The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-12
s SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY OCTOBER ~ 1898

not believe Chinese are emitted 10 anv new
rights. said he, .'rf / believed this bin
would give ne settlement Of this oaes-
tion. give Is an opportunity ia regulate
their stay here and prevent mere from
coming. | would vote for IL am against
IT because believe is only tenaporizss nth
the estimation We will ofFsr amendments
which ve believe would make the bill
eneetise. If they are rejected we will vote
against It" He went on to speak of the
adverse criticism Of oili that bore his
name. he spoke Of the resolutions
adopted by different religions bodies. all,
strange TO say. in the same phraseosogy.
demanding immediate repeal OF the Geary
law. what right" he asked. had anv
CHURCH 70 ask congress 20 do ANYTHING 90
he bad supposed the line between church
and state was sharply drawn in this coan-
try. He did not deny the sacred right of
petition. bat ehurchmen must petition as
individuals and no: invoke the influence
OF the church. IArplausel Ever since
ISL, when the United States de-
ctared its hostility TO Chinese. there
never was an hour when by fraud and
dupiicity Chinese were not trying
at all the borders of the United States TO
break into this country. China. knowing
'th!s. could have stopped violation of the
law. but China remained silent. There is
no room for sympathy tor China. She has
never neglected an opportunity TO defraud
the United States. The surplus earnings
OF the Chinese, which they had carried
back to China. amount 10 the enormous
sum of $4,000 0oa. Do you wonder why
We do not like the Chinese IN California
III In any one of your Eastern states 10000
laborers were sapping from your wealth
10000 day in surplus earnings, would
you not want TO get rid of themr They
are an army OF leeehes, no; an army of
laborers"
Haven't they given value received 2"
asked Baker of New Hampshire.
Geary said he believed now in protecting
the American iaborer against the pauper
laborer as well as the product of pauper
labor.
Henderson Of Iowa. interrupting-
That's pretty good Republican doctrine"
IF my party does not believe in that
: doctrine, replied Geary, "then will Quit
it. but think il does"
why don't you extend the limit"
asked Baker, $50 as to include other
II have a bill in this house now" re-
piled Geary, .'to prevent immigration.
Will YOU vote TO it. as l will7" lap
piause.l
Baker-I believe in revising our treaties
first
Geary tcontemptuouslyl- people
seem 10 believe we have not got our
growth yet; that before legisiating We
countries TApplause.l
Baker-We are not too old to be honest.
Proceeding, Geary insisted that photo
graph afforded the only sure means of
Identification. He denied that il would
require 100000 to enforce the Geary
law. II the officers of the administration
had done their duty on May the present
Condition would not have been presented
and there would be no occasion for ex-
tension.
In reply to question by Nicer cary as
to whether the $4,000 appropriated would
have been sufficient Geary declared the
Chinese would take no risk of being sent
back to China. Rather than do that they
would voluntarily have left our border.
The $4,000, by demonstrating our
intention TO enforce the law would
have been as effective as $4,000, coo. fAp-
plause. He denounced the administration
for violation of party faith and the party
platform, and although he loved his party
IL was his duty to condemn the Demo-
cratic officers who had betrayed their
trust If they had violated the law they
must go down. He had no fault TO lind
with the treasury department. but the
action of The attorney general in defying
the law could not be defended. Lit had
been made the duty of Democrats TO de-
nounce and condemn him. He called at
tention to a statement in the morning
papers to the effect that the Chinese min
ister had accepted the McCreary bill as
satisfactory. "what a spectacle We pre-
sent" he said. ''Could we not modify
any laws bearing on foreign people.
traffic, for instance. without securing the
consent of foreign ministers. He inti-
mated that the Chinese minister had had
q hand In the preparation Of the Everett
bill, of which the McCreary bill was q
modification.
Geary then proposed amendments which
he said would perfect the bili-namely, a
photographing clause, and definition OF
the term Chinese laborer."
Geary closed with an eloquent plea to
the Democratic party to do the Pacific
coast justice. "Over IS per cent OF the
Chinese, said he, .'iive west OF the Rock
les. Not Democrat at either end of the
capitol is unpiedged to the doctrine of
local self-government. Give US local self
government. When You from the South
came up battling for white supremacy We
ioined with you. Do not let il be said now
that n Democratic congr SIS has stricken us
down when we who recognized the justice
of your contention asked you to free us
from the accursed bane of the yellow
slave" Tremendous applause.
The house then, at o'clock, adjourned.