The morning call., 1893-09-03
HASTY Mr.. WHITE.
Silver Abandoned by the
Senate
TO TALK OF THE CHINESE.
The Senator From California Ad.
vised DoIph to Do What He
Had Done Already.

WA sHINGToN. Sent. 2.-Voorhees this
morning In the Senate gave notice that he
would move on Monday to begin daily
sessions at II o'clock instead of at noon,
adding that he had the old-fashioned no.
ton that the Senate should submit to the
will of the majority. The silver men see
in the motion and the accompanying re-
marks an indication Of an intention to
fsrce matters In the repeal bill debate.
with the probable effort of adopting
closure. The silver Senators at once held
a conference. and decided that they will
not be caught mapping. as they were yes
terday. with no one ready to talk.
Palmer presented a Joint resolution for
the election of Senators bv a direct vote
of the people. It was referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
together with one on the same subject
submitted by Mitchell of Oregon some
time ago.
Voorhees, asked that the repeal bill be
laid aside temporarily in order that Dolph
might proceed with some remarks on
another subject, and the Senator from
Oregon then began speech in favor OF his
bill appropriatiug $500. 900 for the enforce
ment of the Geary act
the evil Influences and undesirable feat
ures OF Chinese immigration, reciting the
disastrous effect of Chinese competition in
Western States. He reviewed in detail
the legislation'and treaties relating to the
subject, and the conditions which had led
up to the enactment of the Geary act
The provision for the registration of
Chinese had been drawn by himself. and
to- a.
treaty and was' not onerous. The pro
vision requiring Chinese lsborers in this
country to register and obtain certificates
was not inserted for the purpose of pre-
venting any Chinese authorized under
under existing laws to enter the United
States and reside here from doing so. Il
was not inserted for the purpose OF secur-
Ing the deportation of the Chinese. twas
inserted for the single purpose of enabling
the Government TO so designate Chinese
lahorers in this country entitled TO remain
here that they might be distinguished from
those being smuggled across the borders
There had been a great deal of absurd talk
and ignorant criticism about this provi-
siO1. he was more responsible for the
provision for registration than any other
BIea in the United States, for be had
- e-slg degrading was absurd. In every
Nate in the Union voters are required to
~ Eister IN order that they may lawfully be
entitled TO vote, and vet there has been no
suggestion that it is degrading. AS the
deportation of the Chin ese was not the
purpose of the law it was not incompati-
BILE with the intention of the act to extend
the time il which Chinese may register.
White ID Of California said the Sena-
tor from Oregon seemed TO have been
treated badly in the Senate before he
(White) came here. in failing to have his
name attached to the GeaIy act The bill
which the Senator from Oregon had intro
duced had nothing in it with reference to
registration. He was not the father Of the
registration idea, because that idea had
been incorporated into the original House
bill. There bad not been enough money
appropriated 10 enforce the act, and there
fore he would favor some legislation TO
enable the law to be carried out.
Dolph asked whether all money appro-
priated for executing the act bad been ex-
pended. White said he had the figures.
and he proceeded to give them. Since 1889
$500. 600 had been appropriated. of which
there was an unexpended balance of over
$4,000. Il would be better. he said. if
Dolph, instead of trying to esta olish him.
self as the father of the measure, would
devote his time to securing appropriate ons
TO enforce the law.
Dolph replied that be had done all he
could to secure appropriations and there
was nothing in his remarks to justify the
suggestion that he had claimed to be the
author of the act or that he had been badly
treated by the Senate.
Teller of Colorado called attention to the
fact that the abrogatlon Of a treaty was
not violation Of it. The violation of
treaty carried with it an Implication of
misconduct on the part of the Government
violating It; the abrogation of a treaty
carried no such influence. Certain law
yeTs IN New York, Influenced DO doubt by
large fees offered by the Chinese Six Com
panies. had contended that the Geary act
was violation of the constitution. In his
mind there was no dou0t of the constitu-
tionai power of the Government to exclude
undesirable immigration. He had not
Teao lhe argument of the New York law
yers. because ne did not think there was
enough lE thelr contention to justify busy
man 10 reading them. a nation that can
Dol clear its borders CT hostile alien eIe-
prerogatIves and rights. Teller eontinned
that this was not political quest tion in the
sense that either party could be said tn be
responsible for the legislation If bad. or
could claim the credit for it If it was good
He had never voted for exclusion IegisIa-
ton because it was desired by people of
California. but because of the evils result
iLg from Chinese labor in competition with
American labor.
At 2o'elock the repeal bill, being un-
finished business. was laid before the
Senate. but was temporarily laid aside TO
allo" the discussion to continue on the
suoleet of Chinese exclusion. Gray D.)
OF DeiaWar~, while agreeing in the main
win the Senator from Colorado (Teller).
wished 10 express his dissent from the
vie" expressed by him that the abroga-
ton oil a treaty was not the violation of it,
Some OF the recent legislation had been in
the direction Of violation of the pIighted
faith OF the Government and violation of
such character as seemed TO him to have
been entirely unnecessary. The United
nta e.