Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
A BUSINESS WEEK,
Mr.. Voorhees, Wants the Senate to
Meet at IL O'Clock.
Mr.. DOLPH ON CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Still Discussing the Rules in the
House.
ALL AMENDMENTS DEFEATED,
ALL AMENDMENTS DEFEATED.
THE SENATE.

A joint resolution to amend the Consti-
tuition relating to the election of Senators
by the people was introduced by Mr..
Palmer Qn) and, with like joint resolu
ton introduced at last session by Mr..
Mitchell (Oreg) was referred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections.
The routine business having all been dis
posed of at 1215. Mr.. Voorhees, Qnd.) rose
and said: II ask that the order Of business
be temporarily set aside (not losing it's
place. in order that the Senator from Ore
gon Mr. Dolph) may proceed with remarks
which he desires to make on another SUBJ
ject.
do this the more readily when I reflect
that the repeal bill has been before the
Senate only three days really-it was re-
ported on Tuesday and printed on Wednes-
day. This is the last day Of the week.
ness. 1 trust that we will make progress
from hour to hour. feel warranted today.
inasmuch as 1 am not advised that any
to take the course which indicate. After
the Senator from Oregon shall have finished
his remarks l shall be very glad II other
Senators will be ready to go on. If not
will indicate at the time what desire.
To Meet at IL O'Clock.
Mr.. Hale Me.). In view of what the Sem
ator from Indiana has said, as to next week
being a business week. 1 suggest to him
whether 1t would not be advisable, either on
Monday or Tuesday, for the Senate to come
together at IL o'clock instead of IL. There
are no committees at work, and time may
as well be spent here as elsewhere. 1 know
that the Senator has represented himself
as being very desirous of putting forward
the debate.
If we meet at II, there can be by 4 or 5
O'Clock. instead Of one speech, two or three
speeches.
Mr.. Voorhees,: give notice now that on
Monday 1 will ask to take the sense Of the
Senate on the question Of meeting at II
o'clock. l give that notice now that Sena-
tors may consider the matter. 1 have an
old-fashioned idea of the will OF the ma
jority being carried out. 1 do not expect
to control matters except through a ma
that on Monday I will ask the Senate to
consider the propriety of meeting at II
o'clock from Tuesday on. and proceeding
with the business before u.s.
Mr.. Hale-1 am very glad to hear the
Senator give that notice.
The repeal bill was then laid aside in
formally.
The Urgent Deficiency Bill Passed.
The House urgent deficiency bill was re-
ported back from the committee on ap-
p-opriations and passed, with an amend
ment for the payment of pages of the Sem
ate from the 1st to the 18th Of April last.
Mr.. DOlph on Chinese Exclusion.
advocacy of bill heretofore introduced by
him appropriating $4,000 to enable the
Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the
Chinese exclusion act He said that he
was not now, and never had been. a radical
on the Chinese question, but he wished
particularly to correct some current err
roneous impressions In reference to the
Geary act He went on to make a state
ment to show the undesirable features Of
Chinese immigration and to summarize the
facts which had led up to the passage Of
the Geary act.
He defended the provision for Chinese
registration, and said that he himself was
more responsible for that provision than
any man in the United States. for he had
drawn it. All the talk against 1t came
which seemed to have obtained their in
formation from ignorant newspaper report
ers 1t was absolutely necessary, he said
If the law were to be executed intelligentiy
that the provision for registration should
be preserved.
In almost every state in the Union Amer
lean citizens who desired to vote had to be
registered, and yet no one had ever thought
Of that requirement being degrading or
humiliating. So also persons who desired
to marry were required to register and OBJ
tain license. He said that no one need
fear that the Chinese government would re-
taliate upon Americans in China. The
Chinese government was not in a condition
to retaliate. He regretted that bad advice
had been given to Chinese laborers by the
Six Companies. And now, he said. 1t had
been gravely proposed that the law should
be repealed That would be indeed an ex-
traordinary proceeding. inconsistent with
the dignity of the United States. II, how
ever. the Chinese government should come
to the United States government and say
the Six Companies had prevented Chinese
laborers from registering, promise that they
would now comply with the law and ask
an extension of time, there would be no
insuperable objection to the granting of
further time.
THE HOUSE.