Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-26
THE GEARY BILL KNOCKED OUT.
The Senate Passes a COnserva-
tive Substitute.
Existing Anti Chinese Laws Ex-
tended for Ten Years.
Sherman Denounces the Scott Law as a
Vicious Measure Business at
Standstill in the
House.

today numerous protests, principally
from Seventh Day Adventists. were pre-
sented, urging congress not to commit
itself to any religious creed by urging
the Columbian exposition to be closed
Sundays; also two remonstrances from
Massachusetts against the passage of the
Chinese exclusion bill.
Butler gave notice that on Thursday,
next, he would ask the senate to take
up for action the bill to transfer the
revenue marine from the treasury
department to the navy department.
Allison expressed the hope that when
the, appropriation bills were ready they
would take precedence of all other mat
ters. Coke gave notice he would address
the senate very briefly tomorrow on
Morgan's silver resolution.
Mcpherson introduced an amendment
TO the Springer free wool bill, providing
that after January 1st, next, all sugars,
tank bottoms, DRAWINGS, sweepings,
syrups or cane juice, melada, concen
trated melada, concrete and unconcreted
molasses, glucose and grape sugar be
admitted duty free.
Mcpherson also introduced proposed
amendment to the naval appropriation
bill, authorizing the construction of
three double-turreted iron or steel har-
Dor defense vessels, of the mon
itor type, of at least 1900
tons displacement and speed of fifteen
knots, in place of the single cruiser pro-
posed by the house bill. They are to
carry two thirteen-inch rifed guns and
to be so heavily armored as to be invul-
nerable to shot or shell. Hall million
dollars is to be appropriated for torpe-
does. submarine or otherwise, and in
addition the construction OF frst-class
torpedo boats is authorized.
The Chinese exclusion bill was then
taken up. The presiding officer put the
question as to adopting the substitute
introduced by the committee on resolu-
tions.
Sherman gave the only affirmative
vote, and there being no vote in the
negative, the presiding officer declared
the substitute adopted.
Immediately afterwards, however,
Mitchell, who had the floor to speak
against the substitute, came into the
chamber, and the presiding officer was
proceeding to put the question again,
when Butler said he understood the
substitute was adopted. The presiding
officer admitted that he had so decided,
but he would put the question again
while the chair did so decide, he would
count it as no vote.
is the senate ready for the question ?"
asked the chair.
mo, sir" said Mitchell.
Instead, however, of proceeding with
his own argument against the substi-
tute, he yielded the floor to Squire, who
argued in favor of the house bill, or
some other vigorous measure to enforce
the exclusion of Chinese. He declared,
however, that the great trouble in the
matter was the lax and Intellectual man
ner in which the existing laws were ex-
ecuted, and to sustain that view, read
copious extracts from the testimony
taken by the senate committee on that |
subject few years ago.
Mitchell, speaking upon the Chinese |
bill, said that much as he regretted to |
antagonize the deliberate judgment OF |
the committee on foreign relations, he |
felt impelled by sense of duty 10 vote |
against the substitute and in favor Of !
absolute exclusion, az expressed in the |
house bill. |
Inc r..-ssion was continued until 4 |
O'Clock, when a vote was taken on the
substitute reported from the committee
on foreign relations, and it was agreed |
to--43 to IA.
Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Allison, Bate, Berry, Brice, |
Butler, Call, Carey. Carlisle, Cockrell,
Coke, Colquitt, Cullom, Dawes, Dixon,
FRYE, German, Gray, Hansbrough,
Higgins, Hiscock, Jones (Ark.), Kyle,
Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Manderson,
Morgan, Paddock, Palmer, PETER, Per-
kins, Pettigrew, Platt, Proctor, Pugh,
Ransom, Sawyer, Sherman, Squires,
Stockbridge, Vest, Villas, Walthall and
Washburn-43.
Nays - Allen, Blodgett, Chandler,
Daniel, Dubois, FELTON,, Jones (Nev.),
Mitchell, Sanders, Shoup. Stewart,
Teller, Warren and Wilson-14.
Wolcott and Dolph were paired with
Messrs. Mckenna and George.
Platt moved to amend the substitute
so as to exclude from the anti. Chinese
laws to be extended for ten years, the |
Scott exclusion act Of 1888.
sherman said he was not inclined to
vote for the amendment, although he |
declared the Scott law one of the most |
vicious passed since he had been in con-
gress. Its passage, he said, was the re-
cult of race between the two political |
parties, to try to influence the vote of
the Pacific coast in the last presidential !
election.
Platt's amendment was rejected. Yeas
S, Nays Is.
Yeas-Bate, Blodgett, Call, Dawes,
Dixon, Frye, Platt, Pugh.
Chandler offered an amendment in
creasing the penalty for the unlawful
coming of Chinese labolers. Rejected.
FELTON, offered an amendment requir-
ing all Chinese residents, except diplo-
matte and other officers and their
servants, to obtain within one year from
the collector OF internal revenue of their
respective districts certificates of resi-
dence, and appropriating 100000 to
carry out that provision. Rejected.
The bill as amended was then passed
without division, and the title amended
to read: To prohibit the coming OF
Chinese persons into the United States.
A conference with the house was
asked.
The bill as passed continues in force
all laws now in force prohibiting and
regulating the coming into the country
of Chinese, for ten years. Any Chinese
person or persons of Chinese descent,
when convicted under said laws, shall |
be removed from the United States to
China, unless it is made to appear that |
said person is a subject or citizen of
some other country, in which case he
nhall be removed to such country, nnless