the 20o, 900
Chinese now In the country. There was
more matter for profound consideration
in the attempt OF Mr.. Cahensly, who sub
tion intended to denationalixe American
institutions and to supplant them by the
institutions OF as many nationalites as
were to be found In America. than there
was In al, the Chinese questions that had
arisen since 1858.
It wns infinitely to the credit Of Pope
Leo XIII, the greatest statesman who
had sat on the Pontical throne for GEN.
turies, that he had rcpslled the PROPOSE
tion az soon a. made to him. Mr.. Davis
quoted from and criticized Mr.. Cahens-
ly memorialixed the Vatican and said
there had never been . more infamous
attempt to prostitute religious power to
political purposes than was expressed in
that memorial. 1t was to the glory OF
fought the proposition.
Without action on the Chinese bill the
Senate went into executive session and
afterwards adjourned.