The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-16
OF THE MEXICAN MAN
Restriction and Expectation Order
RecOnsidered.
Other Things of More Importance Than
the Chinese Cuss.
MANUFACTURERS KICK ON TARIFF
Speaker Crisp Wants Something Done
Concerning the Election Repeal
Bills and Other Things.

speaker SflSp "dHts SOlhcIhAAS DoAS
Concerning the Election Repeal
Bills and Other Things.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1G-LSpecial. i
The troublesome Chinese question is
again making a demand upon public at
t~ention. The president has called a halt
in the execution of the exclusion law and
the encouragement issued instructions
to United States marshals to take no
further steps for the enforcement Of the
exclusion law pending specific instruc-
tions to the contrary from Washington.
Secretary Gresham is reported as say
istration to suspend further proceedings
under the law pending action by con-
gress on the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Everett, of Massachusetts, eX-
tending the time for registration from
May >, 1893, to September ], 1894, and in
various other ways alternating the sever
Ivy Of the provisions of th3t measure.
This measure is in the hands Of the house
committee on foreign affairs, which is ex-
pected to take early action on it. The
bill is understood to have been drawn up
and introduced with the direct sanction
Of the secretary Of state, the secretary Of
the treasury and the attorney general,
and that it is, in fact, an administration
measure, designed as an assurance 10 the
emperor of China of the continued
friendly relations Of this government.
There has recently been a change in the
representation of the Chinese govern
ment here, and there is reason to believe
that the new minister came to this u
try charged with the duty Of protesting
against the exclusion act and represent.
ing that his government would not be
responsible for the safety of Americans
in the Chinese empire if the act were en-
indicates the weighty character of these
representations.
The statements of manufacturers be-
fore the house committee on ways and
means as to a revision of the tariff are
weakening the cause of silver repeal.
Without exception the manufacturers
are testifying that the stIingency in the
market is the result of doubt to the out
come of the work Of congress upon the
tariff and not the money policy of the
country.
To-day a number of manufacturers
testified that they could get plenty of
money with which to run their factories
but that they did not want to operate
till they knew what the new tariff law
would be, and they declared that this
was true of all the manufacturers who
had closed but if they did not fear
adverse action upon the tariff in their
own line, their customers did in their
lines, and so it affected them.
1t is stated that President Cleveland,
fearing the reflex action in the senate
which debate at this time in the house
would have upon the bill repeating the
federal elections law, has directed that
discussion upon it be postponed until
the silver repeal bill is out of the way.
Speaker Crisp is quoted as having said
that the southern men in the house could
not afford to delay action upon the
elections repeal bill, that it was more
important to them than the silver repeal
bill is to the president and that it must
be taken up on Thursday or Friday.
The silver senators are confident thai it
will defeat the silver repeal measure, as
it will dishearten the repeal republicans
in the senate and drive them away from !
the measure. The credit of its adoption
would, of course, accrue to the PRESIDENT. |
For this reason the silver men are en-
c%ouraging early and bitter debate in the
house on the elections bill.
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