St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-23

ment to a pension bill increasing the
pension OF all aged and destitute SOL
diers OF the Mexican war from IS 10 sl2
per month.
The Chinese exelu sion bill was then
taken up, AMI Mr.. Chandler proceeded
to present testimony as 10 the cnntinu-.
Gus introduction or Chinese from Can
ada and British Columbia, in order 10
show the need OF more stringent laws 70
prevent the influx OF Chinese over the
land border lie favored the seventh
section of the house bill providing the
penalty OF imprisonment III q penIfen-
tiary for Cinnamon so introduced.
Mr. Davis, a member OF the committee
on foreign relations, looked upon the
house bill as rank, radical. unblusll-
Ing, unmitgated population or every
treaty Obligation remaining between tine
| United States and China. He said that
the Chinese government was not anx-
ious for its people 10 come 10 the United
States. Bat how was it, he asked. with
the government Of the Western hemis-
phere? There was more matter for
profound consideration, ne thought, IN
the attempts OF Sir. Cahensly, vino had
submitted To the pope last year prop1'
sitiOn intended TO denatiOnal!Ze Amer
lean institutions. and to supDlant them
by the institutions OF as many nation
alities as were to be found In America,
| than there was in all tile Chinese ques-
tons that had arisen since 1888.
That gentleman (Mr Cahensiy) pro-
proposed to use the power Of tue Catho-
| lie hierarcy To BRING about that great
political result. He Davis rejoiced
that lie could speak OF the matter with
out committing the olfenSe OF treading
Oh religious ground. because 1t was M
| finlteiy to the credit OF Pope Leo Kill,
the greatest statesman who has sat on
| the ponttical throne for centuries, that
he had repealed the proposition as soon
as made 10 him. He (Mr. Davis be-
| lieyed the attempt met with the repro
! baton of Cardinal Gibbons, and he
| knew that ii met with the reprobatlon
7 of Archbishop Ireland.
This Mr.. Cahensly, Mr.. Davis said.
was not priest but layman-a MEM
/ Der OF the Prussian diet. In the
memorial which he presented to the
| Vatican he claimed that the want OF
presentation OF the different national
! tiles OF rmigrants in the eDiScopate was
! one OF the chief cdI5eS of desertlOn on
! the part of the Catholic forces; and
J hence it was desirable that every diff
| ferent national group OF emlgrants
I should be organized into a distinct
parish. with a priest OF its own ma
| tionality.
1t was one Of this mans schemes that
| the various foreign languages should be
perpetuated in the United States by the
segregation OF people according to ma
| tionalty. How utterly oblivlouS Is ld
| Mr.. Davis he is to the idea that there
| Is All American nationality and an
! American people. Never had there
! been more Infamous attempt 10 pr0s-
! titute the religious, power TO political
! purposes than was expressed in that
| memorial. Fhis man, he said, was no
! inconsiderabIe man; he was lnan who
! could combine allies.
1t had been, stated that Mr.. Schloezer,
| the German representative at Rome.
was in hearty accord with him and
| backed up the memorial; and. that
| American families OF high rank and
royal and noble circles were Interested
! in the scheme, but it was to the glory Of
the American hierarchy that. it mad
! fought the proposition. Perhaps (Mr.
! Davis said in cOncluIon) | have gone
! out of my way to bring up this subject
now, but it SO far uwarfs by contrast
the danger to be apprehended from the
! Chinese that | could not refrail from ILL.,
at the close Of Mr.. Davis speech,
| without any action on the bill the sen
| ate went into executive session and
soon adjourned till tomorrow.